Exporting Guitar Pro to Inport on Reaper
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Posted on Jul 10, 2007 03:15 pm
Shenanigans
Member Since: Apr 05, 2007
Ok, so here's my problem. Since I dont have enough mics to mic a drumset or the software to program some drums I decided to use my Guitar Pro I have since you can write the music and export it into a wav. file. Well I have the drums all programmed out exactly how i want them and when I record it to wav. it records. BUT then when i go to listen to it, it shows that it just recorded silence.
I really need this so i can inport it into a track on Reaper for a cover song I'm working on.
This will be my first song once completed and I'm really psyched about it. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Jul 10, 2007 03:21 pm Can you choose to do a 'file' 'export' or the like?
I'm not versed in GTP, so i'm just guessing.
Here's a review site, with a little blurb about exports below:
www.guitarnoise.com/review.php?id=241
Quote:
-Wave exports: finally! With version 3, if I needed a drum track for a demo, I couldn't just use a MIDI track as these don't mix into standard recordings. You have to convert the track to a WAV first. So I used to open Soundforge, click record, then play the track through GuitarPro. Much more complicated than it sounds. This way, you can record it into WAV simply by using the export feature and playing it through GuitarPro.
Jul 10, 2007 03:30 pm Export options are MIDI, ASCII, MusicXML, Wave, PDF, BMP
So basically that person just played it and then used their recording software to record it while it was being played?
pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Jul 10, 2007 03:38 pm no, they exported the midi file, as a wave format.
Exporting often doesn't play the file out loud, it just cranks through the data at it's own speed, usually a lot faster than playing it.
If you have hardware that can perform play on one part, and record on another, then you can do it, but your audio device may not support it.
for instance, my ESP1010 has directwire software, that lets you send the output from asio, to the input of WDM, thereby playing from one program, and recording into another.
Not all hardware / software can do this, actually, I think most hardware / software can't do this.
Just look for that export feature, and choose to export the midi file as wave, and it should essentially 'play' the midi data and record the wave file for you on it's own.
It'll probably ask you what name to save it as, but it may just use the same name as the midi file.
Jul 10, 2007 03:45 pm Yeah I tried that actually, i exported it and saved the midi file into a wav. file. butttttttt then i tried to inport it on reaper and no luck. I dont know if Reaper really has much for midi capabilities.
pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Jul 10, 2007 03:52 pm Well, Reaper does import and play midi, but after you import the file, it's a wave file, not a midi.
Reaper would treat that file (the wave format one) just like it would treat any other wave file, be it vocals, guitar, etc. It's just audio data.
Sounds like maybe GTP is saving the wave file as something odd, like maybe there's some settings you can tweak for GTP to change how it saves the file.
In FL studio, I can save as 16bit, or 32bit float, which I think doesn't work for much, so I save as 16bit, and it works well.
Can you use a different program, like audacity, to open the newly saved wave file. Maybe the audio data is there, but isn't quite correct yet. Opening in another program may help whittle down possibilities.
=/ (wishing i had better advice)
pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Jul 10, 2007 03:52 pm I'm thinking, if you try to import the wave file as a MIDI file into reaper, that won't work either. The file is audio at this point.
Jul 10, 2007 03:57 pm yeah, i have audacity on this computer and kristal but kristal is crap.
yeah what i need is the audio for it so i can just put it in a track and then its like BAM drums are done and i can get goin on the bass.
pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Jul 10, 2007 04:07 pm exactly.
Just try to open the newly created file in audacity, to see if the actual write procedure worked correctly in GTP.
If the file didn't get written correctly from GTP, then you know that GTP is the problem.
If the file opens nice inside audacity, then there's a problem between the wave file and reaper. Which could be the format GTP is writing in, like I mentioned above.
Jul 10, 2007 04:24 pm Yeah doesnt work in audacity either. somethin with gtp
pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Jul 10, 2007 10:14 pm good ole 'process of elimination'
it's good for what ails ya!
Jul 10, 2007 10:48 pm Hahahhaha yeah. I think ill just reconfigure the guitar part into chords and make it acoustic :D
Aug 04, 2007 06:17 am If your guitar pro app has ASIO drivers, just use reaper's ReaRoute system to play guitar pro's outputs into a pair of tracks in reaper to record
Alternately, export the MIDI file itself from Guitar Pro and drag and drop it into reaper. There are any number of free Drum VST-i's out there.
The guy who makes FreeAmp, FrettedSynth just made his own free sf2 based drum VST-i and it works great. See here for details www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11212
Also, if you ever get stuck, theres a realtime IRC channel for reaper help where afew users should be around to get you going, click here to enter www.mixxnet.net/java/?channel=reaper
