Listen vs PartPerfect

Listen: enables audiences to participate in live performances and shared listening experiences through synchronised audio playback on their smartphones. Created for composer-musician Hilary Kleinig's The Lost Art of Listening, Listen: allows audience members to participate in performances by playing specially prepared audio in precise coordination with other audience members and performers. Listen: transforms audience devices into a distributed sound system, allowing people to become active participants in a collective sonic experience and can be used for music, sound art, theatre, public installations, educational projects, and immersive events. Using event-specific audio content, Listen: can coordinate playback across multiple devices, creating spatial sound environments. Whether used by composers, artists, performers, educators, or event organisers, the app supports experiences where sound is shared, distributed, and explored together. From intimate performances to large-scale audience participation projects, Listen: makes it possible to deliver audio directly to participants and integrate their devices into the creative work itself. Sounds may include music, field recordings, spoken word, soundscapes, electronic audio, interactive content, or other materials designed specifically for an event or project. Listen: is built around the idea that listening can be a collective act. By bringing together the sounds played from many individual devices, the app helps create immersive experiences that encourage attention, participation, curiosity, and connection. Features: • Synchronised audio playback across multiple devices • Event-specific and project-specific audio content • Simple and intuitive participant experience • High-quality audio playback • Suitable for live performance, sound art, education, exhibitions, and public events • Minimal setup required for participants Listen: is intended for use in participating events and projects. Available content and functionality may vary depending on the organiser, artist, institution, or performance using the platform. Listen together. Participate together. Experience sound in new ways.

PartPerfect is the practice and recording app built for singers who use learning tracks. Load your own learning tracks into the PartPerfect library and use them to practice and record your part — whenever and wherever suits you. PartPerfect works best with left/right split channel learning tracks, where your singing part is in one ear and the other parts are in the other. Use the pan slider to dial in exactly how much of your own part you want to hear while you practice. As you get more confident, gradually shift the balance until you're singing entirely against the other parts — just like the real thing. When you're ready to test yourself, switch to the record tab. Record your singing against your learning track using your device's microphone, then play it back and listen critically. Discard and try again as many times as you need. Happy with your take? Share it directly from the app — to the Files app, via AirDrop, email, or cloud services like Google Drive, Dropbox, or Box. PartPerfect works great for: Choral singers Barbershop quartets and choruses Any singing group that uses learning tracks Load your tracks. Learn your part. Record and share.