So there are both community and data aspects that open up with the introduction of this new web app. "Not only are we able to provide chords for any version of any song in the world, we also get to collect the data on what songs are most popular within the guitar player community." He also mentions the edit feature in his email. In the blog comments linked above, Barry not only mentions specific fixes to problems raised but notes that "cool new features planned for allowing user edits" are on the way. But that success will not be due to algorithmic wizardry alone. Some TechCrunch blog commenters pointed to problems with chord recognition and it looks like Barry's been responding there as well.Īt this stage it's not perfect but Riffstation seems pretty clear on what they're doing and appear to be committed to iterating their way to success. Think of it as version control for chords." We will be introducing new features as we go which will allow the community to edit chords. It can analyse any audio track or video in less than 20 seconds and produce the chords with about 85% accuracy for maj, min and dom 7th chords in pop and rock music. Our chord recognition algorithm is at the heart of Riffstation. "We build algorithms capable of listening to and understanding music. In addition to being "guitar geek programmers," Barry says they are also "audio DSP guys": He says that the original software app is most used by intermediate to advanced guitar players for "transcribing parts and learning songs quickly." In a fun twist, they also provide ukelele and piano chords.ĬEO Dan Barry told me more by email. Riffstation Play recently launched with just one main feature, chord identification of YouTube music videos, which is apparently not an easy task. Created by self-described "guitar geek programmers", they launched Riffstation in 2012. Riffstation's software app does have an impressive range of features with an emphasis on the needs of guitarists learning new songs and improving play.
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