Category Archives: Learn Music

Music Related Stuff: History and “How To”

Virtual Piano…


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Date: May 12, 2024

01) LINK

“Virtual Piano enables you to play the piano on your computer keyboard, mobile, and tablet.”

Here is a block of samples I made for free.








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MIDINOUS: An Addictive Alternative To DAWs…


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Date: April 25, 2024

01) LINK


“0:00 – Intro
0:52 – The Timelines Of Computer Composing
2:57 – Nodal
3:40 – Midinous Origin
5:03 – Chapter 1: The Basics
13:05 – Chapter 2: Generative Music
19:59 – Chapter 3: Patch Show & Tell
21:36 – A Song
25:00 – Sonicpass/Falcon Simping
25:33 – Examples in my music/bye

MIDINOUS is on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1727420/Midinous/

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JSFXR – Sound Effects Generator…


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Date: April 02, 2024

01) LINK


“Jsfxr is an online 8 bit sound maker and sfx generator. All you need to make retro sound effects with jsfxr is a web browser. It’s a JavaScript port of the original sfxr by DrPetter. You can also use it as a JavaScript library for playing and rendering sfxr sound effects in your games.”

A bit more for making video games, though I suppose you could incorporate generated sound bits into your music…

…I don’t have a better series to place this in, at the moment.

I’m not seriously producing any game, at the moment…I may never be…who knows?

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BeepBox…


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Date: March 29, 2024

01) LINK

“BeepBox is an online tool for sketching and sharing instrumental music.

All song data is contained in the URL at the top of your browser. When you make changes to the song, the URL is updated to reflect your changes. When you are satisfied with your song, just copy and paste the URL to save and share your song!”

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Lookin’ For A Good FREE DAW…


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Date: February 26, 2024

01) LINK


“A look a some free Windows DAWs, and the surprising reasons why it’s so difficult to make a free DAW. (links below)

https://www.soundbridge.io/

https://ardour.org/

https://lmms.io/lsp/

https://legacy.cakewalk.com/

https://www.cakewalk.com/

https://www.bandlab.com/

https://www.bespokesynth.com/

https://cardinal.kx.studio/

0:00 – Intro
2:35 – Soundbridge
3:40 – Ardour
5:33 – LMMS (and ASIO licensing rant)
9:55 – Cakewalk
12:47 – Cakewalk NEXT
13:18 – Bandlab
14:07 – RANT
17:17 – Amazing Kinda DAWs
19:00 – Balancing incense burners on my head”

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Chord Player [and Drum Machine] by OneMotion…


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Date: January 25, 2024

01) Chord Player

02) Drum Machine

03) Chord Player by OneMotion – Andy’s Tutorials


“Chord Player is a fantastic tool where you can experiment with chords and export rhytmic progressions for use in your projects, I use it all the time!”

…I found an internet toy!!!

This one is really neat.

Some Samples:

lm003_chords-c-f-am-f-120bpm4.mp3

lm003_chords-c-f-am-f-120bpm3.mp3

lm003_chords-c-f-am-f-120bpm2.mp3

lm003_chords-c-f-am-f-120bpm1.mp3

lm003_chords-c-f-am-f-100bpm.mp3

lm003_chords-c-f-am-f-100bpm2.mp3

lm003_chords-c-f-am-f-100bpm1.mp3

lm003_chords-c-f-am-f-120bpm5.mp3

lm003_chords-c-f-am-f-120bpm.mp3

lm003_drums1.mp3

lm003_drums.mp3

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Intro to Synthesis…


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Date: September 07, 2018

01) Intro to Synthesis Part 1 – The Building Blocks of Sound & Synthesis


Intro to Synthesis Part 1 – The Building Blocks of Sound & Synthesis:

“An introduction to synthesis by Dean Friedman back in the day. When he’s not twiddling LFO knobs and envelope sliders, Dean’s an indie recording artist with a slew of international chart hits and critically acclaimed albums to his credit. You can see what he’s currently up to on his website”

Intro to Synthesis Part 2 – Types of Synthesis & Programming Examples:

Intro to Synthesis Part 3 – Additional Synth Features, Performance Controls & Wrap Up:

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