Vocal to MIDI

Drop a vocal 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 turn a vocal into MIDI

The fastest way to write a melody down is to sing it. A voice is one note at a time, so the notes can be read from it reliably, and what comes back is MIDI: a line you can edit, harmonise, or hand to a saxophone.

  1. Add your vocal: Drop a WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, FLAC or OGG: a voice memo of a hummed idea, a recorded vocal, or the whole song.
  2. Say what it is: One voice, or a full mix. From a mix, the vocal is separated from the band before it is read.
  3. Take the MIDI: The melody as notes on the take’s own tempo. Tidy the pitch in the piano roll, export the .mid, or play it on another instrument.

More ways to work with your music

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Questions about the vocal to MIDI converter?

We have answers.

Can I hum a melody and get MIDI?

Yes. Record yourself humming or singing, drop the file, and the melody comes back as notes.

Can I get the vocal melody from a song?

Yes. Say it is a full mix and the vocal is separated first, then transcribed.

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.

Do I need to sing in tune?

Close enough to be understood. Each note is written at the pitch it settles on, and anything that lands wrong is one drag in the piano roll.

Can it transcribe backing vocals and harmonies?

Yes. Transcribed as an ensemble, a vocal stack returns one part per voice.

Try our free vocal to MIDI converter

  • A voice slides; a note does not

    Singers scoop into notes, add vibrato and fall off the ends of phrases. MIDI wants one pitch per note. The transcription decides where each note starts and what it settles on, which is a judgement, and why every note stays editable afterwards.

  • The melody from a finished song

    Drop the whole song and say it is a mix. The vocal is separated first, so the tracker hears the singer rather than the band, and the vocal line comes back as its own MIDI part beside the others.

  • Harmonies, a part per voice

    A stack of harmonies is not one melody, and reading it as one gives nonsense. Transcribed as an ensemble, a vocal stack comes back as a part for each voice: the lead and each harmony on its own line.

Vocal to MIDI, humming to MIDI: one job

Vocal to MIDI, voice to MIDI, humming to MIDI, singing to MIDI and vocal transcription all name this one job. For the voice as audio rather than notes, see the acapella extractor.

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