Note2Tabs
Note2Tabs turns audio recordings and YouTube clips into editable guitar tablature in a browser editor, with no installation required.
What Note2Tabs is
Note2Tabs turns audio recordings and YouTube clips into editable guitar tablature in a browser editor, with no installation required. Its tools include fingering optimization, key detection, chord tracks, and strumming controls. For practice, guitarists can loop tab sections, change playback speed, and use speed training to work toward a target tempo. Light and Medium transcription models are included on every plan; Heavy is available with Premium or Pro. The editor imports ASCII tab, MusicXML, MIDI, and supported Guitar Pro files, and exports TXT, MusicXML, MIDI, or Note2Tabs JSON. The Free plan provides 10 credits each month, with limits on clip length and upload size. Generated tablature is approximate and may contain mistakes. The service stores account data and transcription history, and uploaded audio is sent to a processing backend. Uploaded files may be stored temporarily and automatically deleted after processing; permanent storage is not guaranteed.
Good
- Browser editor requires no installation.
- More than 30 editing tools are available.
- Practice features include looping and tempo training.
- Imports and exports multiple tab and music formats.
Watch out
- Generated tablature may contain mistakes.
- Free transcription clips are limited to 60 seconds.
- Uploaded audio is sent to a processing backend.
- Permanent file storage is not guaranteed.
Who it suits
Note2Tabs suits guitarists who want to transcribe, edit, create, and practice guitar music in a browser. Its free and paid plans offer different transcription limits and models.
Verdict
Note2Tabs combines transcription, tab editing, and practice tools in a web editor. Check its plan limits and approximate transcription output against your workflow.
Plans and prices
From Note2Tabs's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 10 monthly credits · Light model · clips up to 60 seconds · uploads up to 50 MB · no credit rollover · full editor and practice tools · $0/ month |
| Premium | $5.99 a month | 100 monthly credits · Light and Heavy models · full-length audio transcription · credits roll over up to 200 · uploads up to 200 MB · YouTube selections within first 10 minutes · $5.99/month billed today; cancel anytime |
| Pro | $14.99 a month | 250 monthly credits · full-length audio transcription · credits roll over up to 500 · uploads up to 500 MB · YouTube selections within first 20 minutes · priority email support · future early access eligibility · $14.99/month billed today; cancel anytime |
The facts
Each one read from Note2Tabs's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accuracy limitation
- The terms describe generated tablature as approximate and say it may contain mistakes.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- PostHog analytics and optional session replay may record editor-visible content, while users can disable analytics in settings.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Chord tracks
- Users can create separate chord tracks with fingering diagrams, alternate voicings and editable downstrokes, upstrokes and muted strokes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Content retention
- The terms say uploaded audio may be stored temporarily and files may be automatically deleted after processing; permanent storage is not guaranteed.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Editing tools
- The editor offers more than 30 tools, including fingering optimization, key detection, chord tracks, and strumming controls.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Editor
- The guitar-tab editor runs in a browser and requires no installation.checked 7 Oct 2026
- File exports
- The editor exports TXT, MusicXML, MIDI and Note2Tabs JSON, but not native Guitar Pro files.checked 15 Oct 2026
- File formats
- The editor imports ASCII tab, MusicXML, MIDI, and supported Guitar Pro files, and exports TXT, MusicXML, MIDI, or Note2Tabs JSON.checked 7 Oct 2026
- File imports
- The importer accepts ASCII tab, MusicXML, MIDI and common Guitar Pro files including GP, GP3, GP4, GP5, GPX and GTP.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Fingering optimizer
- The fingering tool compares alternate string and fret positions and can generate editable phrase cut positions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Guest mode
- The editor can be opened as a guest and requires sign-in when users want to save work.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent product description
- A Reddit launch post describes a two-part workflow: audio or YouTube transcription followed by browser editing, refinement, practice and export.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site describes YouTube links as an input for transcription and lists no other named third-party product integrations on the pages reviewed.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes Note2Tabs as a tool for guitarists to transcribe, create, edit, and practice guitar music.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Keyboard editing
- Keyboard shortcuts cover note selection, timing, playback, bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs and arrangement operations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Key detection
- The editor estimates a likely key from notes and chords and can snap newly placed notes to the selected scale.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser workspace
- The editor is browser-based and requires no installation.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company control
- Bolagsfakta lists Aron Salamon and Noel Solomon each controlling 25–50% of the company.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company founders
- The official terms identify Noel Solomon and Aron Salamon as co-founders and website representatives.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company history
- The maker says the project began in 2024 and its first analytical transcriber version was completed in early 2025.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists Note2Tabs as a privately held technology, information and internet company with 2–10 employees and a 2025 founding year.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size record
- Bolagsfakta reports zero employees at the listed workplace and no available financial statements.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2024checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Bolagsfakta lists Telegrafgatan 5, 169 72 Solna, Sweden as the company workplace address.checked 15 Oct 2026
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