Introduction

Cantāmus is an application to assist ensemble singers of any musical expertise in individual study or rehearsal.

Basic functionality - demo video

This video demonstrates the basic interactions to play a piece and record a rehearsal. The video was recorded with the previous version of the application and some controls have been slightly changed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udthMYWwcE8

What do I need to use it?

• A computer
  • A tablet or mobile device will also work most of the time but right now we are not ensuring the compatibility of those. If you want to have a good experience try to use a screen with big resolution (the closer to a computer the better) and prioritize the use of Chrome in Android devices and Safari on iOS 11 or later
• A browser
  • Chrome is the officially supported browser. Try to use a recent version for the best compatibility
  • Firefox, Safari and blink engine browsers are fine most of the time
• If you wish to record your voice, you also need:
  • A microphone (the microphone that is integrated in laptops or tablets is usually good enough)
  • Headphones (so that your voice can be recorded without picking up the other voices that are playing)

<aside> ❗ Modern browsers will request permission to access the microphone device. It is important to allow this use. The application will use the microphone exclusively during the recording time to allow analyzing and listening to the performance.

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• An email account to register

What can I do with it?

The main functionalities of Cantāmus are:

• Select from several pieces in a repertoire or upload a new custom score (conductor-only)
• Visualize the pieces with two visualization modes: score and piano roll
• Listen to the piece (or a fragment) with synthetic voices, controlling the volume and panning of each of the voices. The visualisation (score or piano roll) follows the music
• Select one of the voices in the score. This highlights the selected voice on the visualisation