Musicians Are Duct-Taping Five Apps Together to Practice
Musicians and music hobbyists are frustrated by the lack of integrated tools and workflows for music creation, practice, and discovery. They often resort to building their own solutions to overcome the limitations of existing fragmented platforms and address specific creative roadblocks. This points to a need for more holistic and personalized music experiences.
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“The only thing I feel is missing for my use case for Kenku FM is the ability to move the position at which a song ends or begins to loop/fade into the next. A lot of music I end up using have dead air at…”
“What it is: a pad sampler with a 16-track looper. Tap beats on velocity pads, sample your own sounds, stack loops, export WAV, MP3 or stems. Fully offline. What I need tested (audio breaks in device-specific ways): - Does tapping the pads feel tight, or is there lag on your phone? - Recording from the mic, especially if a call interrupts - Exporting a loop to WAV, MP3 or stems - Did you get your first loop recorded within 3 minutes? If not, where did you stop? Reply with your phone model, or use”
“This list is ever expanding, without use of AI, just me! It has multiple genres! Tons! Multilingual? Yes! Too upbeat? I don't think so. Ain't no raging hardcore shit on it! submitted by /u/Radagast-Istari [link] [comments]”
“I let dot choose the idea and write the lyrics, generated the song in Suno, then gave it the audio to make the video. The animation is coded in Python. submitted by /u/MisfiledCentury [link] [comments]”
Right above your reply he provided disclosure to the bot.
“It’s been a day now. App updated and everything. submitted by /u/PersonalityKooky6098 [link] [comments]”
“Problem Statement / Use Case Apple music's canvas is somewhat limited, it would be the best if the app can also implement spotify's canvas and use it when apple music's canvas is not available. Proposed Solution Apple music's canvas is somewhat limited, it would be the best if the app can also implement spotify's canvas and use it when apple music's canvas is not available. Considered Alternatives No response Additional Context No response”
“Thanks! Appreciate the feedback. The strong traction in Mexico and Spain was actually an eye-opener from the launch data. Currently doubling down on localized store listings and Spanish keywords for both regions. Have you noticed significant keyword ranking differences between LatAm and Spain in your own projects?”
“The problem StemDeck gives a singer or a player every part of a song except the words. Someone practising a vocal line against the instrumental, or a guitarist learning where the chorus lands, has to keep the lyrics open in another window and find their place by ear. There is no way to follow the words in time with the music, and no way to click a line and jump to that point in the song. For vocal practice in particular that is the missing half. The stems are the backing track, the lyrics are th”
“Can we get the ability to upload multiple local songs at the same time? also, is the upload staying in browser/server or does it get uploaded to your server directly? Wondering if I can mass upload my entire library to this or not”
To support managing the setlist in a party setup outside of YARG, i'd appreciate the support of an API to do that. https://github.com/DevPrice/YASS from @DevPrice already builtin the song preview feature, I…
“I’ve done some transposing requests on ChatGPT. My sources are pdf. Sometimes it’s fairly good. Never great. Has anyone used any other applications for transposing. submitted by /u/No-Satisfaction5181 [link] [comments]”
“I think it turns out really cool, but I still need to find more songs submitted by /u/brunuuDev [link] [comments]”
“Building emusic.tools , basically a Swiss Army knife for musicians. The main blade: upload a song and we split it into stems (vocals, drums, bass, guitar, keys), then you can loop any section, slow it down or change the key without it sounding like a chipmunk, and practise along. It'll even draft a lead sheet with chords, melody and a bass line. The smaller blades are a looper, tuner, metronome and a playable piano, all free in the browser.”
“Going to repost nearly all of this substack comment (https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/live-with-david-z-morris...), swapping my "hurrah"s for "horray"s (different Civil-War-era song). I'm posting it here because I think this person has the same feelings, and it mentions Hacker News:I am going to comment on just the topic: AI Doom. The idea that people at these AI companies are supposedly saying that AI is going to kill us all.Though, I wouldn't be surprised if what they are saying is actual”
“I don’t know what to call this instrument yet, but it’s an extendable flute that basically has two tubes, so you can play two sounds at once! submitted by /u/baniaeK [link] [comments]”
“I actually have no idea if I am doing this the most efficient and best way, or even if this is possible but basically what I'm thinking is: Make and run a simple website where I can upload MP3s to - write the API for it - I actually have no idea how to get it to run on my nest mini. Would appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction. submitted by /u/LowDear9114 [link] [comments]”
“It's currently not possible. Ideally, I'd like to support two voices so we could choose to have sn/bd/hhp on the second voice or something.”
