MIDI to MusicXML Converter

Get your MIDI file into a notation editor properly: quantised into bars and exported as MusicXML that MuseScore, Finale, Sibelius and Dorico all open natively.

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Why not just import the MIDI directly?

Most notation programs will open a MIDI file, and most make a poor job of it — you get raw timings written out literally, one voice per channel, and a page of tied notes nobody can read. The import dialog offers quantisation settings, but you are guessing at them before you can see the result.

Converting to MusicXML first does the interpretation up front and lets you look at it. You open a score that is already laid out on a grand staff with sensible note values, and spend your time on the musical corrections rather than fighting an import dialog.

What MusicXML carries that MIDI does not

MusicXML is a notation format: it stores clefs, key signatures, note spellings, beaming, lyrics and layout. MIDI stores none of that — it stores performance. So the conversion has to decide some things, and where the file is genuinely ambiguous we take the conventional reading rather than inventing detail.

The clearest example is enharmonic spelling. MIDI says "key 70"; notation has to write either A♯ or B♭, and only the musical context says which. Expect to correct a few of these in your editor — it is a limit of the source format, not of the converter.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free?
Converting and viewing the score in the browser is free — 5 files a day, no account. The MusicXML download unlocks per piece from $2.99, or with credit packs ($9 unlocks 4 pieces).
Which programs open MusicXML?
MuseScore (free), Finale, Sibelius, Dorico, Notion and most other notation software open MusicXML directly. It is the standard interchange format for notation.
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.
Do lyrics survive?
Yes, if the MIDI carries lyric events — karaoke files usually do. Where a file attaches the same syllable to several notes at once we keep it on the melody note, so the words do not print on top of each other.

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