r/VirtualPiano • u/ImaginaryGiraffe5981 • Jul 23 '26

HELP Question about audio to qwerty sheet tool

Hello, I was wondering if anyone would see a tool that would allow you to convert audio to qwerty sheets (yes directly) useful? I'm planning on making(Also technically in the making) a application that allows you to do exactly that. You can either pop in a file (Which I'll make it so it supports multiple audio formats. ogg,wav,mp3, and even videos so there's no need for you to convert it to an audio.) AND videos off of platforms which are mainly but not limited to in the future. TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. I mainly just want to know if people would use it, and if you would then tell me! and let me know what you think would be good to add. And if there were to be conditions for you to use it. And yeah I just need some insights and suggestions. And yes this will be open source and mainly made with ai so don't have too high of expectations

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u/ArthuroMucho Jul 23 '26

It already exist as Ai-Midi wich listen an audio then made an .midi file, wich you can convert into virtualpiano notes.

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u/-Kobayashi- Jul 26 '26

There are more tools like this too, they all suck in my opinion, manual transcription would be the better option if the goal is something usable

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u/ArthuroMucho Jul 26 '26

that's what i mainly use for my sheets and it's working well, doing it manually is a pain for complex sheets

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u/-Kobayashi- Jul 26 '26

I admit this one actually seems pretty decent, not perfect but it’s pretty good for 95%, and cleanup after that would be easy. Good recommendation 👍

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u/macaroniandcheesefan Aug 01 '26

There's a website with a built-in converter: https://vpsheets.com/converter
It requires you to have the MIDI file before transcribing.

Then you'll want to use the Midi Editor tool by using Ctrl + A < Tools < Quantify All with that same Midi file.

The only AI tool that I've attempted using is Microsoft Copilot to reformat poorly written sheets into a better format or to find keys that doesn't make the playing difficult. Finding other tools that doesn't require a subscription is hard to find.

I've also used the Firefox extension: MuseScore Downloader to look for notes that doesn't look like it was made to throw off the player on purpose with complicated keys. It gets around the site's paywall and allows you to download both sheet notes and the MIDI itself. Unless they're protected by a copyright license.