GodinLG Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) HI, I'm trying to convert some of the BandLab audio sounds to midi but it's not woking. I dragged the BandLab audio sounds into Cakewalk and it created an Audio track andI can hear the audio sample. I then created an Instrument track , I tried using different ones, ex: CakeWalk TTS-1, SI- Electric Piano, Labs Piano etc, then dragged the Audio clip to the Instrument track but I always get the same result, nothing happens, no midi track gets created. Am I missing a step ? Thanks Edited December 17, 2022 by GodinLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWillyDS12 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Pretty sure you need an Audio to Midi converter plugin to do what you're trying to do... You can't just drag the audio to an instrument track and expect it to output midi... You may want to look at one of these... Best Real-time Audio to MIDI Plugins/Applications for DAWs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeFOU Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) Hello, Insert a MIDI track (not an instrument track). Drag your audio clip to the MIDI track. That is all Edited December 17, 2022 by LeFOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfssongs Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Agree with LeFOU. I have done it. It's a little iffy but it kind of works. I prefer to use a track that was played to a midi drum beat so it lines up better. I still end up doing some midi editing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 21 hours ago, LeFOU said: Hello, Insert a MIDI track (not an instrument track). Drag your audio clip to the MIDI track. That is all It's worth mentioning, there's a few conditions that will allow this to work: You need Melodyne installed, as Cakewalk uses Melodyne's audio-to-MIDI to perform this operation. Polyphonic audio to MIDI will only work during the Melodyne trial period or if you have purchased Melodyne Editor or Studio edition. Celemony removed free access to audio to MIDI conversion in Melodyne 5, so if you have Melodyne 5 installed, then audio to MIDI will cease to work after the end of the trial period. After the trial period has ended, you'll need Melodyne Essentials or Assistant for monophonic audio to MIDI; polyphonic audio to MIDI will require Melodyne Editor or Studio edition. Melodyne 4 doesn't have this restriction, but will revert to monophonic audio to MIDI after the trial period has expired. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Fogle Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 @msmcleod, Thanks for listing the limitations. If someone does not have Melodyne beforehand, does the current Cakewalk by Bandlab installer offer the Melodyne 4 trial or the Melodyne 5 trial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 31 minutes ago, Jim Fogle said: If someone does not have Melodyne beforehand, does the current Cakewalk by Bandlab installer offer the Melodyne 4 trial or the Melodyne 5 trial? Melodyne 5 trial 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodinLG Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 Thanks for the info .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeFOU Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 9 hours ago, msmcleod said: It's worth mentioning, there's a few conditions that will allow this to work: You need Melodyne installed, as Cakewalk uses Melodyne's audio-to-MIDI to perform this operation. Polyphonic audio to MIDI will only work during the Melodyne trial period or if you have purchased Melodyne Editor or Studio edition. Celemony removed free access to audio to MIDI conversion in Melodyne 5, so if you have Melodyne 5 installed, then audio to MIDI will cease to work after the end of the trial period. After the trial period has ended, you'll need Melodyne Essentials or Assistant for monophonic audio to MIDI; polyphonic audio to MIDI will require Melodyne Editor or Studio edition. Melodyne 4 doesn't have this restriction, but will revert to monophonic audio to MIDI after the trial period has expired. I did not know that was why I was able to do it. I had installed a trial version of Melodyne 4 or something. Glad I did! Thank you for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Guitar Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Yes this is what's happening. I just found this out. On my old DAW have lots of older versions of Cakewalk etc. and those have Melodyne 4 installed and working fine. I'm building a new one and I had just downloaded the latest Cakewalk and it now comes with Melodyne 5. I guess it will expire demo mode after a month. Last time I checked they offer a discount when you upgrade. But I think that was a Black Friday deal. I don't sing so I don't need it for the vocal weirdness but I do use the Audio to mid sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapasoa Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Melodyne 5 is very useful for many things like transpose, correcting pitches, levelling notes and tune up all instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimV Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 On 12/17/2022 at 5:17 PM, LeFOU said: Hello, Insert a MIDI track (not an instrument track). Drag your audio clip to the MIDI track. That is all Using an instrument track works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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