|
A thing I always want and probably exists : Something that will play a string of notes at me and I respond by playing them back on my instrument. If correct, there’s a new string of notes ; otherwise, it repeats. That has to exist right? You could do that in pairs pretty easily, but I don’t have a buddy to do that every day. I basically want flashcards, but for training my ears.
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2023 19:24
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 14, 2024 00:27 |
|
|
Earpeggio and likely other apps kinda do this and call it melodic dictation. You enter the notes in on the app instead of playing them though
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2023 19:36
|
|
|
Yeah the playing is the part I specifically can’t find. Which seems eminently feasible since my phone with Earpeggio is also my back-up tuner in case my real one dies. I know it can tell what notes I play!
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2023 19:38
|
|
|
webcams for christ posted:any kind of basic spectrometer software would let you easily visualize it, as long as you have a mic picking up the metronome click/beep and whatever you're playing, whether that's an Audacity plugin, something on your DAW, or stand alone software like this Ok thanks to your suggestion I tried using the built-in oscilliscope in my DAW. It has a neat feature where you can have two sources with different colours. Here the clave is in blue and the bass is in orange. Pretty much exactly what I was looking for  
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2023 19:46
|
|
|
Where does one find likeminded musicians in their area without knowing anybody? I moved to Seattle a year ago and have the itch. There's a subreddit for area musicians but it seems pretty small and slow-moving.
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2023 23:33
|
|
|
Henchman of Santa posted:Where does one find likeminded musicians in their area without knowing anybody? I moved to Seattle a year ago and have the itch. There's a subreddit for area musicians but it seems pretty small and slow-moving. - go to smallish local shows. more often than not you'll meet other musicians in the audience, such as the members of the bands on the bill who are not currently onstage at that particular time. talk with them. also, take good pics of the bands playing that they will appreciate, and tag them on ig. if your own account makes it obvious that you too are a musician, usually theyll follow back and you can start talking - there's an app called "vampr" thats supposed to be a matchmaking app for musicians. ive tried in LA with mixed, not great results. was invited to audition for a band out in the burbs but they were too far away and i had some rough poo poo going on in my life at the time and had to back out anyway. so i only just started with it, but im about to dive back into it. - dating apps are actually a pretty good way to meet musicians, apparently? i'm newly single and just starting to explore them for the first time, but like the first person i connected with on tinder is a great musician and we've been texting back and forth about music every day since we met. and the app "bumble" has a non-dating mode thats specifically just for meeting other people to collaborate or be friends with. - talk to musicians you know back wherever you came from and ask them who they know where you live.
|
|
#
?
Jul 23, 2023 00:53
|
|
|
troll the craigslist wanteds. that's how i found my last two bands. sounds stupid but it can work
|
|
#
?
Jul 23, 2023 02:16
|
|
|
After decades of playing brass, I want to learn violin. The idea of using my left hand for anything other than emptying the spit valve is exotic and thrilling. Any thoughts on first steps?
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 08:32
|
|
|
Is there anywhere where like, all of the common drum patterns in modern music are collated? Developing an ear for finding drum lines I like but I'm seeing patterns that would suggest there's probably like some theory on this subject out there that would probably accelerate my knowledge in the area.
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 15:59
|
|
|
Tree Bucket posted:After decades of playing brass, I want to learn violin. The idea of using my left hand for anything other than emptying the spit valve is exotic and thrilling. Find a teacher through your local music store so you can at least learn how to hold things properly. A few lessons up front will give you a solid footing. You can also likely get an inexpensive rental. I played brass through high school and took elective violin lessons in college. I didn't stick with it, but I did end up sticking with guitar. It's been a while but I think there are a few standardized pedagogical methods for violin - it seems more defined than other instruments, so there's plenty of guidance to draw from.
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 16:13
|
|
|
Tree Bucket posted:After decades of playing brass, I want to learn violin. The idea of using my left hand for anything other than emptying the spit valve is exotic and thrilling. Definitely get a teacher and stuff. Do the rational things first. But if you want a crazy outside-the-box idea : you can buy a cheap mandolin for a hundred dollars. It's not gonna sound great, but it'll play. It has the exact same tuning and positioning of notes as a violin, but it has frets so you can see how the notes make a very nice and convenient pattern. With the frets you can see stuff like "O hey, here's the whole A scale in a giant cool pattern I can do without moving my hand", "O cool I moved it 2 frets and now it does B". No idea if that actually helps, but it might depending on how well navigating the fretboard works for your brain.
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 17:04
|
|
|
InternetOfTwinks posted:Is there anywhere where like, all of the common drum patterns in modern music are collated? Developing an ear for finding drum lines I like but I'm seeing patterns that would suggest there's probably like some theory on this subject out there that would probably accelerate my knowledge in the area.
