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PitchScope
| Like to have sheet music for any instrumental solo on your computer ? |
| ...introducing PitchScope, automatic note detection for your MP3 and WAV music files. |
What is PitchScope?
PitchScope is the latest in pitch detection software and allows you to automatically transcribe the notes of an instrumental solo
within a MP3 or WAV music file. After detection, the notes are displayed in a graphic editor where they can be modified and/or
played back for easy learning at various slowed-down play speeds. Transcription notelists can be printed out, or saved and
reloaded from your hard drive.
within a MP3 or WAV music file. After detection, the notes are displayed in a graphic editor where they can be modified and/or
played back for easy learning at various slowed-down play speeds. Transcription notelists can be printed out, or saved and
reloaded from your hard drive.
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Automatic Note Detection
Having trouble figuring out all the notes in that tricky guitar solo? With
PitchScope's automatic note detector, all you do is drag the mouse to
select the instrumental solo portion of a MP3 or WAV song file, and let
the pitch detector go to work. PitchScope works by detecting the most
dominant pitch at any given moment in time -- PitchScope can not detect
multiple simultaneous notes. Though PitchScope can make reasonably
accurate transcriptions in most circumstances, PitchScope's note
detector is not absolute and occasionally makes errors and might add
some erroneous notes. But the tools in the Graphic Editor allow you to
quickly hear, evaluate, and delete such false notes. PitchScope is
designed to work on instrumental solos, and is not really intended to
detect the human voice. Harmonically dense instruments like electric
guitars, saxophones, blues harmonicas, and clarinets will detect better
than harmonically sparse instruments, such as a flute or piano.
Click here for screenshots of automatic note detection...
PitchScope's automatic note detector, all you do is drag the mouse to
select the instrumental solo portion of a MP3 or WAV song file, and let
the pitch detector go to work. PitchScope works by detecting the most
dominant pitch at any given moment in time -- PitchScope can not detect
multiple simultaneous notes. Though PitchScope can make reasonably
accurate transcriptions in most circumstances, PitchScope's note
detector is not absolute and occasionally makes errors and might add
some erroneous notes. But the tools in the Graphic Editor allow you to
quickly hear, evaluate, and delete such false notes. PitchScope is
designed to work on instrumental solos, and is not really intended to
detect the human voice. Harmonically dense instruments like electric
guitars, saxophones, blues harmonicas, and clarinets will detect better
than harmonically sparse instruments, such as a flute or piano.
Click here for screenshots of automatic note detection...
Graphic Notelist Editor
After detection, a transcription is created and the solo's notes are then
displayed in a Graphic Editor window by rendering with a piano-roll
graphic format. Within the Graphic Editor, the transcribed notes can be
played individually or in groups via Windows' internal Midi Software
Synthesizer. As mentioned earlier, automatic music transcription is
difficult and the note detector occasionally makes errors by including
false notes that might not belong to the solo. But the Graphic Editor has
many tools that allow you to hear and evaluate individual notes, while
spotting erroneous notes that may need to be deleted or modified.
Notes can also have their duration and octave easily modified.
Navigating the detail of the notelist is easy with the Graphic Editor's
scroll and zoom tools. Since both Graphic Editor and printer output use
a piano-roll format labeled with the notes letter names (A#, Db, etc), you
do not have to be able to read music to use PitchScope.
Click here to see screen shots of the Graphic Notelist Editor...
displayed in a Graphic Editor window by rendering with a piano-roll
graphic format. Within the Graphic Editor, the transcribed notes can be
played individually or in groups via Windows' internal Midi Software
Synthesizer. As mentioned earlier, automatic music transcription is
difficult and the note detector occasionally makes errors by including
false notes that might not belong to the solo. But the Graphic Editor has
many tools that allow you to hear and evaluate individual notes, while
spotting erroneous notes that may need to be deleted or modified.
Notes can also have their duration and octave easily modified.
Navigating the detail of the notelist is easy with the Graphic Editor's
scroll and zoom tools. Since both Graphic Editor and printer output use
a piano-roll format labeled with the notes letter names (A#, Db, etc), you
do not have to be able to read music to use PitchScope.
Click here to see screen shots of the Graphic Notelist Editor...
Slowed-down Play Speeds
PitchScope is also designed to help you learn how to play the notes of
a detected solo. To achieve this, the notes and/or the original WAV
recording can be played back simultaneously at various Slowed-down
Speeds, while keeping the same pitch. With slowed-down play speeds,
you can play along very slowly with the notelist as you gradually learn
how to finger the notes. To also help you follow the playing notes,
PitchScope can create a number of graphic on-screen animations that
move with the upcoming notes. One such animation is the classic
bouncing ball that zeroes in on the next note. PitchScope also comes
with a infinite Loop Play mode, where you can select any phrase in the
solo and have it repeat playing until you have mastered it. And of course
any notelist can be saved to a hard drive and later reloaded for future
practice sessions, as you proceed to learn the solo.
a detected solo. To achieve this, the notes and/or the original WAV
recording can be played back simultaneously at various Slowed-down
Speeds, while keeping the same pitch. With slowed-down play speeds,
you can play along very slowly with the notelist as you gradually learn
how to finger the notes. To also help you follow the playing notes,
PitchScope can create a number of graphic on-screen animations that
move with the upcoming notes. One such animation is the classic
bouncing ball that zeroes in on the next note. PitchScope also comes
with a infinite Loop Play mode, where you can select any phrase in the
solo and have it repeat playing until you have mastered it. And of course
any notelist can be saved to a hard drive and later reloaded for future
practice sessions, as you proceed to learn the solo.
Karaoke Style Instrument Removal
To help you learn how to play the detected solo along with the chord
progression of the original recording, you can also create a new WAV
music file that has the solo's instrument removed -- in much the same
way that a professional karaoke machine can remove the vocals from a
recording. Here's how to do it. First detect the notes of a solo with the
pitch detector. When the notelist is accurate, you ask PitchScope to
create a Separation WAV file that has the solo's notes removed, but still
keeps the other instruments of the recording. Then, in the same way
that vocalists practice songs with voiceless karaoke recordings, you can
practice the solo against the original arrangement, minus the solo
passage that you are performing. The Separation's WAV music file uses
a format that can also be burned to CD-ROM to create an Audio CD,
which can then allow practice sessions on any CD player when away
from the computer.
progression of the original recording, you can also create a new WAV
music file that has the solo's instrument removed -- in much the same
way that a professional karaoke machine can remove the vocals from a
recording. Here's how to do it. First detect the notes of a solo with the
pitch detector. When the notelist is accurate, you ask PitchScope to
create a Separation WAV file that has the solo's notes removed, but still
keeps the other instruments of the recording. Then, in the same way
that vocalists practice songs with voiceless karaoke recordings, you can
practice the solo against the original arrangement, minus the solo
passage that you are performing. The Separation's WAV music file uses
a format that can also be burned to CD-ROM to create an Audio CD,
which can then allow practice sessions on any CD player when away
from the computer.
System Requirements
To use this software, your PC should have:
- A microprocessor running faster than 400 MHz
- At least 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended)
- A graphics display of at least 256 colors
- Direct X, Version 4.0 or later
- Microsoft Windows 98, ME, XP, or Vista(32bit)
- A sound chip or sound card
- A CD-ROM or DVD drive for installing the software
- At least 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended)
- A graphics display of at least 256 colors
- Direct X, Version 4.0 or later
- Microsoft Windows 98, ME, XP, or Vista(32bit)
- A sound chip or sound card
- A CD-ROM or DVD drive for installing the software
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