Convert audio to MIDI
Select an audio clip, press⌘K and run Convert Audio to MIDI…. A new instrument track appears with the extracted MIDI clip.
Convert only one phrase
Trim the clip to the phrase you want, then run Convert Audio to MIDI… on it. Only what the clip plays is analyzed.Good to know
- The original audio clip stays unchanged.
- It is polyphonic. Chords, melodies and several instruments at once. Sustained and plucked single-instrument parts work best: piano, electric piano, synth lead, bass, voice.
- Starts are far more accurate than ends. Expect to correct the note lengths in the piano roll.
- Strummed chords are a known limit. Notes that start within a few milliseconds of each other can be merged or misplaced, and the first note of a strum is the least reliable.
- Under Punchy, notes land where the hits are in the original audio, before warping. Smooth and Pitch warps are followed (Time Stretching).
What else should I know?
What else should I know?
- Velocity is predicted, not measured from the peak. It tracks how hard each note was played, not the level of the recording.
- The model is Gridshift’s own and runs on your Mac; no audio is uploaded.
- Convert Audio to MIDI… is in the Command Palette’s Audio Tools group. With no clip selected it reads No Audio Clip Selected, with a MIDI clip Audio Clip Required.