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17 Jun 01 - 12:27 PM (#485458) Subject: Free software any musician can use! From: NancyZ Hi Folks, I just discovered some wonderful free software called Winamp Pacemaker. It allows you to play MP3's AND your own CD's and slow the tempo down WITHOUT changing the pitch!! Thus taking all those fiddle tunes at warp speed down to size for learning:) Go to Winamp.com for the Winamp downlaod, then if you want to slowdown your own CD's go here for the free plug-in: http://www.url.ru/~copah/ Get the 1.83 version, I've used it and it's great! Enjoy, Nancy |
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17 Jun 01 - 01:34 PM (#485496) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: wysiwyg Ah-HAH!!! Now I can tell Hardiman the Fiddler (my husband) why we joined Mudcat! *G* ~Susan |
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17 Jun 01 - 01:48 PM (#485501) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: Clinton Hammond Neat... but I'll have to decide if I want to get Winamp.. I wasn't too impressed the last time I checked it out... |
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17 Jun 01 - 03:44 PM (#485553) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: hesperis Hmmm, yeah. I didn't like winamp that much... Both Sonique and Music Match have way better skins, too! We will see what the latest build is like. |
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17 Jun 01 - 05:08 PM (#485592) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: McGrath of Harlow Winamp seems fine to me. Plays the stuff I want playing, and seems reasonably intuitive to use.
I don't know if I'll try this gizmo though yet awhile - I get a bit scared by advice like "Don't forget to shutoff original WinAmp CD plugin by changing its extension, for example 'in_cdda.dll.off'" on that download site...
But thanks a lot NancyZ, because it might be very useful indeed, and I'd never have found it otherwise. |
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17 Jun 01 - 06:25 PM (#485627) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: Jon Freeman I tried the download that McGrath seems to be reffering to but I couldn't make any sense of it. I can't help wondering whether Nancy meant to refer us to http://www.hut.fi/~oparviai/pacemaker/. Jon (not much of a fan of Winamp but if this works, I will use it!)
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17 Jun 01 - 06:43 PM (#485637) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: Jon Freeman Wow, just downloaded and installed from my link. It sees to work fine. Thanks Nancy! Jon |
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17 Jun 01 - 06:48 PM (#485641) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: Jon Freeman Posting once more - this really is something that will be useful to many of us. Jon |
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17 Jun 01 - 08:55 PM (#485680) Subject: Slow down tempo in winamp From: hesperis I'm changing the title to hopefully make it easier to search out. Still haven't tried it myself, but if it works for some, it's ok. So if anyone finds this, all they have to do is go to the thread itself. |
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18 Jun 01 - 12:00 AM (#485773) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: IvanB Ages ago, I downloaded both WinAmp and MusicMatch and decided MusicMatch was the one for me. That was version 4.something. Now, MM's up to 6.x and it seems every new release eats up more system resources. And I haven't been able to depend on it to record to MP3 without losses (to the extent that I get about 50 seconds of music for every minute of recording). So, a couple weeks ago, I took another look at WinAmp and was well impressed. No, it won't record, so now I have to record to a wave file and encode to MP3 separately, but at least I'm getting the complete source. And WinAmp is very easy on system resources. And WinAmp has some neat addons, including skins (although I stuck with plain Sport Yellow the whole time I used MusicMatch). For me, MusicMatch has just about outlived its usefulness. |
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18 Jun 01 - 11:15 AM (#485926) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: pavane Is it allowed to publicize one's own products here (shareware, of course) where it is likely to be of use to members? My main program generates (calculates) chord symbols to accompany tunes. It reads (most) abc & (simple) MIDI, writes MIDI and abc, prints score with words and chords Also transposes, prints melodeon and concertina tablature (and understands the difference between major/minor and modal tunes). |
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18 Jun 01 - 11:31 AM (#485941) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: Bill D we have traded information on many music programs...(In particular, Noteworthy Composer)....so I doubt that a mention of what you have would be a problem. (If it is GOOD, you won't have to worry about further mentions, the community will see to it...*smile*....anything to enhance and simplify doing music...(if it is FREE, so much the better....but...we know one wants to justify their effort) |
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18 Jun 01 - 11:51 AM (#485967) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: pavane OK then, I will post a link. I does have some restrictions, though, based on what it is trying to achieve. (e.g. mid-bar repeats are not supported because it mucks up the chord generation). (I got the original notation from a very old version of Noteworthy). |
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06 Sep 01 - 09:13 PM (#544028) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: Geoff the Duck |
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06 Sep 01 - 10:45 PM (#544086) Subject: RE: Free software any musician can use! From: GUEST,Genie Thanks for letting us know about this software, Nancy. Genie |