ASSIGN mp3's to my keyboard?

[wikibox]

hello everyone,
i am newbie to midi and i am editing a world war 2 semi documentary-radio novel that features:
footsteps explosions and a plethora of effects i generated in mp3,
i have an m-audio axiom 49 keyboard and i want to assign some of the mp3s to specific keys...that way i will be able to change the decay and sync some efects with the images i generate the soundtrack by doing it "on the fly" as the video plays,

my question:

HOW do I assign mp3 files to my midi keyboard?
Is there a plug in that does it?



again , i know midis are not mp3s ad i hope my question is not too basic ...and honestly,
all your help is appreciated

[tacman7]

I'm not aware of any software that does what you want specifically, it may be out there though.

What you can do is get a sampler (there is a great free one called independence).

That's what samplers do, they assign sounds to keys. They also repitch the sounds so a wav of a violin playing a c note would be pitched up a half step and assigned to the c# key and down a half step and assigned to the b key.

Many programs like cubaseSX3 can convert mp3's to wav during the import process.

Maybe you can get a sampler that does that also or a stand alone conversion program.

I have a friend who used to do live theater with his computer using sound fonts. Good if you have any sort of sound blaster card.