Show HN: MeloCraft – Pitch detection in real-time(melocraft.net) |
Show HN: MeloCraft – Pitch detection in real-time(melocraft.net) |
As an adult, I've often gone years without seriously practicing music, and yet the basic ability to hear notes and tune instruments remains strong, no matter what. The ability to name notes and recognize chords on demand (so-called "relative pitch") does require me to refresh my memory with practice whenever I take a long break from music, but recognizing when things are sharp or flat, and by how much, seems to be permanent and require no practice no matter how long it's been. So, I theorize (and have read about science on the subject) that there may be a variety of parts of the mind that handle these subjects. But, I don't recall reading if they're all in-born skills or are acquired. Perfect pitch may be teachable to the very young...but not adults, so maybe my tuning ability simply developed and "stuck" because I was young. I dunno.
That said, even if the tool doesn't help for the musical earing directly, it can still help to correct the position of your fingers, and that's very important for muscle memory. So instead of training for hours on the wrong finger position because I don't have a musical ear, I can correct myself and properly train my muscle memory correctly.
Well, you're very lucky to have a relative pitch, I think you can still train for it as an adult, but it may require more time and still might not be possible for everyone. Don't take my word for it thought, I don't recall any solid research on the subject.
Another type of tuning visualization that only works with just-tuned instruments is to have something like an oscilloscope, with the vertical axis connected to a microphone or pickup and the horizontal sweep set to be the same frequency as the root of your key. An interesting thing that happens is that, for any note that makes a whole-number ratio with respect to the horizontal sweep rate, you get a standing wave. If it's drifting to one side, it's sharp, and if it's drifting the other way it's flat.
I experiment with just-tuned guitars, and this is what I do with an old analog oscilloscope to check if my intonation is right.
Just-intonation and other tunings will be my top priority, there was a lot of demand for it in the violonist reddit.
Getting some subscribers is very important to me because I make this tool in my free time, and the only way I can justify spending more time on it is if I have some users who care about the tool. If I shall burn in hell for this, then so be it.
Calling a signup 'evil' is a bit over the top. People who don't spend their days on the web are less familiar with the less obvious ways of gleaning user data...e.g. current Google or Facebook logins, third party trackers, etc.
On HackerNews, the word "evil" might as well mean "kind of annoying." Use Mailinator or a similar throwaway email service if you don't want to sign up.
Fault Module Name: Qt5Gui.dll
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00044856I don't aim to be the best at frequency analysis. My goal is to help beginner musicians to get more confidence about their pitch accuracy.
Also, no Windows binaries available? I understand it's open-source, but that's not very user-friendly imo.