Computer programs used by musicians for practice, performance, or composition.
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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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I am bored with a metronome, should I get a drum machine?
I'm a big fun of using a metronome while practicing, but after a while it just gets boring to hear all this solid ticking. When you play scales and stuff like that, it's ok, but when you are playing a ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Tool to help “read” sheet music
I'd like to learn how to sing songs. I have sheet music with 4 part harmony, but I don't really know how to read notes that well. Are there any tools that can sort of read sheet music for me? Like if ...
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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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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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How can I sync Logic Pro's tempo (click) with a mp3 containing a song?
I'd like to record a few instruments on the original mp3 track of a song...
I just can't find how to match bpm and click once imported the mp3 in logic.
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Get rid (or try to) of latency when using a MIDI instrument
I'm using Logic Pro (I have Snow Leopard) and I have a Korg R3 and a VB-99 as music instruments...
I use usb connection on both and I would like to have suggestions and ideas to get rid of the latency ...
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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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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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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, ...
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Is there software for computer assisted drum lessons with MIDI input?
My little brother wants to learn drumming, and seeing that I have a cheap RockBand drums clone lying around I wanted to know if there are is some kind of didactic software for drums that accepts MIDI ...
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How to write guitar tremolo with Sibelius software?
I'm trying to create the music sheet of "Recuerdos de La Alhambra" with Sibelius music notation software.
How to create tremolos in Sibelius?
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Is there any open source notation software for indian shrutis?
I would like to write down Shruti music but I wasn't able to find notation software for that.
Do you know any?
edit: Live Playback would be a great feature.
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Software for microtonal MIDI?
I'm looking to make some microtonal music (19/22 tone equal temperament). I want to produce it with midi. Timidity++ used to be able to produce a WAV file from a microtonal tuned .MID file, but it is ...
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How to learn the Smart Guitar of GarageBand for iPad?
Anybody know what's the best way to learn the Smart Guitar feature of GarageBand for non-guitarist? Specifically in these areas:
What note does each string play? (a screen reference that says "tap ...
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What is a good software that allows on-the-fly looping?
I would like to practice playing solo by looping and mixing on the go, especially with a guitar.
For an example of that, if anyone knows KT Tunstall's performance of Black Horse and a Cherry Tree, ...
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Using an electric guitar with GarageBand
To use an electric guitar with GarageBand, is a USB cable necessary?
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Are the lessons in GarageBand worth it?
In Apple's GarageBand, there are guitar lessons, but I think they cost money to buy. Does anyone have any experience with these, and if so, are they good value?
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Are there any machine-readable databases of chord progressions available?
I'm interested in doing some linguistics-inspired computational musicology on chord progressions and am wondering if there are any freely available databases of chord progressions.
Obviously, I could ...
