Re: [LAU] Cedars ... my CD made with Linux

What's MMA??

(Dumb question?? I hope not...)

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Bob van der Poel <bob@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

>
> First off, thanks for taking time to listen. I truly appreciate that.
>
>
> > I just listened to the demos on your side. I like the saxophone,
> > itsounds really warm. But the rest of the sounds is too MIDI for my
>
> Funny that things sound too MIDI :) After all, it is just that. I guess
> that I could take that as a criticism, but honestly this record is more
> a demo of how easy it is to create "acceptable" backgrounds with MMA.
> Well, that what it started out as. I really do know crap about mixing
> and audio. I do know what I like to listen to, and play. And, yes, I
> agree that a lot of the tracks are a bit mechanical.
>
> > taste. I think even with free software and free sounds you could have
> > found a nicer piano and nicer drums. Also especially in Wynndel-waltz
> > the ride is played a bit too MIDI-like in a few places.
>
> Okay. Too midi-like? Does this mean too mechanical?
>
> > Even though the songs are simple little tunes, for dancing, you did
> > yourself harm with the sound-selection. I know this sounds hard,
> > especially, when I read, that it took you so long to get this CD done.
>
> You read too closely the words. I really did not work on this record for
> 40 years :) But, I have been playing for at least that long (not sax,
> but that is another story).
>
> > BUT: perhaps you will get back to a few of your tunes or start another
> > CD, from which I definitely wouldn't discourage you, and then you can
> > just take care of the sounds. Probably even invest a little in either a
> > few samples or some synth-module. I'd hope so. And I hope, that you're
> > not too sad about tis answer.
>
> Heck no. Not sad at all.
>
> I do find it very difficult to hear the things you talk about.
>
> The crappy piano sounds on a $20 synth sound to me like "piano sounds".
> The old piano at the school sounds like a piano. The grand at the
> concert hall sounds like a piano. Do they sound different? Sure. Is one
> sound more clear, more vibrant, "better". Sure. Does it matter? Not to
> my ears. I listen to the music. What the musician is putting into the
> song. The interpretation (which is the stuff that I think is lacking
> from my own playing, even after all these years). The melody, etc.
>
> I listen to a lot of the so-called modern music and the pure sounds and
> wonderful mixes and I just don't get it. Sure, the audio is wonderful
> ... but that's about it. And don't get me started ranting about a lot of
> the radio we are subjected to each day.
>
> Oppps, I'm ranting ... and it might even sound like I'm trying to
> justify or defend my little project. Sorry, that's not the intention.
>
> I'd like to redo the album some day with a live band in a real studio.
> Ahh, such are dreams. I live in a little community where the only
> popular music is playing on old guitars which are capable of only 3 or 4
> chords :)
>
> Again, thanks for listening.
>
>
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