I’ve been using this. It is pretty slick! It is basically Garage Band for the web, and has a similar interface and features for laying multiple audio tracks for a collaboration.
Bandlab: Cloud-Based Social Music Creation Platform
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#12A great idea, but the latencies make it impossible to even play keys, to say nothing about live collaboration.
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#13If you do not pay for a product, you are the product.
So what's the catch here? Copyright of the music is theirs? They listen 24/7 ?
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#14If you do not pay for a product, you are the product. So what's the catch here? Copyright of the music is theirs? They listen 24/7 ?
They sell hardware that interfaces with their app. They might also might have premium features for plugins or virtual instruments.
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#15A great idea, but the latencies make it impossible to even play keys, to say nothing about live collaboration.
Live internet jamming will never ever be possible. The tiniest bit of asycnhrony opens up a ton of potential, though.
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#16Anyone know what the current state of the art is for live remote jamming and collaboration? Are the latencies anywhere close to being low enough to play in time with others (I'm thinking distances of about 200 miles)
Live internet jamming is just not possible. It never will be, unless we advance beyond our current understanding of physics.
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#17I've been working on an IDE for music composition. Launching soon http://ngrid.io
I am very intrigued. I barely am able to keep scales in my head not even thinking about the other "rules". So I am looking forward to check this out.
This attitude is problematic. No tool will ever replace fluency, and thousands of hours of tedious practice is the only way to get there. The only way. There are many hacks and shortcuts, but nothing will ever work better for you than your own mind, well trained.
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I am very intrigued. I barely am able to keep scales in my head not even thinking about the other "rules". So I am looking forward to check this out.
This attitude is problematic. No tool will ever replace fluency, and thousands of hours of tedious practice is the only way to get there. The only way. There are many hacks and shortcuts, but nothing will ever work better for you than your own mind, well trained.
Problematic to whom, to me, you or the general public? I have a casual interest in how music production works but don't plan to do anything serious in it.
I like to dabble around a bit and if I like what I make I am happy.
There is no expectation that what I make will appeal to others, but if anyone likes something, I am happy too.
I don't think this tool will make a good music producer or composer out of someone but if it helps, what's the harm?
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I am very intrigued. I barely am able to keep scales in my head not even thinking about the other "rules". So I am looking forward to check this out.
This attitude is problematic. No tool will ever replace fluency, and thousands of hours of tedious practice is the only way to get there. The only way. There are many hacks and shortcuts, but nothing will ever work better for you than your own mind, well trained.
Do you remember all the scales? I'm guessing that's a no, since there is like thousands of them.
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This attitude is problematic. No tool will ever replace fluency, and thousands of hours of tedious practice is the only way to get there. The only way. There are many hacks and shortcuts, but nothing will ever work better for you than your own mind, well trained.
Problematic to whom, to me, you or the general public? I have a casual interest in how music production works but don't plan to do anything serious in it. I like to dabble around a bit and if I like what I make I am happy. There is no expectation that what I make will appeal to others, but if anyone likes something, I am happy too. I don't think this tool will make a good music producer or composer out of someone but…
It harms you. One day you'll want to accomplish something and you won't have the tools. There are thousands of musicians who quit for every one having fun. You will have a better, more fulfilling time if you study music.