Transcription—turning recordings or ideas into notation.
At the 2026 NAMM Show, klang.io's Sebastian Murgul talks about a category that sits just adjacent to music notation — and yet increasingly intersects with it in practical, unavoidable ways: music transcription.
At the 2025 NAMM Show, Oriol López Calle, the founder of My Sheet Music Transcriptions, talks about his thriving service, approaches to transcribing and music preparation, and rapid technological innovations.
StaffPad's autumn 2023 update brings Piano Capture, designed to transcribe the audio directly from piano performances, and create music notation in near real-time. MIDI Capture, full video support, auto-harmonization are also included in this major update.
Dorico 5 is out with the inclusion of more SMuFL music fonts; speedier note input workflows; playback enhancements such as scrubbing, space and stage templates, pitch contour emphasis, MIDI trigger regions, and Groove Agent SE; an instrument editor; and a host of other worthwhile enhancements.
Dorico 4 is available. This massive update brings features first seen on the iPad, like a Key Editor in Write mode and a revamped Play mode. From smart MIDI import to a library manager with granular house style control, to better score setup and more, this update touches every corner.
Finale's HyperScribe tool is a method of recording music into the software in real-time. We will show you how to get the setup correct and give you a few pointers for getting the most accurate transcription possible, along with lots of power user features.
