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Basic Pitch vs Dubler 2: catalog facts
Basic Pitch	Dubler 2
Best for: Musicians who want to turn a hummed or played idea into MIDI quickly	Best for: Producers who want to sing or beatbox ideas straight into a DAW as MIDI
Free Free to use and open source, made by Spotify.	Paid One-time purchase listed at $119, shown on sale for $99.
Web	Windows, macOS
Free with no sign-up needed Detects pitch bends, not just notes All 4 strengths for Basic Pitch Free with no sign-up needed Detects pitch bends, not just notes Works on recordings of almost any single instrument Source code is public	Records melodies and basslines as MIDI from your voice Generates chord progressions from a sung root note All 4 strengths for Dubler 2 Records melodies and basslines as MIDI from your voice Generates chord progressions from a sung root note Controls effects and synth parameters by voice One-time purchase rather than a subscription
Designed for one instrument at a time, not full mixes Output usually needs manual cleanup in a DAW	Paid software with no free tier shown Needs a DAW to make full use of the MIDI output
Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Not open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Basic Pitch basicpitch.spotify.com Catalog checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Dubler 2 vochlea.com Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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