ReviewSaurus – Technology Rocks!

This transcription software is essentially for cover bands that reproduce other classics. Situations arise when such bands have no clue of any particular chord. I have faced this situation often while reproducing A. R. Rahman’s songs as the maestro often tends to use very rare chords in his songs. This software comes to use in such situations.

The screen is divided into a lower pane consisting of a virtual keyboard with five octaves and an upper pane left blank. Once a song is loaded and played, a graph fills up the upper pane. Reading the graph is somewhat difficult in the beginning but, after going through the help file and a little practice and fiddling around, it is an easy task.

The horizontal axis represents pitch while the vertical axis represents time. (Now don’t get freaked out seeing all the mathematical jargon used!) Reading the graph is far easier than what is said in the above lines. Just load the song and play it. Few minutes later you get the hang of it.

Software Version and other info :

Version : 1.21
Homepage : TwelveKeys
License : Free to Try
OS Required : All windows version

Final Verdict :

This program is most suited for those who have a basic knowledge of music; otherwise, reading the graph may be a bit confusing. Also, I personally feel that this program is not advisable for reading lead notes; just chords.

I personally have not found this program to be useful at this stage; but had I got this a few years back, I would have lapped it up!

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