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Capo is a musician's best friend. It lets you slow down your favorite songs, so you can hear the notes and learn how they are played. And, you can tab out your songs in record time atop a highly-detailed OpenCL-powered spectrogram display!
It's your music
No longer do you have to rely on the musical tastes of others to learn music. Drag songs right from your music collection into capo to start learning them.
Tab it out!
By simply drawing atop the spectrogram, Capo will generate tablature automatically for you. It really doesn't get much easier than this!
It's your music
No longer do you have to rely on the musical tastes of others to learn music. Drag songs right from your music collection into capo to start learning them.
Tab it out!
By simply drawing atop the spectrogram, Capo will generate tablature automatically for you. It really doesn't get much easier than this!
What's New
Version 2.1.5:
- Integrated a new mastering-quality audio slowing engine that significantly improves the clarity of slowed down music
- Fixed a bug that affected chord entries when a transposing capo was set up in the note settings
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Capo User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:15,150 |
| Version Downloads:1,056 |
| Type:Home & Personal : Music |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:01 Mar 2012 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price: $49.00 |
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Capo is a musician's best friend. It lets you slow down your favorite songs, so you can hear the notes and learn how they are played. And, you can tab out your songs in record time atop a highly-detailed OpenCL-powered spectrogram display!
It's your music
No longer do you have to rely on the musical tastes of others to learn music. Drag songs right from your music collection into capo to start learning them.
Tab it out!
By simply drawing atop the spectrogram, Capo will generate tablature automatically for you. It really doesn't get much easier than this!
Detect, and enter chords
Figure out the chords in your music using Capo's sophisticated chord detection routines. Or, enter your own easily using strings like 'bbmaj7' or 'f#maj9'.
Pitch adjustment
Capo lets you adjust the pitch of your songs-so you can change their key or fine tune them to match your instrument.
Markers
Use keyboard shortcuts to mark verses, choruses, bridges, and other important points in your songs so you can return to them later.
Looping
Repeat difficult sections slowly, playing along with your favorite artist. Speed up gradually as you get better.
Music Export
Take your Capo-adjusted music with you. Export speed- and pitch-corrected audio to your iPod, and play along when and where it's most convenient.
Effects
Capo lets you modify panning, adjust a 10-band graphic equalizer, and apply vocal reduction to help you isolate the parts of the music you wish to learn.
It's your music
No longer do you have to rely on the musical tastes of others to learn music. Drag songs right from your music collection into capo to start learning them.
Tab it out!
By simply drawing atop the spectrogram, Capo will generate tablature automatically for you. It really doesn't get much easier than this!
Detect, and enter chords
Figure out the chords in your music using Capo's sophisticated chord detection routines. Or, enter your own easily using strings like 'bbmaj7' or 'f#maj9'.
Pitch adjustment
Capo lets you adjust the pitch of your songs-so you can change their key or fine tune them to match your instrument.
Markers
Use keyboard shortcuts to mark verses, choruses, bridges, and other important points in your songs so you can return to them later.
Looping
Repeat difficult sections slowly, playing along with your favorite artist. Speed up gradually as you get better.
Music Export
Take your Capo-adjusted music with you. Export speed- and pitch-corrected audio to your iPod, and play along when and where it's most convenient.
Effects
Capo lets you modify panning, adjust a 10-band graphic equalizer, and apply vocal reduction to help you isolate the parts of the music you wish to learn.
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Stef_Vandenabele reviewed on 28 Oct 2011
I understand it is hard to compete with the pro timestretch algorithms from for example Logic or Cubase (Warp is amazing btw) but the high asking price demants something that sounds better imo
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From what I recall the previous version worked fine on my Mac running 10.5.x, but I never bought the application. Sound quality was really good even at extreme settings, it was easy to use, and had some useful effects (e.g., EQ., Voice Reduction, Mono).
Version 2 adds more features like spectrogram and TAB, but I can't comment on those.
When I tried Capo it was a $40 application, on sale for $20 here at Mupromo as I recall. I have to admit that $20 was a nice deal. That being said, there are plenty of alternatives these days, from the already established Transcribe! and Amazing Slow Downer to other applications that do MUCH MORE than slow down audio, such as Mac audio editors like Twisted Wave, Wave Editor, and DSP Quattro (currently on sale).
Many Digital Audio Workstations also include speed/pitch capabilities. Reaper for example has a very good algorithm, and the current price is $40 for versions 3 and 4, or $60 for versions 4 and 5 once version 4 is out.
To me Capo is a very nice sounding, easy to use application. However, it does not add as much value as other applications that have plenty of useful features, from full DAWs to batch processing audio to VST/AU hosting. With just a bit of work and Jack OS X, for example, I can also use DSP Quattro as a sound enhancer similar to Hear, DPS, AstoundSound, iWOW, etc. I haven't tried it system wide, though.
So for my needs $50 is just too much for Capo. I may take another look by version 3 since I do like it.
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Kinetic reviewed on 21 Aug 2010
Just being able to slow down a song until I learn a specific part is well worth the price and the pitch adjustment is a great time saver. I don't have to tune my bass down a half step in the middle of practicing different songs with different tunings. If I need to drop down half a step for the song I'm learning, I just shift the pitch up half a step and I'm back to practicing.
The notation portion of the app is also useful for tabbing out songs as many times I don't go back to a song for a while and this feature makes it easier to pick up where I left off. The spectrograph can take some getting used to and could use a little work, but overall it's still a useful feature.
The only thing I kind of have half a beef with is the price. It's a little on the steep side, especially for someone who is just starting to learn music or a hobbyist. But if you compare the cost of music software in the industry it's really not that out of line.
Thanks to the developer for a cool little app.
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acwolf reviewed on 14 Aug 2009
Capo's interface is visually ideal. The only thing that sounds better for slowing down is Melodyne which is hundreds of dollars and is not set up to do this stuff easily, it is designed for more detailed editing. Transcribe has more features than Capo, but is not as simple and appealing or as nice sounding. Anyway, there's now no reason to continue my previous recommendation of Amazing Slow Downer. Capo now supplants ASD in my book.
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I still like Capo a lot, but hey: FREE? And good!? Can't beat that.
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If it was a bit cheaper it would be wonderful.
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joellevin reviewed on 21 Apr 2009
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Zac rated on 23 Apr 2011
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