Computer programs used by musicians for practice, performance, or composition.
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beginner sound system person [closed]
I am looking for some easy to use software with looping capabilities that would allow our church's praise team to sing from tracks. I am looking for something that would allow us to continue singing ...
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How to play together online?
We had a band of musicians but unfortunately, my partners went abroad for further studies. Currently we're far away. We want to meet at some time in a week and play together online. We've tried Skype ...
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Sound spectrum to notes software
I'm looking for software that can graphically assist in translating a sound frequency to notes.
Closest example of what I had in mind is FL Studio's Wave Candy plugin:
Hovering cursor above a ...
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Where/how can I get a song's backing track without a specific instrument so I can play for it?
I've been playing with the violin for a while now.
The latest song I learned was He's a Pirate from Pirates of the Caribbean. 'cuz it is a lot of fun.
I want to make a video of me playing it. And it ...
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Does software exist to catalogue band parts?
My brass band is looking at putting our band library catalogue into a database, but we haven't been able to find any software designed for this purpose. We'd like to store not only information about ...
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Any tool to vizualise musical playing in 3D aka in many dimensions? [closed]
My friends are wanting to create an app that would vizualise music in 3-dimensional but I cannot understand what they want to vizualise. Could someone help me with this? Does there exist this kind of ...
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Effectively using singing games for vocal training
What are productive ways to use the "Rock Band" video game as part of a vocal training regimen?
Are there any bad habits/practices that singing along with this type of game tends to promote?
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Is there an iOS app that can be used for simultaneous audio and midi output in a live stage environment?
Currently, I'm using an iPad and the built-in Music app to play backing tracks. It's great, but when it's time to play a new song, I have to use a separate device that outputs a midi clock to let the ...
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What music notation software can handle this complex beaming?
Update: It looks like the votes are clearly in favor of Lilypond. While Sibelius and Finale appear to be the "canonical" solutions, and MuseScore has a nice showing (albeit using a "development" ...
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Is there any kind of jam helper application?
I can't stand it anymore - my friend just struck me again. We have arranged to jam tonight after work, but he didn't bring his guitar. Again. They all keep doing it occasionally.
The thing is I'm ...
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Karaoke Software for practicing sax
In my sax classes, my teacher accompanies me with his piano. He corrects my timing mistakes. Also, it sounds better than playing alone.
I just came up with a software which can help me to do it at ...
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MuseScore: Change all notes to auto velocity
In MuseScore, you change the velocity (volume) of a note by right-clicking it, selecting note properties and changing the velocity. I want to make the velocity type on all of the notes auto (somehow, ...
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Learning tablature with tutoring software that shows me what to do in real-time [closed]
I want to practice playing songs off of tablature, but I think it would be easier for me if I saw the actual notes displayed on a virtual fretboard while the song is playing. Guitar Guru does ...
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Silly idea: automatic screamo converter [closed]
I'm completely new to audio processing, but here's an idea I would like at least a "yay" or "nay" on technical feasibility...
Might it be possible to take nearly any track of rock music and do the ...
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Software for jamming with midi keyboard
Do you know of any software that runs in the background of the computer and allows me to play tunes with my midi keyboard (keystation 88es)? I have noticed the steps required for me to open a program ...
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Adding 8va line (both high or low) in Sibelius 7 doesn't play back
I'm working with Sibelius 7 and even though I'm adding 8va lines at some parts of my score, when playing it back I get the same sound I should be getting if I didn't have them.
Any ideas why this ...
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How can I rehearse and perform with PDF scores on screen instead of paper scores?
As a chorus and opera singer, I have gotten tired of lugging thick opera scores everywhere. Most of the music I sing is public-domain, and the scores are freely available in in PDF form. I am working ...
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Free MIDI editing software with a Piano Roll view [closed]
I've been combing the web for a good, free MIDI editing software, but I haven't found anything yet.
The main criteria is that it's free. I don't want anything complex, but I need multiple tracks and ...
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How to make nonstandard scales on Finale?
I'm trying to use the scale:
A,C,F#,A
And then:
A,B,C#,D#,F,G,A
But I'll need to input a nonstandard key signature. How can I do that?
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Are there any publicly available databases for automatic polyphonic music transcription?
I conduct research on automatic transcription of polyphonic music. Currently, I use MAPS dataset.
In particular, I need monophonic recordings to be used as training data and polyphonic ones to be ...
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Software for practicing the reading of jazz chord changes?
There are now a lot of good programs out for sight-reading, simple chord progression recognition, and for jazz, even some backing track creators. But is there a program that generates chord changes ...
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Color coded spectrum analyzer
Does anyone know of any software that will overlay a waveform with color coded frequencies?
i.e. Low frequency is colored as red, mids as yellow and highs as green (or something like that) and the ...
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Is there a program that can show a score bar by bar in realtime playing?
I am trying to improve my sight reading and a good exercise is to play a music score seeing only the next bar. I do this with my teacher covering the bar that I'm playing, but I can't do it at home, ...
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Software to test accuracy in vocally repeating notes after listening and identifying
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Listening and identifying a note is a difficult task for many of us who are beginners to singing. Even when we singing, we are often not certain as to how close we were to the actual ...
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What are the legal issues related to guitar tablature? [closed]
What are the legal issues surrounding free guitar tablature? I have some specific questions:
How are companies such as guitar-pro selling software to read gpx(gp5, etc.) tabs - is that legal? ...
