[LAU] seeking a creative songwriting solution.

[Brandon Hale]

Hello Karen,

I mean, I think you should just go for it. You could totally record your 
melodies, and then fill them in with a DAW of your choice. Then, take 
what you've written to a notation software.

If you're on Linux, maybe Muse or Rosegarden would work for you, as they 
have notation built-in. If you don't care about notation built-in, 
Ardour is a great DAW for recording and processing.

If you're looking for software that will notate for you based on what 
you've sang, I have to admit I don't know of a good one on Linux to do 
that. Sonic-visualizer can track pitch of frequencies, so maybe that's 
where I would start, but maybe someone else has a better solution. You 
could always go the old-fashioned way and just dictate what you've sang 
later, after you've recorded yourself and fleshed out the orchestration 
around your recording. It's also good practice and can be fun and give 
you unsuspecting results, which can be nice. :)

Let me know if I've answered your question,

Brandon Hale

On 5/15/22 6:24 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Hi imaginative folks,
> honestly, I do not have a direct Linux box itself, I use shells, 
> because I have yet to find an adaptive workable tool...but I suppose 
> scripting is possible.
> That being said, an idea in another Windows environment may work as well.
> what I am wondering is this.
> How possible might it be to  use  your singing voice for composing?
> what I mean is to sing the parts into your software of choice, then  
> using that software to first add the orchestrations, playback etc., 
> then produce that music in printable form?
> The last task is less important for the moment.
> getting my pieces out of my head, and into  arranging and composing 
> form is though.
> thoughts?
> Karen
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