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Is there anyway to send guitar audio to convert it to midi?

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JimmyBoy
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September 01, 13 1:56 AM (permalink)

Is there anyway to send guitar audio to convert it to midi?

Hi,
 
I've searched the web for ideas on how to convert audio to midi, found something about audio transients, not so sure about this as it talks about drum tracks.  tried it out and found I could copy the "kicks" to a midi track, but seems it copies the beat of the audio to a single C note that plays out the beat, good for drums, not what I really want though but will keep that in mind as it would be useful..
 
Anyway, can sonar x2a studio convert guitar audio to midi, if it can could you send me more information on how to do it?
 
Thanks in advance,..
Jim
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    larrymcg
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    Re: Is there anyway to send guitar audio to convert it to midi? September 01, 13 2:23 PM (permalink)
    I'm no expert but I've seen a lot of stuff that says you can do it with limited success for monophonic recordings (a single note at a time like a bass or trumpet) and mostly not at all with polyphonic recordings.  I image your guitar is generating up to 6 notes at a time.
     
    Check out these threads on the subject:
     
    http://homerecording.com/bbs/user-forums-brand/cakewalk-sonar-forum/v-vocal-audio-midi-260956/
     
    and
     
    http://forum.cakewalk.com/Convert-Audio-to-MIDI-or-create-MIDI-from-Audio-m2536371.aspx
     
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    Re: Is there anyway to send guitar audio to convert it to midi? September 01, 13 5:41 PM (permalink)
    Gooday Larry,
     
    I actually did come across those two links, they do though discuss converting audio to midi for drummers.
     
    I did however find audacity has audio to midi conversion capabilities, I can't get it to work though as no matter what audio file I open the Export to Midi is greyed out - although your comment '"monophonic recordings"' does give me some hope and ideas to try next.
     
    So I guess the verdict is there is no plug-in or feature in Sonar that can do this,..
     
    Kind Regards
    Jim
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    Re: Is there anyway to send guitar audio to convert it to midi? September 01, 13 7:03 PM (permalink)
    Additional comments from someone who doesn't know much about this subject....
     
    Never used Audacity but I'd bet the required process is more complicated than just just exporting audio to midi.  There is likely some process that you have to go through to get the midi and then you can export the generated midi.  Maybe you can do searches in an electronic version of the Audacity manual to get some hints.
     
    Back to Sonar -- Scott Garrigus' book Sonar X1 Power! has a section on V-Vocal where he describes using V-Vocal to correct the pitches of a sung melody and then to convert those pitches to midi.  I've never tried V-Vocal but I'm guessing if the pitches are already true (like a guitar note would be) then you could go directly to the converting to midi.  But of course this is dealing with monophonic audio only.
     
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    Re: Is there anyway to send guitar audio to convert it to midi? September 15, 13 7:21 PM (permalink)
    Sonar does not have a tool to do this, but Melodyne can with some success.  Check out this marketing blurb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93yXresJD4E  .  You can write out the poly as MIDI and import it into a MIDI track.  It isn't perfect, but I have used it for this a couple of times.  They do have a free trial on their web site, but the product is a bit expensive (you pay for cool technology).
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    Re: Is there anyway to send guitar audio to convert it to midi? September 16, 13 9:30 AM (permalink)
    I've been looking at the SONUUS i2M.
    Claims to be able to record (monophonic) guitar as MIDI.
    It's $129 at Guitar Center online; a little much for me to try out at this time.

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    Re: Is there anyway to send guitar audio to convert it to midi? September 16, 13 9:44 AM (permalink)
    If you are going to spend $100 for a solution you might want to check out MIDI Guitar from Jam Origin.
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