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Capo for Mac

Learn your favorite songs without tabs or sheet music. Whether you play for the world or yourself, all musicians need a good ear for harmony, melody, and rhythm. Using the songs in your music collection, Capo guesses the beats, chords, and…

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  1. Capo version 4.7Mac App Store · macOS 14.6 or later

    New Features

    Lead Sheet Printing (macOS)

    Capo can now generate professional, publication-quality lead sheets from your edited chords and sections—print them, export them as PDF, or share them with bandmates. Choose File > Print... from the main menu, then add your title and subheadings in print settings panel.

    Call & Response Mode

    Loop regions can now alternate between playback (the call) and silence (the response), giving you a built-in gap to play what you just heard. Select a region, then press and hold the loop button to open the settings.

    Enhancements

    • In the metronome settings, you can now mute the click track after the count-in is done.
    • Count-in will now work when there is no active looping region. When the playhead isn't on the downbeat, count-in gives you fewer clicks to get you in on time. See the user guide for more details.
    • The region is no longer deactivated when you click on note or chord entries. Now you can modify notes in the tabbing view while the loop continues to play—particularly useful with Call & Response.
    • Custom tunings now appear in the chords song view as well—email support if you'd like help setting these up.
    • The metronome icon in the toolbar now changes to include a little clock badge when count-in is enabled.
    • You can now search the User Guide, and we unified its content for both platforms.

    Bug Fixes

    • Exported MIDI files are now transposed to match your key slider settings.
    • Fixed a timing gap between the last count-in click and the downbeat.
    • The changes you make to note entries in the tabbing view are now reflected during playback.
    • The blue "focus ring" no longer appears around the "What's New" button in the project window's title bar.
    • The last string in the guitar chord boxes no longer draws a shade darker than the rest.
    • The tap beats window will no longer get locked up if you presented it during playback.
    • The last-set instrument (e.g., Ukulele, Banjo) is now restored correctly from user defaults in new projects.

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Capo

Learn your favorite songs without tabs or sheet music.

Whether you play for the world or yourself, all musicians need a good ear for harmony, melody, and rhythm. Using the songs in your music collection, Capo guesses the beats, chords, and key of songs to help you break them down to their individual parts. Capo’s unique technology helps you to learn your favorites quickly as you improve your ear along the way.

Capo is simple and yet so, so good, even the professionals use it:

“Capo is AMAZING!!! Very clutch. Especially when parts are kinda tough in the mix that I can’t make out easily. With other apps you lose quality, this still sounds correct.” - Omar Edwards: Keyboardist/Music Director for Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, Eminem, and more

“When I sat down and started using Capo for the first time, I was amazed at how big a punch this little app packs! It's intuitive, convenient, and high-quality.” - Rebecca Lovell: Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Piano for Larkin Poe

(Read more at capoapp.com/testimonials)

*** HEAR THE SONG *** Slow down playback, scrub to hear specific notes, and easily create regions that loop as you learn to play the tricky parts. Use Capo’s tools to isolate specific instruments and even vocals to learn any part of a song. With a couple simple switches, you can focus on the piano or eliminate everything to practice the guitar solo and make transcription easier.

*** BREAK IT DOWN *** Capo automatically detects chords, beats, and the key of songs to get you started. Change, add, or remove the detected chords easily with a few taps as you identify alternate chords and voicings. Use Capo's structure song view to edit Capo's beat grid for songs with changing, or uncommon time signatures.

*** PAUSE THE SESSION (PRO) *** With an active subscription, Capo saves the loop regions you set, chord changes, and even the playback position into Projects. Learn songs at your own pace and revisit them on all your devices using iCloud.

*** SO MUCH MORE *** * Transpose songs to different keys * Rename regions to keep organized * Use the Tabbing song view to quickly capture solos and melody * Beat detection estimates the tempo and helps snap regions * Edit chords one at a time or globally * Display chord diagrams for Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Bass, and now Piano * Rock on southpaws! Capo has a left-handed chord box option * Five different metronome sounds

**NOTE**: Capo works with music you own, but cannot access streaming tracks from Apple Music, Spotify, etc.

*** GO PRO *** Without an active subscription, Capo will not save your edits to the chords, beats, regions, markers, tabs, or sections in your Projects.

For $39.99 per year, Capo Pro:

* Saves all your changes to Projects, which are synced across your devices * Provides full access to upcoming features and improvements * Helps support future development of the product

*** GO PLATINUM [NEW!] *** For $49.99 per year, Capo Platinum gives you everything in Capo Pro *plus* the ability to unlock all the features in Capo touch for iOS.

All prices shown in this description are in USD. Exact prices may vary by region based on current exchange rates. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off from Settings after purchase.

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What's New

# New Features

Lead Sheet Printing (macOS)

Capo can now generate professional, publication-quality lead sheets from your edited chords and sections—print them, export them as PDF, or share them with bandmates. Choose File > Print… from the main menu, then add your title and subheadings in print settings panel.

Call & Response Mode

Loop regions can now alternate between playback (the call) and silence (the response), giving you a built-in gap to play what you just heard. Select a region, then press and hold the loop button to open the settings.

# Enhancements

- In the metronome settings, you can now mute the click track after the count-in is done. - Count-in will now work when there is no active looping region. When the playhead isn't on the downbeat, count-in gives you fewer clicks to get you in on time. See the user guide for more details. - The region is no longer deactivated when you click on note or chord entries. Now you can modify notes in the tabbing view while the loop continues to play—particularly useful with Call & Response. - Custom tunings now appear in the chords song view as well—email support if you'd like help setting these up. - The metronome icon in the toolbar now changes to include a little clock badge when count-in is enabled. - You can now search the User Guide, and we unified its content for both platforms.

# Bug Fixes

- Exported MIDI files are now transposed to match your key slider settings. - Fixed a timing gap between the last count-in click and the downbeat. - The changes you make to note entries in the tabbing view are now reflected during playback. - The blue "focus ring" no longer appears around the "What's New" button in the project window's title bar. - The last string in the guitar chord boxes no longer draws a shade darker than the rest. - The tap beats window will no longer get locked up if you presented it during playback. - The last-set instrument (e.g., Ukulele, Banjo) is now restored correctly from user defaults in new projects.

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