Software · Release end of 2026

Turn MIDI into a piano video.

Magic Hands works out which finger plays which key and when, then renders a photorealistic video of two hands at the piano. Entirely on your PC.

Excerpt from “My Immortal” on our piano channel PrimePiano. Only the piano and the hands in the lower part of the frame come from Magic Hands. The falling notes above were created with SeeMusic and are not part of Magic Hands.

In three steps

Notes in, video out.

  1. 01

    Drop in your MIDI

    Drag your piece’s MIDI file into the app. You assign each track to the left or right hand, and the app makes a suggestion itself.

  2. 02

    The engine plays

    A neural network picks the finger for every note. The engine then works out how both hands move: shifting position, passing the thumb under, crossing over.

  3. 03

    Render the video

    The app renders the video on your graphics card and lays your audio track underneath, frame-accurate. The result is a finished MP4 in HD or 4K.

A look inside · Version 0.1

One window, three views.

This is what the app looks like today. A lot will still change before release, but it will stay this easy to use.

Magic Hands
Ansicht Neues Video: Klavierwalze von My Immortal, Spuren für linke und rechte Hand, Tonspur und Qualität Ansicht In Arbeit: Fortschritt beim Rendern mit dem zuletzt gerenderten Bild Ansicht Bibliothek: fertige Videos mit Player und Liste

Drop in a MIDI file, assign the hands, choose audio and quality. The app estimates up front how long computing and rendering will take.

Live progress with the most recently rendered frame. Computation keeps running in the background, even when the window is closed.

All finished videos in one place, playable right inside the app and one click away in the folder.

Under the hood

Learned from real piano playing.

169.000

Played notes in training

Fingering by neural network

For every note, the network decides which finger plays it, taking into account which fingers have just played before.

180+

Analysed piano videos

Movement from real recordings

How fast a hand shifts position and how high it hovers above the keys comes from our own recordings with four cameras plus more than 180 further, freely available piano videos.

60

Frames per second

Every keystroke lands

The engine checks that every finger hits its key. The keys go down exactly when the note sounds.

0

Uploads to the cloud

Your PC, your files

Everything is computed locally on your machine. No queue on someone else’s servers, and your finished videos belong to you.

Release

End of 2026

Magic Hands will be released as a Windows app with a monthly subscription. The first videos made with the engine are already live on our piano channel PrimePiano.

What you need

Expected, as of today

  • Windows 10 or 11
  • An NVIDIA graphics card, RTX recommended
  • Your piece’s MIDI file, ideally with one track per hand
  • Optionally your audio track as WAV, FLAC or MP3

Questions

Good to know.

Do I need sheet music, or is a MIDI file enough?

A MIDI file is enough. Ideally, each hand sits on its own track. Any notation program or DAW can set that up in a few minutes.

How long does a video take?

For a piece of just over four minutes, the engine currently computes for about two hours, and rendering in HD takes just under three more. The app works in the background, so you can keep using your PC.

Does it work with every piece?

Calmer pieces like “My Immortal” already work well. We are still working on very dense, virtuosic passages. The engine gets better with every piece until release.

What does Magic Hands cost?

We are planning an affordable monthly subscription. We will announce the exact price at release.

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Developed in-house by T1 Media