Piano to MIDI

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

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How to convert a piano recording to MIDI

Piano is the hard case for transcription and the one that has its own answer. Ten notes can sound at once, and they ring through each other under the pedal. A general pitch detector hears a chord as a smear; a model trained only on piano hears the notes in it.

  1. Add your recording: Drop a WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, FLAC or OGG: a solo piano take, or a song with a piano in it.
  2. Say what it is: One instrument, or a full mix. A solo piano is read as it is. From a mix, the piano is separated from the band first.
  3. Take the MIDI: Every note with its timing and velocity, on a tempo map that follows the performance. Fix a wrong note in the piano roll and export the .mid.

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Questions about the piano to MIDI converter?

We have answers.

Can I convert a piano MP3 to MIDI?

Yes. An MP3 goes in like a WAV or FLAC. A cleaner recording gives cleaner notes, but the format does not matter.

Does it get chords and both hands?

Yes. The piano model is polyphonic: it writes every note in a chord, across the whole keyboard. It returns one piano part, not a left-hand and right-hand split.

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.

Can I get sheet music instead of MIDI?

Yes. The same transcription can be engraved as a score on a grand staff, with a key signature and bar lines.

How accurate is it?

A clean solo piano recording transcribes very well. Heavy reverb, a noisy room or a piano under a dense band are harder, and every note stays editable.

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  • A model that only knows piano

    The piano stem is routed to a dedicated polyphonic piano transcriber rather than the general one. It was trained on piano alone, so it expects what a piano does: chords, overlapping sustains, a wide range, notes that start loud and decay.

  • The tempo is the player’s

    A piano performance breathes. The tempo, downbeats and meter are detected from the take, and the tempo map is allowed to move, so a ritardando is written as a ritardando rather than as late notes on a rigid grid.

  • A piano inside a band

    From a full song there are two routes. The mix can be separated, and the piano stem transcribed on its own, which is the thorough one. Or the piano can be read straight out of the mix without separating it, which is quicker and suits a piano that is carrying the tune.

Piano to MIDI, piano transcription: one job

Piano to MIDI, a piano to MIDI converter, piano transcription, AI piano transcription and converting a piano recording to MIDI all name this one job. For the same notes on paper, see audio to sheet music.

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