Ear to Staff — live music transcription

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MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG, AAC

Analyze from

Where do I get the audio file?

Own the CD? Insert it and import it with the Music app (File → Import, or it offers to import automatically).
Buy a download. The iTunes Store, Amazon Music, Qobuz, and 7digital sell DRM-free files you can drop here.
Only have streaming? Switch to Browser tab audio, play the song in another tab, and capture it directly. Nothing is saved to disk.
Have it on vinyl or tape? Record it through an audio interface with QuickTime Player (File → New Audio Recording) and drop the result here.

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Level

Metronome off

Press Start listening and allow microphone access.

Rhythm & notation

Tempo

BPM

Time

Feel

Smallest note

Bar 1 offset

beats

Key

Write for

Octave

Clef

A4 reference

Metronome with one-bar count-in (microphone only)

Visual only, no click sound

Detection

Method

Pitch range

Lowest note

Highest note

Noise gate −45 dB Sounds quieter than this are ignored.

Pitch clarity 85% How sure the detector must be. Lower it if whistled notes are missing, raise it if guitar leaks in.

Vibrato tolerance 60 cents Pitch wobble smaller than this stays one note. Whistlers often need 80 or more.

Microphone

Input device

Input gain ×1.0

Browser noise suppression & echo cancellation

Transcription

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Bar 1 · beat 1

Transcribing whistling from a record

Load the file or capture the tab, then pick Spectral peak and the Whistle range. The analysis re-runs when you change detection settings.
Set Analyze from / to around the whistled passage so the first note is a whistled one.
Tap tempo along with the record, choose a swing feel, and use Bar 1 offset to put the first note on the right beat.
Watch the pitch trace. If grey dots follow the melody, lower pitch clarity. If gold notes fragment, raise vibrato tolerance.
Play Original or Both in the transport to hear the record against the transcription.