An Ear Learning Primer
I recently added a new top-level section to the Capo product website focused entirely on ear learning—a dedicated space for all my future writing on how to get the most out of Capo when learning songs by ear.
Blog Archive
Developer to Researcher: The Capo Features I Didn't Know Were Important
After 13 years of building ear learning software, I thought I understood how musicians learn from recordings. [...] But when I tried to justify why these [new] features would actually help musicians, my foundation started to reveal its cracks.
Capo 4.5
I'm rather pleased to say that another Capo 4.5 update is available only three weeks after I shipped 4.4.
Capo 4.4
Capo 4.4 is now available for Macs with macOS 14 and later, and iPhones and iPads with iOS 17 and later.
A Bug Hunting Story: How Album Artwork Caused a System-Wide Loss of Audio
Capo was not playing audio for some users on Intel Macs running Sonoma. After spending almost two weeks (and about $850) I discovered that macOS Sonoma had a rather nasty bug that was triggered by loading JPEG images.
GigGab Podcast Appearance
I was very fortunate to get an invite from Dave Hamilton and Paul Kent to appear on the Gig Gab Podcast. I had a blast chatting with them…
Capo's Curious Chords Conundrum
When you place an A# chord in Capo, you probably don’t want it to get replaced with a Bb. That kind of strange behavior is what I set out to fix in 4.3.1. Unfortunately, during the QA cycle I learned that my fix is incomplete…
Hey, Look—It's Capo 4.3!
Only a few (long!) months after sending 4.2 out the door, we’re back with another bite-sized update that continues to nudge Capo forwards. Here’s what we’ve got for you…