Riffstation Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Riffstation for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is MusicTrans. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Sonic Visualiser or Amazing Slow Downer. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Riffstation and eight of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Riffstation are Capo, Transcribe!, Song Surgeon and Tune Transcriber.

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Riffstation alternatives are mainly Audio Editors but may also be Music Production Apps or Audio Players.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Riffstation.
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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...

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Riffstation alternatives page was last updated Nov 8, 2019
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  1. MusicTrans icon
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    MusicTrans

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    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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    MusicTrans Features

    1.  Sheet music transcription
    2.  Visualize Music
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    Discontinued

    The application has not been updated since 2015 (this is easily verifiable on its website). Also, though I am a paid user, multiple attempts to obtain support have been ignored, and I've waited several weeks.This application has been abandoned.

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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
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    Capo

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

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Capo Features

    1. iTunes icon  iTunes integration
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  4. Transcribe! icon
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    Transcribe!

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    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...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Transcribe! Features

    1.  Local Search
    2.  Sheet music transcription
    3.  MP3 to Sheet Music
    4.  speech transcription
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  5. Sonic Visualiser icon
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    Sonic Visualiser

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    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...

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    Sonic Visualiser 1.0 showing a waveform pane and a melodic range spectrogram pane.

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    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Sonic Visualiser Features

    1.  Sheet music transcription
    Sonic Visualiser 1.0 showing about a minute of the final movement of Mahler's 9th symphony, performed by the Czech Philharmonic under Vaclav Neumann. (In fact the whole final movement is loaded and may be scrolled through – see the green overview at the bottom of the window.)
    Sonic Visualiser 1.0 in Russian – translation thanks to the hard work of Alexandre Prokoudine. The Russian translation is included in the standard program and should be used automatically if your locale is set appropriately.
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    Sonic Visualiser 0.9 showing a waveform, beat locations detected by a Vamp plugin, an onset likelihood curve, a spectrogram with instantaneous frequency estimates and a "harmonic cursor" showing the relative locations of higher harmonics of a frequency, a waveform mapped to dB scale, and an amplitude measure shown using a colour shading.
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    Riffstation is a hosted tool, Sonic Annotator is not.

    Negative comment •May 16, 2018
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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
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    Amazing Slow Downer

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

    20 Amazing Slow Downer alternatives
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    • Freemium • Proprietary

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

    Amazing Slow Downer Features

    1.  Playback speed control
    2.  Sheet music transcription
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  7. Song Surgeon icon
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    Song Surgeon

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    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.

    11 Song Surgeon alternatives
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    Song Surgeon Features

    1.  Sheet music transcription
    2.  Key Detection
    3.  Built-in Equalizer
    4.  BPM Detection
    5.  Chords detection
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    Does not analyze and extract chords from audio files.

    Negative comment •Nov 3, 2019
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    • Song Surgeon is Paid and ProprietaryRiffstation is Free and Proprietary
  9. Tune Transcriber icon
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    Tune Transcriber

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    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.

    13 Tune Transcriber alternatives
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    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Tune Transcriber Features

    1.  Chords detection
    2.  Sheet music transcription
    3.  Key changer
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    Does not make the chords for you, only let you take notes on the song by yourself.

    Negative comment •Nov 15, 2015
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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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    Musician's Practice Edge

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    More than just music slow down and video zooming. Specifically designed for practicing musicians.

    13 Musician's Practice Edge alternatives
    Main Screen -Media Player - plays video + audio. Slow down music, retain pitch

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Musician's Practice Edge Features

    1.  Sheet music transcription
    Tempo and Key Training. Loop a video/audio changing tempo &/or key
    Graphic Equalizer. Helps to isolate parts. Settings recalled per track.
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    Associate tabs, jam tracks, pdf charts, notes (Word, Excel) to any video/audio track
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