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| Note: This page will contain tips, tricks and tools for the Mastersinger who is interested in some computerized assistance in their personal rehearsal time. Contact Sally G. if you have any questions, want assistance with these tools, or would like to collaborate in any of these areas. This offer is for Mastersingers only. Thank you. |
Cyberbass This is a very useful site that is dedicated to choral learning - Cyberbass. It has a large library of major choral works, in MIDI format. And this MIDI is further broken down into each part. So you just right-click on the part you want, run from there, or save it to your computer, and then play it with any MIDI player. This is a free service, but if you find that you use it a lot, you might want to donate to their cause (donate button is on their website). And yes - Mozart's Requiem, in the Levin edition, is available on their site.
Audacity - Audio Editing Tool Audacity is a fantastic freeware program for editing MP3/wave files. And it even works with Vista (imagine!). And yes folks - it's completely free! You can record streaming audio from the Internet, or effectively anything that you can hear coming out of your speakers. If you want to be able to burn your files to disk, make sure that you also download the LAME MP3 encoder (from the same page). Installation instructions are available on their web page.
Idea: load an MP3 audio file into Audacity and then layer your voice on top of that (record with a microphone attached). Save the file as a new MP3, burn it onto a disk or load it onto your iPod and then you can listen while you are mobile, effectively practicing while you are driving, gardening, etc.
Vista Tip: for Vista, you need to change your recording sources when you switch from recording Noteworthy to recording your voice. In Vista, you can only have one recording device at a time. Right click on your speaker icon in your system tray (lower right hand corner), select Recording Devices and then right click on Microphone and set it as the default device for recording. Of course, you must have a microphone plugged in and turned on (duh). When you want to record what you hear from Noteworthy (or from the Internet, etc.), follow the same procedure, but this time right click on Stereo Mix and set it as your default recording device. If you don't see Stereo Mix as an option, right click anywhere in the white section of the dialog box, and select Show Disabled Devices. Vista comes shipped with Stereo Mix disabled, for some strange reason. For Windows XP users, the recording source can be changed directly within Audacity. | |
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