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Topic: Anyone Using "Riff Station"?

Is anyone using the Riff Station software for learning music? I've seen ads for it on Chordie's home page from time to time, and looked around their site a bit last evening. Please let me know what you like and/or dislike about it.

http://www.riffstation.com

Is it worth $50? Or is there something better you'd recommend?

Thanks everyone!

  • dino48
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Re: Anyone Using "Riff Station"?

I was wondering the same thing tf hope someone will let us know.

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3 Reply by Tenement Funster (edited by Tenement Funster 2014-04-04 10:04:55)

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Re: Anyone Using "Riff Station"?

Dino ... I guess we're getting the answer we wondered about. Doesn't seem like any Chordians are using it. Here's a couple links that I've looked at, which you probably have too. One is a demo, and the other is a review by The Gear Page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuwnCHwPIqc

http://www.tgpwebzine.com/?page_id=3524

I guess I'll just have to break down and buy the thing to really see how it works. If it's useless, it won't be the first $50 I've ever wasted! (LOL)

4 Reply by dino48 (edited by dino48 2014-04-04 19:16:35)

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Re: Anyone Using "Riff Station"?

I have seen the demos before,before you buy you might ask Russell Harding or Jerome Oneil.

my papy said son your going too drive me too drinking if you dont stop driving that   Hot  Rod  Lincoln!! Cmdr cody and his lost planet airman
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Re: Anyone Using "Riff Station"?

I've been using Riff-Station for quite a while and find it very useful for getting the chords for a song by playing the Mp3 through it. Also you can get those chords in any key whilst it's being played in real time. There are other useful features and I think it's well worth the money.
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Re: Anyone Using "Riff Station"?

Welcome, Spikey. I seen the add's for "Riff Station but never used it.

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Re: Anyone Using "Riff Station"?

Thank you NELA,  It's certainly helped me as I don't read music. I'm actually a keyboard player although started out on guitar and am now getting back into it. My claim to fame is that I went to school and played guitar with John Lennon before he formed The Quarrymen.
Once you have the song on the Riff Station screen you can then stretch it, change key, change tempo and find parts which aren't always apparent at first. Very useful software.
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Re: Anyone Using "Riff Station"?

Thanks for the update on Riff Station, Spikey.

It's always good to hear from someone who has used something like this, and it's good to know you find it useful. I can't read music very well either.

Cheers!