Reference Manual

152 Converting Audio to MIDI

11.2 Convert Harmony to New MIDI Track

This command identiﬁes the pitches in a polyphonic audio recording and places them into a clip

on a new MIDI track. The track comes preloaded with an Instrument Rack (page 237) that

plays a piano sound (which can, of course, be replaced by another instrument if you choose).

Note that this command, as with the other Convert commands, differs from slicing in that the

generated MIDI clip does not play the original sound, but instead extracts the notes and uses

them to play an entirely different sound.

The Convert Harmony command can work with music from your collection, but you can also get

great results by generating MIDI from audio recordings of yourself playing harmonic instruments

such as guitar or piano.

11.3 Convert Melody to New MIDI Track

This command identiﬁes the pitches in monophonic audio and places them into a clip on a new

MIDI track.

The track comes preloaded with an Instrument Rack that plays a synthesizer sound. Using the

Rack’s “Synth to Piano” Macro, you can adjust the timbre of this sound between an analog-style

synth and an electric piano. The instrument was designed to be versatile enough to provide a

good preview, but can of course be replaced with another instrument if you choose.

The Melody to MIDI Instrument Rack.