# Audio to Sheet Music Upload or record a played part and read it back as a piano score you can print, save as a PDF or open in notation software. > Canonical: https://aimusicis.com/audio-to-sheet-music ## What audio to sheet music writes from a recording A recording holds sound, not notes. The page first listens for the pitches and their timing, then lays those notes out as a piano score, all inside the browser tab. ### Hears the notes that were played Each pitch and when it starts and stops is read from the audio and written as MIDI, the same transcription the Audio to MIDI page runs. ### Writes them on a piano grand staff Middle C and above go on the treble staff and the rest on the bass staff, with rhythms rounded to sixteenth notes so the bars read cleanly. ### Hands the score to you three ways Print it or save it as a PDF from the browser, download MusicXML for MuseScore, Sibelius or Dorico, or take the MIDI file to a DAW. ## From a recording to a printed score in three steps ### Upload or record the part Choose an audio file or record with the microphone. A single instrument playing one line at a time gives the cleanest notes. ### Convert it to sheet music The notes are transcribed on your device, and the score is drawn as soon as they are ready, written at the tempo heard in the recording. ### Check the tempo, then print or export Set the score's tempo and time signature until the bars line up with the music, then print, save a PDF or download MusicXML. ## The limits of audio to sheet music here ### 6 upload formats MP3, WAV, OGG, M4A, AAC and FLAC, where your browser can decode them. ### 90 MB and 15 minutes The largest recording the page reads, by size and by length. ### 4 time signatures 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and 6/8 for the score, with its tempo set anywhere from 30 to 300 BPM. ### 3 ways out Print or PDF from the browser, a MusicXML file and a MIDI file. ### Sixteenth-note rhythms The finest rhythm the score writes. Shorter notes are rounded to the nearest sixteenth. ### 0 credits Transcription and the score both run in the browser, so no generation job is submitted. ## Who reads a recording as sheet music ### Players learning a part by ear Record the melody you want to learn and read its notes instead of replaying the same bar until it sticks. ### Songwriters keeping a hummed idea Sing or play a phrase into the microphone and keep it as a score before the idea is gone. ### Teachers preparing an exercise Turn a recorded line into a printable page, then tidy the notation in MuseScore from the MusicXML file. ## Tools related to Audio to Sheet Music ### [AI MIDI Generator](https://aimusicis.com/ai-midi-generator) ### [MIDI to Sheet Music](https://aimusicis.com/midi-to-sheet-music) ### [MIDI to MP3](https://aimusicis.com/midi-to-mp3) ### [Free Chord Progression Generator](https://aimusicis.com/chord-progression-generator) ## Audio to sheet music questions ### How do I convert audio to sheet music? Upload a recording or record one with the microphone, then press Convert to sheet music. The page transcribes the notes on your device and draws them as a piano score you can print, save as a PDF or download as MusicXML. ### What kind of recording gives the cleanest score? A single instrument playing one note at a time, such as a piano melody, a guitar line or a sung tune, gives the cleanest score. Chords, heavy reverb and full mixes give the transcription overlapping pitches to separate, and the score shows those mistakes. ### Can I turn a full song into sheet music? A full song converts, but the score will be crowded and rough. Separate the part you want with the AI Stem Splitter first, then convert that stem. ### Why do the rhythms look wrong? The score is written at the tempo heard in the recording, and that estimate can be half or double the real one. Set Tempo of the score to the song's actual tempo and the bars line up; the notes themselves do not change. ### Which files can I download? The score prints from the browser or saves as a PDF through the print dialog. MusicXML opens in MuseScore, Sibelius or Dorico for further editing, and the MIDI file opens in any DAW or the browser MIDI editor. ### Does the recording leave my device? The recording stays in the browser tab. Transcription and drawing the score both run on your device, so the file is never sent to a server and costs no credits. ### How long a recording can the page convert? Audio to Sheet Music reads files up to 90 MB and 15 minutes. The score shows the first 32 bars at once with a button to show the rest, and the MusicXML download always holds every bar. ### How many credits does Audio to Sheet Music use? Audio to Sheet Music runs in the browser and draws zero credits. ## Edit the notes before you print Open the transcription in the browser MIDI editor to fix a wrong note or a rhythm, then read the corrected file as sheet music. _Last updated October 15, 2026_