Thanks - looking into it.
 
Bob Bone
 

OK - sorry I posted here by the way,
 
I downloaded Melodyne's 30-day demo, and am working through figuring it out.
 
I have what appears to be a giant learning curve there.
 
Here is the approximately 4-5 seconds of music I am trying to isolate the keyboard lead from:
 
(edited - link removed)
 
In case anybody wants to take a stab at it.
 
I will continue to try to figure out how to do this in Melodyne in the meantime, 
 
Bob Bone
 

Have you tried scanning the frequencies with EQ?
You probably know how to do that, but anyway, just in case.
Flatten the EQ, and then set a band to peak/dip and select a Q factor of 24 to tighten up. Push the gain right up for the band and the slide it across until you isolate the sounds you want.
 
I watched some fantastic videos here

Thanks - I will give that a shot.  It is just so hard to dig stuff out that is in the same frequency range as other instruments.
 
I did post a link to the 5 seconds of music I am struggling with, in case anyone feels like helping a guy out.
 
 
Bob Bone

robert_e_bone
I downloaded Melodyne's 30-day demo, and am working through figuring it out.
 
I have what appears to be a giant learning curve there.

Melodyne looks amazing.  It definitely can work on polyphonic material.  However, I don't see how it could possibly work on a full mix where several instruments are using the same range.  I could see doing unbelievable things with the tool on individual tracks, but it sounds like you are trying to take apart material that is already mixed.
 
I seriously need to win the lottery.
 

Melodyne in fact can NOT isolate an individual's notes in a mixed track. It will not give me the solution I had hoped.
 
It appears that there is no way to isolate the keyboard lead from the mix.
 
I will attempt to deal with it best I can.  It's just very frustrating, because it is only about 5 seconds of music, and I have literally sequenced up the rest of this song in midi.
 
Oh well, 
 
Bob Bone
 

Hey Bob, this may be a long shot, but have you tried using the transient shaper? (Or whatever it's called in Sonar) I'm just wondering if that would help bring it out enough for you to figure out the notes. Just a thought...

sometimes transposing it up an octave makes things pop out a bit, espicially true for bass notes, but might be worth a try

scook
R-Mix sounds perfect for this application
 
The ModFilter help came up when I hit F1 with the ModFilter UI in focus. The help should be located in "Cakewalk\Shared Plugins" directory.

I'm with Scook,R-Mix it's the perfect tool

Thanks for the ideas, guys.  I have some coffee brewing, and will start looking at the above.
 
I love this forum - thanks again.
 
Bob Bone