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Ask HN: Software for interpreting analog music chords?

Greetings, I happened to get into music (specifically guitar) during the pandemic and have had a blast recording my riffs. However, I leave the music recorded on my iPhone and have a hard time remembering or reconstructing the exact notes/chords I discover. Does anyone know of any chord/notes interpreter on the web or for sale? I’d love to feed in the guitar lines and have a time-dependent output of the notes I had been fooling around with :) Thanks in advance! -Joseph A.

pinewurst 4y ago
You should still be able to find the free (on discontinuation) Fender Riffstation Pro software out there. That’s what I’ve been using for a long time now.
- achillesheels 4y ago
  Cool I'll take a look at it! -Joseph A.
fiedzia 4y ago
There are midi pickups (or midi guitars) which you can use for this purpose (for future sessions, not for reconstructing existing recording).
CrypticShift 4y ago
this is often called “audio to midi" or "Music Transcription". In term of simplicity, Decoda [0] is supposed to give chords even for full songs. It is not precise though. FYI, the best precision out there on polyphonic guitar audio seems to be with Jam Origin [1]. It aims to feed live guitar to midi synths, so you will have to fiddle around on a DAW with another plugin to analyze your midi as chords. AI solved this recently to a higher accuracy, but there is no user friendly guitar audio in -> chords list out, app yet (to my knowledge) [0] : https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/3-Studio-Tools/93-Music-Theory-Tools/6057-deCoda https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/3-Studio-Tools/93-Mus... [1] : https://www.jamorigin.com https://www.jamorigin.com
- achillesheels 4y ago
  Thanks! -Joseph A.
ksherlock 4y ago
Apple used to have a "Music Memos" app for recording musical memos. It also identified chords and allowed you to add auto-generated bass and/or drums. Sadly it was removed a year or two back and users were told to use garage band instead. For iPhone and Mac, there's Capo which will identify chords and gives a pretty spectrograph for identifying individual notes and tabbing it out. http://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/ http://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/ Another option (windows, mac, linux) is Transcribe! https://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/overview.html https://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/overview.html
- achillesheels 4y ago
  Thanks! -Joseph A.

pinewurst 4y ago

You should still be able to find the free (on discontinuation) Fender Riffstation Pro software out there. That’s what I’ve been using for a long time now.

achillesheels 4y ago
Cool I'll take a look at it! -Joseph A.

fiedzia 4y ago

There are midi pickups (or midi guitars) which you can use for this purpose (for future sessions, not for reconstructing existing recording).

CrypticShift 4y ago

this is often called “audio to midi" or "Music Transcription". In term of simplicity, Decoda [0] is supposed to give chords even for full songs. It is not precise though. FYI, the best precision out there on polyphonic guitar audio seems to be with Jam Origin [1]. It aims to feed live guitar to midi synths, so you will have to fiddle around on a DAW with another plugin to analyze your midi as chords. AI solved this recently to a higher accuracy, but there is no user friendly guitar audio in -> chords list out, app yet (to my knowledge) [0] : https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/3-Studio-Tools/93-Music-Theory-Tools/6057-deCoda https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/3-Studio-Tools/93-Mus... [1] : https://www.jamorigin.com https://www.jamorigin.com

achillesheels 4y ago
Thanks! -Joseph A.

ksherlock 4y ago

Apple used to have a "Music Memos" app for recording musical memos. It also identified chords and allowed you to add auto-generated bass and/or drums. Sadly it was removed a year or two back and users were told to use garage band instead. For iPhone and Mac, there's Capo which will identify chords and gives a pretty spectrograph for identifying individual notes and tabbing it out. http://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/ http://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/ Another option (windows, mac, linux) is Transcribe! https://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/overview.html https://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/overview.html

achillesheels 4y ago
Thanks! -Joseph A.