Converting audio files to piano roll?

Hi,
I know how to do this in FruityLoops and I think I've found a way in Logic Pro X, but I was wondering if anyone knew how to do it in GarageBand? Essentially, my roommate and I come up with melody lines and little phrases when we're out and about. We record them with our phones, making the noises with our mouths. Usually, we then come home and have to figure out what each note is and play them on a different instrument. I was hoping there might be a way to take audio files of us mimicking instrument sounds, extract piano roll data from that, and then drop that piano roll into different tracks and to be played by different instruments. If anyone can give me some tips on how to do this in GarageBand, I'd be really grateful. I don't have a Windows PC anymore, so I need to figure out how to do it with GarageBand, or else I'll need to pick up Logic.

aleksmoneya wrote:
take audio files of us mimicking instrument sounds, extract piano roll data from that
unfortunately, while Logic Pro X does offer audio to MIDI conversion, GBv10 does not

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