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2013/03/23 11:20:55 (permalink)

Audio to sheet music

I want to play or hum and record an audio track.  Then I want to create a midi track to follow the audio and pretty it up so I can print a reasonable looking score. 
 
Is there a tutorial available that leads me through the process?
 
Assuming no, the approach I intend on following is to make a groove clip from the audio track and define the downbeat of each measure.  Then tediously enter notes in a midi track that follow the melody.  Then use quantize and such to pretty things up as needed.  Unless someone points me to a more automated way to get the midi from the audio.
 
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Re:Audio to sheet music 2013/03/23 11:31:34 (permalink)
http://www.celemony.com/cms/

Melodyne

Sonar cannot handle multi note conversion in an acceptable manner. 

post edited by Cactus Music - 2013/03/23 12:48:18

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Re:Audio to sheet music 2013/03/23 12:01:26 (permalink) ☄ Helpful
You could try using V-Vocal on the track. It has an audio-to-MIDI function for single instrument tracks.

Johnny already mentioned Celemony Melodyne.

And there's also IntelliScore...
http://www.digifreq.com/d...deals.asp#IntelliScore

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Re:Audio to sheet music 2013/03/24 11:16:18 (permalink)
V-Vocal seems to be just the ticket; now if I can adjust it to work a little more precisely. 

Here's a related question, this applies to midi that is played in from the keyboard, not necessarily a conversion from analog:

I set the tempo to say 60 BPM and record a midi track.  But I'm not playing at precisely 60, so when I look at staff view it gets looking worse and worse the further into the song I go as my playing is more and more out of sync with the metronome.  Seems to me I read instructions on how to account for this when I was using Sonar Home Studio 4.  Can I do this with X2?  What's it called?
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Re:Audio to sheet music 2013/03/24 11:39:23 (permalink)
Finale can do this and it is more suited to making good printable sheet music.

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Re:Audio to sheet music 2013/03/24 13:15:55 (permalink)
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I set the tempo to say 60 BPM and record a midi track.  But I'm not playing at precisely 60, so when I look at staff view it gets looking worse and worse the further into the song I go as my playing is more and more out of sync with the metronome.  Seems to me I read instructions on how to account for this when I was using Sonar Home Studio 4.  Can I do this with X2?  What's it called?
quantize.


 
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Re:Audio to sheet music 2013/03/24 13:42:13 (permalink)
Quantize will only work if the playing is a little off the beat, it won't fix a performance that drifted off time completely. 
I'm afraid if you need to play along with the metronome if you are planning on doing any midi editing and especially if you plan on converting it to sheet music. 
 

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Re:Audio to sheet music 2013/03/24 13:58:34 (permalink) ☄ Helpful
ok, fit to improvisation.

 
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Re:Audio to sheet music 2013/03/25 08:02:28 (permalink)
Thanks, Swamptooth, that's what I was looking for:  fit to improvisation.  Hard to look something up when you can't think of the name of it, particularly in a 2,000 page manual.
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