Nick_Black said:
thanxs daav, but i've been trying some of those programs but can't really seem to get it to do what i wan't it to do...
i'm quite new to midi stuff but i saw it on a youtube vidio and it seams like you can save alot of time by swiching a track to a "perfect midi" sound, instead of trying to change the wav file to a sound you like by tinkering for hours on end...
anyway the question i wan't to ask. using one of thease programs (i don't care wich) how do you import a snare track- pick a midi file -- pick what level to set the trigger at and get it to click with a midi snare on evry spike that would be a "real" snare.
thxs
It sounds like you are talking about converting "wave-to-midi software", where an analog wave file is converted to midi data. Like you have a really good drum track, but want it to be midi-ized for whatever reason.
Most of the wave to midi conversion software works best only with converting single note tracks, like a trumpet solo. It can read the pitch of a trumpet playing single notes fairly well, and then it mathmatically calculates pitch and note duration into the midi format for you. With a drum track, there are usually to many transients for this type of software to pick out. It can't tell the difference between a snare and tom sound per se.
I think that most people trying to do what you're taliking about end up triggering midi notes from a keyboard into a separate track, and then manually lining up the hits for snare and bass drum. It's very tedious work indeed, but once you've comp'ed a few measures you can loop it very easily. Just Google "wave to midi converter" for a number of different programs, and of course, search this forum as well.
Drumagog, and several other programs, allow you to take a wave file (drum track) and substitute different sounds for say, snare, in the appropriate places, while still retaining the original wave file. This program may be more useful to do exactly what you are describing. It is available as a plugin in both VST and DX.
