TorchFCPE(Fast Context-based Pitch Estimation) is a PyTorch-based library designed for audio pitch extraction and MIDI conversion. This README provides a quick guide on how to use the library for audio pitch inference and MIDI extraction.

Note: that the MIDI extractor of FCPE is quantized from f0 using non neural network methods

Note: I won't be updating FCPE (or benchmark) so soon, but I will definitely release a version with cleaned-up code by no later than next year.

Before using the library, make sure you have the necessary dependencies installed:

pip install torchfcpe

from torchfcpe import spawn_bundled_infer_model
import torch
import librosa

# Configure device and target hop size
device = 'cpu'  # or 'cuda' if using a GPU
sr = 16000  # Sample rate
hop_size = 160  # Hop size for processing

# Load and preprocess audio
audio, sr = librosa.load('test.wav', sr=sr)
audio = librosa.to_mono(audio)
audio_length = len(audio)
f0_target_length = (audio_length // hop_size) + 1
audio = torch.from_numpy(audio).float().unsqueeze(0).unsqueeze(-1).to(device)

# Load the model
model = spawn_bundled_infer_model(device=device)

# Perform pitch inference
f0 = model.infer(
    audio,
    sr=sr,
    decoder_mode='local_argmax',  # Recommended mode
    threshold=0.006,  # Threshold for V/UV decision
    f0_min=80,  # Minimum pitch
    f0_max=880,  # Maximum pitch
    interp_uv=False,  # Interpolate unvoiced frames
    output_interp_target_length=f0_target_length,  # Interpolate to target length
)

print(f0)

# Extract MIDI from audio
midi = model.extact_midi(
    audio,
    sr=sr,
    decoder_mode='local_argmax',  # Recommended mode
    threshold=0.006,  # Threshold for V/UV decision
    f0_min=80,  # Minimum pitch
    f0_max=880,  # Maximum pitch
    output_path="test.mid",  # Save MIDI to file
)

print(midi)

• Inference Parameters:

  • audio: Input audio as a torch.Tensor.
  • sr: Sample rate of the audio.
  • decoder_mode (Optional): Mode for decoding, 'local_argmax' is recommended.
  • threshold (Optional): Threshold for voice/unvoiced decision; default is 0.006.
  • f0_min (Optional): Minimum pitch value; default is 80 Hz.
  • f0_max (Optional): Maximum pitch value; default is 880 Hz.
  • interp_uv (Optional): Whether to interpolate unvoiced frames; default is False.
  • output_interp_target_length (Optional): Length to which the output pitch should be interpolated.

• MIDI Extraction Parameters:

  • audio: Input audio as a torch.Tensor.
  • sr: Sample rate of the audio.
  • decoder_mode (Optional): Mode for decoding; 'local_argmax' is recommended.
  • threshold (Optional): Threshold for voice/unvoiced decision; default is 0.006.
  • f0_min (Optional): Minimum pitch value; default is 80 Hz.
  • f0_max (Optional): Maximum pitch value; default is 880 Hz.
  • output_path (Optional): File path to save the MIDI file. If not provided, only returns the MIDI structure.
  • tempo (Optional): BPM for the MIDI file. If None, BPM is automatically predicted.

• Model as a PyTorch Module: You can use the model as a standard PyTorch module. For example:

  # Change device
  model = model.to(device)
  
  # Compile model
  model = torch.compile(model)

If you find our work useful, please consider citing the paper:

@misc{luo2025fcpefastcontextbasedpitch,
      title={FCPE: A Fast Context-based Pitch Estimation Model}, 
      author={Yuxin Luo and Ruoyi Zhang and Lu-Chuan Liu and Tianyu Li and Hangyu Liu},
      year={2025},
      eprint={2509.15140},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.SD},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15140}, 
}

The model we use in our paper is DDSP-200K, you can get the model from here: DDSP-200K Model.

And there's another model which released earlier, you can get it from here FCPE-Previous.

More information about experiments will be released after the paper is accepted or rejected.