<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421153516-14032008><FONT color=#000080>I was interested in this thread, so I watched the software developer's demo movie and read much of their information on this software.  I suspect that the ability to pick out individual notes might not be 100% reliable.  A voice in the choir certainly wouldn't work, but even picking out piano notes within a chord might be a problem at times.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421153516-14032008><FONT color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421153516-14032008><FONT color=#000080>All of the samples shown use Guitar and/or an individual voice with other instruments.  With guitars, the individual strings are very often plucked separately from the others, making it easier for the software to identify them.  A chord on the piano, especially with the damper pedal in use, might be a bit difficult for the software - it will have a hard time telling the difference between chord notes and individual partials.  The designers do not want to separate partials from each other, as when a particular note is modified, they need the entire note spectrum to change, not just one partial at a time.  So the software is relying on the ability to identify the attack of the note, which is why I think a chord on the piano could be a problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421153516-14032008><FONT color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421153516-14032008><FONT color=#000080>I was thinking that it would be fun to take a piano recording and modify the temperament throughout the recording!  It would then be possible to listen to the exact same performance, exact same piano, but with different temperaments.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421153516-14032008><FONT color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421153516-14032008><FONT color=#000080>I can see how recording engineers would love this software.  It is a professional tool, and the price is at the professional level.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421153516-14032008><FONT color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421153516-14032008><FONT color=#000080>Don Mannino</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421153516-14032008><FONT color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>JBairdRPT@cs.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 14, 2008 7:16 AM<BR><B>To:</B> CAUT@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Development in audio recording technology<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">----- Original Message -----<BR>From: Ron Berry <ron@berrypiano.com><BR>Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 17:48<BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Development in audio recording technology<BR>To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org><BR><BR>>Now I will finally be able to fix the choir recordings when only <BR>>the sopranos <BR>>go flat. <BR><BR>What about fixing the _one_  single soprano who sings flat, as opposed to the whole section? That may take the next generation of this technology. In the meantime, here in Illinois, we're still left with the inelegant solution of having to shoot the offending lady.<BR><BR>John Baird<BR><BR>On 12 Mar 2008 at 6:50, Kent Swafford wrote:<BR><BR>> <BR>> Some mornings you get up and find the world has changed. I'm in futureshock if this is for real: <BR>> the URL describes the ability to manipulate individual notes within polyphonic audio recordings. <BR>> Unbelievable! Imagine the transcription possibilities... <A href="http://tinyurl.com/353trk">http://tinyurl.com/353trk</A> <BR>> Kent Swafford <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>