# Basic Pitch (audio-to-MIDI)

- id: src_01M569EHX9G70JPN5TVS2Q9RDE
- type: source · status: active · revision: 2
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T14 · tags: level:beginner, transcription, audio-to-midi, pitch-bend, polyphonic, apache-2.0, code:python
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:24:39.846Z
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Source: https://github.com/spotify/basic-pitch

```json
{
  "archived": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "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",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Spotify",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [],
  "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: https://github.com/spotify/basic-pitch
- [sourced_fact] README credits DamRsn's NeuralNote as a working VST version of basic-pitch. · locator: README, VST section · source: https://github.com/spotify/basic-pitch
- [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: https://github.com/spotify/basic-pitch
- [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:
- code: license=Apache-2.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · Apache-2.0 per README/GitHub; bundled model weights included in package under the same license (not independently confirmed). · evidence: https://github.com/spotify/basic-pitch

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