Singing is the most accessible stress reliever

onion2k wrote: post #4

techer wrote: post #3

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Then sing alone wearing earplugs.

I don't know the song "alone wearing earplugs". Who's it by?

The In the Showers. Most know them for their hit “Along with the Radio (Alone in a Car)”

Re: Singing is the most accessible stress reliever

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Post by bonniemuffin » Wed, May 20, 2020, 1:12 PM UTC

I wish there was a good way to sing together over videochat. The lag makes it impossible--if you've tried singing Happy birthday to someone over Zoom, you've probably noticed that it's the worst! Everyone tries to adjust to everyone else's lag and it just makes everyone even more and more out of time with each other.

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Post by joslin01 » Wed, May 20, 2020, 1:14 PM UTC

Big time.. I started singing 4 years ago after going through some heartbreak. It soon became an obsession to sing everyday and I can always count on it to lift me up if I'm feeling down.

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Post by globular-toast » Wed, May 20, 2020, 1:31 PM UTC

Singing is really good. I learnt guitar and to sing a few years ago now. I taught myself to play guitar using online videos (mainly JustinGuitar). I took singing lessons for about a year which helped me to sing properly. I also sung in a choir (SATB) or a little while but I didn't really get on with that. I prefer singing pop songs. I'm good at singing them but I don't have a good singing voice. I could be a backing vocalist in a band, but not a lead singer. But still, it's fun to sing with friends and family!

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Post by dlkf » Wed, May 20, 2020, 1:34 PM UTC

bonniemuffin wrote: post #6

I wish there was a good way to sing together over videochat. The lag makes it impossible--if you've tried singing Happy birthday to someone over Zoom, you've probably noticed that it's the worst! Everyone tries to adjust to everyone else's lag and it just makes everyone even more and more out of time with each other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_music

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Post by barbegal » Wed, May 20, 2020, 1:42 PM UTC

bonniemuffin wrote: post #6

I wish there was a good way to sing together over videochat. The lag makes it impossible--if you've tried singing Happy birthday to someone over Zoom, you've probably noticed that it's the worst! Everyone tries to adjust to everyone else's lag and it just makes everyone even more and more out of time with each other.

You're right you can't all hear each other. Some choirs use instructions like https://www.makingmusic.org.uk/resource/zoom-online-rehearsa... where everyone is on mute and can just hear themselves and the choirmaster.

I think a technological solution would exist: A and B hears choirmaster, A and B's sound is sent back to server which syncs it with the choirmasters sound before sending to C, D, E and F. C, D, E and F's sound is sent back to the server which syncs it and sends to G, H, I... etc.

So most people can sing along hearing some of the choir and the latency overall shouldn't be too bad. Scales with log(n) * max(latency)