Audio to MIDI Converter in REAPER (Guitar to MIDI)

[pasihol]

I just find out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8D2jEhbN7Y and tried to trigger virtual bass with my guitar. It seems to work just like Kenny shows, but as I have slow computer, there is a lot of latency. I tried to solve this problem by switching monitoring off, but now there is no signal going to track. Should it work like that?

Ps. I did post same question to Youtube, but it's been a year, since last post.

[martmix]

what audio sound card you use?

[BlessedOne72]

Sorry !!! to bump in to this ...

I'm trying this stuff with a four string Harley Benton - Jazz Bass .
Somehow ... I'm not able to get notes below D2 tracked, no A1 nor E1, etc .

The strings on the guitar are about five or more years old ; not to say Driven In, rather more likely Driven Out . (((:::

Would it help if I'd put fresh strings on it, or maybe either a hardware - or a plugin - compressor before ReaTune ?

- BOne -

[Stella645]

You need to adjust the Window size setting in Reatune to pick up the lower frequencies.

Try 100ms.

[BlessedOne72]

OK ...

That Window Size - setting helps tracking the lower notes ;
Now, anything to solve the latency - / crackling - issues .

I've tried lots of VSTi:s (in order to replace my bass guitar with some decent bass sounds) and the performance is totally unsatisfiable .
I can run lots of plugin on this DAW, some very DSP - / CPU - hungry, but this simple task seems like "over-demanding ".

I'm using a UAD - Arrow on a Windows 11 x64 PC /

Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-9100F CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz
Installed RAM : 16,0 GB
System type : 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

- BOne -

[b2001]

The nature of the beast on audio to midi is that there is latency. I played around with this. Had better luck with pad sounds with soft attack.

I was told the the fishman triple play was about the best there was by someone who has cycled thru a lot of audio to midi hardware/software. I got one and I am real pleased with tracking and latency response.

However, not all vstis are created equal; some track much better than others; latency is still noticeable on some. I have very good tracking with ample guitar lite II for example.

I have never experienced crackling. Maybe check out your dpc latency while doing this to see if there is something that can be corrected. What interface and audio drivers are you using?

[jean-yves]

The audio to midi converting process induces latency.

And the lower is the height note, the worse it is.

In the past, I used to play my bass lines on a guitar, an octave higher than the normal line, and then convert the midi notes an octave lower in the midi editor in Reaper. The tracking is way more accurate this way during the recording.

Nowadays, you cannot achieve good results without a specific harware.
For 15 years, I've been using a GK-3 pickup and a Roland GR20 converter with one of my guitars and I'm very happy with the results.

If ou are lucky, you could pick on ebay a Boss DR5 rythm machine. It includes an audio to midi converter that works pretty well (but in mono). I have got one and had much fun before I turned myself to the polyphonic GK-3 system.

There are software solutions as Jam origin, but it's nos as quite satisfactory as the company claims.

And as b2001 said, the vst you use to play live makes a huge difference. You must try a lot of them before you pick the one with the best tracking efficiency.

[Rangler]

Better to just record the bass without plugins and then covert it to MIDI afterwards.