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Image to MIDI

Canvas

Pictures in.
Musical ideas out.

Turn pictures and drawings into musical ideas. Shape the phrase, then bring the MIDI into your DAW.

Canvas maps points along an original mountain illustration to a rising and falling MIDI phrase. The pitch grid and C major pentatonic settings are visible.
Original layered mountain illustration

A picture becomes a phrase.

Points from your image, snapped to your musical grid.

Time Pitch

Canvas’s internal synth · two four-bar loops

Canvas Art Studio showing an original colored drawing, selected points on the artwork, and its resulting MIDI phrase.
Three colored curves on warm white paper

Draw your own starting point.

Brushes, colors, shapes, and layers. Make art. Explore its music.

Art Studio Musical Ink

Canvas’s internal synth · two four-bar loops

Original artwork. Recorded directly from Canvas.

Features
Pictures
Image to MIDI, Primary Subject, Smart Groups, All Structures, Note density
Drawing
Art Studio (brushes, shapes, fill, 8 layers), Musical Ink, Undo and redo, PNG export
Music
Root and scale, Pitch range, Chord progressions, Vary rhythm, Vary chords, Swing, Note length
Sound
Built-in synth, Your own virtual instruments, Layer mode
Workflow
MIDI export, Editable piano roll, Presets, Saved with your project
macOS Standalone · AU · VST3Windows x64 Standalone · VST3Canvas support