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 18:53
|
|
|
InternetOfTwinks posted:Is there anywhere where like, all of the common drum patterns in modern music are collated? Developing an ear for finding drum lines I like but I'm seeing patterns that would suggest there's probably like some theory on this subject out there that would probably accelerate my knowledge in the area. Where this can maybe get complex is how real drummers apply (intentionally or not) swing to drum patterns. Whilst I'm thoroughly medicore at most music things, one thing I do think I'm maybe good at is copying/programming drum patterns, and this mostly comes from having cut my teeth on the ReDrum sequencer way back in Reason 2, which is what is a 16 step or x0x style sequencer. The visual nature of it really helped me gain an understanding of how patterns are made, a great way to get used to it is to put a closed hi hat playing 8ths/every other beat and a snare on the 2 and the 4 (or steps 5 and 13 in x0x parlance), but all this can be done in a single bar loop in any daw with a midi roll. The you can spend time with moving kicks about, and rapidly you will pick up a _lot_ of common kick patterns, whether it's 4/4 house/techno/edm, common hip hop patterns, the "rock robot rock/smack my bitch up" pattern, the D-beat that informed a billion punk bands, the classic Pendulum 2 step beat in hundreds of DnB tunes, the Lars Ulrich/Tommy Lee stompy beat.... Don't neglect the importance of tempo either, a lot of genres have a set bpm range (though not all by any means). On a superficial level if you ignore intricate chops, many beats work for multiple genres and it's as much about tempo and the timbre of the drums that gives that feel. If you'd find it helpful I'm happy to post up some images of common drum programs as midi over the weekend?
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 19:12
|
|
|
That would be pretty dope!
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 21:06
|
|
|
Don't forget velocity either, this is extra important on drums as they're usually in control of the dynamics of a track. Also, velocity is the main way to change the timbre of a drum.
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 21:48
|
|
|
It’s also cool to program velocity into your drum track before you decide what exactly it does to the timbre.
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 22:10
|
|
|
I mainly meant acoustic drums which change timbre in a particular way as you hit them harder. With electronic drums you can do whatever you want 
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 22:20
|
|
|
Yes you can and it fucken rulez
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 22:34
|
|
|
Pollyanna posted:Yes you can and it fucken rulez I think we did it, everyone. We found Animal's alt account. 
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2023 22:51
|
|
|
https://youtu.be/3AZz9TSjZCM
|
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2023 13:12
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJh9W3Gcpmo
|
|
#
?
Jul 29, 2023 05:23
|
|
|
Anybody know where I can find that damned shakuhachi sample everybody and their dog used in the 1980-1990s? I just heard it in the Legend soundtrack, I think it's also on "Principles of Lust" by Enigma and probably Peter Gabriel used it, I dunno. It's the one where if you hold the key down for a few seconds, it pops up an octave for a second.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2023 15:25
|
|
|
It was part of the Emulator II factory library and should be present in the Arturia version.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2023 16:11
|
|
|
i know im a lazy poo poo but honestly, for most purposes, i'd just grab it directly from the intro to sledgehammer and stick it in any contemporary sampler
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2023 16:25
|
|
|
Ruffian Price posted:It was part of the Emulator II factory library and should be present in the Arturia version. Wow, thank you. Another SA Forums success story. Earwicker posted:i know im a lazy poo poo but honestly, for most purposes, i'd just grab it directly from the intro to sledgehammer and stick it in any contemporary sampler You know, that's probably what everybody else did, too. e: just listened to Sledgehammer again. I think he messed with it too much to be easily usable as a sample. But I probably wouldn't have to look too hard to find a song that didn't.
|
|
#
?
Aug 4, 2023 16:36
|
|
|
I have a music adjacent question and thought this might be a good place to ask. I am a photographer (digital/film) and moving into video. As much as I enjoy shooting for the sake of it, it would be nice to see what I produce be actually used for something. I've been thinking collaborating on projects might be a good way to accomplish that and creating creating album art, those short ~10 second video clips you see on spotify, or even a full music video could be interesting/rewarding. I'm guessing that musicians typically find those people within their own social circles, but if not, are there any places I should check out to find those kinds of projects? I also thought if I managed to find an artist I like early enough, I could reach out and ask. Although in my experience by the time I find someone they already have the people they need. But I'll continue to keep an eye out, can't hurt to ask as those opportunities present themselves, especially if they're local to me. Anyway, appreciate any thoughts/suggestions!
|
|
#
?
Aug 18, 2023 20:02
|
|
|
Upcoming bands are always into making music videos because it's the best possible promotional material nowadays. If you don't mind that the band is just some guys who will realistically never amount to anything, make a nice post on the local musicians Facebook page and tell what you want.
|
|
#
?
Aug 18, 2023 20:31
|
|
|
Wrong thread. sorry.
roy harder fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Aug 18, 2023 |
|
#
?
Aug 18, 2023 21:08
|
|
|
BonHair posted:Upcoming bands are always into making music videos because it's the best possible promotional material nowadays. If you don't mind that the band is just some guys who will realistically never amount to anything, make a nice post on the local musicians Facebook page and tell what you want. Yeah, given that bands usually have to pay a decent chunk to make any sort of music video or promo material any sort of free or budget offer will be snapped up pretty drat quickly. Local bands I know shoot videos in their backyards, so that's the sort of funding you're looking at to be honest.
|
|
#
?
