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  • This topic has 5 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 7 months ago by neil groves.
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    • August 23, 2013 at 5:17 pm #5033
      neil groves
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        does anyone have any experience with this software? is it worth the money?

        Neil.

      • August 23, 2013 at 10:10 pm #11334
        Deluxe Strat
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          i have it what do you want to know?

        • August 24, 2013 at 1:26 am #11335
          neil groves
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            does it tell you what note is being played from the mp3 as well as the chord?

            Neil.

          • August 24, 2013 at 12:55 pm #11343
            Deluxe Strat
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              not that im aware of
              but it does tell the chord and where the changes are.I know it does a lot more then ive done with it.right after i got it,i got an audio interface and mics, and messed with trying to record stuff to my computer, then my work got busy and i kind of set them both to the side for now
              i got riff station on sale for $35 I think,its normal price is $50
              hope this helps

            • August 24, 2013 at 1:46 pm #11344
              Rickey
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                @deluxe strat 2012 wrote:

                not that im aware of
                but it does tell the chord and where the changes are.I know it does a lot more then ive done with it.right after i got it,i got an audio interface and mics, and messed with trying to record stuff to my computer, then my work got busy and i kind of set them both to the side for now
                i got riff station on sale for $35 I think,its normal price is $50
                hope this helps

                That’s partially true. It tells you the chord but will not show what voicing of the chord the notes are coming from. It might show you a basic G chord, but the notes are coming from a G chord that you would make elsewhere on the neck.

                It does not give you any notes, it’s simply slows down a piece so you can better learn it by ear. More of an alternative to tabs. The software I use is called Transcribe. It is way less bloated, much simpler to use and much cheaper. It won’t show you the chord, but like I said, the chord feature in riff station is pretty much worthless. With Transcribe, you load in your track, mp3 or whatever, and you can slow it down as much as you like. Also, unlike riff station, when you slow a track down it doesn’t get all garbled but stays clear so you can hear the notes more crisply. I have found that if I can find a rough tab version of a song and then load the track into Transcribe, I learn a piece much faster.

              • August 24, 2013 at 4:30 pm #11348
                neil groves
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                  For $35 it’s gotta be worth looking at I would think.

                  also I am going to look at transcribe.

                  This all came about co’s I am trying to learn the notes on the fretboard so that I can find where is easiest for me to put a song so my fingers don’t have to stretch so far, I have abandoned 2 songs so far co’s my fingers couldn’t comfortably cover the required frets.

                  thanks for the info guys!

                  Neil.

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