Vocal · free

Vocal to MIDI, with the bends.

A voice glides between notes, wavers on long ones and lands a little sharp or flat. A converter that rounds all of that to the nearest key writes a flat, robotic part.

TONIQ's Vocal engine writes the notes the singer meant. It also keeps how they sang them, as pitch bends, so the line still sounds sung when you play it on a synth, strings or a horn.

Download TONIQ free What the free tier does

And with Pro, edit the singing itself.

The free tier writes the MIDI. TONIQ Pro also edits the notes inside the vocal recording; here two notes were moved and the rest is as sung. Demo recordings generated with Google Flow Music.

Vocal

With Pro: the first phrase moved up, one long note down. The vibrato and breath are still the singer’s.

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What you get.

Notes and bends

Each sung note becomes a MIDI note, and in Vocal mode the slides and vibrato go into the MIDI as pitch bends, free. With Pro you set how much vibrato, or turn it off.

A melody to build on

Double the vocal with a synth, write a counter-line, or hand the topline to a producer as MIDI.

From a full song too

Drop in a whole mix and choose Full mix: the vocal comes out as its own melody track next to the drums, bass and chords.

Fix the vocal itself, with Pro

TONIQ Pro moves a sung note inside the recording, with its pitch, timing, formant and vibrato, and keeps the breath and tone.

From a sung line to MIDI.

  1. 1

    Bring the vocal in

    A WAV, MP3, AIFF or FLAC file, or the vocal clip on a track. In an ARA 2 host TONIQ reads the clip; elsewhere, Capture records it as it plays.

  2. 2

    Choose Vocal

    TONIQ suggests it when it hears a voice. A solo vocal works best; in a full song, use Full mix.

  3. 3

    Drag the melody out

    Onto any instrument track at your tempo, with the bends.

Setup for your DAW: ARA 2 or Capture. How accurate it is: measured on public test recordings.

Vocal to MIDI: questions.

Is there a free vocal to MIDI converter? +
Yes. TONIQ's free tier turns a sung line into MIDI notes, with its pitch bends, as a plug-in or a standalone app on Mac and Windows. No length limit, and the audio never leaves your computer.
Can I hum a melody and turn it into MIDI? +
Yes. Record the hum or whistle on a track or as a file and choose Vocal. A clear, steady hum works best.
Does it keep vibrato and slides? +
Yes. In Vocal mode the slides and vibrato go into the MIDI as pitch bends, at the standard amount, free. TONIQ Pro sets how much vibrato goes in, or turns it off for plain notes on the grid.
Does it work on a vocal inside a full song? +
Yes: choose Full mix, and the vocal melody comes out as its own track. A solo vocal recording gives the cleanest result.
Can it fix the pitch of the vocal recording? +
That is TONIQ Pro: it edits single notes inside the audio, pitch, cents, formant, timing and vibrato, for $129 once after a 14-day trial.

Also: Song to MIDI · Drums to MIDI · MP3 to MIDI · Edit notes inside the audio