Flute & clarinet to MIDI

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

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How to transcribe a flute or clarinet to MIDI

A woodwind plays one note at a time and starts each one cleanly, with the tongue. That makes it about the friendliest thing there is to transcribe, as long as the reader knows which instrument it is hearing: a flute and a bassoon are four octaves apart.

  1. Add your recording: Drop a WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, FLAC or OGG: one instrument, a wind section, or a full recording.
  2. Say what it is: One instrument, a section playing together, or a full mix. From a mix, the winds are separated from the rest first.
  3. Take the notes: A solo as one MIDI line on the player’s own tempo. A section as a part per voice.

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Questions about the flute & clarinet to MIDI converter?

We have answers.

Can I convert a flute recording to MIDI?

Yes. A flute is a single line and comes back as MIDI with its timing.

Which woodwinds does it read?

Flute, clarinet, oboe and bassoon, along with the saxophones.

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 it transcribe a woodwind quintet?

Say it is a section playing together and it comes back as a part per voice. A French horn, the quintet’s fifth player, is read along with the winds.

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  • Told which register to listen in

    Winds are read by a pitch tracker that is conditioned on register. It is told whether it is hearing the top of a flute or the bottom of a bassoon before it writes anything, which is what keeps a low reed from being written an octave high.

  • Fast runs and tongued notes

    Woodwind writing is full of scales and arpeggios at speed. Each tongued note has a clear start, so the notes of a run are separated where the player separated them, and slurred passages are written as the pitches they move through.

  • A wind section in parts

    Flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons spend much of an orchestral score playing chords together. Transcribed as an ensemble, a wind section comes back as a part per voice instead of a stack of simultaneous notes on one line.

Flute to MIDI, clarinet to MIDI, woodwind transcription: one job

Flute to MIDI, clarinet to MIDI, oboe to MIDI, flute transcription and woodwind transcription all name this one job. For saxophones and brass, see saxophone and horn transcription.

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