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Backbeat Forge
Turn drum audio into a score you can actually edit
103 followers
Turn drum audio into a score you can actually edit
103 followers
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.
picking drum transcription specifically instead of full melody transcription is a smart scope. how does it handle a busy mix where the kick and bass are fighting for the same frequency range - does accuracy drop a lot on those or is the model trained to separate that out first?
This sounds too good to be true! As a drummer myself, I know how time-consuming it can be to transcribe parts by ear, so turning drum audio into an editable score feels incredibly useful! Thanks so much for making this.
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@cathy_cc That means a lot coming from a drummer! I don’t want to pretend it can magically solve every difficult recording, but turning audio into an editable starting point can already remove a lot of the repetitive work. Thanks so much for giving it a try and sharing your thoughts.
Hannes, transcribing by ear is the part every drummer I know quietly dreads, so seeing this exist makes me happy. The fact that it all stays on my own machine is a real comfort too.
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@melodie_sh Thanks, that genuinely means a lot. Transcribing by ear can turn practice into homework very quickly, so the goal was to remove that painful blank-page stage without taking control away from the drummer. Keeping everything local felt just as important, especially with unfinished tracks and personal recordings.
I have some friends that are drummers. What's been the problem in getting the notation right?
This is such a great, unglamorous problem to pick. Everyone does melody transcription and quietly skips drums because they're the messy case, so going straight at it is a nice move. All the best with it!
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@uddipta That means a lot coming from a drummer! I don’t want to pretend it can magically solve every difficult recording, but turning audio into an editable starting point can already remove a lot of the repetitive work. Thanks so much for giving it a try and sharing your thoughts.