This is a bit silly thread again. Inspiration strikes me often when I am not close to my daw so I have started to hum when I get inspired musically in order to store short melody clips in my phone. Biggest problem is I usually hum so that the resulting sounds are between keys, for example between E and F. That makes it hard for me to create the same melodies on my keyboard. I figured out the solution quickly. I use the pitch wheel thingy on my keyboard so that it sounds equally between keys. This has made it a lot easier for me to recreate the hummed melodies. This was one of my unusual musical work habits. I would like to hear if you also have a bit odd or unusual work habits when you make music.

Melodyne

bapu
Melodyne

Zaxtly - you can even convert directly to MIDI

I think using Melodyne would take more time so I do the 'translation' with my ears. Thanks for the comments.

Wow.  Most people are always trying to remove any hum...  Interesting.  Um, different!

kakku
I think using Melodyne would take more time so I do the 'translation' with my ears. Thanks for the comments.

 
I don't use it for that reason.... however, I do believe you can simply grab/lasso all the notes or even use the "auto correct" mode and it's done in literally a few seconds.
 
 
I used to use the auto-correct mode all the time...for convenience mostly,  until I discovered that I got much better, and more accurate results doing the edits manually.  However, to transpose to "on key" with a short melody, yeah... the A-C works well.

Carry pitch pipes with you?
 
Alternate... get a tuner app for your phone and use it to find a starting pitch...
 
or...
 
If your phone has playback capabilities (I'm assuming it does) make an MP3 recording of the C major scale. Use the most appropriate note as your starting pitch.
 
or...
 
Get one of those VST/MIDI keyboard app and use that as your starting pitch AND you could quickly create a MIDI track of your hum based creations.

craigb
Wow.  Most people are always trying to remove any hum...  Interesting.  Um, different!

Hehee. I like hum when I do it;D

Guitarhacker

kakku
I think using Melodyne would take more time so I do the 'translation' with my ears. Thanks for the comments.

 
I don't use it for that reason.... however, I do believe you can simply grab/lasso all the notes or even use the "auto correct" mode and it's done in literally a few seconds.
 
 
I used to use the auto-correct mode all the time...for convenience mostly,  until I discovered that I got much better, and more accurate results doing the edits manually.  However, to transpose to "on key" with a short melody, yeah... the A-C works well.

Thanks for the tips and info.

Beepster
Carry pitch pipes with you?
 
Alternate... get a tuner app for your phone and use it to find a starting pitch...
 
or...
 
If your phone has playback capabilities (I'm assuming it does) make an MP3 recording of the C major scale. Use the most appropriate note as your starting pitch.
 
or...
 
Get one of those VST/MIDI keyboard app and use that as your starting pitch AND you could quickly create a MIDI track of your hum based creations.

Thanks for the great tips. I will see what I can find.