MIDI to MP3 Converter

Drop in a .mid file and hear it as audio. We render it with a sampled General MIDI sound set, then hand you the MP3 — along with each part as its own track, slow practice versions, and a score that highlights the notes as they play.

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What a MIDI file actually contains

A MIDI file holds no sound at all. It is a list of instructions — note on, note off, which instrument, how hard — which is why a 40 KB .mid can carry a five-minute orchestral piece. Playing it means handing those instructions to something that can make noise, and the result depends entirely on what that something is. The same file sounds like a cheap 90s keyboard through one synthesizer and like a concert grand through another.

We render with FluidR3, a sampled General MIDI sound set — real recorded instruments rather than synthesized tones. It will not pass for a studio recording of a live band, and no MIDI renderer will: expression, phrasing and room sound are not in the file to begin with. For rehearsal tracks, backing parts, and hearing an arrangement before anyone plays it, it is more than good enough.

Every part as its own track

Because the parts are separate in the file, they can stay separate in the output. Alongside the full mix you get one MP3 per instrument or voice, so a choir member can practise against their own line, or a bassist can mute the bass and play along with everything else.

The rehearsal view adds the two things a plain audio file cannot do: slow the playback to 50-90% without dropping the pitch, and loop a difficult bar until it sticks. The notation scrolls and highlights in time with the sound, so you always know where you are.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free?
Converting and listening in the browser is free — 5 files a day, up to 40 MB, no account. Downloading the MP3, the per-part stems and the practice speeds unlocks per piece from $5.99, or with credit packs ($9 unlocks 4 pieces).
What will it sound like?
Like a good sampled instrument library, not like a recording of live players. MIDI carries notes and velocities, not the sound of a room or a performer's phrasing — so a piano part comes out clean and usable, while a solo violin line will sound obviously synthetic. Preview it free before you decide.
Is anything guessed or estimated here?
No. A MIDI or MusicXML file already states every pitch and duration exactly, so there is no recognition step and no accuracy figure to quote — unlike our audio and scanned-score tools, where a model has to infer the notes. What we do here is engraving and rendering: laying the notes out as readable notation, and playing them with a sampled instrument.
Can I get the separate instrument tracks?
Yes. Parts are split by MIDI channel, so each instrument or voice becomes its own MP3, delivered as a zip alongside the full mix. A piano's two staves share a channel and correctly come back as one track.
What about .kar karaoke files?
Karaoke MIDI files are standard MIDI with lyric events, and they work — the lyrics come through into the notation too. Rename the file to .mid if the upload box rejects the extension.

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