Voice to Instrument?

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#1

Hello.

Noob here. Is it possible to turn voice into Instrument similar to Imitone? I’ve seen some paid software that have plugins make this possible but not many. I was just wondering if this is a thing in Ardour.

Cheers

#2

I vaguely remember that there used to be a LUA script to turn audio (e. g. guitar) to midi. I think it was not really targeted at a voice, though. Maybe it’s still worth trying.
And, yes, no real time, just post-processing

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#3

Why not use Imitone? Their website says it has a plugin variant (VST/AU).

#4

Hey

I’m on Linux and don’t think they have support for it just yet. Can’t find much info if it works well with wine.

#5

Hello! imitone team member here.

Historically, folks have reported that imitone works well under WINE. The app-to-app MIDI driver is not available (meaning you’ll need to set up a MIDI loopback). If you should run into problems, we have a built-in system for error reporting and workarounds, and a 30-day refund policy.

We have been contemplating a native Linux port for a while — indeed, we’ve got the tech for it — but we’re currently focusing on maturing our plugins. Hit us up at support@imitone.com or our forums if you’d like to push for a native Linux port or other features.

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#6

@imitone thanks for chiming in, and offering support! That is very appreciated.

@karribu have a look at GitHub - robbert-vdh/yabridge: A modern and transparent way to use Windows VST2 and VST3 plugins on Linux to run windows VSTs on GNU/Linux.

You may also want to play with the script that @peter.zenk mentioned. It is included with Ardour6: Ardour: Polyphonic Audio to Midi Lua Script on Vimeo – processing happens offline (not realtime), and it is also not very well suited for voice. It may or may not work for your use-case.

#7

Thanks all, I will have a look at the information you provided, cheers.

#8

After an offline chat with @imitone (very helpful!) about manual licensing, I can confirm that Imitone works, though it’s not as straightforward as just running the exe via WINE, and it’ll currently just be using the generic UI.

I have it working via the following steps, using yabridge:

  • Install imitone via the exe installer into your yabridge WINEPREFIX.
  • yabridge sync it up (assuming your windows VST paths are properly added first)
  • You can’t currently license imitone directly (nor run the exe) due to some windows//wine MIDI issues - to license it manually, just: echo [YOUR-ACTIVATION-KEY] > $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/users/[YOUR-USER]/AppData/Roaming/com.interactopia.imitone/imitone.key
  • Ardour can use the VST3 now. You’ll need 2 MIDI tracks and one audio.
  • MIDI track 1 is where the imitone plugin is added. MIDI track 2 is for recording the resulting MIDI notes - that’s your instrument.
  • Sidechain your vocal audio track to imitone on MIDI track 1.
  • Route MIDI track 1’s output to MIDI track 2.
  • Record, profit, party, whatever. Seems to work fairly well.

While I’m eagerly hopeful for a native linux plugin, this works well enough to definitely be worth the $25.

Fun.

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#9

That’s good news. Thanks for testing this!

You can do this with a single track: put the plugin before the disk-writer (just like wet-recording)

Right-click in the processor-box > Disk I/O > Either pick “post-fader”, or “custom” and insert the plugin at the top.

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