[LAU] seeking a creative songwriting solution.

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi Brandon,
I do not use Windows, The idea of Finale sounds interesting.
Perhaps a mac edition?
Once I find the tools, I will be putting together the platform for it, 
meaning I am not basing this on my current computer infrastructure.
Thanks much,
Karen



On Mon, 16 May 2022, Brandon Hale wrote:

> Hello Karen,
>
>>  Built in notation would be ideal, but what you shared which has me
>>  interested is  a program that can notetate what  I sing.
> If I was on Windows and didn't care about free software, the DAW I would use 
> hands-down would be Reaper. It has notation built-in and is a full featured 
> DAW with cross-platform support. I would recommend Ardour too, but it doesn't 
> have notation support yet.
>
> Finale has some form of voice to notation capabilities, maybe you can try a 
> free version of that and see if it works for you, if you need to use 
> auto-notation from your voice.
>
>>  Sonic visuals?  if I am correct, what platform supports this tool? 
> Sonic-visualizer is what I mean. You can open audio files with and then 
> enable a spectrogram view. From there, you can highlight fundamental 
> frequencies to find out what notes they are. I use Sonic-visualizer for many 
> different things, including this, and I believe there is a windows version.
>
> Let me know if you have any other questions,
>
> Brandon Hale
>
> On 5/15/22 10:54 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>  Hi Brandon,
>>  Thanks for the energetic ideas.
>>  As shared, i am not in Linux, as I have not found an inclusive for me way
>>  to use the platform.
>>  Built in notation would be ideal, but what you shared which has me
>>  interested is  a program that can notetate what  I sing.
>>  Sonic visuals?  if I am correct, what platform supports this tool?
>>  Karen
>> 
>> 
>>
>>  On Sun, 15 May 2022, 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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