Music Recording Software

[bigmack]

Recent arrival on the music scene is a marvel called Melodyne. Polyphonic note separation (Direct note access) is remarkable.

I could have the worst singer of all time, tone deaf, the whole schmear, sing Mary Had a Little Lamb. After a few clicks with Melodyne they would sound perfectly in pitch AND I'll have them in 8 part harmony!

Listen as they talk of tuning a guitar AFTER recording.

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The cat who invented it, Peter Neubacker, is quite interesting and shares ideas on music not unlike those of Mack the Hoople.

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[TJDave]

I could have the worst singer of all time, tone deaf, the whole schmear, sing Mary Had a Little Lamb. After a few clicks with Melodyne they would sound perfectly in pitch AND I'll have them in 8 part harmony!


To destroy the musical process and put competent musicians out of work?

It is neat, though.

[JustRalph]

To destroy the musical process and put competent musicians out of work?

It is neat, though.

Funny you say that Dave. After watching the first video I was thinking that eventually you could just download note samples, import them and re-arrange at will. You would never have to even play the guitar again? Just compose all the music via this software.

Or, play an open tuned guitar (E Tuning or whatever) for ten minutes straight and record it. Save it as a starting point and compose from that piece for the rest of your life .............

very interesting stuff.............Thanks Mack

on edit: re-thinking it........ hell, you wouldn't have to play for 10 minutes. 1 very clean strum would do it ?

[bigmack]

Or, play an open tuned guitar (E Tuning or whatever) for ten minutes straight and record it. Save it as a starting point and compose from that piece for the rest of your life
That's what I've been doing. Finger picking in open D, then go in and arrange where I'd like the notes to sound. Within a short period of time I've manipple-ated myself into Segovia. Presto.

Two clicks to tune. Select all, press tune.

Vocals are a trip. You can create complex harmonies that might be cumbersome to create live. While not a good example as it uses a vocorder and has a much more 'artificial/fake' sound, I.Heap displays a similar technique of constructing harmonies, albeit, via the use of keys.

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[PaceAdvantage]

Funny you should post that song...one of my all-time favorite SNL Digital Shorts:

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[bigmack]

My brother plays a mean upright bass. His paforming days are numbered.

This is equally as impressive with electric & electronic as upright.

The 'Jaco' sound is stunning.

Trilian.

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[JustRalph]

Great vid Mack :ThmbUp:

[TJDave]

I saw a demonstration of this software this at the 2011 NAMM show. Spot on bass reproduction. I would really like to have this but as a hardware rack module since performing live with a VST can be dicey. If I had the savvy I would build it.

[bigmack]

I saw a demonstration of this software this at the 2011 NAMM show. Spot on bass reproduction. I would really like to have this but as a hardware rack module since performing live with a VST can be dicey. If I had the savvy I would build it.
Arguably, a virtual can be as reliable as a hardware rack.

I just bought the infamous LA Scoring Strings. Lush. :ThmbUp:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI_a7cnmoRM&feature=player_embedded

[bigmack]

Lyle Mays from Pat Metheny's band on Trilian.

Dig the fretless vibe.

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[Rookies]

I'm a big fan of Metheny.

The last time I saw him in TO, he was literally a One Man Band with this extraordinary apparatus...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/arts/music/31metheny.html?pagewanted=all

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