Audio to MIDI, mp3 to MIDI, wav to MIDI...: Audio to MIDI Programs

Soooo many programs that can convert audio to MIDI. Which should I take?

positive negative drums

I give the secret away about the most important points to choose an audio to MIDI program. Every music we hear usually is polyphonic music. This means we hear several sounds at the same time. A program that you chose should recognize this polyphonic music. If a program fails to do so it is monophonic.

There are plenty of audo formats a program should understand. Some programs understand only one format, that maybe not much in use any more.

A program that is so flexible that it supports more than one operating systems, is marked positive.

You should download and check out a test version if that is possible.

Now you have all informations to make your own choice using the table below.

DTM, Drumagog ProgramManufacturerPitch recognitionInfosWIDI Recognition System (Professional)widisoftpolyphonicruns on WindowsWIDI Recognition System (Standard)widisoftpolyphonicruns on Windows.WIDI Audio To MIDI VST Plugin (Windows Version)widisoftpolyphonicruns on Windows. This software runs as VST Plugin and not standalone.WIDI Audio To MIDI VST Plugin (MAC OS X Version)widisoftpolyphonicruns on Mac OS X. This software runs as VST Plugin and not standalone.WIDI Audio To MIDI Audio Unit (MAC OS X Version)widisoftpolyphonicruns on Mac OS X. This software runs as Audio Unit and not standalone.AKoff Music ComposerAKoff Sound Labspolyphonicruns on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT. Recognizes only Windows PCM (.WAV) sources.Solo ExplorerRecognisoftmonophonicRuns on Windows 98 through XP.

Intelliscore Standard

Intelliscore Polyphonic

Intelliscore Ensemble

Innovative Music Systems, Incmonophonic polyphonic polyphonicruns on Windows VistaXP/Me/98/95/2000/NT4. Intelliscore is avaliable as ensemble and polyphonic editions at different prices. Both read from Windows PCM (.WAV), MP3, WMA, and CD sources. Ensemble edition also supports creation of multi-track MIDI files from multiple instrument recordings.Digital EarEpinoisis Softwaremonophonicruns on Windows XP/2000/Me/98/95/XP. It supports only Windows PCM (.WAV) sourcesAudioscore ProfessionalNeuratronmonophonicruns on Windows 98/Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 SP6. Neuratron AudioScore MIDI Input requires Windows XP. Export to MIDI, MusicXML, NIFF and PhotoScore (.opt).7Canaries Standard and ProfessionalTallStick Softwarepolyphonicruns on Win98/ME, Windows NT/2000/XP . The Program gets as input both compressed and uncompressed WAVE, MPEG Layer 1, 2 and 3 and CD tracks.TS-AudioToMIDITallStick Softwarepolyphonicruns on Win98/ME, Windows NT/2000/XP . It works realtime. The Program gets as input both compressed and uncompressed WAVE, MPEG compressed sound with mpp, mp1, mp2 and