How do you do an audio to score in Logic Pro X?

It's in a different place now, but works great. Double click your audio track>in the Audio Track Editor enable Flex Pitch>that windows Edit menu contains what you're looking for. It creates an nice electric piano midi track directly beneath the selected track, awesome!

Hi - I found this post when I had the same problem but still having a problem making it work. Can't find anything in the manual about this either.

When I open Audio Editor as described, I see MIDI data on grid superimposed over ghost of the audio file. I have selected Flex Pitch under Track in Audio Editor, but can't figure out how to edit parameters or convert to MIDI track. Where do you edit parameters and then convert?

Thanks.

You're very close! There are two drop down menus (View and Edit) just to the left of the Flex icon. Select the Edit menu, and it's near the bottom..."Create MIDI Track from Flex Pitch Data"

Thanks Ahrenshof! I have now been able to convert audio to MIDI but I still can't find where I adjust parameters before I do the converting.

Why would Logic change this concept and then hide this so deeply? This is a great feature and shouldn't be buried and so obscure.

Once I selected Analyze Audio for Flex Editing, then the Create MIDI TRack from Flex Pitch data became greyed-out and unavailable 😢

This was so simple in Logic 9.

normbias wrote:

Thanks Ahrenshof! I have now been able to convert audio to MIDI but I still can't find where I adjust parameters before I do the converting.

Why would Logic change this concept and then hide this so deeply? This is a great feature and shouldn't be buried and so obscure.

I'm sorry I don't understand what you want to adjust before converting. Once you have converted the Audio to MIDI, you should have a new MIDI track(electric piano) directly beneath your Audio track which you can adjust to your hearts content...

Thanks for your response.

When I had first had success making a MIDI file from audio, it was using a snare audio track as my source. The MIDI triggers were way off though, not even close to the snare. The paramaters that would usually be available to edit are things like velocity and sensitivity, and that is one thing I am trying to find.

I'm trying to understand the relationship between Flex tools and Audio to MIDI functions. Is it Analyze that I must do first in order for Logic to determine where the MIDI triggers of the snare should be? When I select Analyze Audio for Flex Editing, the next menu option to Create MIDI Track from Flex Pitch Data then becomes unavailable.

Maybe I'm making this more compicated somehow but the Create MIDI Track option is greyed out and I can't figure out how to 1) analyze the audio to determine where MIDI triggers are 2) create MIDI from that audio.

Try pg. 171 in the users guide.

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/logic_pro_x_user_guide.pdf

Using drum replacement, you can replace individual drum sounds on an audio track without re-recording the entire track. To replace or double the drum sounds, you use an audio track that contains a recording of a single drum (or other percussion instrument) to create a software instrument track with matching MIDI trigger notes. The software instrument track plays drum samples using the EXS24 mkII.

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Replace or double a recorded drum signal

1. Select the audio track with the drum recording.
2. Choose Track > Replace or Double Drum Track (or use the corresponding key command).The following changes take place in the Tracks area:
   • All files on the selected audio track are analyzed for transients (if they have not been previously analyzed). The selected track is vertically zoomed.
   • A software instrument track is created below the audio track, and the EXS24 is inserted into the Instrument slot.
   • The Library opens with the EXS24 selected, so that you can choose the sound that best matches the project.
   • A MIDI region containing trigger notes based on the detected transients is created on the software instrument track.
   • The Drum Replacement/Doubling dialog opens.

In general, (in my limited experience and need for the function) I think of the Audio to Score more for melodic instruments. I play a guitar solo, turn on Flex Pitch and then a Create MIDI Track from Flex Pitch Data. Then once its MIDI, I can change it around however I want.

Thanks for the page reference, I appreciate it so much. Will try this tomorrow.

I found the Audio to MIDI function far more accurate with drums than melodic instruments on Logic 9. I look forward to trying this out with X.

Okay, I'm sold. The instructions on page 171 were exactly what I needed and I must say, Logic X found the transients with far greater accuracy than L9. Thanks Ahrenshof!