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Re: [Logic_Cafe] Edit Apple audio loop?

2010-03-16 by Steve Currington

Logic 9 also has an audio to midi beat tool but I have never used it.

Steve

On 16/03/2010, at 1:31 PM, GAmoore@... wrote:

> Yeah Melodyne works on drum loops too. You have to buy the plugin or 
> standalone though. And it might be a little funky if there are cymbol 
> hits which overlap drum hits. You can move beats around, and change 
> their pitch and envelope. However, for free, you can do that in Logic 
> just cutting the audio like I mentioned. In fact you can do all of that 
> in Logic if you want to spent the time to pitch shift, and such.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Currington <steve@...>
> To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 1:26 pm
> Subject: Re: [Logic_Cafe] Edit Apple audio loop?
> 
> Just a thought..
> I had a feeling that Melodyne with DNA now had the ability to take 
> polyphonic audio and export as some form of Midi but I have no idea as 
> I don't have my copy yet but I recall reading about that somewhere.
> 
> Also There is a product out there called Audioscore Ultimate that can 
> read polyphonic music and convert it into notation (which means into 
> midi.)
> http://www.neuratron.com/audioscore.htm
> 
> I have an LE version that comes with Sibelius and only handles 
> Monphonic and it works surprisingly well.. Again I have not upgraed to 
> the Un ltimate version for the Polyphony but have been tempted a few 
> times.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On 15/03/2010, at 9:11 PM, GAmoore@... wrote:
> 
> > No audio can not easily be returned to Midi. Logic does have an
> > audio-to-score function but I used it again recently and found it
> > completely worthless. Even if it did work, i would give you a bunch 
> of
> > midi notes, and you would not have the original sounds that made the
> > loop so you would not be able to edit it.
> >
> > You do these things though :
> > - use FLEX to or simply cut the loop into 16th notes using the
> > scissors, and then re-arrange or copy the parts as you see fit. These
> > will then adjust to different tempos too.
> > - you can use Recycle to make midi and little samples, and then you 
> can
> > put that in EXS24.
> > - you can choose a midi loop instead of an audio loop, then have all
> > the editability you want.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stratjackson <john@...>
> > To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sun, Mar 14, 2010 5:26 pm
> > Subject: [Logic_Cafe] Edit Apple audio loop?
> >
> >
> > I'm brand new to Logic and I'm hitting my first "wall." I want to 
> edit
> > an audio drumset loop - not the file attributes per se, but the 
> actual
> > pattern being played - so that the loop better fits the song I'm
> > working on.
> > Is this possible? If so, how do I do this? Can an audio loop be
> > converted to a midi file so that I can edit it like I would a midi
> > drumset loop (which I DID figure out how to do)?
> >
> >
> 
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