Transcribing / Sheetmusic / Guitar?

Hi Guys,

I have some questions.... First i have a friend who needs something to help him automate writing process for sheet music. I recommended Sibelius since i heard it does that. Does anybody have any experience with that? I have Sibelius 6 i borrowed from somebody for a short time. I wanted to make it work myself so i can show it to him when he buys it, but for the love of God i cant seem to get it to write sheet music from my MIDI controller in real time. Can somebody point me into the right direction? Thanks. (Or maybe recommend another software if Sibelius doesn't do that?)

Then another thing... MIDI from guitar. I've looked for such and found a guitar that has it built in... Heh for over 4000 dollars: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Parker-Guitars...835-i1440224.gc
(Figured - NO WAY)

I have read previous thread on this subject somewhere in the forum and you guys were discussing something called GK-3, made by Roland. Just wanted to make sure.... GK-3 has a simple MIDI output that i can plug into my EMU? So only GK-3 would be required? (Obvious question: It actually works? hehe lol)

I guess if GK-3 works, Sibelius can also be used in same way with guitar(equipped with GK-3) as with MIDI keyboard? For transcribing sheet music from the instrument in real time? Even if its not super-exact.

Thanks for your input guys.

Hell Explained (laugh Like Crazy, Lol...)

(This is written for comical purposes, this content has not intention to offend anyone's religious sensibilities)

HELL EXPLAINED
(BY A CHEMISTRY STUDENT)

The following is an actual question given on a University of Arizona chemistry mid term, and an actual answer turned in by a student.

The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving, which is unlikely.. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.


This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you.' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.

The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct, leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept passionately screaming: "Oh my God!"

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.

Cubase, Ableton Live, Sonar?

Hi everybody,

Wanted to get some input on getting set on a specific software for audio work.
I've been doing simple things with Ableton Live so far, but now that i expanded my hardware i feel some things are getting hard to do and requires more in-depth studying and all....

But with my new hardware (EMU 1616m, and new Korg PadKONTROL MIDI controller) came some new software that i've been trying out, and i've been thinking about maybe switching from Ableton Live to something else. Choices so far been: Ableton Live, CuBase, Cakewalk Sonar... These three are available to me castrated LE versions but are still full enough to let me do anything i might plan, few audio tracks, few midi tracks... Who could ask for more, eh?

Of course i would prefer something that is most easy to learn, but also flexible enough to take full advantage of my new audio card...
So far from me experimenting - to me CuBase looks pretty solid.... It certainly has some features that are not available (or not known to me currently) in Live. For CuBase i will so have to get another Monitor.... That one loves huge work space....

Can anybody give some constructive input? Preferably people with experience in using EMU and PatchMix along with above mentioned software packages...

If you know any specific reason why one of these packages is more preferable, i'd appreciate the knowledge....

Also if you know some cool learning resources that are not widely known in the internet and are not as close as one google search away, then share if you can. Would be cool to speed up this learning process, though i cant really complain.... Documentations for each of these are really good.

Thanks guys.

Emu 1616m?

Hi Everybody,

I'm about to purchase a E-MU 1616M, and i wanted to ask if anybody here had any experience with the device.

And reg PCI version: http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?ca...p;product=15189

There are PCIe x1 version: http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?ca...p;product=19007

I would think that later be a better pick? Since i do have PCIe x1 port on my motherboard.

Also has any body had problems using it with any recording software? I use Ableton Live, so that's what interests me the most, but just case I'll ever want to switch, would be nice to know ahead of time if there are some limitations.

I'm upgrading Line6 UX1 to this interface, and have heard a lot of positive feedback about EMU 1616M and have high hopes for it.


Thanks guys

Ii-v-i Progressions And What Defines Jazz

Hello Jerry,

As per your advice i started on your "Jazz Notes" series as my first task on GMC. Since i want to learn to play Jazz and learn about it so i naturally dived straight in!

I want to ask you, what makes Jazz a Jazz? If that makes any sense! Well for example way back when i was learning Blues, i learned clear definitions... Like for example I-IV-V progression, Pentatonic/Blues Scale, 12 bar format, use of triplets, etc.. usually define the style of Blues. It's not a solid rule, but that's the basic guide line. Does Jazz have same type of guide lines?

I mean II-V-I progression and use of 7th chords seem to be something that i pick up from almost all Jazz related lessons, so it one of definitions, are there more?

In Jazz multiple key change is very common, so can you even do Improvisations over Jazz progressions without knowing the chords? I mean in Blues you can jam just by knowing the key, even u can follow the chords 'cause u know that in I-IV-V progression chords will be the same while you stay in the key. But in lesson "II-V-I Progression" key-wise seem to be all over the place on purpose, so each round of II-V-I constantly moves the key a whole step. So how can person improvise over it without learning chords to follow of that specific progression?

Seems kinda troublesome for me at the moment to comprehend effectively.

Please forgive me that kind of stupidity, but its something new to me, and though I'm not a beginner in guitar playing, this Jazz "theory" so to say, confuses me sometimes.

Thanks

Anton