PSA: RiffStation currently free for Mac and Windows

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Neat. This is handy software. If you're learning tunes and not using transcribing software like RiffStation or Capo you're working much harder than you need to be. :)

Edit: it did pretty good on the chord detection for a live version of Althea.

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Compared to Capo, which also gets the chords right:

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Capo definitely has the nicer UI IMHO. But Riffstation has more features. And hey, can't beat free!
 
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Nice catch Thank you. I haven't bought Capo but can use its non registered features for now. I been using Capo to move song pitch up or down a half or whole step, works real well at that. Will be giving riffstation a shot and see how it compares. Thanks again.
 
Been using RiffStation for a couple years now. Very handy tool. I think, don't hold me to it, Fender bought them out.

Gotta love free stuff!!! :)
 
Thanks! I've never even looked at this before. Downloading, and will try it out when I get some time.

The site says that it gets major and minor chords 80% of the time; so I'm guessing it might not do so well with jazz ?
 
cobbler said:
Been using RiffStation for a couple years now. Very handy tool. I think, don't hold me to it, Fender bought them out.

Gotta love free stuff!!! :)
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Yeah, they did. They're wanting to do a web based service around it. Actually I think the original company done something along those lines near the end.
 
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I just wish you could use songs from Apple Music.
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Agreed. I just pipe Apple Music/iTunes into my DAW and record a track that I want to import into Riffstation. It's another hoop to jump through but it's fairly painless. I'm not trying to preserve every ounce of fidelity so I can keep the ripped track. I just want to learn the parts and be done with it.

I seen that app "Anytune" just recently. I was surprised to see that it could read your Apple Music Library. Looks like a nice app. **Correction** I just downloaded the trial version. It cannot play music from an Apple Music subscription even if it is downloaded to the device. It does read your library and shows a padlock beside those songs.

However it can play and manipulate songs from your library that you own.
 
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Narzugon said:
Agreed. I just pipe Apple Music/iTunes into my DAW and record a track that I want to import into Riffstation. It's another hoop to jump through but it's fairly painless. I'm not trying to preserve every ounce of fidelity so I can keep the ripped track. I just want to learn the parts and be done with it.

I seen that app "Anytune" just recently. I was surprised to see that it could read your Apple Music Library. Looks like a nice app. **Correction** I just downloaded the trial version. It cannot play music from an Apple Music subscription even if it is downloaded to the device. It does read your library and shows a padlock beside those songs.

However it can play and manipulate songs from your library that you own.
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I hear ya. It's that extra hoop of recording that I was talking (complaining) about. :)

RiffStation will also play song you OWN in your Apple Music Library.
 
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