Transcribing Piano Rolls, the Pythonic Way
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Transcribing Piano Rolls, the Pythonic Way
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#2This is really nice, thanks for sharing it with us.
Re: Transcribing Piano Rolls, the Pythonic Way
#3Really fantastic hack. Now try transcribing with just the audio track.
Re: Transcribing Piano Rolls, the Pythonic Way
#4fantastic. with your permission, i'd love to use this to demo python!
Re: Transcribing Piano Rolls, the Pythonic Way
#5Really fantastic hack. Now try transcribing with just the audio track.
That's a hard problem. If you have some material like that with a clear recording, the only good commercial solution that I know of is Melodyne, and he's not saying how he does it. In theory you just look for multiple peaks in the FFT, but this is much easier said than done.
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#6Interesting question - is the author's transcription a derivative work of the video? And if so, is he actually allowed to release his transcription into the public domain (without the permission of the author of the video)?
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#7I love the abundance of Python. For those unaware, even the youtube-dl command line utility he used to download the video is written in Python.
Re: Transcribing Piano Rolls, the Pythonic Way
#8Interesting question - is the author's transcription a derivative work of the video? And if so, is he actually allowed to release his transcription into the public domain (without the permission of the author of the video)?
No, it's only derivative in the sense of process. The video lacks originality; for the musical notes it is merely a mechanical reproduction of the punched holes. Similarly, a photograph of a public domain painting is also in the public domain. See: Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp., 36 F. Supp. 2d 191 (S.D.N.Y. 1999). At least this is the law in the United States, which is sensible; absurdity of other jurisdictions may vary.
Re: Transcribing Piano Rolls, the Pythonic Way
#9Interesting question - is the author's transcription a derivative work of the video? And if so, is he actually allowed to release his transcription into the public domain (without the permission of the author of the video)?
No, it's only derivative in the sense of process. The video lacks originality; for the musical notes it is merely a mechanical reproduction of the punched holes. Similarly, a photograph of a public domain painting is also in the public domain. See: Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp., 36 F. Supp. 2d 191 (S.D.N.Y. 1999). At least this is the law in the United States, which is sensible; absurdity of other jurisdiction…
It's nice to know our system accounts for cases like this. Thanks for the detailed info!
Re: Transcribing Piano Rolls, the Pythonic Way
#10See a master at work making original rolls at QRS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3FTaGwfXPM
If was a fun place to see in the 70's after watching my father rebuild our player piano.