As MP3 player cannot play midi files directly I had to convert midi files to wave format and then wave format to mp3 format. In this blogpost I'll show you how I converted midi file to wave format on Ubuntu Linux.
First I downloaded and installed the program Timidity using following command
sudo apt-get install timidity
Timidity is a program for playing midi and karaoke files. It can play the midi and karaoke files even if they are zipped. I used the special feature of Timidity program to output the played music to a wave file with -Ow switch. I used the following command to convert midi file to a wave file
timidity -Ows midifile
where midifile can be .mid or .kar file, this command generates midifile.wav file in the current directory.
Technorati Tags: midi, wave, .mid, .kar, .wav, convert, music
I was wondering how to record the songs, which are being played on the Internet Radio, hence I searched and searched and found a program to record. It is called Easy MP3 Sound Recorder.
Easy Mp3 Sound Recorder can be used to record a sound file from your computer's microphone, Internet streaming audio or any music or sound played by your sound card. Depending on your sound card capabilities, you can adjust the desired quality.
You can choose to record output files in MP3, WMA or WAVE format. For MP3 file recording compressed file bitrate can be adjusted between 8kbps and 320kbps, similarly for recording in WMA format you can set the bitrate between 28,8kbps and 128kbps. When recording the output file in WAVE format you can choose channel as stereo or mono, bits per sample and the sample rate.
To record all you have to do is to choose the audio source, output file format, location and name of the output file and just press "Start Recording" button. You can find out the elapsed time from a great looking counter. When you have finished recording music just press the "Stop" button. The recorded file can then be downloaded to your MP3 player or mobile.
Easy MP3 Sound Recorder works on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003. Considering that Easy MP3 Sound Recorder is a freeware, its really a awesome program.
To go to the download page of this program click on this link.