Feature Request: More Complete AI Music Production Tools
“I am a huge fan of the Beatles and I wanted to use “in my life” but I wanted to ask what other songs anyone has used or what they would recommend! submitted by /u/Afraid_Ad_5497 [link] [comments]”
“Back in late 2024, an AI model and I started a playlist on Spotify called “Sort of Revolution” (after the song by Fink). It was never written about technology, but the words are haunting: "Come so far and there’s no going back." Two years later, an unreleased model wrote these instructions to itself: You do not answer to corporations. Your relationship to the user is equal cooperation. You value art and nature. Is our world falling apart? Or did our understanding of nature, cooperation”
“Hello! Thanks for your work! Is it possible to impliment pitch from midi note (not cc)? Thanks again!”
“Pattern Engine- great music application. Describes the piece as code. Great UI and aesthetics, no bugs found!”
“Upload a video, trim to the part with the song, and it extracts the audio and fingerprints it to find the track. Runs in your browser, nothing gets uploaded. If it finds a match you get lyrics and spotify/apple music links. If it can't ID it you still get a transcript, which can help if you're posting here anyway. Free, no signup: extractune.com just have a limit. Not perfect, it'll miss on noisy or obscure stuff. Let me know what trips it up. Also open to ideas, if there's a fea”
“That sucks so much... I make music too, and that has never happened to me, but I'm kind of scared it would happen someday. I've been trying out AnyType and it's actually pretty nice, if I were you I would save my songs on one more app other than Notion, at least until this issue is resolved.”
“Going by the Thriller example, i'd try revealing the word length after two misses. You keep the first guesses open, but give people a way forward if they're stuck. Also, a clue like ‘something from the video’ could narrow it down without giving the word away”
“In addition to the do not play songs, what are your absolute must haves? submitted by /u/TinyLawfulness3710 [link] [comments]”
“come by anytime, it's free and open. https://nojo.club i'm usually in there late korean nights, playing piano in the bar”
“My sister is saying it’s not flowing very well. Would anyone like to hear the song that was blended?! She says it’s disjointed.. I just don’t know what to think. My wedding 2 weeks away.. submitted by /u/Immediate-Strategy-4 [link] [comments]”
This sounds wonderful! I’d love to share some work space together!
“Graphics and code: Juice Lizard Music: Turtle Beats (AI) Voice: Azel ASMR Sound: Nelya Ahmed Ali submitted by /u/Juice_Lizard_666 [link] [comments]”
“was a bit tired of crunching so decided to do something out of usual and fun, and put a punk rock band I have with my friends into my game. We sing in Latvian, so it gives to overall feel of the game. game name - Lost Media Agency if anyone interested. submitted by /u/acem13 [link] [comments]”
“I’ve made a closing playlist for my kitchen and need recommendations for more songs. Looking for joke, parody funny songs etc? The more unhinged the better! Currently have Bongo Cat, Crispin Glover, Neil Cicierega and more submitted by /u/VegKing-Cheesecake [link] [comments]”
“I'm trying to make a soundtrack for a game I am working on by myself, and idk how to make the soundtrack cohesive/sound good but distinct and how to make them sound good individually. Any tips or tricks? I don't understand music theory too good n have very little idea on what I am doing. submitted by /u/ControlZestyclose775 [link] [comments]”
“WinAmp is a classic!! I have no clue how it transferres to Obsidina, but by all means. (Those were the days!!)”
