Strum Machine vs Jam Lab

Elevate your music practice with customizable backing tracks generated with audio from real instruments (guitar, mandolin, and standup bass). Strum Machine can play any chord progression, in any key, at any speed. It's the only backing-track app built specifically for players of bluegrass, old-time, fiddle tunes, and other such genres. (Although it works pretty good for some jazz/swing now, too!) Why musicians of all levels love Strum Machine: • Realistic Sound: Backing tracks are assembled in real time from studio-quality instrument recordings. • Quick Adjustments: Instantly adjust the speed/tempo, change the key, loop part of a song, etc. • Auto-Speedup: Gradually increase the BPM at the end of every repetition for training purposes. • Chord Reference: Clean, beautiful chord charts, which can be displayed in letters or numbers (i.e. "1-4-5"). • Extensive Library: Over 1,300 songs (mostly from bluegrass and old-time) ready to go, with thousands more posted on the community forum. • Simple Song Editor: Add your own songs (or edit existing ones) in minutes. Almost every chord you can play on a guitar is available for use. • Customize the Band: Choose from a variety of built-in band styles, then optionally customize each instrument individually – adjust the strumming pattern, add automatic bass runs, and more. • Organize & Share: Create song lists for practicing or even performing, and share them with your friends or on the community forum. • Cross-Platform: Sync your custom songs, lists, and preferences with any device you use Strum Machine on: phone, tablet, or computer. (It works offline, too!) • Responsive Support: If you run into any problems or have questions, write us an email or post a message on the forum and someone will get back to you within a few days! Strum Machine is under active development and we're always working on ways to make the app even more useful to our users... while keeping it uncluttered and intuitive first and foremost. Discover how Strum Machine can improve your music practice today! Download Strum Machine and play a handful of demo songs instantly, without signing up. For the full experience, including access to all built-in songs and the ability to create your own, start a free trial. Terms of Use: https://strummachine.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://strummachine.com/privacy

Jam Lab helps musicians create chord progressions, build song ideas, practise grooves, train their ear, and get inspired before the next jam. Whether you are practising at home, writing a song, preparing a rehearsal, or starting a jam session with friends, Jam Lab gives you musical ideas to play with in seconds. EASY MODE Start quickly with a simple 4-chord progression. Tap the Jam button and let the wheel suggest creative constraints for your jam: genre, rhythm, tempo range, playing idea, and more. You can also loop the generated progression over a simple groove to practise at home. ADVANCED MODE Unlock deeper tools for writing, practising, and experimenting: * Generate chord progressions in any key, scale, or mode * Explore more than 100 scales and modes * See the available chords in the selected scale * Create sections such as Verse, Chorus, Bridge, A, B, and more * Build full song structures and timelines to generate chords on * Choose the harmonic richness of generated chords * Lock the bars you like and regenerate the rest * Replace individual chords manually * Try modal substitutions * Jam along with more than 50 grooves, including odd time signatures * Set your tempo and add shuffle for a swing feel CADENCES Explore a collection of common and less common chord progressions, or create and save your own. Use the same groove and tempo tools to practise cadences, turnarounds, and harmonic movements in different contexts. SONGS Create songs from start to finish. Build sections, organize your structure, add custom drum backing tracks with the Groove Machine, and prepare set lists for your gigs or rehearsals. EAR TRAINING Improve your musical ear by practising interval and chord recognition. Train yourself to recognize sounds more quickly, so you can react better when improvising, composing, or jamming with other musicians. VOICE Generate creative suggestions for lyrics and vocal improvisation. Get words to include, themes to write or sing about, techniques to try, and rhythm or onomatopoeia ideas for improvised solos. EXPORT Export chord progressions to MIDI, MusicXML, and audio, so you can create backing tracks, continue working in your DAW, or share ideas with other musicians. Jam Lab is designed as a creative laboratory for musicians: generate, experiment, practise, save your best ideas, and jam on. Jam Lab offers a one-time unlock. No subscription is required.