Yeah! No hurry Mathis.
Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock!
OK Mathis! Times up!
[:P]
Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock!
OK Mathis! Times up!
[:P]
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Ok, it´s done. [:D]
B.t.w.: I can´t recommend long distance relationships. [:'(]
So, about my setup:
I compose in Sibelius with GPO attached as a playback device. This works great, since a complete reasonable sounding full orchestra can run at once in realtime. I miss keyswitch commands in Sibelius to be able to change articulations, especially in string writing.
(The good thing is that I need less and less this permanent playback check.)
The resulting score I play part by part into Cubase VST (PC) and edit it there. Midi export from Sibelius I only used in the snare part of OD#3 and the fast repitions in the waltz. It is a huge effort to "humanize" this midi export. In OD#3 I did that in the audio editor, and in the waltz I tried the randomize function, which worked ok. I couldn´t have played that anyway.
VSL is hosted by Gigasampler. I capture all articulations of one instrument at a time to one wave file. This step I hate! It´s enourmesly time consuming. I mean I usually end up in 80-100 stereo tracks which all have to be captured in realtime. I look very forward to Giga3, mostly because of the 32track capture function.
The resulting tracks I import into Samplitude for editing and mixing. I think Samplitude has the best sounding native mix engine and the object editing is superb. Although my PC can play back all these tracks, as soon as I insert my needed plugins I have to do submixes. I usually eq and compress (more or less slightly) every track. This results in about 2 to 4 plugins per track resulting all in all in several hundred plugins.... I look very forward to the computer generation after the next one.... [[;)]]
As reverbs I use the Samplitude convolution engine with the impulse responses coming with the program. I´m not entirely happy with these responses but can´t afford others. I use mainly church and ambience responses. In addition to that I use an algorithmic reverb plugin which I would immediatly buy if it would be available as a plain directx plugin. In the end I´m using 3-4 convolution and 4-7 algorithmic reverbs to get a complex reverb structure.
As already written elsewhere I actually do a lot performance related editing in Samplitude.
On the Master I apply some multiband compression, multiband stereo spreading and limiting. For the first two ones I use the Samplitude fx, but I feel the multiband compressor is not really doing the best. I currently test plugins by PSP which seem to be amazing! Especially the MasterQ gives me trebles I never heard before on a native platform.
Did I fulfill your curiosity?
Did I already mention that I can´t recommend long distance relationships?
Bests,
- Mathis
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@dpcon said:
A daring piece of music that works.
Dave,
may I ask you what exactly you find daring? Honestly I wouldn´t have thought of anything daring in this piece. But this may be because of my weird nature [:@] [[:|]] [*-)] [8-)]
(A sincere question, b.t.w.)
- M
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mathis,
I can't get the short distance relationships going so don't worry.
By daring I meant you made a lot of music out of octaves and rhythm and space. Also not tons of melody either. It takes a lot of skill and confidence to pull that off. You totally succeeded. Musically daring in my opinion.
To be a musican is to have a weird nature. Just ask Paul and William: two premium examples in my opinion. I mean these guys are wacked: way way out there. You understand? Damaged, emotionally and mentally. Very angry also. They need help and I just don't know what to do.
Please keep this between you and me.
Mozart
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Wolfy,
Sorry, but "damaged"? Excuse me? I don't think anyone reasonable would go that far. Though I have my doubts about someone who puts on one of those white powdered wigs every time he sits down at his MIDI keyboard. You need to take a little reality check, o.k.? This is the 20th century.
Benny H.
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@dpcon said:
By daring I meant you made a lot of music out of octaves and rhythm and space. Also not tons of melody either. It takes a lot of skill and confidence to pull that off. You totally succeeded. Musically daring in my opinion.
Oh man, that feels good! Actually this was exactly my approach. Now I understand what you meant by daring and do agree. I had a good (ok, short) crisis in the middle of composing this because it didn´t work. Then I found the solution by introducing the snare part which turned it into a kind of snare concerto.
Of course I will keep that for me, I swear! These poor chaps really need some good recovery. But what to do with these hopeless cases?
Bests,
- Mathis
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@mathis said:
These poor chaps really need some good recovery. But what to do with these hopeless cases?
mathis,
Keep humoring them. Tell them they're special wonderful people and not to worry too much about things.
Anything to keep the men in white jackets from coming round too often.
Sebastian
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Quite right Dave. Never trust the British. Mathis has a weird nature [[:|]] No! Really?
Mathis can't recommend long distance relationships gentlemen! Oh Mathis, really now. I've been having a long distance relationship for years (and we live in the same house). Can't beat it. [H] Just kidding Mathis, don't start worrying again. [:P]
More music Mathis please!
Bests (I love saying that btw)
John Sebastian Brook
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@William said:
Wolfy,
Sorry, but "damaged"? Excuse me? I don't think anyone reasonable would go that far. Though I have my doubts about someone who puts on one of those white powdered wigs every time he sits down at his MIDI keyboard. You need to take a little reality check, o.k.? This is the 20th century.Benny H.
Errr Bill.....its the 21st mate. Didn't want to point that out to be honest, but there it is. Just too many notes.....