OK this is the last post for the night - I'm waiting for the new strings on my guitar to settle in (see the string breakage thread.) Anyway another question on software - this one being for lack of a better name, transcribing software or the program you would use to slow a piece of music down for the purpose of figuring it out. I've seen two programs recommended, Transcribe and the Amazing Slow Downer (I think that's what its called.) Any thoughts? Strengths or weaknesses of each? Any other programs out there? In this case, I'm looking for something to run on the computer - a stand alone box would be nice but from what I've seen it appears that one pays substantially for that portability. I can live with using my computer. I've tried the trial version of Transcribe and it seems like the Cadillac version of this type of software - nice windows to help correlate a particular pitch to fretboard or keyboard, a frequency spectrum display (brings back memories of the engineering days...) and I can really slow things down so my feeble brain has a glimmer of hope of figuring something out. So my main question is do I stop looking and just buy this program or is there a better option out there?
Clif, I have a Windows 2000 machine. I use TablEdit v 2.64 on my PC to write tablature. It has some nice features to transpose or take one tuning and move the fingerings (while keeping the notes/melody the same) to the new tuning. You can create your own tunings and the software makes recommendations and shows you awkward fingerings. It can be alot of work but the printouts are nice. I like it better than PowerTab. There is also a Mac version. You can find it at: http://www.tabledit.com/
I have been using Transkriber from Reed Kotler to slow down recorded music to pick out the notes and transcribe my own tablature of favorite songs. It helps if you know the tunings. http://www.reedkotlermusic.com/rkm/transkriber.htm
No all in one package that I know of. Neither one of these is free for the full version but I think they still have demo versions you can download.
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Posted - 02/17/2005 : 9:37:09 PM
but I think they still have demo versions you can download.