Music theory for nerds

Re:Music theory for nerds by teen on Monday September 19, 2016 @04:08AM (#12529737)

> I think we also need way better digital instruments... That make it easier to stay on scale (or to modulate, etc -- whatever the mood is), for instance, allowing people to just play away which is what actually matters.

I'm not sure what new stuff has come out in the last few years, but Ableton Push is exactly what you're describing. It's a grid where you can select a key, scale, and tone, and then you can apply effects in series / parallel. The notes in the scale light up. There's a bunch of other stuff you can do as well.

https://youtu.be/0CdMvkBOUgs?t=69

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Re:Music theory for nerds by brunorsini on Monday September 19, 2016 @06:09AM (#12530171)

Thanks! I've played with Push, it's pretty good... but as someone commented above it's fairly limited in many ways too.

This is an interesting piece of software I have used before: http://autotheory.net. It simply translates incoming midi data so you can use whatever controller/instrument you're already familiar with. The creator is nice and responsive, he often attends shows like AES and NAMM.

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