Profitable Adventure

Most singing software is in the form of plugins for recording and mixing sessions that add special effects to the voice. Reverb and delay are the most common affects to add to the voice and make a world of difference in a final product. Ideally a singer will be recorded in a dead quiet space, but then the recording sounds flat. Adding reverb gives the audible appearance of being recorded in a concert hall or other setting. Singing software like this can be found for free with mediocre results. And, some of the reverb software can cost thousands of dollars.

Vocal pitch software could be a plugin for use in recording, but recently new developments have enabled stand alone applications to analyze a singer’s vocal pitch in real time and yields an excellent training tool. For yet unknown reasons, visual feedback works better than audible feedback to fine tune ones pitch. Also interestingly, audible feedback works better for getting in the ball park of the correct pitch. Fortunately modern singers can reap benefits that their predecessors never dreamed of.

I had never thought too much about planning my garden until last winter when I read an article about the importance of planning your gardens and flowerbeds and even your potted plants! I had always had good luck with growing things so I never felt that I needed to plan. But after reading the piece I decided I would do a little research and plan my flower beds and garden and I have been pleasantly pleased. By the end of the season last year everything had filled in just like I had envisioned. (more…)