At the 2016 NAMM Show: Virtual instrument and sythesis tech developers SONiVOX announced their “revolutionary” new Pitch2MIDI real-time audio-to-MIDI synthesizer and converter software.
Designed with singers and (acoustic) instrumentalists in mind, Pitch2MIDI gives these artists the ability to play and record music with software virtual instruments. SONiVOX’s Pitch2MIDI software plugin doesn’t require the user to record their audio first, then stoping and waiting to hear the results as the audio is pre-processed. The Pitch2MIDI software works in real time, immediately converting the audio signal into MIDI events so the artist can hear the results while singing or playing.
How it works. Pitch2MIDI is an audio effect plug-in that takes real-time vocal or instrumental monophonic audio input and instantly transforms it into accurate MIDI output. Using the built-in synthesizer, artists can use their voice or instrument to play any one of over 100 synth sounds directly, or bypass the internal synth and send MIDI Out to any of hundreds of popular virtual instruments on the market. Because it is real-time, recording the audio first or processing it before hearing the results is no longer necessary.
SoniVox developers also believe that Pitch2MIDI will be of great use to producers as well as well as artists. Producers can immediately add new sonic layers and textures to their audio tracks, without needing to do any post-recording processing, removing the “record-then-process” obstacle.
Pitch2MIDI Features:
- Play virtual instruments using your vocals, instrument, or any monophonic audio in real time
- Built-in synthesizer with over 100 sounds
- Sends MIDI out of the plugin so you can play any VSTi of your choice
- Instantly add new layers of harmony or sonic textures
- Real-time graphic display of audio and MIDI conversion
- No MIDI interface needed to communicate between applications
Pitch2MIDI System Requirements:
– Mac or Windows with Intel processor and 4GB RAM (8GB rec); Mac OS 10.9 or later
– Win OS 8/64 bit or later
– VST, AU, AAX 64 bit compatible
Pricing and Availability. Pitch2MIDI by SONiVOX is available for download now for $149.99 USD at SONiVOX. For more information, visit the SoniVox website.
I’m afraid imitone dropped the ball and someone with more resources could step in and deliver a product that is better all around. I’m making assumptions, of course, yet it was bound to happen. I wish the product the best of luck, seems nice at first glance.
Yeah, their website looks it hasn’t changed in a year so no idea if the project is alive or not.
Imitone updated the app a couple days ago, and the dev is communicating with users on forums. It is not “dead”.
this would be cool to have singers improvising and layering their voice together with synthesizers
there is an app called midimorphosis for apple ios. it claims to work polyphonicly. i only checked it roughly some time ago, it seemed to work.
http://www.secretbasedesign.com/apps
There is already a free maxforlive patch of this, albeit with some minor tracking errors. For that price, the conversion needs to be perfect. Hopefully there is a demo.
Does it works well? It will be nice if you can bring us a video who explore the Vst in detail.