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MIDI files from WAV and lossless audio

WAV to MIDI

If you are starting from a WAV, you are starting from the best case. Nothing has been compressed away, so the detector sees the full picture. Upload the stem, check the notes, export the .mid.

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GP5, GPX, GP, MusicXML, MXL

Guitar, bass, 7-string or ukulele. Exports to Guitar Pro and MIDI.

AI-Powered Guitar Tab Generation

Paste a link or file, get an editable draft, then play and export in the browser.

Tabs back in minutesGuitar, bass, 7-string, ukulele

01

Paste a link or upload audio

YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, MIDI, or a recording.

02

AI writes the tab draft

Notes and rhythm land as an editable guitar tab.

03

Play, tweak, export

Loop hard bars. Export GP5, MIDI, PDF, MusicXML.

Use cases

What players convert here

Stems back to MIDI

Bounce a single track out of your session and get the note data back when the MIDI is lost.

DI and reamp tracks

A clean DI is close to ideal input, since there is no room noise or bleed to fight.

Field recordings

Convert an interface or field capture of a single instrument into something you can edit.

Tabtify editor on a laptop - guitar tab with playback

After the AI draft

A real tab editor, not a static download.

Play it back, edit any note, open GP5 or MusicXML you already have, and export in the format you need.

  • Edit the draft

    Fix notes, timing, measures, and fret choices.

  • Check by ear

    Play back, loop bars, match the source.

  • Export when ready

    Guitar Pro, MIDI, PDF, MusicXML.

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Tabs made with Tabtify

Real AI drafts you can open in the editor - same path as convert.

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I Don't Wanna Live Forever

ZAYN & Taylor Swift

GP5
Open in editor

Stairway To Heaven

Led Zeppelin

GP5
Open in editor

Sittin' On Top Of The World

Doc Watson

GP5
Open in editor

Havana

Camila Cabello

GP5
Open in editor

Thinking Out Loud

Ed Sheeran

GP5
Open in editor

Give me love

Michal

GP5
Open in editor

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Tabtify's AI-powered guitar tab creation platform. From audio conversion to professional export formats.

Does WAV really convert better than MP3?
On a clean single-instrument source the gap is small. On quiet passages, cymbal-heavy material, or anything with fast picking, the lossless version holds up noticeably better.
Which sample rate should I export?
Whatever your session already uses. 44.1 and 48 kHz both work fine, and upsampling before you upload gains you nothing.
Can I upload a stereo stem?
Yes. Stereo is fine as long as the part you want is the loudest thing in it.
Does the tempo come across?
Tempo and time signature go into the exported .mid, so the file drops onto your DAW grid instead of floating free.

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Converter notes

From source to editable tab

These notes are here for setup context. The main workflow starts above in the converter, then continues in the editor.

  • Handles uncompressed WAV, including 24-bit DAW exports.
  • Built for stems, DI tracks, and interface recordings.
  • Exports .mid with tempo intact so it lines up on your DAW grid.

Steps

  1. 01Export the WAV from your DAW, ideally one instrument on its own.
  2. 02Upload it in the Audio tab and set the instrument and tuning.
  3. 03Run the conversion and review the notes in the editor.
  4. 04Correct anything that drifted, then export MIDI.

Source quality

  • Isolated stems transcribe better than a stereo mixdown, even a well-mastered one.
  • Leave the dynamics alone. Heavy limiting flattens the velocity information.
  • Trim count-ins so bar one starts on the first real note.
  • WAV files are large, so uploads take longer on a slow connection.
  • A full-mix WAV is still a full mix. Lossless does not solve instrument separation.
  • Conversion is built around sources up to 15 minutes.