AI in Flat

Flat includes a few features that run on AI, for the tasks that take time without adding much music: typing in a score from paper, or finding and converting the scores in your library. This page lists them, what each one does, and what it costs.

AI is always your choice

Flat is built for musicians who write their own music, and that does not change. Every AI feature in Flat is optional:

• Nothing runs unless you start it. The editor, playback and sharing work exactly the same whether you use AI or not. You connect an assistant yourself, and you can disconnect it at any time.
• Flat does not train AI on your scores. Your music stays yours: we do not use your scores or the files you import to train AI models. When you connect your own assistant, its provider's settings decide how it uses your conversations, for example ChatGPT's Improve the model for everyone.
• You stay in charge of your music. AI takes care of tedious tasks, like finding a score in your library or converting notation between formats. What you write, and whether you use AI at all, is up to you.

AI features

Scan a PDF or photo

Flat's optical music recognition (OMR) reads a PDF, a scan or a photo of printed sheet music and rebuilds it as a score you can play, edit and transpose. It uses one AI credit per page. Scan and import sheet music from a PDF or photo.

Connect your own AI assistant

If you already use ChatGPT, Claude or another assistant, connect it to your Flat account so it can find your scores, read their notation and save new ones. It requires a Flat Power subscription and does not use AI credits. See what it can do and how to connect it.

AI credits

Features that run in Flat, like scanning, use AI credits: each Flat Power subscription includes a monthly allowance, and you can buy more. Connecting your own assistant does not use credits. How AI credits work.

What comes next

We will add more AI features to Flat, and each one will stay optional. If there is something you would like AI to help you with, tell us with Was this article helpful? at the bottom of this page.