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.

Mathis,

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

Paul

Just try again, I was a bit early with posting, sorry.

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?

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

Alrighty...I just meant what brass instruments are playing where I mensioned? Horns in F? It just sounded so good...

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

@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

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

Later

Paul

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


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

@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 [:)]

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

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.

Mathis,

The link is not available. Any thoughts?

Paul

www.audionomio.de/mp3/OrchestralDramaNr3_mix12_320kbit_14MB.mp3

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

Sorry. Can't get it to download.

@mathis said:

I hope you agree that I made fast progress during the last four weeks. [[[:)]]] ry

Yes. I've just downloaded it this morning. Took about 3 minutes. I'm listening to it now through headphones for the 3rd time. You are definately making progress after just 4 weeks and have quite a lot of the orchestral palette on this one [[[:)]]]

I like your snares and implentation of using cross motifs throughout (if thats the way of putting it). Around 3.20 I like the way you change the colour and mood. Dark! Coming out at around 4.17. Yep. Thats very good work. 4.45 back to dark again. Some nice chordal progressions and a lot of imagination too. Hello? Whats this! OK. I like the Pink Floyd ending as well.

Excellent work and I enjoyed that. Many thanks.

Paul [[[:)]]]

Thank you for your kind comments, Paul.
I wasn´t aware that Pink Floyd used windmachines? The only thing I really associate with Pink Floyd are these really spread chords with nothing in the middle. But it´s actually long time ago that I heard to Pink Floyd. It was actually a great time, wasn´t it?

But anyway, thanks again,
bests,
- Mathis

Oh Goodness yes. Pink Floyd used anything they could, including wind noises. I first saw them live at the UFO club in London many years ago when Sid Barrett was still with them. They were very cutting edge for the time and were sub-cateogoried 'underground'.

Yes, there were some good times in those days, but I personally don't like to bathe in nostalgia. [:)]

I will say though, thank God Stanley Kubrick did'nt let them do the music to the film 2001. They were originally in the frame to do the soundtrack and I think this would have turned out disasterously. Who knows.

Bests

Paul