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Stands out in the superhive library for turning MIDI data into complete piano animations, from keys and pedals to lighting and falling balls, without manual keyframing.
Midi Piano Motion Tools Pro is a Blender add-on that converts MIDI files into fully animated 3D piano performances. It reads MIDI velocity to drive frame-accurate key movement and animates hammers and pedals, including damper, sostenuto, and una corda. Timing, velocity sensitivity, and frame offsets are configurable, and the add-on supports pitch bend, the modulation wheel, transposition, and channel filtering.
Visual effects include responsive key emission lighting, per-hand color control, custom color mapping for each MIDI note, and a gradient-based color system with direction and interpolation control. A physics-based system drops balls onto the keys with gravity and bounce, plus impact emission, fade-out, and adjustable size, bounce height, timing, and glow.
Editing happens in a panel in the 3D View sidebar, where you can test object mappings for keys, hammers, and pedals, reset animations and materials in one click, and manage custom key colors with UI lists and eyedropper tools. It requires Blender 3.6 or later, a compatible 3D piano model (not included), and a standard .mid file; the Mido library is bundled.
Midi Piano Motion Tools Pro is best for youTube music animations, online piano educators, artistic visualizers, performance visuals, and piano model demo reels.
Midi Piano Motion Tools Pro is completely free to download and use.
Midi Piano Motion Tools Pro requires a compatible 3D piano model, which is not included, along with a standard MIDI file in .mid format. It also relies on the Mido library, which comes bundled inside the add-on's libs folder, so there is no separate install for that dependency. The add-on runs inside Blender 3.6 or later. With those pieces in place, you point the tool at your MIDI file and map it to the keys, hammers, and pedals of your chosen piano model through the sidebar panel.
Midi Piano Motion Tools Pro installs like a standard Blender add-on. Download the ZIP file, then open Blender Preferences, go to the Add-ons section, and use Install to select the ZIP. Enable the add-on once it appears in the list. Its tools live in the 3D View sidebar under a dedicated Piano tab, reachable through View3D > Sidebar > Piano. From there you can open the real-time editing panel, test object mappings, and clear or reset animations and materials.
Midi Piano Motion Tools Pro lists Blender 3.6 or later as its requirement. Beyond the Blender version, you will need a compatible 3D piano model and a standard .mid file to generate a performance. The add-on's panel appears in the 3D View sidebar under the Piano tab. For the exact supported versions and any recent changes, check the developer's page, since Blender's add-on API can shift between major releases and it is worth confirming before starting a project.
Midi Piano Motion Tools Pro is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing terms can change over time, so check the developer's page for current details before you rely on it, especially for commercial work. The add-on itself covers MIDI-driven key animation, hammer and pedal movement, key emission lighting, and the physics-based falling ball system, all managed from the Piano panel in Blender's 3D View sidebar. A demo video is also available on the developer's page.
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