2. Proactive
PERFORMING MUSIC
2. ACTIVATION
2.1 PERFORM- Play/Sing/Conduct
Glee Snag the solo. Get private singing lessons from the coolest geeks in school. The Glee app perfects your pitch and harmonizes your vocals so you can record your greatest hits and share them with the world.
Learn more
Singer's Vocal Warmup
This App is for singers and musicians who need to quickly warm up or work out their voice.These mp3s were designed and recorded by a professional music teacher and take male and female voices through their full vocal ranges using the most common scales and arpeggio exercises.Great for singers that need a vocal workout and looking to increase their singing range. Hit higher notes and improve vocal tone! Singing these tested exercises will improve your singing ability!!
http://www.pcworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=319440&expand=false
VocaLive
VocaLive tames your vocals provides singers and vocalists with a suite of 12 real-time professional vocal effects along with a capable recorder for studio quality sound in a portable package. The effects can be combined into a chain of 3 processors and saved as presets. A collection of up to 50 presets is included to get you up and running immediately.
VocaLive includes 5 Vocal Effects – Pitch Fix (for tuning correction or stylized quantization FX), Choir (a 3-part harmonizer), Morph (a formant shifter to change the tonal quality of the voice from subtle deepening to radical gender bending) and Double (by registering) – along with 7 Studio Effects – De-Esser, Reverb, Delay, Parametric EQ, Compressor, Chorus, Phazer and Envelope Filter – that together create the perfect vocal processing solution.
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/vocalive/features/
2.1.1 Imitating/playing-singing along with[DT]
Karaoke Vocal Remover Software
Start with a song you've downloaded from the Internet, music services, or extract a song from any music CD. Using the Karaoke Vocal Remover Software, your computer will reduce or remove vocals from the music. Using sophisticated waveform sound inversion software technology, centered vocals without echo will be stripped away, and centered vocals with echo or reverb will be reduced automatically. Any remaining vocals provide a pleasing backup vocal effect. Your original recording must be in stereo and vocals need to be in the center of the stereo track; vocals on the left and right sides are not removed. After reduction or elimination of the centered vocals, you can write the music to a new CD, and use it in any karaoke machine, stereo, or portable player. Now you can be the lead singer over the new backing track music, which may already have a pleasing backup vocal effect, or you can add additional backup singers. A built-in multi-track editor allows you to change the length of the song, cut portions out of the song, and even record voice with the music. http://www.make-your-own-karaoke.com/index.htm?gclid=CMrnq4-YqawCFYEZ4QodPWUoAA
Play piano along with a virtuoso violinist.
Helpful hints provided so you can keep up with the music. Follow exactly as the violin part or make up your own accompaniments. Learn to play some of the most beautiful classical pieces. Included are 6 solo violin songs to play along with. APP FEATURES:- Fully functional 85-key piano keyboard- 3 piano types: Grand Piano, Bright Piano, & Dark Piano- Draggable piano keyboard - High quality violin recordings- Clean and clear representation of music melodiesSONG LIST:- The Blue Danube by Strauss- Cradle Song by Brahms- Fur Elise by Beethoven- My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice by Saint-Saens- Gymnopedies by Satie- Winter by VivaldiMore songs are available for download within the app.VIDEO DEMO: http://bit.ly/playalongwith
2.2 Intelligent accompaniment [DA]
See Karaoke sites on the internet.
See also 2.1.7 Hyperinstruments [DT]
2.3 Electronic instruments [DT]
Keyboards [free standing]
List athttp://www.digitalpianoskeyboards.com/ke/keyboards/
Octonic
A revolutionary new musical instrument has been designed by University of Glamorgan Product Design student, Josh Ford. June 23, 2009. The Octonic is an intuitive instrument that works with sensors which are activated when a hand is waved over them. The original concept for the Octonic was conceived by Dr Ben Challis whose initial prototype was called the Benemin and focussed upon inclusivity for users with learning or physical disabilities. Josh answered a different brief that proposed using the Benemin technology to create a product that was aimed at the more mainstream electronic music market.
Originally from Wokingham Josh has had a passion for music and design since childhood, so this project was the perfect opportunity to combine both. He said, “I was very keen to take the project on as I’m a big fan of electronic music. My approach to this task was to make using the technology as intuitive as possible but also to create a forum that was different to what has been done before.”
