Music & Audio

Basic Pitch

An open source audio-to-MIDI converter with pitch bend detection developed by Spotify.

Overview

Basic Pitch converts single-instrument audio recordings into MIDI files with pitch bend detection, supporting polyphonic instruments and voice. It is lightweight, fast, and free to use via an online demo or open source code.

Updated Oct 26, 2026

3 things

What Basic Pitch has

For developers

Source code is publicly available for anyone to inspect, modify, or self-host.
A command-line interface that lets you run the tool from a terminal or scripts. One of 5 Music & Audio tools with CLI.

Extras

A written report presenting research, data, and insights for readers to use.

2 features

Key Features

Audio-to-MIDI conversion
Try Basic Pitch, a free audio-to-MIDI converter with pitch bend detection, built by Spotify. Learn more or follow the instructions below.
MIDI download
Download the MIDI file to fine tune and make corrections in your favorite digital audio workstation.

Pros and cons

Pros

Free and open source with no usage restrictions.
Supports polyphonic instruments and voice recordings.
Includes pitch bend detection for expressive MIDI.
Fast processing speeds suitable for real-time workflows.
Lightweight AI model optimized for efficiency.

Cons

Limited to single instrument recordings at a time.
No explicit pricing plans or commercial support.
Requires manual fine-tuning in DAWs after conversion.
Online demo may have file size or format limitations.
Not a full DAW or music production environment, only MIDI conversion.

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3 things

What Basic Pitch has

For developers

Source code is publicly available for anyone to inspect, modify, or self-host.
A command-line interface that lets you run the tool from a terminal or scripts. One of 5 Music & Audio tools with CLI.

Extras

A written report presenting research, data, and insights for readers to use.

2 features

Key Features

Audio-to-MIDI conversion
Try Basic Pitch, a free audio-to-MIDI converter with pitch bend detection, built by Spotify. Learn more or follow the instructions below.
MIDI download
Download the MIDI file to fine tune and make corrections in your favorite digital audio workstation.

Pros and cons

Pros

Free and open source with no usage restrictions.
Supports polyphonic instruments and voice recordings.
Includes pitch bend detection for expressive MIDI.
Fast processing speeds suitable for real-time workflows.
Lightweight AI model optimized for efficiency.

Cons

Limited to single instrument recordings at a time.
No explicit pricing plans or commercial support.
Requires manual fine-tuning in DAWs after conversion.
Online demo may have file size or format limitations.
Not a full DAW or music production environment, only MIDI conversion.

You?

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Your review helps others make better decisions. No account needed. Takes about 10 seconds.

Featured Video

See Basic Pitch at work before you try it.

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0 questions

Basic Pitch

Overview

What Basic Pitch has

For developers

Extras

Key Features

Audio-to-MIDI conversion

MIDI download

Pros and cons

Pros

Cons

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Frequently Asked Questions

What Basic Pitch has

For developers

Extras

Key Features

Audio-to-MIDI conversion

MIDI download

Pros and cons

Pros

Cons

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Frequently Asked Questions

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