Audio to MIDI Convertor (Guitar to MIDI)

[@arthurmee]

I was looking for some way to do this a few days back. I had no idea that it could be done using a plugin that comes with Reaper. Im just amazed how much scope there is in this DAW but, without your tutorials Kenny, where would I be? You're the best . Thank you.

[@REAPERMania]

Thank you

[@DontreadPimpBoy]

Same bro same. Thank you Kenny you the best

[@PranayMeher]

I totally agree with your comment. I have learnt a great deal just by watching Kenny's videos. Thanks a lot Kenny !!!

[@Agathorn777]

Thank you, young Christopher Walken

[@afterarrival8169]

exactly right!

[@PaulThompson_Music]

HaHaHa

[@peterhauschild3838]

Thanks Kenny. This one is going to keep me busy. I can't play keys at all, so prior to seeing this, I used the piano roll editor to program all my keys. Now I can track them using guitar in 1/10 of the time. Brilliant.

[@christopherpoperszky2449]

Dude, I cannot believe how blessed we are. Getting this free education from such an brilliant mind. Honestly, most of this is way over my head, yet what I have grasped is due to Kenny's unique ability to teach. This alignment of art, intelligence and generosity rarely appear on this planet. THANK YOU KENNY GIOIA!

[@bsb121188]

Game changer for guitarist solo-preneurs. Love your videos man. I've learned so much.

[@ChrisLT]

This is incredible, had no idea this was so easy to do. I suck at keyboards and this saves me a whole lot of headaches.

[@boreasstudio6561]

Thanks Kenny ! You just sent me down a rabbit hole. Can't believe that was sitting there all the time right in front of my face.

[@antoniobugarin]

How do we convert pre-recorded guitar or piano into midi? I have a piano track that I'm sending to a new track above. I can record the audio but I can't seem to turn it into midi. I have followed your instruction for recording voice as midi, but instead of the mic in, I'm sending the piano track through the Real Tune VST to the track above. I thought that this would work, but I can't seem to do it. These are songs that I recorded 30 years ago on a multi-track recorder and have already digitized the individual tracks. I thought it would be great to turn them into midi and change the sounds. Thanks...

[@mikolajsluzewski6121]

I've been using Reaper for several years now but didn't know that... THANK YOU for blowing my mind! You just made life a lot easier for another human being :)

[@dominiquepautrel5992]

Latency seems better than early GR synths dedicated... Great Job Kenny and the Cocko's nut!!

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

So ridiculously simple to do. Thanks, Kenny.

[@paulizzyrollins]

This is the video I’ve been looking for. Thanks Kenny

[@harryjohnson5111]

I'm having latency issues. Do you know what the problem could be?

[@jeteague78]

better PC or ASIO

[@ev3rything533]

didn't know I needed this until I found this video and see that it's possible

[@maxmapsgiovara8427]

Thank you Kenny!!!

[@LiamFarleyMA]

Is there any way to have this with velocity? Being able to have playing dynamics effect the synth output would be cool. I guess there's probably envelope filters that could be triggered via sidechain, but sending straight velocity to my synth would be ideal.

[@eddraper]

Badassery of the highest order!

[@craigpaulson3503]

Thanx for all the time, work, and effort that you put into making these videos for us. Awesome!!! 😁

[@metal_helm]

bravo! this should be your biggest video!!

[@majestic-skies]

This is so cool! I had no clue this was so simple to do in reaper!

[@Guitarity]

thanks great clip, please tell me,,,is it possible to play polyhon,,,,chords also or is it monochrom only? thanks Andy

[@BarrettSimms]

You're a champion.

[@haroldwilliams7444]

Not a Reaper DAW person! But I do have some of the plug-ins that work in Cubase! You make my life so much easier! Thanks

[@Matoro342]

Kenny is a god amongst men.

[@dimauraink3275]

I love you Kenny

[@Symo.G]

Mitico!!!! Complimenti per i tuoi video!

[@raulaguilar1215]

Grandioso Kenny Saludos desde Mexico.

[@tyronejenkins8051]

Your channel has taught me so much. Many thanks indeed!!!

[@Betoven1]

Kenny thank you so much! This is just what I needed.

[@ranajeetidutta]

I can only express my thanks to you for this video. I play the guitar. This video has made it easy for me to compose only with the guitar as midi.

[@avtem]

Latency even with audio interface is too high, but it's good to know such technology is available!

[@MendingSilence]

So if I record me playing guitar via microphone on GarageBand iOS how do I turn the audio file into midi or to where it shows what I played on the grid because if I were to program on the grid what I play in guitar would take forever

[@emancia]

Why is my latency so bad? I don't have any latency with my usb keyboard, nor my regular audio. Only when doing this =(

[@AlejandroGonzalez-wo5fk]

Are you using and audio interface?

[@emancia]

@@AlejandroGonzalez-wo5fk Yes I am.

[@alexmckenzie8491]

Very nice thank you! I want to be able to record some jazzy licks so as to practice them afterwards from a midi file.

[@RayWright]

Thanks! I'd love to trigger the Ample Bass P Lite with my real bass reatune has a hard time hearing it.

[@jeteague78]

Nice. One less step as well. Other tutorials would have two inputs: one for the raw guitar and then the other to receive the signal. This does it in just one channel. This can save hundreds of dollars for a dedicated MIDI guitar or MIDI pickup.

[@gnastygames]

It doesn't look like this would work for playing chords, does anyone know of any solution that could reliably pick up chords and convert to midi? I found Jam origin but it's like $150. Thanks

[@rnzi716]

Thank you Kenny，you are the best！

[@edwinmasias6903]

Reatune doesn’t recognize any note lower than drop D. Do you have any suggestions for this??

[@jamesmurphy8676]

Edwin Masias Play in standard tuning?

[@pedromoreira6324]

Too much latency here... some tip to resolve?

[@sowellca6]

That is so sweet! Thanks again Kenny!

[@aarongabbard]

This left me lost cause the guitar track is already recorded?

[@aleeee89-p5x]

Hi, a question please. With this way, can i write on mu daw like fl studio? I explain better, can compose on the piano roll of fl studio? thanks

[@Feedyyy]

Hello. I would like to know if you can do guitar strumming in midi files to use in my styles that a create in cubase, to put in my korg pa4x. Can you help me? Thanks

[@RyanHannaMusic]

i owe this guy a serious pint

[@opiehelstrom4702]

Wwoooaaahhhhh. This is crazy! Now how to figure out how to make tabs with the midi notes.

[@n8channel7008]

Thank you Kenny. Just what I have been looking for. And yes, Im not not a great keyboard player too. Cheers and happy holidays everyone & Reaper \m/

[@pongtrometer]

Tracking seems great

[@dro3886]

I can't seem to record MIDI output on Kontakt. Any advice?

[@stuartwrigglesworth9339]

Fantastic video

[@sherimehmood]

Hi , Thanks for the video, this is exactly what I am looking for. I am trying the EZ keys VST from Toontrack and the tracking from my guitar is horrible. I am guessing I am not setting it up right. Is there a particular reason why the tracking is not good? I have tried things like Fishman Triple play before and the tracking on that pick up was absolutely amazing. The only problem is it doesn't fit on my current guitar. Any tips here would be really helpful.

[@sickheadofficial]

is there a way to choke midi notes below a certain length?

[@tarekhassan6958]

Nice work

[@CFox.7]

Awesome but cant work out my latency issue on my super fast i7 and 1ms buffer 2i2. Trying to play bass through my 6 string guitar into Kontakt - Precision Bass

[@mavroudisdrums]

trying to do the same thing, using eurobass2. having massive latency issues, even having all my signal chains bypassed and setting my sample rate super low, have you managed to find a solution to this yet?

[@nostra7523]

Can you make a midi file from "sore ke conan" melody only or a tab???

[@AlessandroRorato]

Hi Kenny! Is there a way to obtain velocity compliant midi notes?

[@alm000]

This is too cool, thanks Kenny, :)

[@Bigwoody95826]

Hi, I just wanted to say your videos have helped me a lot Kenny. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I can not seem to get this concept to work. I recorded my guitar to midi and I followed your steps, but I can not play back the track and there is some weird hissing sound too when recording. Thanks for any help guys.

[@sonoftyme9789]

Really cool concept, but the lag is about a half second. Any solutions for that?

[@peterbenecz8410]

Same here. Been trying to figure out the problem myself for a while.

[@andystovermusic9200]

So can this be done but with a piano keyboard instead of a guitar?

[@jamesmurphy8676]

Andy Stover music Of course. Piano keyboards are the de facto standard for generating midi.

[@edelcorrallira]

Man is this cool!!

[@KudjoTwum]

Very nice tutorial.

[@shawkatnomat5622]

Can you please explain easy for me and other newbees :)

[@kurglekreutzer6344]

Thank you very much. This was exactly what I needed to know. Cheers.

[@cesarveralatorre5198]

Hi Kenny, I have a question: When you selected "Input mono", i saw you had several options: mic, guitar, bass di, etc. How did you do that? In my case, I only see two options: Input 1 and Input 2 (my interface has two channels). Does that "guitar" option make a big difference?

[@yuiq7181]

I think Kenny is just naming the input channels. You can change the input names in the Reaper options.

[@Joeytemper]

Thank you so much Kenny

[@nd3783]

Can this be done with eurobass2?

[@mark-ze4en]

Kenny can I use existing tracks to create mid track through this method rather than inputting and creating a midi track from the live track during the record process?

[@jamesmurphy8676]

mark what do you mean? Like import a pre existing audio track and convert that to MIDI as opposed to playing and recording a live instrument ?

[@mark-ze4en]

@@jamesmurphy8676 I have piano tracks that have some sloppy parts and I was wondering if I can use that track to create a midi track that I can edit and clean up,, then use that edited midi track to control and correct the mistakes on the first track. Another video of Kenny's talked about creating a midi track from the original and then using that edited midi track to "replay" the midi instrument via 'through midi' back to the external keyboard to a NEW track,, which of course I haven't tried but it seems that any midi info should be able to control another track like automation does. it's all 1's and zeros!?

[@megahurtz30]

Excellent !!! Thanks man! great tutorial !!

[@gbmillergb]

Nice video, just out of curiosity what is the performance of the computer you are running Reaper on, ie. Processer, Processer speed, memory?

[@TheDarmardar]

thanks very much..... but latency problem. m1

[@sniffrat3646]

Why is my guitar not tracking well? There's too much latency and I never have this problem usually. Anyone shed any light on this?

[@loretoz]

Yea me too, I had to use reapitch

[@iqbalhelsen852]

Thanks for your direct-to-the-action video. (y)

[@two2ixmusic]

U da man Keeny G.!

[@ReinaldoGomesAmaral]

Thanks, Kenny.

[@MichelBarbaro]

Amazing!

[@piresrobson]

Mine isn’t recording midi, I did exactly the same but none, any idea?

[@chriseverblue9810]

me too, but my version of Reaper is newer and looks different too so maybe that's why. I also use an iMac

[@turboskull1336]

great tutorial, only problem is: I can't output midi when recording the way you described it. Did cockos change something?

[@cantaraulchagas]

This function only for super simple sounds. A Overdrive guitar make a monster midi

[@carlosmaranhao5637]

Espetacular reaper..👍

[@Ross-ze4ny]

Super awwesome!!!

[@KoolKatRecordingStudios]

ThankYou Again Kenny 😊

[@serruchin113]

Amazing, thank you very much

[@Zigurate72]

Feaking awesome. Thxs a lot.

[@RL82]

That's awesome!

[@MusicAMG]

i get feedback what's wrong? (monitoring)

[@anonagain]

If you are using a mic to input your instrument it will cause the problem. (I had the same problem using a flute to input). Since the conversion to MIDI seems to require monitoring to be turned on, the only solution I've found is to monitor through headphones and turn the speakers off. Hope this helps.

[@sonnypaul655]

cant get no n put on track

[@ronswary]

Oh snap that’s genius

[@sonnypaul655]

this work on protools 8

[@DancehallLyricsTV]

How?

[@sonnypaul655]

that what i want to know ? i did see a video on this one time some were

[@mielushe2lheureux939]

Great at always your videos. Thank you so much!!! If I'm not wrong. This technic works only for monophonic guitar's sound: what about if I play a whole chord like a C major or another chord? I would be happy to hear from you about this.

[@REAPERMania]

Yeah. Sorry. It's only one note at a time.

[@AdaptivePhenix]

MIDI Guitar jamorigin.com but limited to 3 note chords.

[@siddharthshukla3516]

Reaper is fuckinnnnnnnnn awesomeeeeeeeeee mannnnnn!!!!!

[@mamifero.efimero]

i think you have this video twice

[@anonagain]

Another helpful video Kenny - thanks! Q: It looks like this only works with Record Monitoring set to ON, right? I was converting a mic'd flute to MIDI and of course had feedback when using speakers. Is there any way around this other than using headphones and turning the speakers off?

[@anonagain]

@Debjit Roy Chowdhury It worked well with a NA flute and mic as long as I used headphones to monitor and had a quiet environment. Had to do some cleanup of the MIDI after recording but that was expected.

[@XRaym]

This method can work ok with any audii, but JAM Origin MIDI guitar works better for guitar as it is its speciality. It support polyphy etc. Also take a look at the MiGiC VST.

[@REAPERMania]

Good to know.

[@dbhammond]

Yeah, MIDI Guitar 2 works great for this sort of thing.

[@martifingers]

For me MiGiC not so much. It failed to pick up even fairly simple phrases regardless of setting.

[@joetowers4804]

@@martifingers you could give Jam Origin a try. It really is very good. And polyphonic.

[@fujosej]

Jam origin is good , but if you wanna track a quick funky phrase or a rhythm, then you must lower the rate of your daw , and do it that way, cause otherwise delay is ruining all the feel for me. Other than that it’s a really nice guitar to MIDI plugin.

[@omnivorace]

TYK !

[@dingbatjack1234]

Tracking doesn’t sound too great but cool nevertheless

[@HaruSkage]

I get mad latency on this

[@jefinhoromantico161]

Reaper melhor DAW!

[@a.m.stranger6335]

Cant do chords...

[@AdaptivePhenix]

MIDI Guitar jamorigin.com but limited to 3-note chords.

[@Desecrator6]

This just sounds like a guitar effect.. not actual midi

[@AdaptivePhenix]

That's because he had it set to output the guitar signal _plus_ the MIDI-triggered instrument's signal. This is optional.