Submitted by infojunkie on Sat, 2007-05-05 16:14.
Take an MP3 file, extract the instruments performing the music (as well as the singing - we're dreaming anyway) and convert this information to sheet music in MusicML format for example. The Melisma Music Analyzer seems to be performing part of this function.
The first application of such a technology would be to find music by content: humming a tune to the system, which would then search for a similar melody in its database. Or input a partial mp3 file to find its reference. This is becoming a hot topic, as witnessed by the Google results. Existing systems are starting to emerge, like this one.
