Guitar chord recognition software

[Gone To Lunch]

Is there anything out there that could recognise guitar chords in an audio track?

[Albatross]

What an audio track of guitar or an audio track with other instruments? Jam Origin reckon they are pretty handy but I'm not sure they can lift guitar out of a mix and transcribe it. https://www.jamorigin.com/

[Gone To Lunch]

What an audio track of guitar or an audio track with other instruments?

No, just a guitar by itself, eg as in an Ueberschall sample etc, or a personal songwriter recording etc..

[MarkOne]

Yes, I believe this is something that Melodyne can do.

https://helpcenter.celemony.com/M5/doc/ ... standAlone

[Drew Stephenson]

What an audio track of guitar or an audio track with other instruments? Jam Origin reckon they are pretty handy but I'm not sure they can lift guitar out of a mix and transcribe it. https://www.jamorigin.com/

Jam Origin is good at lifting the midi out of a guitar track (obviously a lot depends on the nature of the track in question) but will just give you the midi data rather than a chord map. But there are other things that can take it from there once you have the midi file.

[rockydennis]

Fender Riffstation Pro for Mac and PC - it was $35, but Fender discontinued it in 2018 and made it free at the end. The official site for it is no longer up, but various sites have it available for download - just find a reputable one.

https://www.techradar.com/news/fenders- ... ur-desktop

[Zukan]

Some DAWs can do this now I believe. I think Hornet's Songkey can also detect chords.

[Scouser]

I would say there is more benefit from figuring it out for yourself, by the time you have fiddled around with software, you would be halfway there and developing your ear at the same time..

[djangodeadman]

Some DAWs can do this now I believe. I think Hornet's Songkey can also detect chords.

Cubase 12, for example, can do this and it works pretty well.

[Zukan]

Some DAWs can do this now I believe. I think Hornet's Songkey can also detect chords.

Cubase 12, for example, can do this and it works pretty well.

I'm finding Scaler 2 also makes a good job of detecting...We are spoilt nowadays with some Jedi tools that we never had in dem days.

[ManFromGlass]

Scaler 2 - yes. I do a short audio clip of the chord and then drag + drop it on Scaler. I’m on a Mac.

[Rowboat_1]

Yip. Cubase/Melodyne.

[shufflebeat]

I would say there is more benefit from figuring it out for yourself...

My thoughts also.

[ManFromGlass]

Sometimes, I would agree, but I had a Ravel piano chord that totally had me confused. I think it was some kind of 13th in a most beautiful voicing. Chords are not my strong point.

[Murray B]

For me, there's a cost / benefit paradox in taking the time to try and fully transcribe a song and work out all the harmony. For simple stuff it's quick, easy and I'm playing along after a few bars. for more complex stuff it's a PITA and takes ages cause I don't hear the more complex harmony as easily. For example working out a viable part for Jill Scotts Golden took longer than I would have liked and I'd have benefitted from something that would have spelt out the chord changes for me.

Sadly I don't have the fancy software, Moises is good for basic harmony but I can hear that already. So it's usually trawl of you tube keyboard tutorials and working out what's going on from them. You'd hope that sheet music would be the answer but sometimes even this is inaccurate - especially when it comes to guitar parts.

If I spent more time doing it all from ear, my ear would get better and the whole process would speed up, but in between of times I just want to get on playing and not have to spend hours working stuff out by looping small sections and working out what's going on a note by note basis. Deep down of course I know the only way to develop a skill is to keep working at it