The double cantilever design allows the instrument to be played in different modes to suit the individual user and it also physically splits the controls from the sensors making it easier to operate. The cantilevers emanate from a central cylindrical body which houses the speaker and circuitry it also houses the tactile feedback element although this aspect of the design was not fully realized through this prototype.
Josh who is due to graduate next month has already had some interest in the added, “My supervisor at the University of Glamorgan, Dr Richard Randall has been a big support. With his help and that of the University’s Commercial Services Office, we were able to put a business case together for the Octonic and have already had some commercial interest.”
See Josh’s website for more information and a video of the design processes of the Octonic alongside other examples of his work.
2.4 Virtual Instruments [DT]
The Hang
Avacata. The infamous steel instrument. Start it up, bang away, even record your own loop to play along with
www.avacata.com/iphone/oddtunes/hang/index.cfm
iTick metronome
zhenwangyao/itick-metronome
Magic Piano podmap.net/ “Play timeless pieces on spiral and circular keyboards, or follow beams of light – mastery requires only imagination. Play alone, or travel through a warp hole and play Piano Roulette with other performers across the world. Create your own music or enjoy the app’s 45 free classic and popular tunes. No practice or patience required!” www.smule.com/magicpianonTune:Violin Free By Cocoada This application was written by a violinist that needed an accurate application for tuning. It uses ACTUAL recorded violin notes and not generated sound effects. Included playback options of Arco (bowing) or Pizzicato (plucking).
Contains the basic tuning of G, D, A and E. Just push the button for the corresponding note. There are settings for playing one note with each click or a continuous loop with silence between to allow you to tune. Cocoada Web SitenTune:Violin Free Support
Pianist Pro a virtual piano designed specifically for the iPad,
- Full recording and overdub facility.
- Live MIDI control of external synths via CoreMidi USB, MIDI Mobilizer interface, Network MIDI, OSC or DSMI.
- Standard MIDI File import and export.
- Audio (WAV) file export.
- 16 professionally recorded instruments (pianos, organs, guitars, synths).
- Built-in effects, arpeggiator and drum machine.
- Soft and Sustain pedals, and velocity based on key strike position.
- A full 88 key Single or dual keyboard layout with configurable key size.
- Onscreen pitch bend, modulation and swell pedal controls.
- Vibrato and Low-Pass Filter.
It features full MIDI import and export capability, allowing you to record song ideas while on the road and export them via MIDI to your Digital Audio Workstation back at the studio. You can also use Pianist Pro as a great master MIDI keyboard, either with USB, the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer interface, or via Wi-Fi. Drive your soft or hard synths wirelessly from the sofa, or from another room. Pianist Pro can even be used as a MIDI sound source, driven by an external hardware keyboard.A built-in arpeggiator allows the user to create perfectly timed runs just by holding down a few keys, and complex patterns of notes and chords can be programmed into the arpeggiator and played back live. Pianist Pro makes it easy to play shuffle-beat blues piano, complete with walking bassline and overlayed jazz chords - all by simply holding down a single chord. Changing the chord changes the melody but maintains the tight rhythm provided by the arpeggiator. A drum machine offers an elegantly simple interface for adding rhythm, with a choice of drum kits to suit a range of musical styles. While a delay effect can be used to bring energy and interest to a synth bassline, or guitar or piano riff.The 'Scale Piano' interface allows the user to select a musical scale from a large choice of presets (eg. Natural Minor or Pentatonic Blues) or define their own scales from scratch. Notes and runs on that scale can then be played back in any key, simply by sliding a finger up and down a virtual touch-pad on-screen.
moocowmusic.com/PianistPro/index.htm
Piano using PC’s keyboard
Each key becomes a different note.
