Free MIDI
Royalty-free MIDI extracted from real, cleared recordings — a played performance you can edit, with a certificate per file.
97,031 cleared MIDI files on Selekt — and growing. The set on each page downloads free, no account.
Not just royalty-free — a step better. “Royalty-free” usually still means a license to read: paid-once access, no-resale clauses, or attribution in the fine print. Every file here is public domain, CC0, or CC-BY — royalty-free, with no per-use fees or royalty split. CC-BY asks for creator credit, and the certificate gives you the exact wording. See the difference →
Hear what “MIDI from real audio” means
A is a cleared drum recording; B is the MIDI we extracted from it, played on a generic kit. The MIDI carries the groove — you bring the sounds.
Why does B sound plainer?
MIDI isn’t audio — it’s just the notes: which note, when, and how hard. Your browser plays them on a generic drum kit. Drop the same MIDI into your DAW with your own drum kit sound and it becomes whatever you want. A is the reference performance; B is the editable clay.
Open this sample →YOU FOUND A GROOVE — NOW MAKE IT YOURS
Choose what happens after the download
The free MIDI is yours either way. We can also carry Give it LOOP BASS & DRUMS 90 BPM.wav directly into Drum Kit, or help you make editable parts from audio you already have.
Browse free MIDI by instrument
Cleared MIDI vs. the alternatives
| Selekt free MIDI | Synthetic MIDI packs | Famous-song MIDI rips | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it comes from | Real cleared CC0 / public-domain / CC-BY recordings | Programmed on a grid | Traced off copyrighted records |
| Cleared to release | ✅ Certificate per file | ⚠️ Varies, often unclear | ❌ Infringes the composition |
| How it feels | Played — real velocity & timing | Often quantized and stiff | Played, but not yours to use |
| Editable in your DAW | ✅ Full MIDI | ✅ Full MIDI | ✅ — but legally radioactive |
Skip the converter
You could run an mp3 through an audio-to-MIDI converter and spend twenty minutes cleaning up ghost notes and octave errors. Or you could start from MIDI that's already extracted, already cleaned, and already cleared — pulled from isolated stems (which convert far better than a full mix) and checked against a copyright database. That's the whole point of this library: the work's done.
Free MIDI, answered
- Is this MIDI really free?
- The curated set on each instrument page downloads with no account and no catch — free to use in commercial releases, with nothing owed. They are a hand-pickable slice of a much larger cleared catalog; create a free account and start the free trial, which includes credits, to download the rest.
- What makes Selekt MIDI different from a MIDI pack?
- Most MIDI packs are either programmed on a grid (stiff, quantized) or traced off copyrighted songs (a composition you can't legally release). Selekt's MIDI is transcribed from real, cleared CC0, public-domain, and CC-BY recordings — so it carries an actual played performance AND comes with a provenance certificate naming the source and terms.
- Do I need to credit anyone?
- It depends on the source license. CC0 and public-domain files need no attribution; CC-BY files require creator credit. The certificate names the source and tells you exactly what attribution applies.
- Can I edit, transpose, and re-voice these?
- That is the whole point of MIDI. It carries the notes, not the sound — drop a file into your DAW, transpose it, change the tempo with no quality loss, and play it through any instrument or drum kit you own. The audio is the reference take; the MIDI is the editable clay.
