Hi Guys,
Usually on doa and dubstep forum, but work has blocked both those sites at work. So i found you guys here at kvr!
Ive got a audio to midi vst to find out the notes of the samples so i can work on a remix.
any tips to working out what key it is in?
i know to see what notes are played and match them with scales but im sure some scales will have the same notes.
took music at the start of high school but that was 8-10 years ago and cant remember shit..
Finding what key samples are in
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- KVRAF
- 7837 posts since 20 Jan, 2008
While I agree with Ms Civil, that developing note recognition is part and parcel of your musical development which shouldn't be overlooked. There are tools which can evaluate harmonic values.
PG music packs an audio analyser in several of thier products including PowerTracks Pro Audio
http://www.pgmusic.com/powertracks.htm
It is not a perfect system. Sometimes it reads a melodic value as a harmonic one. EG if the chord is a Dm and the vocalist or soloist plays an E note it might read as Dm9
As well....
Many pieces of music are based not on harmony but on melodic concepts and counterpart. Sometimes there are no chords to be found.
PG music packs an audio analyser in several of thier products including PowerTracks Pro Audio
http://www.pgmusic.com/powertracks.htm
It is not a perfect system. Sometimes it reads a melodic value as a harmonic one. EG if the chord is a Dm and the vocalist or soloist plays an E note it might read as Dm9
As well....
Many pieces of music are based not on harmony but on melodic concepts and counterpart. Sometimes there are no chords to be found.
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
It would have been better to say, 'find the root note by ear first'. When one leans on software to find out 'what note?' instead of doing it manually, it's not the best way to learn these, rudimentary principles. The really useful tools will be your mind/ear and your hands in concert. You've already been given the pitches in this case, and it's time to find out the center or root here yourself.
"Some scales will have the same notes" is true, which is down to naming: relative minor/major, modes... there is the one difference, the real name will be determined by the tonal center.
EG: White keys - there are seven. That's seven possibilities (there may even be no center, which is called pandiatonicism).
Right now you're at rudiments, and your ear has to be your best friend. tappermike is right, the software might get it wrong, and isn't your best friend here.
"Some scales will have the same notes" is true, which is down to naming: relative minor/major, modes... there is the one difference, the real name will be determined by the tonal center.
EG: White keys - there are seven. That's seven possibilities (there may even be no center, which is called pandiatonicism).
Right now you're at rudiments, and your ear has to be your best friend. tappermike is right, the software might get it wrong, and isn't your best friend here.