How to input with Microphone.

easylife · Post by **easylife** » 12 Aug 2007, 17:30

I'm beginner of the music so I want to use EarMaster.
I input sounds from a microphone with guitar , but the position of the fret where it recognized is different.
I want it to recognize collect frets. How can I set it up?

Post by **Quentin** » 13 Aug 2007, 01:14

If you're referring to chords, EarMaster isn't able to recognize them yet unfortunately.
When it comes to frets, you have to keep in mind that EarMaster recognizes pitches. If you play a E at the 12th fret of the E string, it may just as well show as a E from the 7th fret of the A string. It is the very same tone, but played at a different location, so you shouldn't worry too much about that because it won't be counted as a mistake in your evaluation

bumblebee · Post by **bumblebee** » 02 Nov 2007, 14:50

I have a related question regarding microphone input.

I am trying to get EarMaster to recognise notes played on a violin, via a microphone.

I find the note recognition is quite erratic. At best it is an octave too high or too low. Other times it is simply the wrong note.

I've tried changing the microphone settings in EarMaster, but this does not fix the problem.

(The microphone is a USB-connected Samson C03U. Works fine with other software)

Any suggestions?

Post by **Quentin** » 05 Nov 2007, 03:17

I'm using EarMaster with the microphone of a poor headset and a classical guitar and it works fine.
Have you tried the Microphone tuning wizard? (In the Tools menu in EarMaster)
Notice that the harmonic configuration step is very important. The natural recognition works fine with my guitar for instance.

bumblebee · Post by **bumblebee** » 08 Nov 2007, 04:24

I'd like to try microphone input again but my 21-day trial period has expired!

I did try to tweak the microphone settings in EarMaster, but I still had problems as described. One difficulty for me was some of the terminology used in the wizard, describing the adjustment options... I'm a relative novice musically, so some additional explanation would have helped.

Microphone input is one of the features that attracted me to EarMaster. I'd like to coinfirm this works before buying a license.

Can anyone else confirm the accuracy of EarMaster's microphone tone recognition?

Post by **Quentin** » 08 Nov 2007, 05:16

hi,
you can download a trial version of the edition you didn't use. For instance, if you tried EarMaster School, you can try the Pro version afterwards, and try the microphone input again. The main difference is the Network compatibility and tutor edition which are not included in the Pro version.

amathias · Post by **amathias** » 26 Jan 2008, 15:59

You can get such a microphone that can also be used with most guitar tuners (like a Korg tuner) - simply clip this contact mike anywhere on your guitar (like on one of the tuning machines) and plug it in - much more accurate/direct than an acoustic mike - link below:

http://www.guitargoods.com/ProductDetai ... 09&click=2

Also - an acoustic to usb connection such as (below) works well.

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2006/04/ ... cable.html

Post by **Quentin** » 28 Jan 2008, 02:32

Hi amathias,
Did you try that little Korg clip Mic out yourself?
Is it very accurate?