Comments on: Simple Pitches

By: Sharolyn

Sharolyn — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:51:14 +0000

That's awesome. I was between Simple Pitches and the Production Techniques Podcast song. You know, as opposed to playing for Melissa Etheridge or something. :)

By: michael lee

michael lee — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:57:06 +0000

Sharolyn, according to the director of the Men’s ensemble, that’s exactly what happened on their last tour. Every time the did an acapella piece, half the guys in the choir pulled out their iPhones and went to this site.

By: Cerise

Cerise — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:42:11 +0000

Unless they have one of those tiresome people with perfect pitch to hum for them.

By: Sharolyn

Sharolyn — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:43:43 +0000

Rather than a pitch pipe, barbershop quartets will now have a member pull from his pocket an iPhone.

By: michael lee

michael lee — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:06:52 +0000

sssh! You’ll blow the whole thing!

By: sharolyn

sharolyn — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:58:05 +0000

What he didn’t tell you is that it’s 1/2 step flat.

By: michael lee

michael lee — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:36:19 +0000

I live to serve.

By: Cerise

Cerise — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:32:42 +0000

This is so cool, dude. I’ve needed just this so many times – when we need a pitch (meaning: when I’m singing along to Kate Bush and wondering what that note was and if my sweet spot has moved) I’ve had to plug the midi in, reboot and open Reason. Or GarageBand. Pain in the bum, and probably why I couldn’t tell you my sweet spot if you put a gun to my head.

You’ve made it all go away.

By: michael lee

michael lee — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:56:01 +0000

I looked at that, but I really wanted mobile compatibility, and the iPhone is no go with flash, as are several others.

There’s a dhtml solutions that loads an empty span with the audio as a background sound. I might check that out, but honestly, I think I’m done with the thing. It does exactly what I wanted it to do, and I see no motivation to pimp it out any further.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:25:08 +0000

very cool Mike… Have you thought about using a Flash player instead of relying on the browser? I don’t know how well mobile pages would handle flash though. There’s an XSPF button player that should be able to plug in pretty easily to your setup.

By: michael lee

michael lee — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:43:57 +0000

OK, updated with a mobile version. You can now go to m.simplepitches.com, or to simplepitches.com/m and see the stripped down version.

By: JC

JC — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:20:04 +0000

Michael: Very cool!

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:54:31 +0000

That rules!

By: michael lee

michael lee — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:17:50 +0000

nah, check the signature at the bottom of the page. all me, baby.

By: Stick

Stick — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:01:10 +0000

Oh, I thought you found it somewhere… mad props to the prof.

By: michael lee

michael lee — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:25:37 +0000

Yeah, this is completely a case of my scratching my own itch. I’ve needed it forever, so I finally built it. One of my students is building multiple sets of audio files for me right now, so in the next few days, it’ll be broken down into just the pitch, the major chord, and the minor chord.

By: Stick

Stick — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:15:16 +0000

The Tubes rules.

I need this.

Or I need someone to bestow upon me perfect pitch.

By: Portcullischain

Portcullischain — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:13:54 +0000

Do…..Mi….So