Guides
Audio to MIDI, in the DAW you already use
Step-by-step audio to MIDI guides for FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro and GarageBand, plus what decides whether a recording converts well.
Each one uses the free audio to MIDI converter on the homepage for the conversion, then covers the part that differs between DAWs: getting the .mid in at the right tempo.
Audio to MIDI in FL Studio
Import a converted .mid and set the tempo
Read the guideAudio to MIDI in Ableton
Drop a .mid into a MIDI track that plays back right
Read the guideAudio to MIDI in Logic Pro
Flex Pitch, or a converted .mid on an instrument track
Read the guideAudio to MIDI in GarageBand
Get a .mid onto a software instrument track
Read the guideGet better results
Which takes convert well, and which never will
Read the guide
Background reading
Why conversion behaves the way it does. Useful once, not needed every time.
- MIDI is not audio — and why that decides what a converter can doWhat a MIDI file actually contains, what an audio file contains, and why converting one to the other is a guess rather than a decode.
- Why a full mix will not convert to MIDI (and what to convert instead)The four things in a finished track that break audio-to-MIDI conversion, and the practical workarounds when you cannot get a clean source.