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MuScriptor vs PineThink Score

MuScriptor

muscriptor.kyutai.org

PineThink Score

pinethink.com

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FigureMuScriptorPineThink Score
Price fromFree$5.99/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial—Yes
Open sourceYes—
WebYes—
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYes—
APIYes—
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published22
Spec score · Audio-to-MIDI converters8.7 (#7)7.7 (#25)
Spec score · Music Transcription Software8.7 (#7)7.9 (#17)
Spec score · AI Music Transcription Software8.6 (#7)7.7 (#18)
IntegrationsMusicXML output can be edited in MuseScore, Sibelius or Guitar Pro.MIDI output can be dragged into any DAW, and MusicXML is supported by MuseScore, Finale, and Sibelius.
PurposeMuScriptor transcribes recordings into MIDI and sheet music.PineThink Score transcribes songs into MIDI and shows notes on a piano roll for editing and practice.

Plans

MuScriptor

  • FreeFree
  • Free open-source MuScriptorFree

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PineThink Score

  • FreeFree
  • Premium$5.99 a month

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In their own words

MuScriptor

MuScriptor turns audio recordings into MIDI and sheet music, with downloadable MIDI files, sheet-music PDFs, and guitar-tab PDFs from its hosted service. The web demo accepts MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, M4A, AIFF, and Opus files. It can transcribe voice, piano, guitars, bass, strings, brass, woodwinds, drums, and other instruments, and users can specify which instruments they expect to improve transcription accuracy. Guitar and bass parts can include tablature alongside standard notation, but the system does not produce chord symbols. MusicXML output can be edited in MuseScore, Sibelius, or Guitar Pro. Users can self-host the web interface, and transcription is also available through a CLI and Python API. Local use requires Hugging Face authentication and acceptance of the model's CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Hosted audio is processed on the server and not retained afterwards; local use keeps audio on the user's machine. The service says it performs better on acoustic and guitar music than electronic music, and that results are not perfect. The hosted demo is free; the code is MIT-licensed, while model weights carry the non-commercial license.

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PineThink Score

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