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Inputtting note names into csound
In most of the csound examples the pitches are input using frequencies in Hertz, or their numerical octave.pitch_class notation.
Is there a way to input them in a manner that uses the note-names, ...
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How do you use Kontakt Player with Sibelius - program?
There are some questions about Sibelius 7 which have been approved, so I dare to ask this question on relationship between Kontakt player( trial version) and Sibelius 7:
How do you use Kontakt Player ...
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How does one write any melody that he/she hums/pops-into-his-head?
I'm a total newbie who has these tons of melodies floating in his head. I know how to play a synth and when I transcribe stuff from my head on to my instrument I generally use the trial and error ...
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Recommendations for sheet music organising software under GNU/Linux [closed]
I'm looking for a piece of software that would run under GNU/Linux and that would allow me to store and organise sheet music in various formats on my hard drive into a database searchable by genre, ...
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Removing human voice from songs
I have been trying so much to do this but to no avail. Some softwares like cooledit remove it to an extent but ruin other things in the music. Please suggest some good method for this.
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Is there some software tool that analyzes audio to produce pitch information?
Such a tool would be extremely useful to me. What I want it to do is, given a sound file be able to get the pitch every time it changes. I don't know how this could be done, or even if it's possible. ...
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Numerous questions about advanced guitar tablature notation
8 slide 0...why is 0 in parentheses?
7 slide 9...what does curve under mean?
5 7 5..7 5 0..are they hammers or pull offs..how you distinguish those
how to play this?
what does this long line ...
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Is it possible to use video games to help improve one's singing?
I've decided that I want to improve my singing. In order to give me incentive to practice (and regular feedback), I thought getting a video game might be of help. I know that it's no substitute for ...
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Software to convert between sheet music and tablature?
Is there any software available that can (semi)automatically convert between ASCII tablature (especially for guitar and drums) and sheet music? And the other way around?
I realise that there's not ...
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Three Days Grace guitar distortion tone
How do I get Three Days Grace guitar distortion sound in Garageband or Logic. What are the other ways to reproduce the exact sound used in their riffs?
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Remove drum track from song given the isolated drum track and the song?
I have a song for which I have the song itself, and an isolated drum track from a live performance that fits perfectly in time with the original. Given these 2 things, is there software that can do a ...
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Is there any way to find average of song's amplitude?
The question is a bit confusing, I know. Let me explain it. As you know song volume is represented by amplitude. When a singer sings loudly, the amplitude is high. For slow music, the amplitude is ...
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Lead sheets / fake sheets without score
Several of the groups of people I play music with use song sheets that are similar to lead sheets, but without the stave showing the melody line:
Note that unlike many chord sheets you can find ...
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Tuxguitar Tuning?
I have started using tuxguitar, and the tuning has left be confused.
For example I have the option to select B1 to B9 tuning, instead of just B, is this an error or what are the difference between _1 ...
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Can Reaper be use for beat creation like that in FL studio?
I used FL studio for easy beat creation. See here:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1376781/fl_studio_tutorial_how_to_make_a_simple_beat_in_fl_studio/
Now i heard about Reaper which is awesome and ...
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Linux compatibility with CoreMIDI network protocol?
I have been spoiled by the ease with which I can connect my iPad up to MIDI applications on my Macbook using the native support for midi-over-the-network provided by the CoreMIDI subsystem in both OS ...
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Visual representation of sound
Graphical sound visualization (as available in several music players, eg winamp) is mostly used for fun, to add some visuals to the music, related to it in some way ( pseudo spectrum analysers, ...
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Is there any notation software that supports unconvential notation like Schenker graphs?
What is the best free or cheap music editing software available? I am looking for something to write and edit scores with. I know that Finale and Sibelius are the best on the market, but I wouldn't ...
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Notating tenor vocal parts with 8va G-clef in Sibelius 6
I might be slightly off-topic here, but this is the closest StackExchange site I could find to my topic, so here goes...
I recieved a sibelius file with a choir arrangement from a friend. Now, I want ...
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Singing software
What are software options that will tell you where you've gone out of tune in the performance of a given song? Better if it can work with any song file or has a wealth of community-content.
Sort of ...
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Is there a computer program to transcribe songs to sheet music?
Is there a computer program that I can use where I upload a favourite song and it'll transcribe it to sheet music for me? I'd like to play Running up That Hill by Placebo but I don't want to buy the ...
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Software for trying out 19-TET (and others)
I've been reading on non-standard scales such as the 19-tone equal temperament. I'd really like to try some of them out, but it turns out to be difficult. Adjusting a physical instrument would be a ...
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I want to be like Madeon. Where do I start?
I recently stumbled upon this live mashup and I am electrified. The fellow's name is Madeon, and he has a number of similarly great remixes and mashups on SoundCloud.
I've always enjoyed electronic ...
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What is the best software, to cut a loop out of a song, for rehearsal purposes?
I've got some songs with which I want to rehearse. They actually become my accompaniment and I play the main melody. However, I really get tired of rewinding the song, playing it again and trying to ...
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creating glissando/portamento with piano roll editors
I'm not sure if sequence/software questions is allowed in the site, but i didn't see any explicit mention against in the faq.
I've been using several Midi sequencers with piano roll editors (Ableton, ...
