gHacks technology news » music-instrument http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Music Assistant Helps Tune Your Instruments http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/02/music-assistant-helps-tune-your-instruments/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/02/music-assistant-helps-tune-your-instruments/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:29:57 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5792 Music Assistant is a great tool that can help musicians doing two things that they probably do on a daily basis. The first is helping them tune their instrument while the second is to act as a metronome. The Metronome part is easily explained. The musician picks a tempo like Allegro or Moderato and has the chance to fine tune the beats per minutes until he is satisfied.

A click on the start button will start the Metronome and it will produce a clicking noise according to the tempo selected. Alternatively a flashing sound can be selected instead.

The second important feature is the option to tune instruments which is giving the user several choices. He can opt to play the A above middle C on the piano, select another note from all 88 piano keys, or pick an instrument from 28 instruments that are included in the software.

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Each note of a selected instrument can be altered so that it fits the user’s needs. Music Assistant is available for Mac OS 10.2 or later and Windows XP. It will probably also work on Windows Vista.

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rectableThese actions directly control the topological structure and parameters of the sound synthesizer. A projector, also from underneath the table, draws dynamic animations on its surface, providing a visual feedback of the state, the activity and the main characteristics of the sounds produced by the audio synthesizer. Enjoy the show.

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