Re: [LAU] Coral - music from Studio D

On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:58:39 -0400
Dave Phillips <dlphillips@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

>
> On 06/25/2015 06:33 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@email-addr-hidden
> > <mailto:dlphillips@email-addr-hidden>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Four instances of the Angelina synthesizer, a Windows VST plugin.
> > I use it Bitwig via the Airwave utility. Two instances use the
> > same preset, the other two run two other presets.
> >
> >
> > For once I'm going to be the Debbie Downer. I liked the composition
> > but really didn't like the "voicing". I found it to be "trying hard to
> > be vocal, but missing by a country mile without any apparent awareness
> > that it was doing so, and thus not playing to the strengths of the synth".
> >
> > Usually love your stuff though Dave, and the composition remains strong.
> >
>
> That's the second time today that I've encountered the qualifier "Debbie
> Downer", once in realtime conversation and now here, though in different
> contexts. How bizarre.
>
> I always appreciate the honest appraisal. However, in my admittedly weak
> - pitifullly weak - defense, the SC page includes the disclaimer :
>
> "Fake choral music."
>
> Well, okay, it's no defense at all. I admit I liked the sounds, just
> please don't cancel my subscription to Ardour, okay ?
>
> I've placed the MIDI file online here :
>
> http://linux-sound.org/midfiles/Coral.mid
>
> Let the revoicing begin.
>
> Btw, the original tempo is 48 bpm, slowing to 35 bpm during the last
> three chords.The file was exported from Bitwig, so I loaded it back into
> the program to see how well it would import its own exported file. It
> got the tracks right but didn't import the tempo information. I loaded
> the MIDI file into my antique DOS sequencer, it got the tracks and tempo
> but not the ritardando. Today's build of A4 got the tracks, not the
> tempo. So whatever sequencer you're using, good luck with all that.
>
> Best,
>
> dp

Challenge accepted! :)

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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