doc-phil
Download the trial and give it a bash. I have the trial but haven't tried it yet.
I kinda feel like this is paying extra money for something that Guitar Pro does, except just in midi (provided of course that you already own Guitar Pro).
StefStef
Hi guys,
Using it as we speak! Hmm, out of the one million guitar-related crapware I have used before, this is really good. For me it has eliminated 90% of Audacity use, ALL use of chord finder stuff, lots of mp3 player use (it's like a music player that also extracts and scrolls chords for my viewing pleasure.
Very neat and lightweight package that does the following:
*Pitches songs up and down (i.e. transpose for you to reach). Cleaner and faster than Audacity, with easy "knob" on the interface. Does this live while playing, don't have to run a filter beforehand or whatever.
*Changes tempo similar to above, easy etc. According to developer it is for practicing with the song.
*Shows chords (that it extracts purely by itself, spot on every time) while playing, as standard along with the visualization, always. Infinitely more accurate than ANY I've tried.
*Also has feature to show diagrams as the song plays for noobs - clear.
*Separates vocals and bass line and guitars (actually frequency bands that it sort of decides by itself, super accurate). That whole part of the app contains three knobs and 4 buttons, all lekker analog. You can not design this simpler. The single best piece of software for this; and no geeky stuff required either. It's like changing the volume up and down in Winamp, seriously. No Audacity-split tracks-invert one-recombine-edit 1000 times-just to get something ever again...
*Metronome. Just a volume knob for basic clicker, perfect.
*Visualization in the form of those dB populations like Audacity and Soundcloud, scrolling along by itself. You can see this clearly, along with the chords, coming from a distance for anticipating or whatever your needs.
*It runs all of the above purely from any sound file (e.g. mp3) - no seperate tracks or vst plugins or whatever other internet junk that doesn't work.
*A music player ?
I guess I'm raving about this application because of the piles and piles of useless software with seductive descriptions on their websites. It's seriously basic but equally good, use it.
P.s. I stalled this post halfway because I first had to play a few Albert Hammond songs with RS... ? Going to continue now
StefStef
And quickly using it now to get chords for aKing I didn't find on net. In fact, going to Riffstation all the more often before even trying the googlemachine
Norman86
Thanks stefstef.. Will definitely install it now and check it out ?
Mixerboy
Does it actually detect chords decently?
Skylark
Interesting, will check it out
ajf
WOW this works very well. Thanks for posting it. I just played along all of Klopjag's songs an d it got it 100%
I tried it on some Creed and GNR and all was spot on.
Shweet.
StefStef
For interest sake:
I was looking for the chords to play Spanish Eddie by Laura Branigan (yeah I know, it's pop music not worthy of a guitar player's time ? ). Nowhere to be found, I turned to Riffstation. With my little experience and green ears, I usually take very long to figure out and properly tab a song, so any means to hasten that process is welcome...
Take a swing at the song (chords with lyrics in .docx at the link below) and tell me what your impressions are of the accuracy of the progression. If it's accurate, consider it a (-nother) good reference to Riffstation.
P.S. I am convinced of all the chords, except maybe the C#m - sounds a bit too "high". Any thoughts?
Thanks, enjoy!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bx5r2aypsuspp7s/Laura%20Branigan%20-%20Spanish%20Eddie.docx?dl=0
AlanRatcliffe
Hmmm. As far as chord detection goes...
...Just tried it on Dreadlock Holiday and it misses all the passing chords and recognises all the m7ths as straight minors.
Also misses the Bm pedal chord in White Wedding completely and follows the bass line instead, and makes the B min a B maj.
exsanguinator
and the differences from Songsterr are?
giggsy
Been playing with the free trial for a few hours and will definitely buy it. While not always 100% accurate (and really, how could a computer programme be accurate simply by scanning an mp3 for 5 seconds) it is a lot of fun and helped me jam along to songs I have never been able to find the chords for. Its the most fun I've had with a guitar for a while
Attila
yes I must say I like the app as well....... Its like the karaoke for guitar players
giggsy
More advanced players may not appreciate it as much, but for someone like me, its awesome being able to strum along to my entire library of music
darnoldi
Same experience as Alan, I find it misses a lot of chords on the fast changes.
I much prefer Capo 3 for chord detection.
http://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/
It's mac and iPad only unfortunately, but has a lot of advantages. You can force it to recognise a chord at any point on the track so if it's missed something just click at that place and it will pick it up.
Also has the ability to build tablature (not on iPad yet). it visually displays the frequencies being played at various ranges, so you can drag and drop notes onto the spectrograph and build up the tab for the riffs. You can change string and fret positions at will.
Not really good for play along, but powerful for working out what exactly is being played.
Stoffeltoo
Giggsy wrote:
More advanced players may not appreciate it as much, but for someone like me, its awesome being able to strum along to my entire library of music
Just tried it and I love it MOF I am hooked
ajdebeer
You can also check out capo 3 for mac its alot the same but you can tab picking aswell
Norman86
People need to keep in mind, not everyone has macs.
Have yet to try riffstation due to time and life, but im more inclined to now when i get the chance.
babbalute
Downloaded trail version and find it working well. Experienced musicians will easily find the MAJ7, sus4, added6,9 and other fancy chords.
Did not see it doing writing the chords into sheet music, maybe in the next version or does one need the full version for this ?
Attila
@babalute: I can confirm that the full version (ver1.5.0.0 ) does not write chords to a music sheet.
What I did find is that by clicking on the notes on the top scroll bar you can edit that note/chord or all the same notes in the song. to different keys and or interval. Of course is doesn't change the audio.... only the note scroll
Also you can also rearrange and insert notes/chords by drag 'n drop....
