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For people asking how to get certain sounds: Ableton convert audio to midi feature
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| discobiscuit |
| If you drag a track into ableton and highlight a clip of the sound you want to recreate, then convert harmony to midi, you should see a virtual instrument that sounds just like the instrument you wanted. I see a lot of people asking how to get a certain sound. That's how I hijacked a few.... worked for me! |
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| tehlord |
That's just giving you notes not timbre.
And if you can't do it by ear....... |
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| scorpradio |
lol yep. I got excited as hell when I first heard about it. then tried it and was like wtf!
Some of those sounds people make are layers and layers of tones. The ableton feature wont get that for you. |
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| discobiscuit |
| I had success with it... and there were several layers on the virtual instruments too. layers of effects that is. Tehlord I think ur referring to convert melody, not harmony. The notes are displayed but u can just use the virtual instrument to create your own. Not perfect but it gets you on the right track. |
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| cryophonik |
Just tried it and, as I expected, it failed miserably - it just gave me a piano sound that was glitchy as hell, out of time, and had a bunch of wrong notes. I even started with a naked pluck with no other instruments playing (Kaskade "Move for Me" intro).
But, let's hear your results. Better yet, post the original file in question so we can try it for ourselves. |
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| scorpradio |
| Agreed, I would like to hear this as well, maybe I am missing something and if it truly worked the way I need it to...I would be totally stoked! |
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| Floorfiller |
i don't have Ableton 9.
So does this basically convert any song into a midi file? could be good for remixing purposes right? |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
i don't have Ableton 9.
So does this basically convert any song into a midi file? could be good for remixing purposes right? |
Yeah, that's the idea behind it. It's not very good at it, though, in my limited experience. Melodyne has a much better implementation. But, even then, I agree with tehlord - the time people spend trying to make these things work would be better spent training your ears.
Also, I'm not sure what the OP is smoking - it's not designed to recreate the sound/timbre, just the notes/chords. |
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| MSZ |
| Im waiting for the day it takes a track and re-synthesizes and mixes it into your daw. C'mon ableton 21! Its actually going to happen :nervous:. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| i think the issue with this technology which has been done by many is that dance music has certain timbres that might trigger harmonics as actual notes. I think melodyne is probably a better tool. Piano would be a better tool after that. It has always made me curious why you would not just learn it. What do you get out of someone b asically doing the work for you. I mean the line between you creating and just using stuff like a dj has to be drawn somewhere. |
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| scorpradio |
| As well...where is the technical aspect, where is the musicianship. Granted, keyboards aren't really instruments however, it does take some knowledge on composition and arrangement. If this is already done for you, where is the creativity |
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| wayfinder |
yeah where is the creativity when you copy something with a tool instead of copying it by hand????
lol |
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