Please could someone tell me how to do this..... is it possible to use an audio recording of a bass drum to create a midi representation of the same information ? I'm sure this can be done...but how ?

thanks

Ben

the midi info won't have the instrument data, but i'd imagine you could use the amplitude of the waves as a midi velocity trigger of some form..

i have no idea how to do this though. sorry for the lack of help

Yes, I think you can. I remember a friend of mine using a Plugin which allowed him to trigger a bass drum sample via midi using the original audio track. Try scanning the web for such a plugin. If you could reverse time, you could have placed a piezo / midi sensor on the drum and recorded the midi data with the audio in tandem. Good Luck.

I work with Logic Audio and it has an option to convert audio to midi. It doesn't convert well the tones, but it converts well the beats.

http://www.drumagog.com

This is probably what you're looking for. Haven't used it yet, but I hear raves and raves about it. My roommate had it applied to his bass drum tracks on a recent recording and he can't stop talking about how good the engineer made him sound...

thanks for all the replies