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Version: Songsmith 1.0.1
"Great For Guitarists!!!"
Pros: This is a great way of seeing which chords should underline a guitar melody, and you can select how many chords per bar (1/2, 1, and 2). You can then record your songs uses the chord suggestions.
Cons: The samples aren't too bad, but still has a "Midi" feel. Excellent concept; so it is understandable that like the chord accompaniment on a keyboard, it has limitations. My suggestions is to use this as a "guide", and re-record everything later.
Summary: Although I never conducted an all-out search for this type of program, the closest I have have gotten was Guitar Pro 5's "scale finder" that suggested what key the song was in. SongSmith is great in that you can sing, or in my case, play your guitar and have chords generated based on your melody (and certain basic chords). Since I record my own music, including drums, bass, and guitar, I didn't mind the "midi" sound of the trial version (perhaps better samples if purchased?), since I knew I could rerecord using the chords suggested in SongSmith. I would highly recommend this product to anyone writing music.
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