Question: tell me more about transcribe! and capo.
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BlackCat
American Greaser
I love Transcribe! But I just use it to slow down or loop phrases. Runs on pc. Load any mp3 into it. Plays and slows down all or part of a song.
There's a part down at the bottom of the screen that supposedly tells you what the notes are but it always says something like "spectrum too dirty" maybe it would work on something like a MIDI file.
For a regular mp3 you still need to use your ears.
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There's a part down at the bottom of the screen that supposedly tells you what the notes are but it always says something like "spectrum too dirty" maybe it would work on something like a MIDI file.
For a regular mp3 you still need to use your ears.
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I love Transcribe! I use all the time to learn songs. I don't really take any notice of the chord 'guesses' it gives you.. I do find it really useful that you can mess with the eq.. Raise everything an octave so that the bass clears up..
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I use Transcribe! all the time.
I have a version that is at least six years old maybe older so I don't know what the newest version looks like.
On mine you can easily outline and loop a phrase, right down to single notes.
You still have to use your ears but it's a great way of developing your ear and you won't need to slow down passages quite as much as time goes by if you use it a lot.
When you outline specific notes and chords it will show the frequency peaks and under that is a piano roll that corresponds to the peaks. You can click on the keys under the peaks to hear the tone.
It will also display the overtones so you'll have to figure out which peak is the fundamental and which are just overtones but it becomes fairly obvious if you work with it for awhile and as your ear develops.
It's been invaluable for figuring out jazz stuff and chords that I just couldn't be sure I was getting right just listening.
And if it works well for fast jazz passages it should make easy work of most rock and country.
You can also use it to slow down jam tracks to an easier playing speed if need be.
I have a version that is at least six years old maybe older so I don't know what the newest version looks like.
On mine you can easily outline and loop a phrase, right down to single notes.
You still have to use your ears but it's a great way of developing your ear and you won't need to slow down passages quite as much as time goes by if you use it a lot.
When you outline specific notes and chords it will show the frequency peaks and under that is a piano roll that corresponds to the peaks. You can click on the keys under the peaks to hear the tone.
It will also display the overtones so you'll have to figure out which peak is the fundamental and which are just overtones but it becomes fairly obvious if you work with it for awhile and as your ear develops.
It's been invaluable for figuring out jazz stuff and chords that I just couldn't be sure I was getting right just listening.
And if it works well for fast jazz passages it should make easy work of most rock and country.
You can also use it to slow down jam tracks to an easier playing speed if need be.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Huh.
I always used to use WinAmp with the PaceMaker plugin. It allows tempo and pitch to be individually adjusted. Often I would change the pitch by a half step to get it in key without a capo, and then change the speed up and down as I would learn the song.
I haven't really done any of that since going Windows 8 (and don't have WinAmp loaded) so I'll have to see what options are out there.
I always used to use WinAmp with the PaceMaker plugin. It allows tempo and pitch to be individually adjusted. Often I would change the pitch by a half step to get it in key without a capo, and then change the speed up and down as I would learn the song.
I haven't really done any of that since going Windows 8 (and don't have WinAmp loaded) so I'll have to see what options are out there.
Foo
sub pop
i have heard of WinAmp but do not know what that is. i use a macbook and i believe winamp is a windows thang.
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
Foo
sub pop
ok so i'm trying transcribe now--well not now cuz i'm typing on this forum and doing other thangs but now as in as soon as i'm done doing other thangs i'll get back to it. not bad. trying to figure it out while playing catch up on a new set list ya know. i wish we could type the notes into our brain and we would just have to do the playing and creative stuff. i hope i'm with this band for a while my head is getting really full of songs. ahhh hopes and wishes and big ole catfishes
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Holy crap, I haven't used WinAmp since college!
When I first started DJing 7 or 8 years ago, I used a program that had overlay/plugin with a WinAmp Pro base... that's when I found that Pacemaker could change tempo or pitch independently.
Once I switched to Virtual DJ (about the time I switched from XP to Windows 7) I haven't used WinAmp since.
Frank Prince
Slowhand
I don't know anything at all about Capo but I use Transcribe! regularly for quickly figuring out parts. The slowdown feature, vocal removal, and eq are the most useful. The note name function would be great, but as someone else said, it usually doesn't work well in a full mix.
BlackCat
American Greaser
Reviving old thread.
I just remembered Transcribe! I freekin' love it.
It's easy to use for what I do with it.
Load mp3, listen, loop all or phrase, slow down. Pitch correction if needed.
Tape buttons at the bottom. Play, stop, pause.
Shift and drag to select a section.
Expand file to full song or zoom in on one section.
That keyboard at the bottom of the screen. No idea what it's for. Never use it.
I just remembered Transcribe! I freekin' love it.
It's easy to use for what I do with it.
Load mp3, listen, loop all or phrase, slow down. Pitch correction if needed.
Tape buttons at the bottom. Play, stop, pause.
Shift and drag to select a section.
Expand file to full song or zoom in on one section.
That keyboard at the bottom of the screen. No idea what it's for. Never use it.