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Latest release: 11.3, November 5, 2025
Manual : Audio to MIDI Plugins

Audio to MIDI Plugins

Some plugins can convert audio to MIDI. This is typically used to play MIDI instruments using an electric guitar.

Record as MIDI

You can record these plugins to a MIDI track like this:

  1. Add an audio track, and load the plugin in one of the effect slots.
  2. Switch the track to Practice Mode. You can double click its Play button to do this.
  3. Enable Soft Monitoring, so the plugin will be used.
  4. Engage the Rec button of the MIDI track you'll be recording.
The MIDI track now responds to the audio input, and you can start the transport to actually record it as MIDI.

This MIDI output is merged with the data coming from MIDI input devices if the plugin is in a recording audio track and Soft Monitoring is enabled.

Record as Audio

You can also use these plugins on an audio track, and then turn them into audio again with a software MIDI Instrument:

  1. Load the plugin into an effect slot of an audio track.
  2. Open its user interface and click on the Output button.
  3. The Output Mixer has a MIDI Out strip. Here you can load a MIDI Instrument. Make sure the corresponding Volume fader is moved up.

MIDI 2.0 / MPE

MIDI output from audio effect plugins is only converted from MPE to MIDI 2.0 if the plugin either sends MPE configuration messages (RPN 6), or reports that it supports MPE (as per the MPE specifications).