Re: [LAU] seeking a creative songwriting solution.

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 >> > >   _______________________________________________ >> > >   Linux-audio-user mailing list >> > >   Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org >> > >  https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> >  _______________________________________________ >> >  Linux-audio-user mailing list >> >  Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org >> >  https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > > > > >