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Intelligent Gadgets MIDI Recorder £1.79
Turn audio into MIDI
Computer Music, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 4:20 pm GMT
MIDI Recorder takes audio input from either the built-in mic of your iPhone or an external mic on the iPod Touch and attempts to turn it into MIDI note data. It works with monophonic input only and is capable of detecting up to 20 notes a second.
From the moment you launch the application, a colourful matrix of dots in the centre of the screen updates in real time to display exactly what notes would be generated. Tap the matrix and this changes to a spectrogram. A sole slider is used to restrict the converter to any three octaves between C2 and C7. Hit the Record button and the notes are placed in a buffer - these can then be previewed using an in-built synth, emailed or shared across the local network.
Unfortunately. the detection algorithm simply isn't accurate enough to be useful - most captures resulted in a mess of notes, and it also crashed on us a couple of times. MIDI Recorder can be used creatively, but only if you're in a quiet room and you're very good at whistling.
Verdict
While being attractive on paper, in practice, MIDI Recorder falls short.
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Utter crap. About as effective as a cat flap in an elephent house. Just doesn't work at all. Still, for £1.79 it was worth a try. Just don't make the mistake of trying it yourself. And why did Music Radar give it 3 stars after basically saying it was crap themselves?!
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Pros
Good visual feedback.
Cons
Detection algorithm isn't accurate enough.
Verdict
While being attractive on paper, in practice, MIDI Recorder falls short.
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Dogboy73
Mon 8 Mar 2010, 8:49 pm GMT
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