[LAU] seeking a creative songwriting solution.

[david]

That's what my friend does - makes his own material, his own beats, 
accompaniment, using his Windows computer, ProTools, and a collection of 
VST (virtual digital instruments). He's not using other peoples' 
arrangements.

Happy creating!

On 5/15/22 17:07, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Oh I so Love Neil Diamond!
> Not a windows user either, which is why I expressed non-windows 
> solutions.
> still, I quite like your idea of working with an instrumentalist.
> Did an arrangement once by using other arrangements to create what I 
> needed.
> these days I am writing more of my own material however.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 15 May 2022, david wrote:
>
>> 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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