Guitar to notation software?

[mr. moon]

Hi. I have a bud who is a singer/songwriter (primarily acoustic guitar) who asked me if I knew of any software which would allow him to play a note on his guitar (audio format file), and then have it get written down as a note in a format he can read (txt. or tab). He's not so much of a guitarist, so it's not easy for him to remember melodies or to write a guitar chord progression for a vocal melody line.

I found the following application ("GuitarMaster 2.0") which looks good:

http://www.guitarmaster.co.uk/



Anyone have any experience with the program? I tried the demo, and it seems to be OK. Or does anyone know of anything else they could suggest that would work better, for not too much money?

Thanks!

-mr moon

[Oxytoxine]

hm, dunno this program.

but reatune can, in limits, do the conversion of audio to midi data; then justload the midi file in a free notation app like tuxguitar or musescore.

i fiddled around with this a bit some time ago; it only works for quite basic stuff (notes have to be well seperated etc.). not that one could really play a guitar solo and then have the equivalent midi file, unfortunately..

[DerMetzgermeister]

The best note recognition software I know is melodyne. And soon it will be released the new version which is polyphonic.

[nzdutchie]

If money is no object, have a look at an Axon 100 mkII or Axon 50.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ESf-0iGQE
The notes played on the guitar get converted to midi notes.

[carbon]

Originally Posted by nzdutchie

If money is no object, have a look at an Axon 100 mkII or Axon 50.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ESf-0iGQE
The notes played on the guitar get converted to midi notes.

I've used it with GuitarPro5.
What's nice is that it knows also what string I'm playing.

[mr. moon]

Cost is an issue for my bud, so I'll probably just have him try out the GuitarMaster thing and see if that works for him.

Thanks.

-mr moon