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I only tried the ACW once or twice and because I didn't get good results I abandoned any more attempts with it. But I do use the chord detection in Riffstation software on my computer, which I find is not bad at all, though not perfect. https://pro.riffstation.com/Would be interested to find out from those who have used both methods which has given them the best results? Update
And the good news seems to be if I am reading it correctly that this software is now free, https://play.riffstation.com/chords-tabs/free-all-right-now/siMFORx8uO8Thanks What these demo videos don't empathize is that you need considerable music theory and a very good ear to use this product properly. I am now at a point I can invest more time to figure things out. I am learning and BIAB is helping with hands on application of my new found knowledge but it is very frustrating at times and I have given up on ACW before. I am going to really get into it and I hope I am not waisting my time. This tip was very helpful for me as I had the hardest time detecting the measures. I downloaded free Riffstation on my Mac and imported the same audio file I was working with in BIAB. I then turned the metronome on loud and saved the audio. When I imported that audio file into BIAB and looked at the wave form the metronome is recorded and the beats are very well defined. I could then use those to line up the bar markers and when finished it was right on with the song. Now I have an accurate time and number of measures. On to the next problem of getting accurate chords. Every chord detection program I used comes up with different results (BIAB, Riffstation, and Songs2See Editor) Using all three of those I was also able to come up with the key of the song. The BIAB chords are not sounding at all like the song but I am still working on getting a process down but the BIAB chords do not sound anything like the song that I am using. They do sound more like a song than before as I didn't have the measures correct, so I am making progress. The song may be the problem as it is close to dixieland and there is a lot going on. I will try the demo songs now to see if i get better results. As another poster pointed out, the BIAB style came out at half tempo. I found that I was not putting the markers in a two beat fashion. When I corrected that the style matched the song. I found that, as mentioned in the video, not putting all the real track instruments helped in that it was just too busy playing with the audio also. So far my problems have been the result of my lack of musical knowledge but again this a great tool for learning by your mistakes.
Last edited by mhoman7078; 07/27/18 08:49 AM.
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A few excerpts:
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