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- lampostudio
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audio to MIDI
Is there anything out there that can convert an audio piano track into a MIDI file?
- SixStringGeek
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Re: audio to MIDI
melodyne claims to be able to do this - but I'd bet it depends a lot on the complexity/polyphony.lampostudio wrote:Is there anything out there that can convert an audio piano track into a MIDI file?
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- MIDI Life Crisis
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Re: audio to MIDI
Yes. It's called a musician...lampostudio wrote:Is there anything out there that can convert an audio piano track into a MIDI file?
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- Dwetmaster
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Re: audio to MIDI
MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Yes. It's called a musician...

I refuse to believe it can effectively be done on polyphonic material...
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896mk3, BLA Modded 896HD, BLA Microclock, MTP-AV, Yamaha KX-8, CME VX-7 Mackie Ctrl, megadrum, Presonus C-S,
DP8.04, Bidule, M5 3, Ethno 2, BPM 1.5 Kontakt4, BFD2, SD2, Omnisphere, Wave Arts P-S5, Altiverb7, PSP VW & OldTimer, VB3, Ivory 2 Grand, True Pianos, Ozone 5, Reason 4, AmpliTube3, Bla bla bla...
A few El & Ac basses & Guitars, Hammond A-100.
- lampostudio
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Re: audio to MIDI
MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Yes. It's called a musician...lampostudio wrote:Is there anything out there that can convert an audio piano track into a MIDI file?
What's a musician? Is that a plug? lol
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Re: audio to MIDI
But what about latency compensation?MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Yes. It's called a musician...lampostudio wrote:Is there anything out there that can convert an audio piano track into a MIDI file?

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Re: audio to MIDI
The longer you wait, the more we get compensatedbkshepard wrote:But what about latency compensation?MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Yes. It's called a musician...lampostudio wrote:Is there anything out there that can convert an audio piano track into a MIDI file?

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