Reference Manual

14 9 Converting Audio to MIDI
Chapter 11
Converting Audio to MIDI
(Note: the features discussed in this chapter are not available in the Intro and Lite Editions.)
Although Live’s warping allows for audio files to be used much more flexibly than in traditional
audio software, there are also a number of ways to extract musical information from audio clips
and place it into MIDI clips, for additional creative possibilities.
When an audio clip is selected, four conversion commands are available in the Create Menu or
the [right-click](PC) / [CTRL-click](Mac) context menu for the clip.
Context Menu Commands For Converting Audio To MIDI.
11.1 Slice to New MIDI Track
This command divides the audio into chunks which are assigned to single MIDI notes. Slicing
differs from the Convert commands below, in that it doesn’t analyze the musical context of your
original audio. Instead, it simply splits the original audio into portions of time, regardless of the
content. The Drum Rack (page 248) provides an ideal environment for working with sliced
files, and most of the setup happens automatically after you make a few choices: