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The Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase only)
Extracting MIDI
You can extract a MIDI part from your audio. This is useful if you have an audio event
with a certain tune and sound and you want to create an identical second tune with a
MIDI instrument or VST instrument. The extracted MIDI part can also be used to print
out notes from within the Score Editor or it can be exported as a MIDI file (see
“Exporting and importing standard MIDI files” on page 692). Furthermore, you can
convert the audio to MIDI notes containing Note Expression data which allows you to
adopt the modulation data for individual notes (for information about Note Expression,
see the chapter
“Note Expression” on page 565).
Ö Before extracting MIDI from your audio you should correct the segmentation.
Otherwise, you will have to correct segmentation errors later in the MIDI part.
Transition changes, tilting of the micro-pitch curve, Quantize Pitch settings, and pitch
corrections will also be taken into account.
Ö If your audio event references only a section of the audio clip, only this section will be
extracted.
The quality of the resulting MIDI data depends on the quality and the characteristics of
your audio.
To extract a MIDI part from your audio, proceed as follows:
1. Open the audio file that you want to extract a MIDI part from in the Sample Editor.
2. Open the VariAudio tab.
3. Activate Segments mode (see “Segments mode” on page 356).
4. Click the “Extract MIDI…” button.
The “Extract MIDI” dialog opens.
5. On the Pitch Mode pop-up menu, specify which data should be included when
extracting the MIDI part.
The following options are available:
6. On the Volume Mode pop-up menu, specify how volume information from the
audio is extracted to MIDI.
Option Description
Just Notes and No
Pitchbend Data
Only notes are included in the MIDI part.
Notes and Static
Pitchbend Data
A pitchbend event is created for each segment. Select a pitchbend
value from 1 to 24 in the Pitchbend Range field. When you are
working with an external MIDI device, it might be necessary to set it to
the same value.
Notes and
Continuous
Pitchbend Data
Pitchbend events that correspond to the micro-pitch curve are
created within the resulting MIDI part. Select a pitchbend value from
1 to 24 in the Pitchbend Range field. The setting should correspond
to the value set on your MIDI device or the controlled VST instrument.
Note that although the graphic representation of the pitchbend curve
is smoothed, all pitchbend data is included.
Notes and
NoteExp
Pitchbend Curve
MIDI pitchbend events that correspond to the micro-pitch curve are
created as Note Expression data for the resulting MIDI notes.
Notes and
NoteExp VST3
Tuning Curve
VST 3 events for the “Tuning” parameter are created as Note
Expression data for the resulting MIDI notes. Note that this works only
with a connected VST instrument that is compatible with Note
Expression.