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Senior Music Transcriber — MIDI & Notation (Generative Music)
Mercor • Remote
Education
Any
Type
hourly
Pay Rate (by country)
$55–$110/hr
Listed
28d ago
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From the Mercor listing
Mercor is hiring senior music transcribers to produce multi-track MIDI transcriptions of full compositions for a frontier generative-music AI lab.
This is the highest-skill music-understanding work: separating the parts, identifying every note — its pitch, timing, and velocity — and the underlying harmony, then writing them down as symbolic ground truth, one instrument per track and aligned to the audio.
You'll:
- Transcribe full mixes (or provided stems) into accurate multi-track MIDI
- Capture pitch, onset, duration, velocity, harmony/key, modulations, and polyphony
- Follow a consistent MIDI spec (quantization, tempo map, drum mapping, pitch bends)
You're a fit if you:
- Have professional transcription / notation experience (session work, arranging, engraving, or equivalent)
- Are fluent in a DAW or notation tool (Logic, Cubase, Reaper, Pro Tools, Sibelius, MuseScore, etc.)
- Can transcribe polyphonic, multi-instrument material accurately by ear
- Have strong music theory (harmony, voice leading) and rhythmic precision
Details: Remote · flexible hours · a sample transcription for calibration before staffing · background check + confidentiality agreement required.
Requirements
- Must be eligible to work in Remote
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Generalist
Why This Role
No office, no fixed hours, no relocation. This Senior Music Transcriber — MIDI & Notation (Generative Music) role pays $82.5/hr fully remote, giving you access to Generalist work that would otherwise be limited to a handful of major cities.
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