Transcribe Audio to MIDI in DP 11.2
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- daviddas.com -- MOTU's new 11.2 release of Digital Performer (DP) includes Melodyne Essentials and the ability to convert audio to MIDI. This is a really powerful tool. In this video I demonstrate an easy conversion of polyphonic piano to MIDI. (Note that advanced polyphonic detection may require upgraded versions of Melodyne.)
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Holy crap-- never thought I'd see the day-- thanks for the video!
Wow. Great video. I’ve been waiting for these features to be broken down in a quick and easy to understand video. Thanks
I had no idea of this feature in DP. Excellent video. Thank you!!
Brand new in the latest version that came out last week (?)
As Barry says it's a new feature, but only the polyphonic part using Melodyne. Prior to that you could use Pure DSP for monophonic audio like a vocal, trumpet, sax, or other mono source. There was no menu option, you switch to the pitch layer of a track, lasso the pitch data and copy, then paste to a MIDI track. That has been around since I think DP4.
@@glennworkman7252 Well, it doesn't seem to be working for me. Not even with a simple melody.
Impressive
Thank you.
Great video! Adjust Beats also has the option to "Snap to Notes," which makes dragging beats even faster (depending upon the source material, of course).
Duh moment for me. I skim-read right past that option and have never used it. But I will from now on.
Wow.
Great video David. I'm curious why you opted NOT to use Snap to notes in the Adjust Beats window. I do find that very useful most of the time. Thanks.
Um, because I have a tendency not to notice things right under my nose... (Never noticed that option!)
David, would getting Melodyne Editor vs entire kit work for this? Thx.
Your videos are truly helpful. Watched your TV monitor video and it made me lower my current monitor and my neck thanks you.
This could be a great way to transcribe solos etc.
Absolutely. It could also be used in conjunction with a stem splitter (e.g. splitter.ai).
I just upgraded from DP9 to 11.2! Cool feature thanks for the demo. Now I can't select Melodyne, it's greyed out. Can't figure out why that would be. Any ideas? I do own it and I have the latest version of Melodyne Studio.
I'm have the same issue. Just installed DP 11.2 and the included Melodyne. The Plug-In is present, and can be set up as an insert into an audio channel, but the Melodyne option is not available in the "Copy Audio to Midi" options, only PureDSP and Beats, Melodyne is grayed out. I was able to transfer a stereo Drum track into Melodyne per their instructions, but don't see any option to convert to midi from within the Melodyne plug-in.
hi David! Love your content. I have a question, When I select Copy Audio to Midi, the window shows Melodyne greyed out.. Do you know how to enable it? I went in the preferences and enabled the vst3 version just in case, but it didn't make any difference. Thank you in advance!
Quick DP question if you have time -- is there a way to control the range of say a volume automation? Like no matter how far I turn the knob, it only goes plus or minus 2 db? Sorry if this is kinda basic-- I can't seem to find a way to do this-- searching 'range' in the manual yields a whole different topic
Not sure I fully understand -- feel free to ask it again. I can show you how to do routine volume automation which goes the full range (not just 2dB) but I'm not sure where you're only seeing 2dB since that doesn't exist anywhere in DP...
@@daviddas ahhh- yes, I can do the full range, but often that is too much and I want to restrict it because turning the knob just 2 db is difficult-- I end up raising it 10 when I just want 2. I want to restrict its range-- does that make sense? like in serum, I can set the pitch wheel to + or - 12 semitones or just + or - 2 depending on what's needed-- looking for something like that for volume (or other) automation in DP
maybe I'd have to set that parameter on the midi controller...?
3:43 I see polyphony there, but I don't know how to write polyphony into QuickScribe myself, is it possible?
I never add notes directly into QuickScribe. (It can probably be done, but I never do it.) I enter notes by playing MIDI manually, or occasionally by using the pencil tool in the MIDI Editor.
Yes.
Is there a trick to this? I've been trying to get this to work since 11.2 came out, and the results are terrible. I'm getting MIDI that is not even close to the source audio. I've tried it with all different recorded sounds and algorithms.
I'm not sure. Do you own one of the more advanced versions of Melodyne, or are you using Melodyne Essentials (which comes with DP 11.2)? I have a more advanced version and that might be why I was able to do polyphonic transcription like this. (I'm not clear on what happens if you're only using Melodyne Essentials.) Maybe just try transcribing a solo line to see if and how well that works, then progress to more advanced things later.
@@daviddas Thanks for the reply, David. I'm only using the Essentials version included with DP 11.2, but the Polyphonic algorithm is a selection that is available in the operation.
Same here. It doesn’t even work with a simple melody 😩
My own experience with this was very poor. I used a piano recording (a real piano) playing rhythms between two notes. The damper/sustain pedal was down throughout. The transcription I got was just rhythms written on 1 note - it transcribed everything to an A note - the second space of the treble staff - The recording did not contain an A note. Also, the transcribed rhythms were nowhere near close to what was being played. This was tried on all the various Melodyne algorithms. I believe having the damper pedal down is what caused Melodyne to fail. It could not ferret out the actual notes vs. the harmonic mist created by the pedal. Not really sure but it was a fail for me.
Sorry to hear that was difficult for you. The one I did above (in the video) was literally my first attempt, and I was pretty impressed with it. I agree with you that a lot of sustain pedal (especially if the recording is ambient) is probably going to be tricky for Melodyne. I would bet that future Melodyne algorithms will improve on this too; I already feel like Melodyne can do some pretty amazing things.
Thank you for typing this comment... I'm an ambient piano composer, lots of rubato, lots of sustain pedal, etc... You just saved me $500 bucks.
Now I get to continue on with my research of how to get my acoustic piano recordings to sound professional since I'm a total noob in that department. I know nothing about mics or midi and I'm relying on professionals to just tell me what to do. Play piano, check! Compose music, check! Engrave in Finale, check! Make recordings sound good: 🙄
Great demo and yes, I was impressed at DP 11’s ability to detect and convert to midi! Question: if the source audio was say: a human voice, could DP also convert pitch elements such as scoops and vibrato to midi?
Ty
It'll depend on how extreme the scoops and vibratos are...but in theory yes it should work.