Can Garage Band transcribe analog Input?
into notation?
MacBook Pro/iMac 21.5, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
No, and there's very few programs out there that can do that.
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You might want to look at this.
http://www.neuratron.com/audioscore.htm
I have this app but have not tried it out yet.
This is from the website
"CD & MP3 Transcription
AudioScore Ultimate 6 allows you to open a CD track or MP3 file and transcribe it to a score. By using the most intelligent technology available it is possible to convert up to 16 instruments / notes playing at a time into multiple staves, with up to 4 voices per staff.
Immediately after transcribing your music, you are able to send it directly to Sibelius or save MusicXML, NIFF and MIDI files for use in most other music programs such as Finale or Cubase. Alternatively, allow AudioScore Ultimate 6 to print out a professional quality score for you."
http://www.neuratron.com/audioscore.htm
I have this app but have not tried it out yet.
This is from the website
"CD & MP3 Transcription
AudioScore Ultimate 6 allows you to open a CD track or MP3 file and transcribe it to a score. By using the most intelligent technology available it is possible to convert up to 16 instruments / notes playing at a time into multiple staves, with up to 4 voices per staff.
Immediately after transcribing your music, you are able to send it directly to Sibelius or save MusicXML, NIFF and MIDI files for use in most other music programs such as Finale or Cubase. Alternatively, allow AudioScore Ultimate 6 to print out a professional quality score for you."
Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I don't need to transcribe an ensemble, just some improvisation from my saxophone. One note at a time, in approximate tempo (or none at all). I know some keyboards are quite capable of this, but those are digital/MIDI signals.
The app Warrior Ant is talking about is the only one I am aware of that can do what you want. If you find something different, please post it here, would be good to know about options.
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Right - and turning midi notes into a score is trivial. Detecting pitches in audio files is a whole different story. Melodyne (by celemony.com) is a software that even claims to be able to score polyphonic audio files, I haven't tried it. But transcribing a monophonic saxophone line should be possible. Search for "audio to midi mac" for alternative programs - I don't think there is free software that does the job.
Can Garage Band transcribe analog Input?