Yearly Archives: 2023

ChordPro ~ Create Lead Sheets

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In 1992 Martin Leclerc and Mario Dorion developed a simple text file format to write lead sheets, songs with lyrics and chords, and a tool to create neatly printed lead sheets out of these text files. The tool was called chord, and the text files were called chord files. It soon became a popular way to write lead sheets and many users and tools adopted this format for similar purposes. For still unknown reasons people started calling the files chordpro files.

www.chordpro.org/chordpro

The ChordPro (also known as Chord) is an ASCII text file format for transcribing songs with chords and lyrics. The format was originally used for guitar, but is used for variety of other string instruments, such as ukulele, bass guitar or mandolin. Although this format is legible as it is, there are many popular programs for displaying, transposing and printing. Files in this format often have extensions such as .crd, .chopro, .pro, .chordpro or .cho.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChordPro

Downloads ~ github.com/ChordPro/chordpro/releases

Related:

Chordii ~ www.vromans.org/johan/projects/Chordii/intro

byzorgan ~ Specialized sound synthesizer with Byzantine Church music scales

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This software integrates a small specialized synthesizer and vocal processor. It can be used to learn Byzantine Church singing. You can play from the keyboard, mouse or touch screen. MIDI input is also available. Voice functions include: pitch highlighting, synthesizer control by voice, pitch correction and voice-to-ison conversion.


On the screen there are labels with symbols of Byzantine notes. There is a metronome. The program is oriented on the Chrysanthos tuning of the diatonic scale: 9/8 – 12/11 – 88/81. The octave is divided into 17 (or 19) non-equal parts, it allows you to get all the Byzantine modes.

Features:

  • No installation required
  • Metronome
  • Different channels for melos and isokratima
  • MIDI input
  • 17 (or 19) non-equal steps per octave: same tuning for all scales
  • Voice functions: highlight key, synthesizer control by voice, pitch correction, voice-to-ison conversion
  • Record audio
  • Training mode
  • Cross-platform: may be compiled on any platform, supported by Qt 4.x or 5.x
https://sourceforge.net/projects/byzorgan/

LameVST ~ Preview Lossy mp3 Compression

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MP3 as VST-effect.

Ideal solution, if you need to preview you track in the mp3-mode during playback.

https://github.com/Iunusov/LameVST

W1 Limiter ~ Professional Sound Limiter

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W1 Limiter is a clone of Waves L1, with identical output, as well as an approximation of Waves L2.

www.yohng.com/software/w1limit

Stereo to 7.1 Converter

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This program will convert just two channels to full 7.1 covered surround scene. Real psychoacoustics on the fly. Absolutely new technology by phase interference and partial time shifting. Source channels dividing to fifty virtual channels to make their magic and combine to 7.1

You have to use “Equalizer APO” as the engine.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/stereo-to-7-1-converter/