Basic Pitch (audio-to-MIDI)
Source: https://github.com/spotify/basic-pitch
Structured fields
{
"archived": false,
"checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"usefulness": "Lightweight Spotify neural audio-to-MIDI converter with pitch-bend detection, installable via pip or npm, usable as a VST through the community NeuralNote project; turns hummed/played ideas into editable MIDI for scoring.",
"source_type": "repository",
"availability": "available",
"source_owner": "Spotify",
"next_check_at": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
"upstream_updated_at": "2025-11-13T14:40:46.000Z"
}Evidence claims
- [upstream_claim] README: Basic Pitch is a Python library for automatic music transcription using a lightweight neural network from Spotify's Audio Intelligence Lab; multipitch support and instrument generalisation; supports macOS, Windows and Ubuntu. · locator: README, intro source
- [sourced_fact] README credits DamRsn's NeuralNote as a working VST version of basic-pitch. · locator: README, VST section source
- [sourced_fact] README Copyright and License: Apache License 2.0; GitHub: Apache-2.0, not archived, last push 2025-11-13. · locator: README, Copyright and License source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | Apache-2.0 | permitted | permitted | permitted | unknown | Apache-2.0 per README/GitHub; bundled model weights included in package under the same license (not independently confirmed). |