MIDI (from Tux Guitar) to WAV

[Ron Stern]

I used to know how to make a WAV file out of a Tux Guitar file but I've forgotten. You play it as a Tux file (MIDI) and record the output, something like that? I remember I downloaded some freeware file converters, couldn't fathom the interfaces, had an inspiration, figured out a way to do it without file conversion, deleted the converters. Now I forget what the inspiration was.

[YocoYur]

I`m thinking that you need that:


What is tuxguitar-converter
tuxguitar-converter is batch file format converter. It allows you to convert number of files from various file formats (*.gpX, *.ptb, *.tef, *.tg) into destination file format, keeping the file names but changing the format (and extension of a file).

Converter simply tries to load every file and save/export it into destination file.

So supported input formats are files TuxGuitar can load and import, and destination format is every format TuxGuitar can save into or export. You can check for supported file formats. For some exporter plugins that have various exporting options, default options are used.

How to install tuxguitar-converter
tuxguitar-converter plugin is included on all bytecode TuxGuitar distributions as default. If you downloaded a compiled TuxGuitar package, you shouldn’t bother to install it manually.
Of course you may want rebuild and install the plugin.

To install the plugin, you must copy tuxguitar-converter.jar into $TUXGUITAR_HOME\share\plugins

Using batch file format converter:

You access the converter dialog through Tools→“File format batch converter”.

On the dialog you must specify input folder. Input folder and its subfolders contain files that will be converted.

Output folder is folder in which new files will be stored. If destination folder you specified doesn’t exist, it will be created.

Output file format is used to specify file format of new created files. It will display all supported formats (which might depend on your installed plugins).

After you confirm the converting new window will appear showing you the progress. You can cancel the process anytime.

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

Oh, an expert! Do you have any idea if one can get TuxGuitar to change enharmonic note choice -- turn a C# note in standard notation into a Db? I get the feeling that the standard notation is an afterthought to the tablature

[Ron Stern]

Thank you yoco, that does indeed work, however, I never want to convert an entire directory, in fact seldom more than one file. I suppose the answer is to create a folder to do nothing other than act as a holding tank for the file to be converted.

+1 on the note choice. I seldom want to write C# but often want to write Db. It can be done manually but that really slows things down.

[Ron Stern]

I notice that if you "Export to Midi" that Windows Media Player will play the file. Probably routes it through the Windows Synthesizer. Whether the result can be burned to CD I haven't tried.