The Steel Guitar Forum

I have heard (but I don't remember from where) that there is allegedly a software package which will allow you to feed it a song from tape or CD, and it will generate standard music notation and/or tablature. (Sorta like "reverse-engineering" the song)

Is this the product of a demented wannabe musician's imagination, or does such a product exist?

Another story I've heard is that there is allegedly a software product which will create tablature when you feed it standard music notation. It might be a little easier for me to believe this one, but somehow, I doubt that this "vaporware" knows about 10-string E9 pedal steel tab notation. Also, I assume you'd have to have some kind of software to get it into standard notation in the first place!

If any of you "music hackers" out there have heard of any such mythical, mystical wonders of technology floating around, please advise me as to what they are and where I could find them!

Thanks,
Mike

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Mike Harmon
Fulawka S10 3 & 5
Nashville 400

The "Finale" notation program has a transcription function that can work on single melodic type lines. Once you have the notation Sibelius or Finale can generate regular guitar tab.

www.codamusic.com/coda/

www.sibelius.com/

Bob

The first software you describe doesn't exist.
It's not possible to isolate a single instrument from a recording of several instruments, and define the notes being played. You can only do a general analysis of the entire sound, or use EQ to change the
balance. There is software which will create tab. TablEdit is one. http://www.tabledit.com/

I don't know much about tablature software.
You could use a web search engine & search on "guitar tablature". --Joel
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Joel Glassman on 27 December 2002 at 07:58 AM.]</p></FONT>

Tabledit will do notation after you work out the tab but not the other way around. There are just too many different chord and note combinations availale on the pedal steel to do any kind of decent tab from the notation. You just have to realize that we really play a rather complex "beast" of an instrument!
Uff-Da!