I would like to know how to make  a Midi file from my own music

There's several ways to go about it. Are you wanting to do a "live"
recording of your music from another instrument? Or do you want to
write out the music in notation?

For live recording, you'll need some kind of MIDI enabled instument,
typically a keyboard, patch cables and some software to record it on
the computer.

If you want to write out the music, there is software for that too. I
used to have a great midi notation program for Win 3.1, and for the
life of me I can't find it or remember the name of it.

"Band in a Box" is a great MIDI tool, as is "NoteWorthy Composer." But
there are also dozens if not hundreds more out there.

The search term I would use is: MIDI composition software

Good Luck!

No. That is not what I want at all. I want to make a Midi file to make
from my own music that I have in my MP 3 files, Like what you put
playing in the background of you emails. That kind of MIDI

:: Short answer ::

this may help: http://www.designsbyjoy.net/OtherTutorials/mid.htm


:: Long answer ::

This is not as easy as it might seem, since MIDI is a series of
instructions to an instrument or a computer about how to play various
notes -- this makes it very different to MP3, which is closer to
actual sound. It may help to think of MIDI as being similar to printed
sheet music and MP3 to a recording of that music being played. [ see
http://www.midi.com/questions/default.asp ]

It *may* be possible to bodge a kind of conversion, which may require
converting your MP3 into a .wav file first, and then the .wav into
MP3. There are pieces of software claiming to be able to do these
things. I haven't tried any of them myself and some of them *may*
require you to pay for a full version if you wish to be able to save
your work.

If you describe what operating system your computer uses (Windows,
MacOS, Unix or whatever), researchers might be able to recommend
software. I suspect a combination of
http://www.allformp3.com/mp3_other/mtac.htm and
http://www.akoff.com/music-composer.html *might* work for you, but it
is necessary to know what kind of computer you are running.


PS: I never hear any MIDI files anyone embeds in an email, because I
use Pine. Am I missing much? ;)

PPS: It goes without saying that unless you made the music contained
in the MP3s themselves, there may be legal issues involved, depending
on your use of the files and how much legal issues concern you.