http://www.virtualpiano.net/
PocketGuitar by Shinya Kasatani
gives you the option to hear sounds from six different popular stringed instruments. Acoustic-electric guitar, classical guitar, electric guitar, muted guitar, ukulele and bass; turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a virtual guitar. You can press and strum strings, just like a real guitar. http://cellphoneforums.net/apps/music-video-9/pocketguitar-shinya-kasatani-18565/
Session Strings Pro is the new gold standard for contemporary studio strings. Take control of an 11-piece ensemble, recorded with the utmost precision in four different settings for maximum flexibility and realism. With its immaculate, intimate quality, unique musical workflow and a vivid, modern edge, Session Strings Pro is the premium choice for pop, RnB and more. Taking the intuitive approach of Session Strings Pro to new heights of quality and detail, Session Strings Pro is20 times bigger with refined workflows, separate instrument groups, a choice of instrument placements, 29 articulations and precise control. Session Strings Pro is far more than just a string library. Creating natural, expressive string tracks in the highest possible quality has never been more immediate, or more rewarding. http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/powered-by-kontakt/session-strings-pro/
Thumb Piano
This app comes with only a single tuning. The experience of playing this African kalimba is more accurately replicable on the iPhone than with any other app, since it's meant to be played with your thumbs. http://getsatisfaction.com/gidigo/products/gidigo_thumb_piano
Tingalin
is a virtual lute application based on the Albanian musical instrument called Çifteli (pair of strings). Melodies are played by shaking your iPhone or iPod. Touch as if you were strumming the real instrument. The two-stringed instrument has 14 two-note chords. You pre-record the sequence and then play by shaking your phone to strum. It comes with pre-arranged melodies to shake along to
http://www.tingalin.com
UKULELE
on the App Store. Download Ukulele and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Chords4Ukes Chords4Ukes quickly and easily displays the most common chords for Ukuleles.
- Select the chord, select the scale and you will see the fingering for that chord
- The name of the note appears in the circle for each finger
- To play the chord, if you have the sound turned on, swipe across the screen to the right, or play notes individually by touching each circle
- Tune your Ukulele by touching the GCEA at the top of the fret board, either C or D tuning
- To see/hear a chord further up the neck simply swipe up/down on the fret board. The fret number will appear on the left hand side.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ukulele-chord-kumu/id318696242?mt=8
Violin For iPad:
Violin For iPad is one of the easiest and most comprehensive music application for your iPad that comes with amazing HD graphics, excellent sound & intuitive controls. It also comes with variety of options which have bow. Whenever you'll tap on string, the bow will follow your each & every move. The default violin option is a simple & easy to use violin. You can play different style then the default option with "Violin" option. The "Zoom" option offers simple and easy way to play the violin on your iPad. You'll be presented in full view of a violin in the "Full" option. Move the bow using your finger and as the bow touches the string it will release sound through the "Strumming"
Continued in the sub-page to this one: Automating Performance.
PERFORMING MUSIC
2. ACTIVATION
2.1 PERFORM- Play/Sing/Conduct
Glee Snag the solo. Get private singing lessons from the coolest geeks in school. The Glee app perfects your pitch and harmonizes your vocals so you can record your greatest hits and share them with the world.
Learn more
Singer's Vocal Warmup
This App is for singers and musicians who need to quickly warm up or work out their voice.These mp3s were designed and recorded by a professional music teacher and take male and female voices through their full vocal ranges using the most common scales and arpeggio exercises.Great for singers that need a vocal workout and looking to increase their singing range. Hit higher notes and improve vocal tone! Singing these tested exercises will improve your singing ability!!
http://www.pcworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=319440&expand=false
VocaLive
VocaLive tames your vocals provides singers and vocalists with a suite of 12 real-time professional vocal effects along with a capable recorder for studio quality sound in a portable package. The effects can be combined into a chain of 3 processors and saved as presets. A collection of up to 50 presets is included to get you up and running immediately.
VocaLive includes 5 Vocal Effects – Pitch Fix (for tuning correction or stylized quantization FX), Choir (a 3-part harmonizer), Morph (a formant shifter to change the tonal quality of the voice from subtle deepening to radical gender bending) and Double (by registering) – along with 7 Studio Effects – De-Esser, Reverb, Delay, Parametric EQ, Compressor, Chorus, Phazer and Envelope Filter – that together create the perfect vocal processing solution.
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/vocalive/features/
2.1.1 Imitating/playing-singing along with[DT]
Karaoke Vocal Remover Software
Start with a song you've downloaded from the Internet, music services, or extract a song from any music CD. Using the Karaoke Vocal Remover Software, your computer will reduce or remove vocals from the music. Using sophisticated waveform sound inversion software technology, centered vocals without echo will be stripped away, and centered vocals with echo or reverb will be reduced automatically. Any remaining vocals provide a pleasing backup vocal effect. Your original recording must be in stereo and vocals need to be in the center of the stereo track; vocals on the left and right sides are not removed. After reduction or elimination of the centered vocals, you can write the music to a new CD, and use it in any karaoke machine, stereo, or portable player. Now you can be the lead singer over the new backing track music, which may already have a pleasing backup vocal effect, or you can add additional backup singers. A built-in multi-track editor allows you to change the length of the song, cut portions out of the song, and even record voice with the music. http://www.make-your-own-karaoke.com/index.htm?gclid=CMrnq4-YqawCFYEZ4QodPWUoAA
Play piano along with a virtuoso violinist.
