MuScriptor vs Transcribe!
MuScriptor
muscriptor.kyutai.orgTranscribe!
seventhstring.comSide by side
| Figure | MuScriptor | Transcribe! |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 5 |
| Spec score · Music Transcription Software | 8.7 (#7) | 7.7 (#22) |
| Purpose | MuScriptor transcribes recordings into MIDI and sheet music. | Transcribe! assists people in working out music from recordings so they can write it out or play it themselves; it does not do the transcription for them. |
| Support | Bug reports and feedback can be sent to [email protected] or submitted as GitHub issues. | The maker asks users to check the FAQ first and provides an email address for remaining software questions. |
Plans
Transcribe!
- Transcribe! multiple copies (100 or more)$15, paid once
- Transcribe! multiple copies (20–99)$20, paid once
- Transcribe! multiple copies (5–19)$25, paid once
- Transcribe! multiple copies (2–4)$31, paid once
- Transcribe! single copy$39, paid once
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.
Transcribe!
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