Re: [LAU] seeking a creative songwriting solution.

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