Help on software

harish.krishnan213 · Post by **harish.krishnan213** » 06 May 2008, 14:16

Is there a software where in if you feed in the notations, you get the tune?

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 06 May 2008, 17:04

I am not aware of any. This is not as easy as it sounds - because the notation system is not accurate to capture the nuances of the gamakas, nor is that easy to be accurate (it is probably one of the more difficult technical challenges)

Arun

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 12 May 2008, 12:53

are youtube videos downloadable??? if yes can anyone please guide me how to do it??

thanks a lot

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 12 May 2008, 13:57

They are not.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 12 May 2008, 14:22

semmu86 wrote:are youtube videos downloadable??? if yes can anyone please guide me how to do it??

Go to http://keepvid.com/
Paste the Youtube URL in the box
Click the Download button
Click the Download as mp4 link to save
A Save dialog box will pop up
Choose an appropriate file name

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 12 May 2008, 14:49

wow... thanks a lot mohan.... i have a doubt though... please forget me if its a silly one... can mp4 files play in an ordinary real player or windows media player or should i download a seperate software for that??

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 12 May 2008, 16:58

How interesting! One learns something new every day

. Sorry semmu86 for providing wrong info!

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 12 May 2008, 17:16

semmu86 - I was able to play mp4 in Windows Media Player. If it doesn't work try renaming the file extension to .mpg

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 12 May 2008, 17:19

@ prashanth- no issues at all.....

@mohan- ok... i wil try that... thanks

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 12 May 2008, 19:13

This is just an alternative to Mohan's method.

You can also download youtube clips with the newest version of real player. This gives you a plug-in option that shows up while viewing a flash based (or other streaming) video. It is as simple as right-click and save video as... The only catch is that the downloaded video will only open with realplayer.

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 13 May 2008, 12:31

ah i found another method... googling is a great way to find out things for a software novice like me.... go to http://www.downloadyoutubevideos.com/ and paste your youtube url link in it and save it with a .flv extension..... and ofcourse you need a flv pllayer to play it which this site itself has and it takes hardly 2 minutes to install....

nigamaa · Post by **nigamaa** » 13 May 2008, 15:49

harish.krishnan213 wrote:Is there a software where in if you feed in the notations, you get the tune?

harish.krishnan213,

Years ago I put some of Pundit Bhakthandes raga notation
on the scanner and it was converted to midi tune. It was
capella scan software, but I am not sure if it is still available,
it ran on win98 OS. I think you could then use Vienna soundfonts
of original Indian instruments to process further and convert into mp3.I think I might have this equipment on an old computer.If you have chance

You might try this out in my office during business hours and leave me a copy of the results. On the other hand there might be some such experiments available on the net if you google for them?

cheers

harish.krishnan213 · Post by **harish.krishnan213** » 14 May 2008, 10:35

Thanks nigamaa. I shall try dwnlding capella from internet.

gsalvadi · Post by **gsalvadi** » 19 May 2008, 07:09

@harish.krishnan213

I would like to know the software you are looking for must be for carnatic compositions or western kind
notation software exists for both