Drop in a full mix or an isolated drum stem. Backbeat Forge puts the performance on a five-line drum score you can check against playback and correct by hand. When the chart feels right, export it as a printable PDF or General MIDI file. It all runs locally.
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Thanks for the thoughtful and detailed review! I’m really glad the local workflow and editable score helped save time compared with transcribing everything by ear.
You’re absolutely right about dense mixes where the kick and bass overlap. That is one of the more difficult cases, and improving separation and detection accuracy there is an important focus for future updates. The editor is there for manual cleanup, but the goal is definitely to reduce how much cleanup is needed.
If you’re comfortable sharing it, could you send me a short 20–30 second excerpt where the issue occurs? It would be very helpful for reproducing the problem and improving the model. You can send it privately to support@hannes-software.com, and I would only use it for debugging. No worries at all if the audio is private or copyrighted.
Thanks again for trying Backbeat Forge and for pointing this out so clearly!