During the last few days I decided to try some screen video capture software but it didn't work as well as I wanted. I had, some time ago, installed a trial copy of Debut from NCH and the trial was up so I paid to register it. I captured the screen video with no bother [although I am still in email contact with them about the issues regarding recording the sound at the same time]. As my trial had been up I'd downloaded the software onto my Windows 7 laptop to give it another go before I paid for it on my XP machine, although it reckoned my laptop is so slow it set the software to 1 frame per second!
The above image is a screen shot of moving green line I wanted to show in my tutorial. I was quite pleased with the results so I went ahead and imported it into Windows Movie Maker (WMM). Unfortunately the result was squashed. For some bizarre reason I cannot take a screen shot of the squashed image - Gadwin Print Screen and Windows Media Player do not get on (I've tried others too)
After MUCH - and I do mean MUCH - investigation of Debut, trying all the codecs, setting and what have you, I decided the problem was in WMM. I Googled and found a place where I could download another copy; I did check which version I had and the one I downloaded said it was newer and it was for XP.
Well it did install but I do wish I hadn't done it. Nevertheless I started to use NCH's Video Pad Editor which will run 'free' with some restrictions and I completed the video.
During all this I tried out a piece of software from BSR. It was slightly more expensive but very simple to use. It come with 2 other programs which allow some video editing.
My video is here -at least it is for the moment - the quality seems to have suffered between me and Youtube.* Don't feel you have to watch. The moving bit is at 1.57 or so. [The width is wrong on here but OK on Youtube]
*PS I looked at it on my laptop and it is as fine as it is going to be. I think my PC - having been on all day - needed a reboot.
8 comments:
To be honest I am just blown away, amazed and envious of anyone who can sing in tune like that.
Steve: You have talents I do not have.
What a treat not only a picture of you but with voice.
How do you do that? There's nothing on earth that would get me to post myself on Facebook.
I share Steve's admiration!
You can join my angelic choir!!
Marginalia: Foolishness I guess.
DA: Your were so keen you posted twice - I have to moderate comments before they appear my darling. [not sure why I think you are female - maybe something in a previous comment....]
An interesting approach to ear training. Thanks.
As to screen capture programs... I used to use such, but in recent years, unless I need to capture actual video, I have simply gone back to PrtScr and Paste into a suitable graphics program (often Gimp but sometimes just Irfanview) for modifications, if needed, such as cropping. But then, I'm a serious student of the art of tightwaddery. :-)
It wasn't really ear training - it was vocal training although the ears need to hear semitones.
I agree about screen capture but I was meaning Video Capture.
Oh, I know you were demonstrating vocal training, but at that level the two are really inextricably intertwined. Vocal training in reproducing the pitches as you demonstrated is a process of recognizing and internalizing the pitches and then hearing when one does (or does not) accurately reproduce them. JMO, perhaps, eh? :-)
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