Audio to MIDI Conversion in SONAR

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2016/12/18 12:41:53 (permalink)

Audio to MIDI Conversion in SONAR

I'm following the CakeTv video to convert a guitar track to a midi track. I am using rapture pro in the midi track and have a piano selected. When I drag and drop the guitar clip into the midi track it comes out as a single note. Any idea why? Thanks for any help
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    microapp
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    Re: Audio to MIDI Conversion in SONAR 2016/12/18 12:50:12 (permalink)
    In melodyne make sure it is set for polyphony and not percussion.

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    Re: Audio to MIDI Conversion in SONAR 2016/12/18 12:50:39 (permalink)
    Hi. My guess is that Melodyne is using the percussive algorithm, and you need to use melodic. 
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    Re: Audio to MIDI Conversion in SONAR 2016/12/18 12:59:57 (permalink)
     Thanks for your quick replies! The video tutorial doesn't mention Melodyne at all - it says to create a midi track; load an instrument; drag and drop audio clip. The video says "SONAR Professional and SONAR Platinum allow you to convert audio to MIDI in as little as a single click thanks to ARA integrations".
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    Re: Audio to MIDI Conversion in SONAR 2016/12/18 13:02:41 (permalink)
    It should mention Melodyne since Sonar uses it to convert audio to Midi (the ARA integration is the clue) and many people have the same problem as you did.

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    Re: Audio to MIDI Conversion in SONAR 2016/12/18 13:14:49 (permalink)
    So the guitar track has to be selected and then use region FX to select Melodyne? Odd that the video doesn't mention that.
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    Re: Audio to MIDI Conversion in SONAR 2016/12/18 13:24:39 (permalink)
    Dragging the audio to a MIDI track uses Melodyne to create the MIDI data. While you do not need to explicitly use Melodyne as a Region FX, you will need to open Melodyne to change the default algorithm. This may be done by dropping the plug-in in an FX bin, set the algorithm then delete the plug-in.
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    Re: Audio to MIDI Conversion in SONAR 2016/12/18 13:32:18 (permalink)
    You just need to set another default in Melodyne (once), then conversion will be as expected:

     

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    Re: Audio to MIDI Conversion in SONAR 2016/12/18 14:02:19 (permalink)
    Thank you all!
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