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The Sample Editor
• You can disable your warp modifications by clicking the
Disable Warp Changes button on the AudioWarp tab or
by setting up and using the “VariAudio – Disable Warp
Changes” key command in the Key Commands dialog,
Sample Editor category (see
“Key commands” on page
541).
Extracting MIDI
You can extract a MIDI part from your audio. This is useful
if you have an audio event with a certain tune and sound
and you want to create an identical second tune with a
MIDI instrument or VST instrument. The extracted MIDI
part can also be used to print out notes from within the
Score Editor or it can be exported as a MIDI file (see
“Ex-
porting and importing standard MIDI files” on page 527).
Furthermore, you can convert the audio to MIDI notes
containing Note Expression data which allows you to
adopt the modulation data for individual notes (for infor
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mation about Note Expression, see the chapter “Note Ex-
pression (Cubase only)” on page 428).
Ö Before extracting MIDI from your audio you should
correct the segmentation. Otherwise, you will have to cor
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rect segmentation errors later in the MIDI part. Transition
changes, tilting of the micro-pitch curve, Quantize Pitch
settings, and pitch corrections will also be taken into ac
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count.
Ö If your audio event references only a section of the au-
dio clip, only this section will be extracted.
The quality of the resulting MIDI data depends on the
quality and the characteristics of your audio.
To extract a MIDI part from your audio, proceed as follows:
1. Open the audio file that you want to extract a MIDI part
from in the Sample Editor.
2. Open the VariAudio tab.
3. Activate Segments mode (see “Segments mode” on
page 283).
4. Click the “Extract MIDI…” button.
The “Extract MIDI” dialog opens.
5. On the Pitch Mode pop-up menu, specify which data
should be included when extracting the MIDI part.
The following options are available:
6. On the Volume Mode pop-up menu, specify how vol-
ume information from the audio is extracted to MIDI.
The following options are available:
7. On the Destination pop-up menu, specify where the
MIDI part will be placed.
Option Description
Just Notes and
No Pitchbend
Data
Only notes are included in the MIDI part.
Notes and
Static Pitch
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bend Data
A pitchbend event is created for each segment. Select a
pitchbend value from 1 to 24 in the Pitchbend Range
field. When you are working with an external MIDI device,
it might be necessary to set it to the same value.
Notes and
Continuous
Pitchbend
Data
Pitchbend events that correspond to the micro-pitch curve
are created within the resulting MIDI part. Select a pitch
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bend value from 1 to 24 in the Pitchbend Range field. The
setting should correspond to the value set on your MIDI
device or the controlled VST instrument.
Note that although the graphic representation of the pitch-
bend curve is smoothed, all pitchbend data is included.
Notes and
NoteExp Pitch
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bend Curve
MIDI pitchbend events that correspond to the micro-pitch
curve are created as Note Expression data for the resulting
MIDI notes (Cubase only).
Notes and
NoteExp VST3
Tuning Curve
VST 3 events for the “Tuning” parameter are created as
Note Expression data for the resulting MIDI notes. Note
that this works only with a connected VST instrument that
is compatible with Note Expression (Cubase only).
Option Description
Fixed Velocity All created MIDI notes get the same velocity. Select a
velocity value in the Velocity field.
Dynamic Velocity Each created MIDI note gets an individual velocity value
according to the amplitude of the audio signal.
Volume Control-
ler Curve
A continuous volume controller curve is created within
the MIDI part. You can select the MIDI controller to be
used for the curve in the MIDI Controller field.
NoteExp Volume
Controller Curve
MIDI volume controller events are created as Note Ex-
pression data for the resulting MIDI notes (Cubase
only).
NoteExp VST3
Volume Curve
A VST 3 volume curve is created as Note Expression
data for the resulting MIDI notes. Note that this works
only with a connected VST instrument that is compati
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ble with Note Expression (Cubase only).