Music Software

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There are a whole load of music software packages out there, that may be useful to you as a musician. In this section, there are reviews of some of these that I've found particularly useful as a guitarist, that can help with practising / home recording.

Transcribe

Transcribe
Our Rating
Overall: rating: 8/10

Transcribe is a software package that is geared towards helping you analyse audio music tracks, usually for the purpose of working out the part of an instrument playing on that track, e.g. a guitar solo.

If you've ever been frustrated by trying to work out a blindingly fast guitar solo by constantly stopping and rewinding a small section of a CD, then Transcribe is well worth a look. With it, you can slow down a track to a fraction of its original speed without changing pitch, transpose it to any other key you like, and loop continuously over any small section of the track...

 

Audacity

Audacity
Our Rating
Overall: rating: 8/10

Audacity is a free, open-source application that lets you record audio on multiple tracks, modify the recorded audio, and mix / export the resulting audio as a single audio track in a variety of audio formats.