Transcribe!

Transcribe! is a dedicated software assistant for musicians wanting to learn a piece of music from a recording. It's not an automatic transcription tool, but a specialized player packed with features designed to make the process of learning by ear significantly easier and more efficient. It's widely used for detailed transcription, focused play-along practice, and even speech transcription thanks to its superior slowed-down audio quality and foot pedal support.

The application displays the audio as a scrollable waveform, allowing you to place markers, add notes, and easily navigate to any part of a song. Its core strength lies in its real-time audio manipulation. You can slow down music without changing the pitch, change the key for practice, and create named loops for repetitive learning. The spectrum analysis feature provides a visual representation of the notes within a chord, helping you decipher complex harmonies. It even offers "note guessing" to further assist your analysis.

Key benefits include:

• Master Difficult Passages: Slow down any section to hear every detail clearly.
• Flexible Practice: Instantly change the pitch and speed to practice in any key and at any tempo.
• Visual Analysis: Use the spectrum analyzer and waveform view to see the music, not just hear it.
• Hands-Free Operation: Control playback with a foot pedal to keep your hands on your instrument.

Transcribe! works with most audio and video files and is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.