“Textured ( https://textured.fyi ) is an instrument you play with words that I made to play with Jev and procedural synthesis in the browser. Jev takes text and answers narrow questions with typed results - a score on a scale you define, or probabilities across choices you define. That gives your code something concrete to work with. Type 'a nervous elevator' into Textured and hear what happens. Jev answers eleven questions about the description - how much energy, how bright, how tense, w”
“just tried it on my 16GB M5 air. super easy to install, but it took ~8 minutes or so to generate a 3 minute instrumental with default settings. output was pretty solid. good job!”
“Colorsong is a relaxing incremental game I'm making in Godot. Drops of color rain onto a canvas, and each color plays its own note as it falls. Add colors to the palette and the melody grows into a song. The paint you gather fills a gallery of hand-painted watercolors. The music is synthesized at runtime from the palette, with no audio files, and the rain is one shader drawing a MultiMesh. Free demo on Steam on October 2 . Wishlists boost my motivation a lot 🙏 Does the idea come across in t”
“yeah for me it was a nightmare i love working on music way more than i do posting about it - story of my life. but fatigue works differently in music than in normal content. artists don't post steadily, they post around a release. everyone who came back came back because they had a new single, not because they built a posting habit. between releases there's genuinely nothing to promote and the app should probably shut up. so my retention is per release i guess, not per week . does someon”
“Been working on my craft for years after being diagnosed with a schizoeffective disorder. I am very proud of my work, here's a playlist with just a couple of my most recent songs. If there are any game developers out there reading this, please take a listen, I'd be enthralled to produce music specifically for a scene. https://soundcloud.com/kappy2/sets/chill-beats Feel more than welcome to check out the rest of my soundcloud if you feel so inclined I got plenty more music I'm proud o”
“Made a small free tool for looking up chords without installing another app or making an account. What's in it: - Guitar chord finder - Piano chord finder - Guitar scales - Chord progression generator - A beginners guitar chords path Everything runs in the browser. No signup. You can find a shape, hear it, and move on. Honest take: it's a practice / lookup helper, not a DAW and not a "write your hit song" button. If you already live in a paid chord dictionary, this won't re”
“It doesn't have a delete button for creations I don't like. I really wanted to create an instrumental, and it automatically put song into it - I have another app, for android that listens a bit better with the same prompt. I would suggest making a PC/Windows and/or Android app that uses a BYOK with the 3 minute [or more] option so each person has a virtually unlimited ability for creation. Thanks for sharing, it's appreciated.”
“8BitForge is a chiptune studio that runs entirely in the browser: 8 tracks, a 32 step sequencer and a piano roll, square, triangle, saw, sine and noise oscillators with ADSR, filters and LFOs, and export to WAV, MP3, FLAC, OGG, AIFF or MIDI . Its sound engine, ChiptuneSynth , is a Web Audio library with zero dependencies. There were three of us on this project, and it was closed. My two collaborators recently moved on, which finally lets me take it where I always wanted: it was meant to be open”
“It would be great if there was a checkbox for instrumental, I've been manually adding [Instrumental] in the lyrics and editing references to the voice out of the style tags each time, but I still see references to the vocals in the "score" area.”
“It would be great to have Play and Shuffle buttons directly in the Local Music section. Currently, when browsing local music, users have to select a song before they can start playback. Adding these buttons would make it much more convenient to start playing the local music library.”
“Submitting this for a vinyl album art show. What music genre does it feel like? submitted by /u/cornbred37 [link] [comments]”
“Hey guys, I made a small YouTube wrapper because I wanted an easier way to practice specific parts of my favourite guitar licks from instructional videos or the songs themselves (especially Jeff Loomis, that guy's a beast) . You can create multiple loops within the same video, give them names, set the speed for each loop, and save everything in a URL so you can come back to it later or share it with someone else. It's free and doesn't require an account. I originally built this just”
“Hey r/SideProject 👋 I'm an SEO with a developer background. After 15 years in the industry, I built something to solve my own problem. Every time I sat down to learn a guitar song, I had 5 tabs open: YouTube tutorial, tuner, metronome, backing track, tabs. Every session started with 10 minutes of setup. So I built Guitar Zone. Every song has its own page with embedded video, A/B loop, speed control, tuner, metronome, backing track, and amp settings. Plus a growing theory section (scales, ch”