Category Archives: composition

JJazzLab ~ Generate Backing Tracks

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JJazzLab is a Midi-based application dedicated to backing tracks generation. You type in chord symbols, select a rhythm (style), then the application generates a complete backing track with drums, bass, guitar, piano, strings, etc.

The objective is to generate intelligent and interesting backing tracks, i.e tracks which are:

  • realistic
  • non-boring (with variations)
  • easily customizable, even for complex songs
github.com/jjazzboss/JJazzLab
jjazzlab.gitbook.io/user-guide
www.facebook.com/jjazzlab/
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0L3SwjY6bhTj6jsbOYzzAw
JJazzLab user Interface

Buzztrax ~ All In One Music Composer

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Buzztrax aims to be a music studio that allows one to compose songs using only a computer with a soundcard. If you’ve used tracker programs like FastTracker, Impulse Tracker, or the original AMIGA SoundTracker, that will give you an idea of how one can sequence music in Buzztrax.

The Buzztrax editor uses a similar concept, where a song consists of a sequence with tracks and in each track one uses patterns with events (musical notes and control changes). In contrast to other Tracker programs, tracks are not simply sample players: a user can make a song using an arrangement of virtual audio plugins that are linked together to create different effects. Each of these machines can be controlled real-time or via patterns in the sequencer.

www.buzztrax.org
Buzztrax User Interface Image

Efflux ~ Online Audio Tracker

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Efflux is an application that allows users to create music inside their browser. Efflux is a tracker and follows conventions familiar to those who have used anything from Ultimate Soundtracker to Renoise. All sounds are oscillator (or wave table) based and can be routed through an effects signal path, making Efflux a modular synthesis environment, where the synths are driven by the tracker.

www.igorski.nl/application/efflux
github.com/igorski/efflux-tracker

JJazzLab-X ~ Generate Backing Tracks

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JJazzLab-X is a Midi-based framework dedicated to backing tracks generation -some people talk about “play-along songs” or “auto-accompaniment applications”. You type in chord symbols, select a rhythm (style), then the application generates a complete backing track with drums, bass, guitar, piano, strings, etc.

The objective is to develop a jam buddy able to quickly generate intelligent and interesting backing tracks: realistic and non-boring backing tracks which you can easily adjust to a specific song.

github.com/jjazzboss/JJazzLab-X

SuperCollider ~ Audio Synthesis & Composition

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SuperCollider is a platform for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition, used by musicians, artists, and researchers working with sound. It consists of:

  • scsynth, a real-time audio server with hundreds of unit generators (“UGens”) for audio analysis, synthesis, and processing
  • supernova, an alternative server to scsynth with support for parallel DSP on multi-core processors
  • sclang, an interpreted programming language that controls the servers
  • scide, an editing environment for sclang with an integrated help system

sclang comes with its own package manager, called Quarks. scsynth and supernova both support third-party plugins via C and C++ APIs.

github.com/supercollider/supercollider
github.com/supercollider
supercollider.github.io
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperCollider
soundcloud.com/tags/supercollider
www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Sculpting-Sound-with-SuperCollider

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

Anvil Studio ~ Freeware Digital Audio Workstation

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Anvil Studio™ is a free Windows 11, 10 / 8.x / 7 program designed for people who want to:

  • record music with MIDI and Audio equipment
  • compose music for MIDI and Audio equipment
  • sequence music with MIDI equipment
  • play with music using a computer, and
  • print sheet music from standard MIDI files with the optional Print-Sheet accessory.

anvilstudio.com

BeepComp ~ Create Chiptunes

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BeepComp is an app that helps you create nice chiptunes.
Write text… compose beep music!

Features:

  • Text editor
  • Easy MML-inspired syntax
  • 9 music and 1 drum channels
  • Effects (delay, LFO, envelope etc.)
  • Export to mp3, wav, ogg files
  • Coping + pasting to/from outside text
  • Waveform selection (sine, square, sawtooth, triangle etc.)

hiromorozumi.com/beepcomp
sourceforge.net/projects/beepcomp

Chrome Music Lab ~ Interactive Music Online

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What is Chrome Music Lab?

Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments.

What can it be used for?

Many teachers have been using Chrome Music Lab as a tool in their classrooms to explore music and its connections to science, math, art, and more. They’ve been combining it with dance and live instruments. Here’s a collection of some uses we’ve found on Twitter.

Can I use it to make my own songs?

Yes. Check out the Song Maker experiment, which lets you make and share your own songs.

Do I need to make an account?

Nope. Just open any experiment and start playing.

How were these built?

All our experiments are all built with freely accessible web technology such as Web Audio API, WebMIDI, Tone.js, and more. These tools make it easier for coders to build new interactive music experiences. You can get the open-source code to lots of these experiments here on Github.

What devices do these work on?

You can play with these experiments across devices – phones, tablets, laptops – just by opening the site on a web browser such as Chrome.

musiclab.chromeexperiments.com

MusiKernel ~ Cross-platform DAW & Plugin Suite

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MusiKernel is an all in one Digital Audio Workstation and suite of instrument & effect plugins, designed to be easy to install and use without the need for any third party software. Simply install the package for your operating system, select your audio and MIDI hardware, and start making music.

download at github.com/j3ffhubb/musikernel

Project has moved to github.com/stargateaudio/stargate

Bosca Ceoil ~ Multiplatform & Online Music Composition App

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Easy to Use ~ A free and easy tool for creating music. Bosca is designed for beginners and takes less than five minutes to learn, and comes with a quick built in tutorial to walk you through everything, step by step.

Scales and Chords ~ Bosca supports lots of different scales and chords, so even if you’ve never composed music before, it’s really easy to get something that sounds good straight away.

Instruments ~ No messing around getting instruments to work! Bosca comes with over a hundred presets, including MIDI and Chiptune instruments.

It’s Free ~ Bosca Ceoil is completely free, and open sourced! Ready to make music? Try it right now in your browser: Online version

boscaceoil.net
github.com/TerryCavanagh/boscaceoil

midiscore_chung ~ MIDI Music Editor

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midiscore chung is a small program for easy step by step compose record edit midi music song with optional quantize using a midi keyboard entering play chord and control with some piano keys and save / load from pc or export / import as midifile . a standalone freebasic program . enhanced realtime record adds sustain delay and velocity variation effect according to number of played notes (resonance) and can also enter notes with the pc keyboard . can load and even enhance existing midifiles . record autopause when nothing is played .

Features:

  • can export / import midifile
  • step by step or realtime record mode
  • up to 30 levels do/undo/redo

chungswebsite.blogspot.com/2019/05/midiscorechung-small-program-for-step

sourceforge.net/projects/midiscore-chung/