Sounds really great. I am not particularly into this era of music but it sounded quite believable to me.

Hi Jos,

You've received some well-deserved praise for these wonderful pieces.  They were jubilant, charming, and elegant.  Your virtual rendition didn't make me long for "real instruments" at all.  Congratulations and glad to see you sharing music again!

Dave

Thanks Paul and Dave for the listen and your nice comments.

To tell the truth: I chose these two dances to practise again with the old fashioned means: no MIR or another ready made acoustic environment. Everything was done with the Vienna Suite (IR and Reverb, panning, depth, EQ...) I wanted to go back to the roots to learn how an ambience is made. For that purpose, a longer piece was not necessary. So an old approach.

Today I posted a remix with some stero field improvements (the mid field was too empty in the first mix).

Thanks,

Jos

The most entertaining 2:33 of the week.

Hi Fabio,

Nice to hear you again. Thanks for the listen!

Today I've added another version (it's part of my learning project) with the Dimension Strings instead of the Chamber Strings. Quite different mixing and EQ'ing.

See original post.

Jos

Beautiful music and beautiful rendition.

Pretty good use of Dimension crispy sound, they perform pretty well in your mix.

The overal mix is very realistic, just little discrepancies between winds and Continuo, but I always have the very same problem, it's hard to fix in close perspective of chamber music, like in your case (and I think you were using the pretty right perspective for this style).

Thanks fatis

Actually there is no 'continuo', but an obligato. Indeed the winds are fairly dominant in the ensemble. Their role is rather important, not just colouring. That's why you might experience them as out of perspective. Maybe I could lower a litlle bit the WW-section compression.

Now I've made still anoter version with MIR. The little piece is meant to practise with all possibilities of room sound and depth. I'll post that version as well to compare.

Jos

Jos, I continue to enjoy these pieces, having listened to your new Dimension version.  They're so lively, charming, and pleasant and you've really shown finesse in creating this beautiful and delicate performance.  I really admire your determination to learn every aspect of the entire "mock up" process. Isn't it nice to be able to do so using music that's enjoyable and meaningful to you?

Cheers!

Dave

Thank you Fatis and Dave!

And today I've added the final mix and variation. This time a version with the Dimension Strings and MIR. The previous versions both used the Vienna Suite, Synchron Stages wide (IR) and MIRacle Synchron Stages E for the overall reverb tail.

I hope that comparison is interesting enough. Luckily, it's a pretty short piece...😉

Jos

I enjoyed listening. The final MIR mix is extremely believable. I think you could put it on classical radio and no one would ever suspect it was not live musicians. You have an excellent ear.

Paul

Thanks Paul.

I guess this is only a matter of taste.

Some prefer the Vienna Suite version with the chamber strings, some the last version with the dim strings and MIR. I'm glad I did three different takes for the sake of acustic practice, although I have to say that with MIR I had to adapt the mix as well and some articulations (which were suddenly too harsh). One is never too old to learn...

Cheers,

Jos