Guitar to MIDI

Drop a guitar recording to turn into MIDI, or select a file. It opens in the studio, ready to export.

WAV · AIF · AIFF · MP3 · M4A · FLAC · OGG

How to convert a guitar recording to MIDI

Getting MIDI from a guitar used to mean a hex pickup and a converter box. A recording is enough now: play the part into a microphone or an interface, and the notes are read from the audio afterwards, chords included.

  1. Add your recording: Drop a WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, FLAC or OGG: a guitar take, or a song with a guitar in it.
  2. Say what it is: One instrument, or a full mix. A solo guitar is read as it is. From a mix, the guitar is separated from the band first.
  3. Take the MIDI: The notes with their timing and velocity, on the take’s own tempo. Edit them in the piano roll and export the .mid, or give the part to another instrument.

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Questions about the guitar to MIDI converter?

We have answers.

Do I need a MIDI guitar or a pickup?

No. Record the guitar as audio, by microphone or interface, and the notes are read from the recording.

Does it transcribe chords?

Yes. The guitar is read by a polyphonic model, so each note of a chord is written.

Does it make guitar tab?

No. It writes the pitches and rhythms as MIDI and standard notation. String and fret are not inferred.

Is it free?

Yes, to start. A free account comes with 120 credits a month, with no card needed to start: transcribing one part is 2 credits, and a full mix is separated first, which is 20. Pro has 2,000 a month.

Does distortion matter?

Yes. A clean or lightly driven tone transcribes best. Heavy distortion adds harmonics that are not notes, and bends and slides are written as the pitches they pass through.

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  • Chords and single lines

    A guitar plays six notes at once and then one. The part goes to a polyphonic model, so strummed chords come back as their notes rather than as one confused pitch, and a single-note line comes back as a line.

  • Notes, not tablature

    The transcription says which pitches were played and when. It does not say which string and fret, because the same note lives in several places on the neck and the audio does not say which was used. You get MIDI and standard notation, not tab.

  • A solo out of a full mix

    A guitar break can be read straight from the song without separating it first, with a mode tuned on fast solo playing. For a rhythm part under a band, separate the mix and transcribe the guitar stem, which is the cleaner route.

Guitar to MIDI, guitar transcription: one job

Guitar to MIDI, a guitar to MIDI converter, guitar transcription and AI guitar transcription all name this one job. To pull the guitar out of a song first, use the guitar isolator.

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