Imitone -- wow! Best voice-to-midi I've ever seen [Oct 2015 update: might not ever see]

I can't post URLs yet... but go to youtube and search for "Imitone epic cello"... you'll see a video posted two days ago. The performance proper starts t 1:50. Pretty much speaks for itself. Pretty mindblowing

The developer is doing a kickstarter campaign lasting a few more days ... google "kickstarter imitone" for more information.


I'm unaffiliated btw
 
(Tangential grumble: Gosh I can't wait until get big boy privileges to post urls.... I see why they would limit it for newcomers, to vet out spanners, but in correspondence CW acknowledges I've been a customer of several versions since the '90s )
 
 

Looks interesting. Always had a passion for horns. Just don't how to play them. Maybe this will work?

Grem
Looks interesting. Always had a passin for horns. Just don't how to play them. Maybe this will work?

You can covert monophonic audio to midi using Melodyne (except Melodyne Essentials), though not in real time 

The guy has passed his minimum kickstarter goal of $20,000, and is now around $4,000 short of the $60,000 he says he needs to make a VST version. There are around 4 days left. I've pledged $60 myself. Heave ho, y'all!
 

It looks absolutely amazing.  I hope it really does work.  I wish him the best.  And I'm probably in for a copy.

The funding option is quite confusing to me. Let's say I'm interested in just the software without the 3D-printed SoundSelf Charms.
 
Everyone gets the same and only version of Imitone right ?
 
Seems the more you pledge the later the estimated delivery date ?

lingyai

You can covert monophonic audio to midi using Melodyne (except Melodyne Essentials), though not in real time.

Yes, and this is a real good method. It works very well. In fact I am surprised at how well it does work.

It's the "expressiveness" that i seem to struggle with. And imitone seems to solve this problem with ease.

I have to admit that I was also skeptical about how well the demo was making it seem to track his vocal in real time. But then i thought, maybe so!!

If it does track that well, it will be a great plug.

This is not spam, sir.
 
Yes, I wrote all those posts. Why should I not?
 
After discovering it on the VI Control forum, my mind was indeed blown, I pledged, and wanted to spread the word, both
 
a) because I thought others might be interested (and judging from the number and substance of those responses on some of those threads, I was right) and
 
b) if there was enough backing, all pledgers would get access to the VST version (which again, other folks besides me seem interested in).
 
I indeed have no ties to the developer whatsoever, other than being a customer, a fact I disclose in this very thread (which you might have overlooked in your haste to judge). If you dispute that I am unaffiliated, please substantiate.
 
Should I limit myself to one forum, i.e. this one? In terms of numbers of posts, this specific sub-forum is a relative backwater. Why not also post on Gearlsutz, KVR, and other forums I'm member of? 
 
While you are in investigation mode, you should at least be thorough and balanced about it. Look at my profile on KVR -- I've  been on there for three years, with over 1,500 posts. If I were a spammer, I'd have thought they would have caught me out by now, eh? Also look at some of my specific posts on KVR re Imitone, subsequent to my initial post. When others mention similar products I haven't heard of, I ask for details, in a tone which you'd be hard-pressed to say does not convey genuine interest. I also pointed out to someone that Melodyne also does audio-to-midi conversion, albeit not in real time.  This makes it pretty clear I am interested in audio-to-midi generally, and am not a sock puppet for Imitone. If I were the latter I'd be trashing competing products at every turn.
 
Yes, I used identical wording in each post. Why not? What is the point of tweaking the language for each forum I post in? I chose the words I wished to use, and they say what I wish them to say.  I'm being consistent. I have done the same when asking for help in various math forums.  Would it somehow have been better to use "mind-blowing" on one forum, "awesome" on another, "groovy" on a third, etc?
 
There is nothing fraudulent or otherwise misleading in the post. It invites people to check out something quite relevant to the forums in which it appears (I'm not peddling snake oil or miracle diet, after all) and to decide for themselves. 
 
Specifically, what is spammy about any of this?
 
Nothing at all.
 
You have leapt to a quite invalid conclusion.
 
An apology would be appropriate.
 

I may not be a great "singer" but this seems like I could get ideas out in lieu plunking on a geeter or keys.
 
I pledged $60. That's just a dinner out with The Lovely Lady.

How is Jam Origin's Midi Guitar compare to this ? Midi Guitar can do polyphonic.. Can it also track voices ? and it translate volume / vibrato as well ?

Looks like he's hit his financial goal (and I helped).
 
And thus I hope he meets his promises.

"To be clear: This has, in fact, been an incredibly productive time for imitone.  But not in the way that I expected."
 
Sounds like me an my song projects.

If you want real time audio to MIDI now then consider the Sonuus devices.  I have found mine to track guitar fairly well. 
 
Cheers.

lingyai
Except ... you actually finish songs, right?

Well, that a subject up for debate. I mean, I do post songs on the Song forum hear, but does that mean they are finnish?

RD9
If you want real time audio to MIDI now then consider the Sonuus devices.  I have found mine to track guitar fairly well. 
 
Cheers.

Imitone is supposed to be for voice not guitar. Would the Sonuus devices accept and track a voice as well as guitar?