[LAU] seeking a creative songwriting solution.

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi,

Given that on the various lists I posed my question, only a single person 
expressed confusion, I respectfully differ.
As I freely stated that I did not anticipate a Linux solution, but was 
hopeful , indicated my goal, and learned a great deal, I further differ 
with  your stance.
granted, I did arrive at the same information from elsewhere much faster 
than here, perhaps? suggesting your smart questions guide might be at 
fault?
best,
Karen



On Thu, 19 May 2022, Sam Kuper wrote:

> On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 12:36:22PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 May 2022, Chris Caudle wrote:
>>> Karen,
>>>
>>> There seems to be some confusion about exactly what you would like
>>> (or at least I am a little confused), so perhaps some clarification
>>> can help.
>>
>> Glad you are owning  your confusion at least. smiles.
>
> Karen, the way that you asked the question was somewhat confusing.
>
> From the way you asked it, it seems you may not be familiar with Rick
> Moen's article (later expanded by Eric Raymond), "How To Ask Questions
> The Smart Way": http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> I would recommend reading that article.
>
>
> Anyway...
>
> In *outline*, with today's technology, there is broadly speaking only
> one way to achieve what you desire.  And that is to convert your voice
> to MIDI data, to edit/arrange the MIDI data, and to finally output that
> MIDI data as musical scores (for musicians/orchestra to play), or as
> audio (using MIDI synths/samplers).
>
> -  A pitch-to-midi tool.  Most likely this will be a software package of
>   some kind.  Some such tools may do real-time pitch-to-midi
>   conversion; others may analyse (monophonic) recordings, and output
>   MIDI.
>
>   Either way, the tool will take audio of a voice as input, and will
>   output either a MIDI file or a MIDI stream.
>
>
> -  If your tool outputs a MIDI stream rather than a MIDI file, you will
>   need to capture that stream into a MIDI file.
>
>
> -  Once you have a MIDI file, you can load it into a MIDI sequencer and
>   perform whatever edits/arrangements/etc you desire.  Typically, you
>   can preview what the resulting edit/arrangement will sound like, by
>   playing the MIDI data from the sequencer into a MIDI synthesizer or
>   sampler.
>
>
> -  If you are happy with the audio output from the synth/sampler, you
>   can record it as your final output.  Otherwise, you could record it
>   into a multitrack recorder for further editing/mixing/mastering.
>
>
> -  If the sequencer supports displaying/printing MIDI files as musical
>   notation (e.g. Steinberg Cubase does), then you can print the
>   resulting musical scores.
>
>   Otherwise, you will need to load the MIDI files into a separate piece
>   of software in order to turn the MIDI into printable musical scores.
>
>
> Which specific package to use for each of the steps is a matter of
> choice.
>
> Other people on this list can perhaps make recommendations.
>
> Hopefully, that is helpful!
>
> Sam
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