Helpful hints provided so you can keep up with the music. Follow exactly as the violin part or make up your own accompaniments. Learn to play some of the most beautiful classical pieces. Included are 6 solo violin songs to play along with. APP FEATURES:- Fully functional 85-key piano keyboard- 3 piano types: Grand Piano, Bright Piano, & Dark Piano- Draggable piano keyboard - High quality violin recordings- Clean and clear representation of music melodiesSONG LIST:- The Blue Danube by Strauss- Cradle Song by Brahms- Fur Elise by Beethoven- My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice by Saint-Saens- Gymnopedies by Satie- Winter by VivaldiMore songs are available for download within the app.VIDEO DEMO: http://bit.ly/playalongwith
2.2 Intelligent accompaniment [DA]
See Karaoke sites on the internet.
See also 2.1.7 Hyperinstruments [DT]
2.3 Electronic instruments [DT]
Keyboards [free standing]
List athttp://www.digitalpianoskeyboards.com/ke/keyboards/
Octonic
A revolutionary new musical instrument has been designed by University of Glamorgan Product Design student, Josh Ford. June 23, 2009. The Octonic is an intuitive instrument that works with sensors which are activated when a hand is waved over them. The original concept for the Octonic was conceived by Dr Ben Challis whose initial prototype was called the Benemin and focussed upon inclusivity for users with learning or physical disabilities. Josh answered a different brief that proposed using the Benemin technology to create a product that was aimed at the more mainstream electronic music market.
Originally from Wokingham Josh has had a passion for music and design since childhood, so this project was the perfect opportunity to combine both. He said, “I was very keen to take the project on as I’m a big fan of electronic music. My approach to this task was to make using the technology as intuitive as possible but also to create a forum that was different to what has been done before.”
The double cantilever design allows the instrument to be played in different modes to suit the individual user and it also physically splits the controls from the sensors making it easier to operate. The cantilevers emanate from a central cylindrical body which houses the speaker and circuitry it also houses the tactile feedback element although this aspect of the design was not fully realized through this prototype.
Josh who is due to graduate next month has already had some interest in the added, “My supervisor at the University of Glamorgan, Dr Richard Randall has been a big support. With his help and that of the University’s Commercial Services Office, we were able to put a business case together for the Octonic and have already had some commercial interest.”
See Josh’s website for more information and a video of the design processes of the Octonic alongside other examples of his work.
2.4 Virtual Instruments [DT]
The Hang
Avacata. The infamous steel instrument. Start it up, bang away, even record your own loop to play along with
www.avacata.com/iphone/oddtunes/hang/index.cfm
iTick metronome
zhenwangyao/itick-metronome
Magic Piano podmap.net/ “Play timeless pieces on spiral and circular keyboards, or follow beams of light – mastery requires only imagination. Play alone, or travel through a warp hole and play Piano Roulette with other performers across the world. Create your own music or enjoy the app’s 45 free classic and popular tunes. No practice or patience required!” www.smule.com/magicpianonTune:Violin Free By Cocoada This application was written by a violinist that needed an accurate application for tuning. It uses ACTUAL recorded violin notes and not generated sound effects. Included playback options of Arco (bowing) or Pizzicato (plucking).
Contains the basic tuning of G, D, A and E. Just push the button for the corresponding note. There are settings for playing one note with each click or a continuous loop with silence between to allow you to tune. Cocoada Web SitenTune:Violin Free Support
Pianist Pro a virtual piano designed specifically for the iPad,
- Full recording and overdub facility.
- Live MIDI control of external synths via CoreMidi USB, MIDI Mobilizer interface, Network MIDI, OSC or DSMI.
- Standard MIDI File import and export.
- Audio (WAV) file export.
- 16 professionally recorded instruments (pianos, organs, guitars, synths).
- Built-in effects, arpeggiator and drum machine.
- Soft and Sustain pedals, and velocity based on key strike position.
- A full 88 key Single or dual keyboard layout with configurable key size.
- Onscreen pitch bend, modulation and swell pedal controls.
