[LAU] seeking a creative songwriting solution.

[david]

I think possible to do - record voice into Muse, Rosegarden or Ardour, 
add tracks using other instruments or MIDI synths.

I don't know what Windows offers. Maybe ProTools could do that? I have a 
friend that writes songs using ProTools now - before that he used FL 
Studio. He plays no instruments, so he sets up beats and other such in 
ProTools, records his voice into it. He doesn't do anything involving 
music scores.

I understand that Neil Diamond had some of his great initial song 
successes well before he knew how to read or write music. He worked with 
instrumentalists on albums by singing instrument parts as he wanted them 
to be.

On 5/15/22 13:19, Brandon Hale wrote:
> 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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