Audio to MIDI conversion

Author
Post
Essentials Only Full Version
arachnaut
Max Output Level: -67 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 1168
  • Joined: 2007/05/05 17:24:33
  • Location: Sunnyvale, CA USA
  • Status: offline
2013/09/30 18:46:16 (permalink)

Audio to MIDI conversion

I accidentally moved a short audio clip to a MIDI track and ... whoah!! MIDI notes popped up!
The Melodyne automatically converted it to a MIDI clip.
Pretty neat.
Without any help -  it was pretty good.
Since then I've been playing with the Melodyne in warped ways - if you drag the notes pretty far away from the natural pitch you can get some interesting effects.
It seems to only work on small regions - it won't do anything in the minute-range.
Maybe that's a memory issue, but I have 16 GB.
 
post edited by arachnaut - 2013/09/30 20:21:14

- Jim Hurley -
SONAR Platinum - x64  - Windows 10 Pro 
ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0;  Core i7-2600K@4.4GHz; 16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X;
GeForce GT 740; Saffire Pro14 MixControl 3.7; Axiom 61
64-Bit audio, SR: 48kHz, ASIO 256 samples latency, Rec/Play I/O Buffers 512k, Total Round Trip Latency 13 ms, Pow-r 3 dither 
#1

6 Replies Related Threads
    garrigus
    Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 8599
    • Joined: 2003/11/05 17:23:21
    • Location: www.garrigus.com
    • Status: offline
    Re: Audio to MIDI conversion 2013/09/30 19:44:36 (permalink)
    Yeah, that automatic audio to MIDI feature is very cool.
     
    Scott

    --
    Scott R. Garrigus - http://garrigus.com - SONAR X2 Power! - http://garrigus.com/?SonarX2Power
    * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
    * Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
    * Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
    * Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview
    #2
    PTheory
    Max Output Level: -88 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 116
    • Joined: 2012/04/29 15:15:00
    • Status: offline
    Re: Audio to MIDI conversion 2013/09/30 19:56:43 (permalink)
    Does it work on stereo files if I have full melodyne editor installed?  Have bought but not upgraded to X3 yet
    #3
    arachnaut
    Max Output Level: -67 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 1168
    • Joined: 2007/05/05 17:24:33
    • Location: Sunnyvale, CA USA
    • Status: offline
    Re: Audio to MIDI conversion 2013/09/30 20:19:56 (permalink)
    Here is an example of a quick-and-dirty extraction of a clean strumming quitar stereo track.
    I extracted the MIDI just using the defaults in Melodyne - no editing at all.
    Then I put a plucked piano on the MIDI track with a distortion effect.
    Then I mixed it to Left = original, Right = goofy weird stuff.
     
    http://www.arachnaut.net/...o-MIDI-test-output.wav

    - Jim Hurley -
    SONAR Platinum - x64  - Windows 10 Pro 
    ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0;  Core i7-2600K@4.4GHz; 16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X;
    GeForce GT 740; Saffire Pro14 MixControl 3.7; Axiom 61
    64-Bit audio, SR: 48kHz, ASIO 256 samples latency, Rec/Play I/O Buffers 512k, Total Round Trip Latency 13 ms, Pow-r 3 dither 
    #4
    arachnaut
    Max Output Level: -67 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 1168
    • Joined: 2007/05/05 17:24:33
    • Location: Sunnyvale, CA USA
    • Status: offline
    Re: Audio to MIDI conversion 2013/09/30 20:23:22 (permalink)
    PTheory
    Does it work on stereo files if I have full melodyne editor installed?  Have bought but not upgraded to X3 yet




    I upgraded to Producer. The Melodyne 'essential' works on stereo, but I think the simpler the track the better and easier the results. Only the major upgrade has polyphonic extraction as I understand.

    - Jim Hurley -
    SONAR Platinum - x64  - Windows 10 Pro 
    ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0;  Core i7-2600K@4.4GHz; 16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X;
    GeForce GT 740; Saffire Pro14 MixControl 3.7; Axiom 61
    64-Bit audio, SR: 48kHz, ASIO 256 samples latency, Rec/Play I/O Buffers 512k, Total Round Trip Latency 13 ms, Pow-r 3 dither 
    #5
    jimkleban
    Max Output Level: -64 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 1319
    • Joined: 2008/11/09 09:42:45
    • Status: offline
    Re: Audio to MIDI conversion 2013/09/30 20:39:18 (permalink)
    So, I have Melodyne editor with DNA and I have found that the drier the track with only one instrument, the better audio to MIDI conversion takes place.  It is quite amazing and I really like the speed in which you can do this with X3 (vs doing it outside of SONAR and then importing the data).
     
    I do know that I need to go to school on how to use Melodyne better... perhaps one of those video classes you see all the time.  It is quite complicated for me to grasp all the commands and what exactly they do.
     
    Jim

    The Lamb Laid Down on MIDI
    www.lldom.com
     
    Studio Cat Custom i7 with Thunderbolt (wonderful system built and configured by our own Jim R)
    Apollo Duo (via TB)
    UAD Quad
    UAD Duo
    WIN 8.1 x64 with 32 GB Ram
    4 SSD for programs and sample libraries
    Splat (latest version)
    #6
    bent4life
    Max Output Level: -87 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 176
    • Joined: 2009/08/30 10:12:07
    • Location: Japan
    • Status: offline
    Re: Audio to MIDI conversion 2013/09/30 21:34:22 (permalink)
    Eli Krantzberg's video is worth picking up.
     

    Win 7 Pro x64; i7 3770k; 16GB RAM; Sonar Platinum; Moto Ultralite-mk4
    #7
    Jump to:
    © 2025 APG vNext Commercial Version 5.1