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MIDI Extractor

Extract a basic MIDI note sequence from monophonic audio. Best for whistled melodies and single instruments.

About this MIDI extractor

This tool runs pitch detection over short windows of your audio, quantises each frame to the nearest MIDI note, then groups consecutive same-note frames into MIDI note events. Output is a standard .mid file that opens in any DAW or notation software.

Works best on clean monophonic audio — whistled melodies, single saxophone notes, vocal lines without harmonies, isolated piano single-note runs. Polyphonic audio (chords, full songs) produces noisy, unreliable results — that needs proper multi-pitch detection which is beyond what this lightweight tool does.

How to extract MIDI from audio

  1. 01

    Drop in monophonic audio

    WAV / MP3 / FLAC of a single note source — whistle, single instrument, vocal line.

  2. 02

    Wait for analysis

    Tool decodes audio, runs pitch detection per ~50 ms window, groups same-note runs.

  3. 03

    Download the .mid

    Standard MIDI file — open in your DAW or any notation tool.

Why use this MIDI extractor

  • Reliable pitch detection on clean monophonic content
  • Outputs standard .mid file
  • Configurable note quantisation
  • Free, private, no install
  • No watermark, no signup
  • Useful for transcribing whistled melodies or single-instrument hooks

MIDI extractor FAQ

What does 'monophonic' mean?

Only one note playing at a time. A whistled melody is monophonic. A piano chord is polyphonic. The tool can only detect one pitch per moment.

Will it work on a full song?

Not well. Polyphonic detection is a research-level problem — there are paid services (Bytedance Spectrogram-to-MIDI, Spotify's Basic Pitch) that do it better.

What's the pitch range?

Detector targets 80 Hz to 1500 Hz — that covers vocals, whistles, most monophonic instrument leads. Bass guitar lines work; piccolo flutes won't.

Is my file kept private?

Yes. We don't analyse or index your audio beyond returning the MIDI result.

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