Audio to MIDI

Situation: A session player played some awesome guitar licks but he messed up some and is not available now.  I would like to recreate the parts.  Although I can usually listen to parts and score them, what he played is weird (chords with different notes bent different amounts, etc.)  I could analyze it but it would take a long time. I called in a player from a rock band I produce and after listening 30 seconds he said, "Sorry, man, but I will never get that."
 
I thought about upgrading Melodyne Assistant to the polyphonic version but am hesitant because I am in the middle of a project and cannot afford to risk blowing away my existing Melodyne files.  Celemony even cautioned me to wait.
 
So...any recommendations on an audio to MIDI tool that would save me some time analyzing what this guy played?  Even if the tool is not 100%, it's OK.  Getting 80% would help a lot.
 
The player is very creative but made a few mistakes and had a lot of single-coil buzz.  (If you are the ax-man in question and reading this: "Still love you, bro, but gotta fix it!  Release party is coming up soon.")

Thanks, Scott.  I will check it out.

IF the mistakes he made are single notes with nothing else going on in the track at that point in time, you can split & isolate the note & fix it with V-Vocal

Konradh,
You could  make a copy of the guitar track in question and work with it in Melodyne's stand alone mode. It sounds like your considering the upgrade anyway and there would be no risk involved. The Groove 3 Melodyne tutorial has a chapter that pretty much walks you through what your after.

Rocky

daveny5


It will be very difficult to capture the exact same tonality with a different guitar and amp combination and a different player. Can you cut out the bad parts in the tracks you have, and cut and paste in some good parts from other takes? You might be able to EQ out most of the buzz or try R-Mix on it. And as Bristol_Jonesey said, you can fix bad notes with V-Vocal.

I agree with Dave as it will be very difficult. Also I don’t think that you would be very happy with a midi guitar sound, especially after a session player.
 
The free Audacity is excellent for taking out single coil buzz. You may want to try it.
Is there any way that you can upload a section or two of the problem parts? That way we could listen to them and get a better idea of what you are hearing.

Konradh,

Maybe someone here that is proficient with Melodyne Editor would be willing to take a stab at it for ya. I would be willing but I haven't worked with Polophony much in Melodyne.

Rocky