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Basic Pitch vs NeuralNote: catalog facts
Basic Pitch	NeuralNote
Best for: Musicians who want to turn a hummed or played idea into MIDI quickly	Best for: Producers who want to turn recorded parts or full mixes into editable MIDI inside their DAW
Free Free to use and open source, made by Spotify.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
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	Transcription runs locally, so audio never leaves the machine Multi-instrument transcription of full mixes in v2 All 4 strengths for NeuralNote Transcription runs locally, so audio never leaves the machine Multi-instrument transcription of full mixes in v2 Works as VST3, AU or a standalone app Accepts live recording or dropped audio files
Designed for one instrument at a time, not full mixes Output usually needs manual cleanup in a DAW	v2 has no installers yet and must be built from source No Linux support yet All 3 limitations for NeuralNote v2 has no installers yet and must be built from source No Linux support yet Tested on only a few machines and GPUs so far
Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
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 NeuralNote github.com/DamRsn/NeuralNote Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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