Aug 19, 2023 15:18
|
|
|
I guess i was wondering if “findotherartiststocollabwith.com” existed, but I hadn’t thought of Facebook as a place to search, I’ll create an account and have a look. It’s also good to know that “just ask” is a viable strategy and I wouldn’t be committing some kind of awful faux pas by reaching out cold, appreciate the feedback 
|
|
#
?
Aug 19, 2023 15:33
|
|
|
im not sure which of the many megathreads is right for this question so im putting it here i have a longrunning touring live theatre gig performing a live soundtrack to a fictional story from a podcast. so basically one or two actors and me on stage doing background music i have used the same basic setup for about ten years. a macbook running ableton live in which i have about 8 tracks going playing various loops that i fade in and out, controlled with an apc40, and then i play a live instrument - a keyboard or mandolin or both - on top of those tracks. if i use a keyboard it usually goes direct to the house, if i use a mandolin i usually run it through ableton for some effects, and then its just part of the laptop signal. i use an interface (scarlett 2i2) to connect the mandolin to the laptop, and the laptop to the house's di. i would like to replace this setup. basically i would like to make it smaller, more mobile, and if possible maybe even useable for busking. i want to still be able to play keyboard or mandolin on top of backing tracks that i can fade in and out, or change the effects on them live. but i'd like to get rid of the laptop if i can. and i'd like to be able to do this in such a way where i can easily have the sound coming out of a bluetooth speaker or something, so the signal would be mandolin->(device playing loops)->bluetooth speaker, something i could easily set up in a public park and also ideally, everything fits in a backpack. even if i cant make a version of this setup that's portable enough for busking, i'd still love to get the laptop off the stage while essentially still performing in the same way ive been kind of looking into the native instruments maschine line but not sure if thats quite appropriate? any advice would be appreciated! i also recently got a new-ish ipad (10th generation) and have barely explored the live music possibilites with it
|
|
#
?
Aug 21, 2023 20:31
|
|
|
you could try an rc505, maybe? you'd only have access to 5 loops at a time and you'd need a bluetooth transmitter, but it's self-contained with a bunch of built-in effects, has faders for each track so you could fade them in and out pretty easily, and depending on the model you can keep the mando and keys plugged in at the same time. it might be overkill if you're just planning on having premade loops, but bluetooth aside it sounds like it would do the job.
|
|
#
?
Aug 22, 2023 02:13
|
|
|
Earwicker posted:i would like to replace this setup. basically i would like to make it smaller, more mobile, and if possible maybe even useable for busking. i want to still be able to play keyboard or mandolin on top of backing tracks that i can fade in and out, or change the effects on them live. but i'd like to get rid of the laptop if i can. Have you looked at the Ableton Push 3? There’s a stand-alone version which is kinda like their version of an NI Machine, but runs all the built-in Live devices. It has an audio interface built in and some other I/O - so you’d have to come up with something for your speaker / PA, but there are options there at least. I suggest this in part because you could probably port most of your current Live setup over to it with less fuss that most other options.
|
|
#
?
Aug 22, 2023 03:58
|
|
|
i just watched a couple push3 videos and it does look pretty great, especially the fact that you can transfer a set from a computer super fast with very little work. but its very expensive. ive also started looking at the akai force which is a bit more affordable, curious if anyone here has used one of those? in the past akai and ableton stuff played very well together, like the apc40 ive been using for years works with the daw seamlessly, but it dates from before ableton started making their own hardware, so i dont know if they started making other company's stuff more of a pain to use in consequence now that they are in direct competition
|
|
#
?
Aug 22, 2023 05:57
|
|
|
What instrument is this anyway, when the word "Television" fades in? I've tried googling it but came up short. https://youtu.be/ILvvLygO97o?t=53
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2023 02:29
|
|
|
Sounds like a waterphone played with a bow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63yI1vGg6IY
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2023 03:13
|
|
|
Lester Shy posted:Sounds like a waterphone played with a bow. Okay someone in the stupid questions thread (I asked there first before being directed here because I have the dumb) correctly identified it as a bowed cymbal, so you were close! I knew it wasn't a waterphone, it was too harsh, but the bowed cymbal is 100% the sound.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2023 03:40
|
|
|
Is it customary to tip a piano tuner (in the US if that helps)? My instinct is to just pay the fee but this is my first time getting a piano tuned and it suddenly occurred to me there might be etiquette.
|
|
#
?
Sep 7, 2023 14:40
|
|
|
I tipped my piano tuner a bottle of rum last time he was here but he kinda kept hinting that's what he was lookin for
|
|
#
?
Sep 9, 2023 21:08
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 14, 2024 00:27 |
|
|
I heard if you tip a bottle of rum when the tuner arrives, you can get that wildly detuned ragtime sound.
|
|
#
?
Sep 9, 2023 21:16
|
|