I have ABC Navigator and have downoaded a selection of tunes. I can listen to them or view the scores on my PC which is great, but how can I convert ABC format so that I can burn the tunes onto a CD for away from computer listening/learning?
I would suggest a free program called Audacity. It allows you to 'record' anything comming out of your computer speakers. You can also download the (I think it's called) LAME3 converter that allows you to easily convert to mp3 making it easy to put on a CD. Sounds like a lot but it's quite easy.
Better, though, to just by some CDs you like and listen/learn from them. You can still refer back to this site for the ABC's if that works best for you.
i would agree with shanty, except to make it simpler, you export the files as AIFF 44.1kHz 16 bit stereo. this is native audio CD format; you dont need Lame for this.
If you listen to the midi file things on this web site for under three seconds, there is a good chance that you'll make a full recovery. Between three and eight seconds you would probably require some medication, but it shouldn't do you too much damage. Any more than eight seconds and you'll require full rehab. Don't go there
i agree that abc/midi is basicly crap, but some of that is down to the ways abcs/midis are written, and some of it down to how your pc/mac interprets it for you.
if you want to get the best out of ABCs/Midi you need to learn how to use a sequencer. cubase etc.
i hope that is a bridge too far for most people, it is indeed far better to learn a tune from a live person, or at least a live CD.
carnanee, abc is used in 3 formats ~
simple text ~ .txt
abc code ~ .abc
MIDI sound file ~ .mid
In Navigator 2 you can open an *Abc Tunebook*.
This should give you a *Set* in Navigator.
There is not a *View* selection for Sets, it is there (somewhere) ~ you might want to uncheck Score Panel & Abc Panel if you do not see a window w/Sets.
Once you do see the tunes listed, as a set, they will have repeat times. There is an icon for saving a MIDI** file. Once saved, the .mid file can be opened with a media player; such as Windows Media, Real Player, QuickTime . . . You should be able to create a CD using your default media player.
I don't use AbcNavigator2. When a question regarding the application comes up I sometimes try to answer. It's paying my penance. {there is no help folder}
**full disclosure ~ I avoid listening to MIDI. I reviewed the above procedure with the volume down.
Abc Tunebooks ~Navigator 2
There is a yahoo group which has various tune sets in their *Files* category. The abc files can be played as repeating sets in Navigator 2. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/musicalivejam/
I don't but you are free to do as you like.
There needs to be floating text like they have in those commercials selling pharmaceuticals.
Abc
Abc
I have ABC Navigator and have downoaded a selection of tunes. I can listen to them or view the scores on my PC which is great, but how can I convert ABC format so that I can burn the tunes onto a CD for away from computer listening/learning?
# Posted on October 30th 2009 by carnanee
Re: Abc
burn the "tunes"..??.they're not tunes. not even close.
don't waste your time.
# Posted on October 30th 2009 by skin&bow
Re: Abc
I would suggest a free program called Audacity. It allows you to 'record' anything comming out of your computer speakers. You can also download the (I think it's called) LAME3 converter that allows you to easily convert to mp3 making it easy to put on a CD. Sounds like a lot but it's quite easy.
Better, though, to just by some CDs you like and listen/learn from them. You can still refer back to this site for the ABC's if that works best for you.
# Posted on October 30th 2009 by shanty
Re: Abc
i would agree with shanty, except to make it simpler, you export the files as AIFF 44.1kHz 16 bit stereo. this is native audio CD format; you dont need Lame for this.
# Posted on October 31st 2009 by rumpole
Re: Abc
If you listen to the midi file things on this web site for under three seconds, there is a good chance that you'll make a full recovery. Between three and eight seconds you would probably require some medication, but it shouldn't do you too much damage. Any more than eight seconds and you'll require full rehab. Don't go there
# Posted on October 31st 2009 by ...
Re: Abc
Thanks for advice and taking time to respond
# Posted on October 31st 2009 by carnanee
Re: Abc
Midi is the devil's tool. You will sound like you learned your tunes from a robot. You would be better off learning from sheet music!!!!!
# Posted on October 31st 2009 by AlBrown
Re: Abc
i agree that abc/midi is basicly crap, but some of that is down to the ways abcs/midis are written, and some of it down to how your pc/mac interprets it for you.
if you want to get the best out of ABCs/Midi you need to learn how to use a sequencer. cubase etc.
i hope that is a bridge too far for most people, it is indeed far better to learn a tune from a live person, or at least a live CD.
# Posted on October 31st 2009 by rumpole
Re: Abc
For a non music reader it helps to hear the midi and then take it from there. No more robotic than playing from dots.Thanks for all the info
# Posted on October 31st 2009 by Michael Sam Wild
Re: Abc
we tried.
# Posted on October 31st 2009 by Ben Steen
Abc ~ Navigator 2
carnanee, abc is used in 3 formats ~
simple text ~ .txt
abc code ~ .abc
MIDI sound file ~ .mid
In Navigator 2 you can open an *Abc Tunebook*.
This should give you a *Set* in Navigator.
There is not a *View* selection for Sets, it is there (somewhere) ~ you might want to uncheck Score Panel & Abc Panel if you do not see a window w/Sets.
Once you do see the tunes listed, as a set, they will have repeat times. There is an icon for saving a MIDI** file. Once saved, the .mid file can be opened with a media player; such as Windows Media, Real Player, QuickTime . . . You should be able to create a CD using your default media player.
I don't use AbcNavigator2. When a question regarding the application comes up I sometimes try to answer. It's paying my penance. {there is no help folder}
**full disclosure ~ I avoid listening to MIDI. I reviewed the above procedure with the volume down.
# Posted on November 1st 2009 by Ben Steen
Re: Abc {w/midi warning previously mentioned}
Abc Tunebooks ~Navigator 2
There is a yahoo group which has various tune sets in their *Files* category. The abc files can be played as repeating sets in Navigator 2.
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/musicalivejam/
I don't but you are free to do as you like.
There needs to be floating text like they have in those commercials selling pharmaceuticals.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by Ben Steen