Whistler - the music program for non-musicians

Sp3ccylad writes about MyDreamApp - Pop Idol for geeks. People with ideas for a new software package compete for votes - the winner is produced and marketed. By far the most interesting idea is Richard Whitelock's Whistler - a music application which uses whistling, humming, drumming or clapping as the interface, and can fix timing, quantize notes etc. Seeing as the current front runner in MyDreamApp is Cookbook: "A Mac OS X application that will streamline many kitchen-related activities", I think Whistler deserves our support and votes...

Posted by Tom Whitwell.

Comments:

So, giving the GarageBand treatment to the idea of Kantos?

A realtime, streaming audio to midi converter which supports both pitched and unpitched input is a good thing, and not having it permanently yoked to a subtractive synth is an even better thing. Dressing it up as an app for non-musicians is less interesting to me.

# posted by

Anonymous : 2:36 pm

other than the bells and whistles (pun intended) it's essentially this: WIDI.

# posted by

Anonymous : 2:58 pm

From the WIDI site:

"Imagine the creative potential of a musical mind like Mozart's, and how much more prolific his genius may have been if he had not had to spend all that time writing it down. With a quill pen dipped in ink, no less. Undoubtedly, the creative flow of musicians has been enhanced by digital tools..."

wow, hard to know where to start with this....

# posted by

the minister of distant information : 8:28 pm

Cited in Music thing.

Kill me now: I shall achieve no more.

# posted by

sp3ccylad : 8:56 pm

Wow, great idea for untrained singers, kids learning music, or maybe for just having fun around!

# posted by

Anonymous : 3:00 pm

I think you have the title backwards.
This is a NON-music program for musicians. If it ever gets written, many people will become musicians, but until then it's a non-program.

Nice idea, but talk is cheap.
Doing is much harder.

# posted by

Anonymous : 11:30 pm

Wow, how can they make writing music any easier? I'm amazed at what has been coming out in this category. maybe they'll make a program where all you'll have to do is think th music. Perhaps they ca put an interface up your nose....HA!
Piano Lessons

# posted by

Elmo : 5:36 am

Make this a reality! Vote for it NOW:

http://mydreamapp.com/vote/

# posted by

Kirmie : 3:58 pm