Suno adds MIDI inputs to Create for Pro subscribers

Suno added MIDI uploads to Create on November 4, allowing subscribers to generate songs from existing compositions. Users can request a close performance of their score or ask the model to develop a melody into something new.

The upload is available to Pro and Premier subscribers in Simple mode on desktop web. It extends file-based song creation to Pro users alongside the separate MIDI tools in the Premier-only Studio environment. At launch, Create uses v6-wild for MIDI.

A .mid or .midi file carries performance instructions: pitch, timing, duration and how hard notes are played. It contains no recorded audio. The receiving instrument supplies the sound, allowing one composition to be rendered with different instrumentation. Suno’s help page describes uses for composers, arrangers, teachers and students working from existing musical material.

The file and the prompt supply different parts of the request. Notes and timing come from the MIDI; written instructions describe instruments, genre and feel. Suno gives examples of following a score closely or developing its main melody with a different ensemble. Existing Remix and Cover workflows begin with WAV or MP3 recordings.

Precise note input, generated through v6-wild

That control over input comes with an exploratory model. In its September 9 model notes, Suno described v6 as reliable and precise, and v6-wild as less predictable and more varied. The new upload uses the latter. The launch materials provide no measured note-retention rate establishing that every requested performance reproduces the composition exactly.

Producer Greg Kocis published an initial test on November 4. He reports exporting piano chords and a melody as MIDI, requesting trumpet and electric-guitar performances, then moving the generated WAV audio into Logic Pro to add drums and bass. He also describes a possible limitation or bug involving model selection and advanced settings. It is one creator’s early account.

Studio’s documentation also describes exporting full songs, selected ranges or multiple tracks as WAV or MP3. It supports exchanging files with an existing music-production program, without direct DAW synchronization or plugin-host integration.

Studio already gained MIDI import, recording and editing in its August 13 version 2.0 update. That environment places musical parts on a timeline and accepts notes from a typing keyboard or external controller. The new Create route broadens where a file can start generation; access to the full Studio environment remains part of Premier.

The Studio MIDI guide describes a piano roll where blocks represent individual notes. Moving and resizing them changes pitch, timing and duration; separate controls adjust playing strength and align timing to a grid. The new Create help page points to Studio for changing the source file’s timing, key or scale before another generation.

At the displayed annual-billing rates, Pro costs $96 a year, equivalent to $8 monthly; Premier costs $288, equivalent to $24 monthly. Their monthly allowances are 2,500 credits and 20 song downloads, or 10,000 credits and 60 downloads, respectively. Subscription credits do not roll over. Taxes are calculated at checkout.

Suno says it plans to expand MIDI capabilities. Its announcement gives no timetable for additional models or mobile-app support.