Composing Tools for iPod / iPhone & PC’s
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Apple’s little wonder has some pretty cool tools for musicians. I use chord and general apps like: '7 chords,' and 'Star Guitar Pro,' but on a recent travel day (9hrs in the air and airports - yuck!), I got to wondering about composing tools or apps that I could use when away from a guitar or piano. The chord dictionaries or calculators feature the ability to simulate what the chord (or note) will sound like on a guitar, but in working out a composition it would really help to have the ability to experiment with different melodies and chord shapes, saving them as you went, and then have the iPod or PC laptop play them back for you. Any wonderful iPod or PC composition tools out there that you’ve used? . |
I can't directly address the composition side of the question since I don't do any song writing to speak of. However, since you don't have any replies yet I thought I'd chime in with some interesting iPod touch/iPhone apps you may find useful anyway:
I'm sure there's other stuff I'm forgetting but that's the guitar related stuff I use the most. Maybe some of it will be interesting/useful to some other folks out there so I figured I'd share even if it's not composition specific. -Jay |
I just downloaded the iPhone app Music Trainer, which slows down music without changing the pitch. Seems to work great, although it is a bit of a pain to import songs.
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Thanks both. Great apps and ideas. For ex, I use a Peterson strobe but don't always have it with me. I'm still curious if someone has found a tool, for PC or iPod, that essentially combines music making functionality with recording functionality? ie: the chord / note playing ability of Guitar Toolkit with the FourTrack recorder app? . |
Artsong
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When you dig into it, there are some serious composition tools out there... http://createdigitalmusic.com/ http://www.artsong.org/ http://www.finalemusic.com/ http://www.ableton.com/live . |
Guitar Toolkit is the best app ever! I use it every day! :D
Four tracks is okay, I've used it a couple of times. Haven't spent enough time with it to due a real evaluation ;) |
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