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2012/10/04 19:47:55 (permalink)

Staff view

Is there any perticular reason why we cannot have STAFF VIEW when using audio tracks ie; guitar or keyboard or whatever other instrument is used to make an audio track?
I feel that newbies would find this availability very useful including myself.
 
 
Thank's for any input.
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    bluzdog
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    Re:Staff view 2012/10/04 20:12:44 (permalink)
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    Is there any perticular reason why we cannot have STAFF VIEW when using audio tracks ie; guitar or keyboard or whatever other instrument is used to make an audio track?
    I feel that newbies would find this availability very useful including myself.
     
     
    Thank's for any input.

    We can, Just convert the audio to midi with Melodyne and open the midi file in the staff view.
     
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    daveny5
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    Re:Staff view 2012/10/04 20:28:23 (permalink)

    We can, Just convert the audio to midi with Melodyne and open the midi file in the staff view



    Just don't expect it to be very accurate especially if you're playing more than one note at a time. 

    Its easy to do it with MIDI because MIDI contains instructions that tell the computer what notes to play and when to play them. With audio, its much more difficult because the computer has to translate a complex audio waveform into notes and rhythms. They've made some progress in converting audio to MIDI, but from what I've seen, unless you're only playing one note at a time, its not very accurate. Before you plunk down $300 for Melodyne, you might want to try a trial version. 

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    Re:Staff view 2012/10/04 21:45:28 (permalink)
    Thank's guys.
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    Re:Staff view 2012/10/05 08:38:06 (permalink)
    Staff view is for midi. Since audio is not midi, it won't show up in staff or PRV. 

    But like was said, you can use one of the audio to midi conversions and be able to see it. The results will vary.

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    Re:Staff view 2012/10/05 09:24:23 (permalink)
    Think a little further, Gerry :o).

    If you insert a note in staff view, how could the note know if it's a vocal, drum, guitar or whatever that isn't recorded yet, and with who's voice should the note sing :o) (joking)

    If you do as suggested above: Change the, say, bass line into MIDI, and edit it, you can not have the original audio playing the line anymore, but the MIDI must be played back with a soft synth. If you somehow manage to change a vocal track accurately into MIDI (which is very unlikely), the result would be useful only in getting the melody notated, the edits you do can not be transferred to the original audio.

    With Melodyne, V-Vocal, Autotune and such you can edit the already recorded audio, but it has to be
    plain track without distrortion, reverbs or such. Otherwise the programs fail to define the pitch.

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