- Vibrato and Low-Pass Filter.
It features full MIDI import and export capability, allowing you to record song ideas while on the road and export them via MIDI to your Digital Audio Workstation back at the studio. You can also use Pianist Pro as a great master MIDI keyboard, either with USB, the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer interface, or via Wi-Fi. Drive your soft or hard synths wirelessly from the sofa, or from another room. Pianist Pro can even be used as a MIDI sound source, driven by an external hardware keyboard.A built-in arpeggiator allows the user to create perfectly timed runs just by holding down a few keys, and complex patterns of notes and chords can be programmed into the arpeggiator and played back live. Pianist Pro makes it easy to play shuffle-beat blues piano, complete with walking bassline and overlayed jazz chords - all by simply holding down a single chord. Changing the chord changes the melody but maintains the tight rhythm provided by the arpeggiator. A drum machine offers an elegantly simple interface for adding rhythm, with a choice of drum kits to suit a range of musical styles. While a delay effect can be used to bring energy and interest to a synth bassline, or guitar or piano riff.The 'Scale Piano' interface allows the user to select a musical scale from a large choice of presets (eg. Natural Minor or Pentatonic Blues) or define their own scales from scratch. Notes and runs on that scale can then be played back in any key, simply by sliding a finger up and down a virtual touch-pad on-screen.
moocowmusic.com/PianistPro/index.htm
Piano using PC’s keyboard
Each key becomes a different note.
http://www.virtualpiano.net/
PocketGuitar by Shinya Kasatani
gives you the option to hear sounds from six different popular stringed instruments. Acoustic-electric guitar, classical guitar, electric guitar, muted guitar, ukulele and bass; turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a virtual guitar. You can press and strum strings, just like a real guitar. http://cellphoneforums.net/apps/music-video-9/pocketguitar-shinya-kasatani-18565/
Session Strings Pro is the new gold standard for contemporary studio strings. Take control of an 11-piece ensemble, recorded with the utmost precision in four different settings for maximum flexibility and realism. With its immaculate, intimate quality, unique musical workflow and a vivid, modern edge, Session Strings Pro is the premium choice for pop, RnB and more. Taking the intuitive approach of Session Strings Pro to new heights of quality and detail, Session Strings Pro is20 times bigger with refined workflows, separate instrument groups, a choice of instrument placements, 29 articulations and precise control. Session Strings Pro is far more than just a string library. Creating natural, expressive string tracks in the highest possible quality has never been more immediate, or more rewarding. http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/powered-by-kontakt/session-strings-pro/
Thumb Piano
This app comes with only a single tuning. The experience of playing this African kalimba is more accurately replicable on the iPhone than with any other app, since it's meant to be played with your thumbs. http://getsatisfaction.com/gidigo/products/gidigo_thumb_piano
Tingalin
is a virtual lute application based on the Albanian musical instrument called Çifteli (pair of strings). Melodies are played by shaking your iPhone or iPod. Touch as if you were strumming the real instrument. The two-stringed instrument has 14 two-note chords. You pre-record the sequence and then play by shaking your phone to strum. It comes with pre-arranged melodies to shake along to
http://www.tingalin.com
UKULELE
on the App Store. Download Ukulele and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Chords4Ukes Chords4Ukes quickly and easily displays the most common chords for Ukuleles.
- Select the chord, select the scale and you will see the fingering for that chord
- The name of the note appears in the circle for each finger
- To play the chord, if you have the sound turned on, swipe across the screen to the right, or play notes individually by touching each circle
- Tune your Ukulele by touching the GCEA at the top of the fret board, either C or D tuning
- To see/hear a chord further up the neck simply swipe up/down on the fret board. The fret number will appear on the left hand side.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ukulele-chord-kumu/id318696242?mt=8
Violin For iPad:
Violin For iPad is one of the easiest and most comprehensive music application for your iPad that comes with amazing HD graphics, excellent sound & intuitive controls. It also comes with variety of options which have bow. Whenever you'll tap on string, the bow will follow your each & every move. The default violin option is a simple & easy to use violin. You can play different style then the default option with "Violin" option. The "Zoom" option offers simple and easy way to play the violin on your iPad. You'll be presented in full view of a violin in the "Full" option. Move the bow using your finger and as the bow touches the string it will release sound through the "Strumming"
Continued in the sub-page to this one: Automating Performance.