Riffstation Alternatives

Riffstation is described as 'Load any MP3 and Riffstation will automatically detect the chords and sync the chord diagrams with the music. You can also slow down the audio, change the pitch, isolate or mute guitar parts, loop specific sections and even sync a metronome' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Riffstation for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Riffstation alternative is Chordify, which is free. Other great apps like Riffstation are MusicTrans, ChordU, Capo and Transcribe!.

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  1. Chordify icon

    Chordify

     15 likes

    Chordify turns any music or song (YouTube, Deezer, SoundCloud, MP3) into chords. Play along with guitar, ukulele or piano using our intuitive playback interface.

    16 Chordify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Comments about Chordify as an Alternative to Riffstation
    Guest
    Positive
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    Chordify is your #1 platform for chords. They help musicians of all levels to learn and play the music they love. Chordify gives you the chords for any song and aligns them to the music in a simple to use player. Available on web/iOS/Android

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    timing
    Positive
    0

    Puts the chords on the beat

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    • Almost everyone thinks Chordify is a great Riffstation alternative.

    • Chordify is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Riffstation.

    • Chordify is the most popular free alternative to Riffstation.

    • Chordify is Freemium and ProprietaryRiffstation is Free and Proprietary
  2. MusicTrans icon

    MusicTrans

     10 likes

    MusicTrans is a powerful learning tool for playing any song. Take your favorite instrument, open your song and start learning it at your own pace.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    • Most users think MusicTrans is a great Riffstation alternative.

    • MusicTrans is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Riffstation.

    • MusicTrans is the most popular commercial alternative to Riffstation.

    • MusicTrans is Paid and ProprietaryRiffstation is Free and Proprietary
  4. ChordU icon

    ChordU

     7 likes

    Extracts chords from any song, integrated YouTube. It's all free with capo tuner and comes with two versions of chords for a song. Start playing along.

    20 ChordU alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Comments about ChordU as an Alternative to Riffstation
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    Its chord structure interface is very similar to Riffstation. I can choose any song and get the chord breakdown. The most important feature is duplicated in ChordU well.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    avikhazra
    Positive
    -3

    ChordU does the same job as riffstation does. ChordU haa integrated YouTube. It has free capo tuner as like riffstation. And now riffstation is gone or down. It is the best alternative out there.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks ChordU is a great Riffstation alternative.

    • ChordU is Freemium and ProprietaryRiffstation is Free and Proprietary
  5. Capo icon

    Capo

     11 likes

    Capo is a revolutionary tool for all musicians who want to get better at playing the music they love!

    16 Capo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Transcribe!

     9 likes

    The Transcribe! application is an assistant for people who sometimes want to work out a piece of music from a recording, in order to write it out, or play it themselves, or both. It doesn't do the transcribing for you, but it is essentially a specialised player program which...

    18 Transcribe! alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Sonic Visualiser icon

    Sonic Visualiser

     22 likes

    Sonic Visualiser is a free, open-source application for Windows, Linux, and Mac, designed to be the first program you reach for when want to study a music recording closely. It's designed for musicologists, archivists, signal-processing researchers, and anyone else looking...

    16 Sonic Visualiser alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Sonic Visualiser as an Alternative to Riffstation
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    Negative
    -2

    Riffstation is a hosted tool, Sonic Annotator is not.

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    • Some users think Sonic Visualiser is a great Riffstation alternative, some don't.

    • Sonic Visualiser is the most popular Open Source alternative to Riffstation.

    • Sonic Visualiser is Free and Open SourceRiffstation is Free and Proprietary
  9. Amazing Slow Downer icon

    Amazing Slow Downer

     10 likes

    Change the speed of the music - from 20% (one fifth speed) to 200% (double speed) without changing the pitch.

    20 Amazing Slow Downer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
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    AudioRetoucher

     4 likes

    AudioRetoucher is an audio effects processor that allows you to change the key of a song. In addition, it allows you to slow down the music to get the right tempo. With AudioRetoucher the sound of an instrument or voice might be modified slightly, to make a vocalist or...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    GUITAA

     3 likes

    Guitaa is a free online music service, that lets you find chords of any song of your choice on Guitar, Piano and Ukulele.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. Song Surgeon icon

    Song Surgeon

     1 like

    Audio slow downer that changes key and/or tempo. Allows for the isolation of multiple Audio Segments (loops) within a single file. Apply different keys, tempos or EQ’s to each loop. Also contains automatic key, tempo and chord detection.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Comments about Song Surgeon as an Alternative to Riffstation
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Does not analyze and extract chords from audio files.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Song Surgeon is Paid and ProprietaryRiffstation is Free and Proprietary
  13. Phrase Trainer icon

    Phrase Trainer

     1 like

    The SPT-667 Phrase Trainer makes learning riffs by ear really simple. Say you want to copy a guitar solo. The Phrase Trainer lets you to load the song (wav,mp3,wma etc...) slow down the playback speed to as little as 50% (or speed it up to double-speed,why not?

    11 Phrase Trainer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Tune Transcriber icon

    Tune Transcriber

     7 likes

    Learn and transcribe music for free from your web browser (no install needed). Load MP3s or a YouTube video. Slow down music, change pitch, add marks, beats, loops and easily navigate the song.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Tune Transcriber as an Alternative to Riffstation
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Does not make the chords for you, only let you take notes on the song by yourself.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Tune Transcriber is a great Riffstation alternative, some don't.

    • Tune Transcriber is Free and ProprietaryRiffstation is also Free and Proprietary
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