Questions tagged [computer]
Questions about the usage, properties, and future of computers in musical contexts.
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Possible list of motivations for playing an instrument (by hand) [closed]
Given that nowadays people can compose and play via a mobile phone or computer, what could or would some possible reasons for wanting to be able to play an instrument by hand be?
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Blending Musical Genres To Create a New Genre [closed]
Throughout history mankind has created musical genres. This probably had its origins thousands of years ago when someone first banged 2 rocks together in a cave to accompany someone grunting. Or maybe ...
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Best way of transferring songs that were recorded onto floppy disk using a Clavinova CVP-103
We have a Clavinova CVP-103 which my wife used to record a bunch of music onto floppy discs years ago. I'm trying to work out the best way of ensuring she can still listen to her music without having ...
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Computer workstation setup for complex live performances
In my current setup, I use my keyboard (a Motif XF7) to perform as a one-man orchestra, playing main parts with a hand, some backing with the other hand, and using one of the arpeggiators either in ...
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Lilypond Markup Alignment
I have a fairly large note on how to program the keyboard in my piece that I would like to put between the right-hand staff and the left-hand staff. When I R1*3/4^\markup{\left-column{"G126 Vibra....
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TRRS > 2 x TRS bypass to amplify laptop headphones not working, headphones channel mute
I'm trying to amplify the headphones output of my laptop as the volume is too low during calls and such. The laptop has a combined TRRS female 3.5 jack output. I've used a splitter to split that into ...
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Application for finding ( and playing ) a guitar chord [closed]
I will frequently be playing guitar and end up playing a sound that I am unsure of the technically defined chord type. I have a very basic level of understanding when it comes to guitar theory in ...
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Hear Yamaha P45 with headphones connected to a computer
I've seen posts about recording with a computer, don't know much about music so i prefered asking the question myself.
Can i plug a P45 to my computer, and then use headphones (connected to the ...
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Connecting Acoustic Piano to Laptop for Recording in Logic? [duplicate]
I know about connecting digital pianos (MIDIs) to a laptop for use in logic.
My question is concerning a standard normal acoustic piano. My baby grand has a silent piano Yamaha system attached to it ...
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What is your experience using a Sound Device MixPre 3 II as Audio Interface on a WIndows 10 PC? [closed]
I need to buy a new USB audio interface for my laptop. And at the same, I've always dreamed to replace my good old Marrantz PMD 670 fieldrecorder by something ligther, working at 96kHz, ...
I'm ...
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Electric guitar on a mixer
I just got my first electric guitar and am wanting to learn how to play it. now I want to try and let my friends listen in with me via discord. I have a studio microphone that I've connected in an XLR ...
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Why aren't computer-generated instrumentals THE thing? [closed]
Below I document my thought process, which is obviously wrong, else one of the billions of people would have commercialised it.
Assumptions:
A good piano player (let's substitute piano for ...
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Quantitative Tempo and Rhythm Precision
I'd like to be able to track my progress in keeping tempo during my practice, not only in working towards increasing my speed, but also the precision of my timing as I work on being able to play ...
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Audio latency in live bands
In computer music one usually says that the audio latency of the system should ideally be less than 10ms…
On the other hand, as the speed of sound is around 340 m/s in the air it means that whenever ...
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Properly set up MIDI to USB
Essentially, I want to record myself playing the piano, which I've decided to do by recording the MIDI.
My hardware setup is a
Computer with Windows 10 x64
Yamaha P35
MIDI-to-USB cable
The cable ...
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Time in MIDI files
I understand the note/pitch and the velocity components of a message. However, I am having difficulty understanding the time attribute. According to the documentation of mido, a library that I am ...
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Backing Up Tracks
What do producers use to back up their music content (tracks, songs, instrumentals etc.). I know the computer itself act as a storage for music but what do they use as a secondary back-up option ...
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XENYX Q502USB and Neewer NW-700 Mic not working
As the title says, I'm using a Behringer XENYX Q502USB mixer and a Neewer NW-700 mic and get no microphone signal on my pc.
What I currently have:
I got the mixer plugged in via USB in my PC and the ...
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Is there a site, or program, that can calculate how many total notes are in a composition? [closed]
I'm new to music. It's very interesting to me how musicians can memorize so many pieces. I'm a mathematics student and naturally I'm interested in quantifying things.
To keep things simple, lets say ...
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Accepted filename character for sharp #
WRT filenames:
"b" (ascii 98) is an acceptable character for flat.
Is there an accepted character in place of the not-good-for-most-filesystems sharp "#"?
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Guitar External sound card with multiple audio devices
I want to use my PC as an amp simulator. Im currently using guitar rig 5 with asio4all plugging my guitar trough line in. It works fine but i want to listen to youtube simultaneously but it doesnt ...
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How to hook up Korg EX-8000 to a computer w/o a keyboard?
I have a Korg EX-8000 synth I bought at a thrift store, but no midi keyboard and would like to know how to hook up to my computer so I can test to see if it works. I just ordered a MIDI to USB cable. ...
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How can I split a midi file programatically?
Im using the mido library on python to work with the midi file.
Given any midi file, I would like to output a midi file consisting only of the first 10 seconds of the input. I don't see any ...
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How to record from a keyboard using (A-B) type cable?
I have a Privia PX-160 keyboard, and would like to record music and output the MIDI result to my device. I tried recording the music directly on my keyboard, and then transfer the MIDI file to my ...
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How to get Logic Pro X to record keyboard sounds? [duplicate]
I have A Juno DS88, which should be able to send audio data. I also have Logic Pro X on my mac. I've been able to use it like a MIDI controller, but I'm trying to record the sounds my Juno gives me ...
