Does the MIDI include the original sound?

No. MIDI stores note events and timing, rather than the source waveform or the sound of a singer or instrument. Your music software chooses the sound used to play those notes. Keep the original recording if you need its exact timbre, and use the MIDI to change pitches, timing, or the playback instrument. For drums, select a suitable drum instrument and check its note mapping after import.

Will I be charged if conversion fails?

The page shows the credit cost before you start. Credits are charged when a conversion is created and are returned if the conversion fails or times out. An accepted task may continue after you leave the page; return to your account history to see its final status and download a successful MIDI file. A failed task appears in the history with its refund. The credit cost depends on the duration of the audio.

MIDI

Audio to MIDI

Convert a song or recording into MIDI. Choose the part you want to transcribe.

Audio source

WAV, MP3, FLAC, OGG · up to 5 minutes

What should become MIDI?

For a full mix, choose the instrument you want. General works best for clear melodies.

Choose audio to see the credit cost.

ABOUT THIS TOOL

Convert audio into MIDI notes

Turn a recording into a note-based MIDI starting point for arranging, practicing, or editing. Upload a song or make a microphone recording of up to five minutes, then choose the musical part you want to transcribe. The result is a standard .mid file that you can inspect and refine in music software.

Output: An editable .mid file containing detected notes.

How it works

01Upload or record audio of up to five minutes.
02Choose piano, vocal, drums, or general.
03Download the MIDI file when processing completes.

Key features

Four transcription modes for different musical parts.
Supports uploads and microphone recordings.
Credits are refunded when conversion fails.

Settings explained

Audio source: The song or recording to analyze, up to five minutes.
What should become MIDI?: Select the musical part to transcribe.
Convert to MIDI: Starts the conversion and shows the result in your history.

Choose the right transcription mode

Audio and MIDI describe different things. An audio recording contains the sound wave of voices and instruments mixed together; a MIDI file describes events such as note pitch, start time, length, and velocity. Converting one to the other therefore requires estimation rather than a simple file-format change. The choice of mode tells the transcription model what sort of events to look for. Piano focuses on pitched keyboard notes and can be useful for a piano performance or a keyboard-forward passage. Vocal follows a sung melody and is a better starting point when the voice is the main part you want to recreate. Drums aims to identify rhythmic hits and exports them as MIDI percussion notes; it does not preserve the sound of the original kit. General is intended for a clear pitched line that does not fit the other choices. Choose a mode for the part you need, not necessarily the genre of the entire song. A complete song can be uploaded, but several instruments playing simultaneously, reverb, distortion, and overlapping harmonics can make individual notes ambiguous. If you need a particular instrument from a dense mix, a cleaner recording or an isolated passage will usually be easier to edit than a busy full arrangement. Listen to the source first, decide which part matters, and treat the generated MIDI as a draft. In particular, check repeated notes, short ornaments, sustained notes, and phrases where one sound masks another. The four modes produce one transcription target at a time; choosing Piano does not turn every instrument in a song into a separate piano track, and choosing General does not promise a complete multitrack score. This distinction helps set a useful expectation before spending credits.

Edit the result in your music software

After conversion, download the .mid file from the conversion history on this page. The history is attached to your account, so refreshing the browser does not erase a completed result. Import the file into a digital audio workstation, MIDI editor, or notation program to inspect what was detected. MIDI carries performance instructions rather than recorded sound: the instrument you hear on playback depends on the receiving application and its selected sound or plugin. A vocal transcription, for example, can be auditioned on a piano even though the original voice is not inside the MIDI file. Start editing by checking the timing grid against the recording. Move a note if its attack was detected early or late, and adjust its duration when two neighboring notes overlap or a held note ends too soon. Then correct pitches by ear, remove stray notes, and add notes the conversion missed. For drum results, check that kicks, snares, and cymbals land on the intended beats and that your software uses the desired drum mapping. The exported file is useful for building a new arrangement, studying a phrase, or trying different instruments, but it is not an audio stem and will not separate the original mix into playable recordings. If your first pass is hard to edit, try a different target mode or use a shorter, cleaner excerpt. You can also trim a song in the audio trimmer before converting it. There is no need to force one mode to solve every passage: transcribe the most important musical idea, edit that draft, and keep the original recording nearby as a reference. Source files may be up to five minutes long; a longer piece needs to be split into parts before submission.

Common questions

Yes. Upload an audio file of up to five minutes, or record audio on this page. Select the part you want the conversion to follow: piano, vocal, drums, or general pitched material. A full mix is accepted, but the output is an estimated transcription of the chosen target, not a guaranteed note-for-note, multitrack copy of every instrument. Dense arrangements often need more editing than a clear solo recording.