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24 alternatives to PedalSmarts
🎸Smart guitar pedal suggestions using crowdsourcing 👫👭👬
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PedalSmarts launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hello HN, I just released this music theory and ear training mobile app for guitar which I've been working on for a bit more than a year on the side. The idea was to make something for the eternally "intermediate" guitarist (myself included). There are a lot of beginner apps which rely on learning songs, toolkits which give you a bunch of stuff with no explanation but not many in-between apps to actually learn and practice more generic and somewhat advanced stuff. The app contains short lessons, recaps and most importantly challenges (visual, audio and pure theory) along with a very complete…
2025 · cadenceguitar.com · its alternatives →
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A free, open source, music theory explorer for guitarists. Discover how scales and modes map to the fretboard and how chords work within scales.
2018 · guitardashboard.com · its alternatives →
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Almost a year ago someone stumbled upon our hobby project and posted it to HN (edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33999162). It was magical to see so many of you enjoy something we built for our love of music. We’re back today with a real product and are excited to see what you think! riffusion.com lets you create original music via short, shareable audio clips called “riffs”. You describe the lyrics and a musical style to generate riffs complete with singing and custom artwork in a few seconds. From inspiring musicians, to wishing your mom a ‘good morning!’, we are…
2023 · riffusion.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · spotifychords.luca.gg · its alternatives →
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Long time reader, first time self-promoter. I'm a bicycle mechanic that figured I could make the process of bicycle wheelbuilding faster, more accurate and more satisfying. I do it by sampling digital indicators, rendering the data in useful ways, and injecting domain-specific insights. The UI interaction happens by foot pedal so my paradigm retains the traditional way of working with your hands.
2022 · islandix.com · its alternatives →
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Author here - one of the most notable facts about the app is that it's made entirely in Godot Game Engine! I think it's great for apps like this because it makes it especialy easy to iterate on GUI designs such as this one. Feel free to ask me anything about Chord Chart Memo, or my experience with Godot.
2024 · tiniuc.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · nextweeksplaylist.com · its alternatives →
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Guitar chord diagrams for a whole lot of popular chords at different positions on the guitar fretboard. The chord diagrams show finger positions.
2022 · muted.io · its alternatives →
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Real guitarists use real tuner.
Mar 2026 · realtuner.online · its alternatives →
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GuitarApp▲82Youtube's finest guitar content organised into daily feeds
2022 · guitarapp.com · its alternatives →
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MelodiQ▲120Learn and play songs on guitar with real-time feedback
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Guitar plugin using neural networks to capture real amps and pedals - GuitarML/SmartAmpPro
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SongRender▲102Easily create music visualizers for social media
2020 · songrender.com · its alternatives →
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Deep learning models for guitar amp/pedal emulation using LSTM with Keras. - GuitarML/GuitarLSTM
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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