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Can I use the 6 channel 5.1 usb external soundcard with guitar rig 5 software?
I have been looking for a way to use effect pedals as I am paraplegic. I do not have enough money to buy a Line-6 60 Watts amp, and I came across the Guitar Rig 5 software after reading.
However, I ...
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Midi and interface connectivity question
I own a MacBook Pro with 2 USB ports. I have it connected to an external monitor and have its lid off below the base the monitor sits on. To it I connect my Scarlett Solo 2 Audio Interface on one USB ...
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Software newbie needs help with sound libraries
I am a complete newbie with home recording so I need to understand a couple of things.
I want to record my guitar using software such as GarageBand or Logic Pro. One way to do it is to directly ...
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Jam tracks / low volume computer
I am looking to bring more volume to the jam tracks that I am running off my computer. I have 2 amps, I thought maybe of using one of them as a speaker or are there other ways to make this happen?
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How to get rid of hum from pc sound card?
I have a little setup that a PC connects to Yamaha 01V96 mixer.
I connected the mixer to the sound card using 3.5 stereo to 1/4" mono splitter cable. Since the cable is not balanced cable I am ...
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Equalizer: choosing frequencies
I'm dealing with computer-based sound treatments (building "guitar-pedals" with computer).
Most of it is fine, but I want to include various EQ possibilities. So far I can create LowPassFilter, ...
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Connecting bass to a laptop
I'm learning the bass by myself and have been at it for 2 weeks now. I've been using the VOX AP2BS bass amp that goes directly into my headphones.
However, I think it'll be more convenient if I can ...
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Roland A-49 Keyboard driver
I would like to use my Roland A-49 Keyboard on stage but I'm crazy about the idea of bringing a computer on stage. So I was thinking of buying a Raspberry Pi with a Linux (CentOS) system installed. ...
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Why do we care about the interval between a pair of notes and not the product of a pair of notes?
As a computer scientist, I think of each element of musical analysis as a computation we have chosen to do on the music for some reason. I'm not saying I understand how humans decide what the meter ...
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How should I name my "music" folder containing sheet music/tabs/compositions/lessons? [closed]
(Sorry if this is too subjective or off-topic, but I've been struggling with this minor issue for too long)
Like most musicians, I listen to music and work on music. On my computer, I have a folder ...
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USB sound card's microphone does not pick up anything from amplifier
So here's my setup right now. My electric guitar is connected to my amplifier using the standard 1/4" jack cord. The amplifier has a 1/4" headphone socket at the back, and I connected it to a USB ...
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Is there a minimum time like 1/4 second or 1/2 second , a pitch should stay? [duplicate]
If we have to create a computer software which produces different pitches of a musical instrument, then, according to musicians is there a minimum time (in seconds or milliseconds) sound of that pitch ...
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How can I type a sharp or flat In a computer file name?
When I name a file of a music score on the computer, I use a 'b' as flat and '#' as sharp. My question is is there in any way to use the real sharp or flat? It's not a big problem but for esthetic and ...
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What kind of equipment do I need to hook an electric guitar up to a PC and use software effect processor?
I like to get advice about how to connect an electric guitar and a separate foot pedal to my PC. I want to use software on my PC for effects such as distortion and the likes and switch between ...
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How do you set up shared ASIO in Window 10?
I recently purchased a USB interface and, as almost every other home musician on the planet, I wanted to use it for all of my audio needs and of course concurrently shared between my Windows ...
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Using PC and e-piano as audio input for headset while still using built-in microphone
I want to use my PC and my piano as audio sources but I still want to be able to use my built-in microphone for voice-chat as an example on the pc.
Now, since I have very little knowledge, to prevent ...
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What sort of setup do I need to record reasonable quality singing and guitar playing?
I would like to start recording myself singing on audacity and I know I need a better hardware setup to get reasonable quality recordings, how ever I have no idea where to begin to do this. I am ...
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Computer and electronic softwares for professional musicians and composers [closed]
What I want to know is specific.
I want to start experimenting and developing skills and knowledge in music production and composition by computers.
I have read that Digital Audio Workstations like ...
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Guitar Rig with Ltd EC-1000 sound like with $180 guitar
I'm playing on Guitar Rig 5. Until now, i used to play on a $180 Cort X1. Now i bought the LTD EC-1000. My problems is that I can't hear any improvement in sound. It sounds literally the same with ...
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Logic Pro overload bottleneck
A rather technical question but I was wondering if someone has an answer to this:
I'm using a Mid 2010 Mac Mini (2,66Ghz Core 2 Duo, extended 8BG of RAM) running the latest Logic Pro X on OSX 10.11 ...
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Groove, loop, pattern, section
Do the groove, loop, pattern, and section share a common meaning? I often see drum loops but guitar grooves and bass grooves and synth patterns or strings sections.
I guess a loop is mostly a short ...
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Using computers live
I play guitar with a friend (he plays bass and sings). We work away from home, so can't carry about a lot of gear and generally live out of hotels.
When I practice I use a jack to usb cable direct ...
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How does Oskar Fischinger's Google doodle composer work?
Today Google has released a doodle as homage to Oskar Fischinger which includes a page to make your own composition by clicking dots representing notes.
I can't recognize the notes but I noticed that ...
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Are there unicode characters for double sharp and double flat?
There are Unicode characters for
flat (U266D) ♭
sharp (U266F) ♯
natural (U266E) ♮
But I couldn't find characters for double flat and double sharp (at least not in the character map program I'm using)...
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AI composing counterpoint?
I have heard of computer programs and AI that try to compose music based off the basic counterpoint rules; are there currently any out in the web?
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