Importing Chords CSV file from Fadr into ST3

KennethP

Hi Peter,

I have been using Fadr for a while to create Stems (both MP3 and Midi). I have only used the MP3 stems - but I just found out, that when you download the Midi stems, you also get a CSV file with the Chords for that specific MP3 file that you have just created stems for!

It has the following properties:

Chord;Starttime;Endtime

I was wondering, if this could be used in ST3? - currently I have to type chords manually into a Word document, before i convert to a PDF, and finally importing in ST3. (I have used Lyrics section also, but I have so many notations beside the lyrics, that PDF is my choise).

How those chords could or should work with PDF (or lycrics) I am at a loss for - but I hope that you or some other of these great people here can see sollutions/options. The problem of manually finding the chords and typing them (with their formatting) is a huge job, when you have several setlists!

This CSV list is not perfect - it seems like it is only major/minor (I could be wrong), and there are the usual issues with <.> representing decimal and <,> representing seperator. Also the chords themselves use <:> as a seperator for Minor/Major (Like A:Minor)

A normal csv file would look something like this (Short sample):

chord,start,end
G:maj,11.60997725,15.510929606000001
B:maj,15.557369515000001,18.854603054000002
E:min,18.901042963000002,21.408798049
D:maj,21.455237958,22.523355865
C:maj,22.569795774,26.284988494

Any idéas or thoughts on this? 🙂

Kind regards
Kenneth

peter

I usually don't implement proprietary file formats from other products. This seems just like a segmentation of the song into regions with different chords. I see no way how to convert that into existing lyrics. The chords would need to be placed correctly within the lyrics which is not possible to do only relying on timestamps.

If you don't have lyrics and only want to create a file with the chords, you could ask ChatGPT to write a file converter that would output the first timestamp in front of the chord like this:

[00:11.60]Gmaj
[00:15.55]Bmaj

But I really don't think this would be useful. You need some logical grouping of the chords as you don't see any reference to how long a chord should be except when the next chord is highlighted.

KennethP

I actually agree with you on this one - but I had hopes, that you (or another) could find a way to use this.

If we disregard the option of combining these with text, then this would/could be treated like the progress bar you have on top for the MP3 file, where there is a vertical bar(Line) "chugging along" while the number is progressing - solely based on the length of the number and the progress so far?

(I am just searching for options or possibilities here).

I have two "Usecases" that I would like to be more supported by the tool:

The ability to automate the Chords "work" for a given song when listening and typing. (This is before a gig).
The ability to have a "fall-back/safety-net" if I forget specific chords - or more likely, the starting chord of a new section. (This is during a gig/song, while playing the song).

This I could see would be usefull if I were in a song, where i forgot the bridge to the middle-part (where it had a different chord progression). Then I could basically for a short period of time rely on this, until I was in the "safe" again in a known chorus or verse.

It could also be if I started a song, that I was unsure of - then I could just follow along with the chords, until it clicked along with my internal representation of the song.

Something like the current chord with a Progressbar beneath it - and the next two chords shown. (The current chord is highlighted, the progressbar beneith it moves along until the time for the next chord, where the progresbar resets, and moves along from start again).

This is just "searching" for possibilites to expand the use of a great tool 🙂.