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  • Orchestral Drama #3

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    What comes out when you lock Mathis for 10 days in a room? A tschaikovskian samba.... [[:|]]

    Enjoy the trip: [:D]
    OrchestralDramaNr3_mix11_320kbit_14MB.mp3

    It´s a six minutes piece encoded with 320kb, so it´s quite big, 14 mb. I tried lower settings but it just sounds too bad. Even this 320kb version is clearly distinguishable from the PCM version.

    This is my first piece using Opus1 as my main workhorse, but GPO, HSE and Dan Dean are also part of it. ..to answer the obvious question.

    I hope you agree that I made fast progress during the last four weeks. [:)] Thank you very much for attention up to now in the other thread.
    Since I didn´t see much daylight the last days because of this piece I really do ask you to comment. I need feedback now.

    It´s my first big orchestral piece and I thought several times this will be to big for me. I mean, despite of the composition the production process is so full of obstacles. Sometimes I really wanted to give up.

    For the realisation I needed four days. One day for playing and programming the strings, one for woodwinds, one for brass and percussion and one for mixing. How does that compare? Do you think that´s fast or slow? (The days where 14 hour days).

    Now to sleep...
    Best regards,
    - Mathis


    (And thank you, Herb, for that grand library!)
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    For some reason I don´t get the link to work. Here I´ll try again.
    If it doesn´t work, well, I suppose you know how to copy and paste a textline into your browser.
    I really would appreciate if you´ll have the patience to download this large track.

    OrchestralDramaNr3_mix11_320kbit_14MB.mp3


    Ok, this is of course totally wrong. I´m reall tired now. That´is of course no link.

    Here it is:
    www.audionomio.de/mp3/OrchestralDramaNr3_mix12_320kbit_14MB.mp3
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    How many hours did you spent a day?

    It's not slow...it takes time when you have to make the orchestra real on a pc...
    Nice job btw! [[;)]]
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    Hello [:D]
    What is that pounding starting 05:33 at the end? when the wind calms the song down...
    It's VERY nice!

    The whole song is fantastic... It was worth the effort..are you new to vsl?
    Put out more songs if you have! I like your stuff....
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    As usual, the day after, I correct several things, so here´s a new link. I´m just always too impatient...
    I reworked the whole compression and reverb setting. Musically there´s almost no change.

    www.audionomio.de/mp3/OrchestralDramaNr3_mix12_320kbit_14MB.mp3
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    Hi Audun,

    thanks for your compliment. I appreciate it, good to hear.
    The windmachines in the end is from Garritan personal orchestra.

    More things I posted in the "Computer orchestration ..." thread, whereby the orchestral drama #1 is kind of weak, I have to say.

    again thanks,
    - Mathis

    Ah, sorry, you mean the Bassdrum... that´s in VSL.
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    Mathis,

    for some reason, I can't download this, which is annoying. Everything else I wish to download has no problems. Any thoughts?

    Paul
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    Just try again, I was a bit early with posting, sorry.
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    Right click the link and save target as...and download....

    Where are these other songs of yours? On garritan's web page?
    Link to it please [:D]

    Which instruments are playing at the same time at the beginning when the brass thingies kinda breech...? they can sound like a chainsaw if you hold the note longer. 00:50 in the song to be precise, what horns are those?
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    Audun,
    I can´t post a link, since this forum here seems not to support it. The browsers adress line always shows the same URL. But it´s here in the same forum, ten threads away or something.
    Your brass question I don´t really understand, what you mean. But all brass is VSL.
    Bests,
    - M
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    Alrighty...I just meant what brass instruments are playing where I mensioned? Horns in F? It just sounded so good...
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    Hi Audun,

    actually I still don´t really understand what you mean. At exactly 0:50 there is trombone ens, bass trombone, tuba, and counterbassoon.
    But I still don´t get the chainsaw thing... [*-)] (Even if you like it, which makes it, of course, much better [:D] )

    To the others:
    It seems to me that I kind of overused your attention. Which I can understand.
    The downside of that virtual orchestra thing is that one is working alone. And when I finished a work I admittedly need lots of attention and feedback, which is of course hard to get alone behind a computer. The feedback I recieved from you earlier here in this forum, namely and above all Evan, Dave, William and Paul, warmed the cockles in my heart and gave me strong motivation. Thank you very much for that.
    Of course I got a bit used to that [:O]ops: and now I´m a bit frustrated [:'(] that nothing is coming. But, of course, I can handle that [H] .
    Having said that, still I really loved to hear some critic. of course, also if you don´t like the piece.
    I won´t torture you then with my music anymore.... [[;)]]

    With love,
    - Mathis
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    @mathis said:

    To the others:
    It seems to me that I kind of overused your attention. Which I can understand.The downside of that virtual orchestra thing is that one is working alone. And when I finished a work I admittedly need lots of attention and feedback, which is of course hard to get alone behind a computer. - Mathis


    Mathis,

    You will, you will. I haven't downloaded it yet because I'm in the middle of changing my internet systems. That will be another week yet and then I will download the piece, I can assure you. Evan is away somewhere, Dave has a cold and Bill will probably get round to it.

    Don't worry. The others will come back to you on this I'm sure. [H]

    Later

    Paul
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    PS. I feel like cr@p myself at he moment, so you wouldn't want any feedback from me now, anyway.

    Later

    Paul
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    Sorry for my impatience... [:O]ops:


    What´s wrong? Why do you feel like crap?
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    @mathis said:

    What´s wrong? Why do you feel like crap?



    HaaHAHHa. Lol.

    Its just a bug that makes you feel tired. No worries and thanks for your concern. Plus, I'm using VSL to write a 1 minute 30 second piece provisionally named Clocktime which I need to submit, and I don't have the Perf Tool yet. And I'm stuck at 55 seconds and my brain has caved in. You know how it can be.

    Anyway.

    Later

    Paul [:)]
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    Mathis,

    I was also delayed by the size of this file since (I'm sorry to say) I am only on a modem. But I downloaded it and listened - excellent work! It is a very interesting piece, with your development of the short motifs throughout different instrumental groups skillfully handled. I particularly like how you used a lot of percussion with some detailed passages alternating between the rolls, single strokes, etc. on snares. Also, I was impressed by the realism you obtained in your performance practice. This is not automatic simply because of VSL and requires someone who knows how the instruments sound and uses really musical phrasing which you proved previously on your oboe solo. (Played by that excellent hobo.)

    Seriously, congratulations on a fine job!

    William Kersten
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    Dear William,
    I feel flutterly honoured that you took the effort to download this track with a modem! I appreciate that very much and thank you for your kind feedback.
    The perfomance programming almost drove me to despair so I´m glad that you mention that.
    Bests,
    - M


    Audun, if you like I can send you the score in sibelius fomat. PM me your emailadress. I think that´s the easiest way to find out which brass I used.
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    Mathis,

    The link is not available. Any thoughts?

    Paul
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    www.audionomio.de/mp3/OrchestralDramaNr3_mix12_320kbit_14MB.mp3

    I tried it again, it works here....