The most accurate sheet music scanner available—trained on millions of scores for unmatched precision. Just upload a photo or PDF and instantly convert it into a fully digital score. Export in XML, MSCZ, or MIDI formats with ease.
The most accurate sheet music scanner available—trained on millions of scores for unmatched precision. Just upload a photo or PDF and instantly convert it into a fully digital score. Export in XML, MSCZ, or MIDI formats with ease.
The most accurate sheet music scanner available—trained on millions of scores for unmatched precision. Just upload a photo or PDF and instantly convert it into a fully digital score. Export in XML, MSCZ, or MIDI formats with ease.
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What’s New?
0.0.6
Improved user experience.
Bug fixes for occasional authorisation
Fixes for file uploads and preview
Description
🎼 Halbestunde: The Ultimate Sheet Music Scanner & Reader for MuseScore Users 🎼
Musicians worldwide, including many MuseScore users, rely on Halbestunde to digitize their sheet music with ease. Now, with over 500,000 users on iOS, we’re bringing our powerful sheet music scanner technology to desktops—making music digitization faster and more accessible than ever.
📂 Convert Sheet Music to MIDI & MusicXML Instantly
Simply upload your sheet music—whether it's a solo piece, a jazz quartet, or a full orchestra—and let Halbestunde accurately convert to MIDI, MusicXML, or MSCZ formats. Perfect for use in MuseScore Studio and other leading music software.
⏱️ Fast, Reliable & Accurate Sheet Music Reader
Say goodbye to manual transcription! Our advanced sheet music reader processes each page in just 20-30 seconds, ensuring high accuracy and seamless conversion.
✨ Why Choose Halbestunde?
✅ Supports Complex Scores – From jazz ensembles to full symphonies
✅ Regular Updates – Continuous improvements for precision and performance
✅ Universal Compatibility – Works effortlessly with MuseScore, Finale, Sibelius, and more
📧 Need help? Have suggestions? Contact us at support@halbestunde.com
Start digitizing your sheet music today with Halbestunde’s sheet music scanner—the fastest way to convert to MIDI and MusicXML, now available for all MuseScore users! 🎶
Create a MIDI/XML/Musescore file from a picture of a score
Create a MIDI/XML/Musescore file file from a PDF
Transcribe up to 8 instruments per page
Create a separate MIDI/XML file for each instrument
It doesn’t open on my computer and, even though I contacted support, I haven’t received any response in a week. I spent more than two hours with an IT specialist to check whether my computer was blocking the software, and we authorized EVERYTHING. Despite this, Halbestunde is still asking to be authorized in MuseHub and there is no authorization request showing in MuseHub. I use MacOS Tahoe 26.2
Update: I've tried on my boyfriend's PC and I have the same error message!?!
0.0.6
It's not particularly clear in MuseHub, but this seems to be a cloud service, not locally-hosted software. I much prefer to keep my processing on-premises and not be beholden to an outside entity's continuing to provide a service, but that's just me
Good, but Lyrics recognizing would be great
At that price, you can't go wrong
I'm very happy with it, but I would like to see more updates and features.
0.0.6
It didn’t recognize without mistakes a high quality digitally created pdf i bought online - let a alone an older one. I tried competitors that have around the same price that even recognized the older sheet perfectly… should have gone with these but i thought i’ll do everything within muse hub :(
0.0.6
I bought this back in august, the program never starts up on my mac. Opened 2 cases, had to follow-up intensely to get an answer, finally bailed out due to lack of answers. 6 months later, still not working.
0.0.6
Scan of printed score was VERY inaccurate.
No way to chose save location.
Did not scan lyrics.
Doesn’t seem ready for actual use.
