Learn any song, one slow loop at a time.
That solo is too fast to catch? Slow it down without changing its pitch, loop the bar that trips you up, and bring it back up to speed as your fingers learn it.
Pitch / key
Speed
This demo plays notes your browser makes on the spot. WayLoop does the same to real recordings: any song file on your computer or phone.
Slow down, same pitch
From 30% to 200% speed, and the song stays in its key. Hear every note of a fast run.
Shift the pitch
Move a song up or down by semitones and fine-tune it in cents: match a tuned-down guitar or your vocal range.
Loops and markers
While it plays, press L at the start and again at the end to loop a passage, S to save it, M to drop a marker. Fine-tune A and B on their wheels, or let Repeat track play the whole song again.
Metronome
Beat lights, tap tempo and time signatures, right under the track.
Chromatic tuner
Tune up before you play, with your computer's or phone's microphone, or your audio interface.
Record yourself
Record takes over the track after a 3- or 5-second count-in, listen back, and hear how close you are. No track open? Record your own licks into folders. Your takes stay on your device.
Simplified or Advanced
Keep the track big with the tools in one row, or lay out Tuner, Metronome, Playlist and Recorder side by side. In light or dark, like your system.
Playlists
Keep the songs you're working on in named lists, each with its own speed and volume, and play them through one after another.
How it works
A practice session in WayLoop
Open a song
Pick an audio file from your computer or phone. WayLoop keeps its own copy in its library, so it's there next time even if you move the original.
Find the hard part
Play it through and press M where each section starts. At the passage you want to learn, press L at its start and again at its end: it loops. S saves the loop for next time.
Slow it down
Pick 50, 60 or 70% under Speed, or go as low as 30%, until you can play along cleanly. The pitch doesn't move, so you can still play in the song's key.
Speed back up, step by step
Each time the loop feels easy, raise the speed a little. Turn the metronome on to keep your timing honest.
Record and compare
Record yourself over the loop and listen back. When it sounds right at 100%, move on to the next section.
Questions
Before you ask
How do I slow down a song without changing its pitch?
Open the song in WayLoop and pick a speed under Speed: 50, 60 or 70%, or anything from 30% to 200%. WayLoop stretches the sound in time instead of playing it slower like a tape, so every note stays in its key and you can play along.
How do I loop the hard part of a song?
While the song plays, press L where the passage starts and L again where it ends: WayLoop repeats it until you stop. S saves the loop for next time. On iPhone and iPad, tap A and B.
Can it change the key of a song?
Yes. Move it up or down by semitones and fine-tune it in cents, for example to match a guitar tuned down a half step or your vocal range. Speed and key change independently.
Which audio files does it open?
MP3, WAV, FLAC and AIFF files from your computer or phone. On iPhone and iPad you can also open a song from the Files app or share it to WayLoop.
Is it an alternative to Transcribe! or Amazing Slow Downer?
For practice, yes. WayLoop covers what musicians use those apps for most: slowing a recording down without changing its pitch, looping a passage and changing its key. It adds a metronome, a tuner and a recorder, and it is free. It does not detect notes or chords.
Where can I get it?
WayLoop is free on Windows from the Microsoft Store. On Mac, iPhone and iPad it is free from the App Store. It is coming to Android phones and tablets through Google Play.
Does it upload my music?
No. Songs and recordings stay on your device. BeatsAround runs no server that your music could go to.
Which instruments is it for?
Any instrument, and voice. Anything you learn by ear from a recording.
Is it free?
Yes: no ads and no account.