AI music transcription: turn any song into MIDI and sheet music
Midify listens to your song, splits it into stems and writes down every note, twice: as clean MIDI for your DAW and as sheet music you can read, print and edit. One upload gives you both.
Try it free: transcribe 3 songs a month and edit them in the browser. No card needed.
In this 44-second demo, a song is split into stems, its drums, bass, keys and melody become MIDI in the editor, and the file is exported for a DAW.
Two outputs from one upload
Every song is transcribed once. Take the notes to your DAW as MIDI, or to the music stand as sheet music, or both.
Audio to MIDI
Clean, DAW-ready MIDI for every instrument, with a real tempo map, quantize and velocities from the audio. For producers, remixers and beatmakers.
Audio to MIDI converterAudio to sheet music
Editable scores for every part: piano on a grand staff, guitar with tab, drums on a percussion staff, melodies with chords. For players, teachers and arrangers.
Audio to sheet music converterWhy it is different
Right notes are not enough. You need the right MIDI.
Most converters get the pitches and stop there. The tempo is wrong, every note is equally loud and the file is full of pitch bends. Clean-up is half the job, so we do it for you.
The real tempo, not just 120 BPM
The beat and tempo are detected and written into the file as a tempo map, with bar 1 on the first downbeat. Drag it into your session and it lines up.
Quantized as much as you like
Pull notes 75% of the way to a 1/16 grid by default, keep the swing, or switch quantizing off to keep the exact performance.
Real velocities, no stray bends
Velocities come from how loud each note is in the audio. Pitch bends are stripped unless you ask to keep them, and overtone ghost notes are filtered out.
One track per instrument
A type 1 MIDI file with a track for each stem, General MIDI programs, and drums on channel 10. Or one file per stem in a zip.
Try it free, properly
Transcribe 3 full songs a month and edit them in the browser. Quick mode and hum to MIDI are free and export straight away. Upgrade to export full transcriptions.
Private where it can be
Quick mode and hum to MIDI run on your device, so nothing is uploaded. Songs you upload are kept private and deleted after 30 days.
Four steps
How AI music transcription works here
From a song on your drive to MIDI in your DAW, usually in a few minutes, with the audio to MIDI converter.
- 1
Upload a song
An MP3, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, M4A or OGG file up to 10 minutes, or a video. Or record a hum in your browser.
- 2
Choose the stems
The mix is split into drums, bass, vocals, piano, guitar and the rest. Pick the ones you want transcribed.
- 3
Check and edit
Play the MIDI against each stem, fix a note in the piano roll, clear ghost notes with one slider.
- 4
Export to your DAW
Set the grid, tempo and PPQ, and download a .mid named with its tempo and key.
Every instrument, as MIDI or notation
Each stem is transcribed with a method suited to it, then cleaned up for the way that instrument is played.
Drums
Nine kit pieces on General MIDI notes: kick, snare, three toms, open and closed hats, crash and ride.
Bass
One clean line at a time, without the octave ghosts and wobble that make bass MIDI unusable.
Vocals and melody
The lead vocal traced into clean notes in key, with slides and vibrato smoothed out or kept.
Piano
Polyphonic, so every note of every chord comes through, at the velocity it was played.
Guitar
Riffs, leads and strummed chords, with bends and slides turned into notes you can play back.
Chords and key
The key and a chord track are detected from the whole mix, and drive snap-to-key in the editor.
How it compares
A fair summary of the kinds of tools people use today. Individual products differ, so check the details of any tool you rely on.
| Feature | Midify | Free converters | Paid web apps | DAW built-in tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splits a full song into stems first | Yes | Usually not | Some do | Some do |
| Detected tempo map in the MIDI | Yes | Often 120 BPM | Varies | Yes |
| Quantize grid and strength at export | Yes | No | Varies | Yes |
| Pitch bends stripped or limited | Yes | Often left in | Varies | Varies |
| Drums beyond kick, snare and hat | 9 pieces (beta) | No | Some do | Often 3 pieces |
| Free MIDI export | In quick mode and hum to MIDI | Yes | Often limited | Needs the DAW |
| Works in the browser, nothing to install | Yes | Varies | Yes | No |
Privacy
Your music stays yours
Your uploads are processed privately and deleted automatically. Quick mode goes further: it runs entirely on your device.
Your MIDI and scores are yours
We claim no rights in the MIDI or sheet music you export.
Used only for your transcription
Your uploads are only used to make your transcription.
Deleted after 30 days
Uploads, stems and results expire, or go sooner on request.
Start free. Pay when you need more songs.
One song credit gives you both the MIDI and the sheet music. Transcribe 3 full songs a month for free, and upgrade to export them.
Free
Try it on real songs. No card needed.
$0/ month
Free forever
Start free- 3 songs a month, up to 6 minutes each
- Transcribe and preview songs on our GPUs
- Edit in the browser
- Unlimited quick mode with export
- Upgrade to export full transcriptions
Creator
For producers converting a few songs a week.
$8/ month
$96 billed yearly
Get Creator- 5 songs a month, up to 10 minutes each
- Everything in Free
- Export full MIDI from every song
- Stem audio download
- All export options
- 30-day history
Pro
For heavy use, sample digging and sessions.
$19/ month
$228 billed yearly
Get Pro- 20 songs a month, up to 10 minutes each
- Everything in Creator
- Everything in Creator
- Priority queue
- 90-day history
Questions about AI music transcription
What is AI music transcription?
Writing down the notes of a recording automatically. Trained models listen to the audio and work out which notes are played, when and how loud, the way a musician transcribes by ear but in minutes. Midify separates a song into its instruments first, then transcribes each one and cleans the result up so it is ready to use.
What does Midify do?
Midify transcribes songs into MIDI and sheet music. Upload a song and it separates the stems, transcribes each instrument, and gives you MIDI for your DAW, with the right tempo and one track per instrument, and a score for every part that you can read, print and edit.
Can I get sheet music and MIDI from the same song?
Yes. One upload is transcribed once and gives you both: MIDI tracks for your DAW and sheet music for every part, downloadable as PDF or MusicXML. It uses one song credit, not two.
Is it free?
You can try it free. The free plan transcribes 3 songs a month on our servers, and you can edit and preview them in the browser. Quick mode and hum to MIDI run in your browser, are unlimited, and export MIDI straight away. To export full transcriptions, upgrade to a paid plan, which also adds more songs and a longer history.
Which files can I upload?
WAV, MP3, FLAC, AIFF, M4A and OGG, plus the audio track of MP4, MOV and WebM videos. Songs can be up to 10 minutes and 100 MB, or 6 minutes on the free plan.
How accurate is it?
Single instruments, loops, drums and basslines convert well. Dense full mixes are still hard for every tool, so every job opens in an editor where you can play the result against the original stem and fix what is off before you export.
Which DAWs does the MIDI work with?
All of them. The export is a standard MIDI file with a tempo map, time signature, General MIDI programs and drums on channel 10, so it opens in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Reaper, Bitwig, Studio One and notation apps.
Who owns the MIDI and sheet music?
We claim no rights in the MIDI or sheet music you export. If you transcribe someone else's song, the rights in that song still belong to its owners, so you need their permission for anything beyond personal use. The output terms explain this in plain English.
What happens to the songs I upload?
They are processed privately, used only to make your transcription, and deleted with their stems and results after 30 days, or sooner when you ask.
Get the notes out of your next song
Upload a track, pick the stems and check the result against the original. Three songs a month are free to transcribe and edit.