WinXP, experiments in Audio to MIDI with Live 5
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:46 pm
Mentioned this briefly elsewhere, this may be of interest. If you have done audio-to-MIDI within Live, it would be interesting to hear about it:
As someone whoss primary instrument is guitar but who also has some keyboard skills, the audio to midi concept it appealing, but if it's more trouble than just playing the melody on the keyboard, it loses it's appeal. I know there are various pickuips etc that will digitize guitar, maybe I'll go that route, but the software approach is appealing for ease and versatility.
I'm looking for free or inexpensive, I prefer melodic transformation not just triggering on peaks, but that can be interesting. I have tried some and will try all of the VSTs that meet that criteria on this list:
http://www.kvraudio.com/get.php?mode=re ... t=1&rpp=15
Dodo Bird, Super Eel Audio to MIDI -- works somewhat, kind of interesting, but does not use VST routing, it has a selector that you route out to yoke or other MIDI-accepting program and then back in. Be careful, this can cause MIDI feedback depending on how you adjust levels and depending on the timbre of the audio you are inputting (dry saw type stuff seems to work well, reverb-y or ring-y square or sin type stuff less so). In a MIDI to Audio back to MIDI using operator set to the same patch as both audio and MIDI acceptor, tracking was very good for some patches. You get some very weird things if you run perc or drums through it and then to a tonal synth.
Jaltoh, Ultram Audio to MIDI -- Crashes Live, *boom*. Don't try this one.
KlangLabs Synodeia 2 Audio to MIDI -- Will be trying this one next.
knzaudio Midifier Audio to MIDI -- have demo version, will try. It will write midi output to file. The demo has an intermittent silence set up.
Nuton Musiciendoz Audio to MIDI -- will try this, I somehow like the look of it. the price is right and the sample sounds like the conversion works well..
Prodyon audiotrig Audio to MIDI -- this does peaks to note, maybe at some point will try.
TazMan Audio TheExtractor Audio to MIDI -- I have the demo version of this, the nag screen is particularly in-your-face, but looks promising.
I will post more as it goes along.
As someone whoss primary instrument is guitar but who also has some keyboard skills, the audio to midi concept it appealing, but if it's more trouble than just playing the melody on the keyboard, it loses it's appeal. I know there are various pickuips etc that will digitize guitar, maybe I'll go that route, but the software approach is appealing for ease and versatility.
I'm looking for free or inexpensive, I prefer melodic transformation not just triggering on peaks, but that can be interesting. I have tried some and will try all of the VSTs that meet that criteria on this list:
http://www.kvraudio.com/get.php?mode=re ... t=1&rpp=15
Dodo Bird, Super Eel Audio to MIDI -- works somewhat, kind of interesting, but does not use VST routing, it has a selector that you route out to yoke or other MIDI-accepting program and then back in. Be careful, this can cause MIDI feedback depending on how you adjust levels and depending on the timbre of the audio you are inputting (dry saw type stuff seems to work well, reverb-y or ring-y square or sin type stuff less so). In a MIDI to Audio back to MIDI using operator set to the same patch as both audio and MIDI acceptor, tracking was very good for some patches. You get some very weird things if you run perc or drums through it and then to a tonal synth.
Jaltoh, Ultram Audio to MIDI -- Crashes Live, *boom*. Don't try this one.
KlangLabs Synodeia 2 Audio to MIDI -- Will be trying this one next.
knzaudio Midifier Audio to MIDI -- have demo version, will try. It will write midi output to file. The demo has an intermittent silence set up.
Nuton Musiciendoz Audio to MIDI -- will try this, I somehow like the look of it. the price is right and the sample sounds like the conversion works well..
Prodyon audiotrig Audio to MIDI -- this does peaks to note, maybe at some point will try.
TazMan Audio TheExtractor Audio to MIDI -- I have the demo version of this, the nag screen is particularly in-your-face, but looks promising.
I will post more as it goes along.