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"Wow! I just made a whole discussion about this on another forum by asking this question:
Humanizing music or Computerizing People?
Now, there seems to be this idea that music that comes from something other than a live human is robotic (which…"
Humanizing music or Computerizing People?
Now, there seems to be this idea that music that comes from something other than a live human is robotic (which…"
"There's a recording and then there's a score.
For a score I don't technology has had any impact on a composers ability to approach perfection in the documentation to give to a performer, only the tools of the trade have been modified.
To make a…"
For a score I don't technology has had any impact on a composers ability to approach perfection in the documentation to give to a performer, only the tools of the trade have been modified.
To make a…"
"Software has given us the ability to listen to things in an exact way- a 13 note tuplet over 4 notes has never been more precise-and yet so boring. Because this is what makes a performance-the human behind it. Even for instruments easier to capture,…"
"That's excellent advice Lennart. I think I'm going to try that in the near future.
MikeLennart Östman said:
I sometimes quantize everything when composing , and then replace the quantized music with unquantized when the composition is finished.…"
MikeLennart Östman said:
I sometimes quantize everything when composing , and then replace the quantized music with unquantized when the composition is finished.…"
"I sometimes quantize everything when composing , and then replace the quantized music with unquantized when the composition is finished. it's sometimes very good to separate the composition, the recording and the mixing phases, even if you use your…"
"I've struggled with this in my electronic compositions. I find that perfectly quantized music is easy to edit and work with in general, i.e. you can copy it around to various tracks, stretch it, shrink it, etc.. (I'm talking about MIDI here). I've…"
"I struggle with my music sounding 'rigid'. It happens all the time - very frustrating. On the other hand, if it wasn't for the mass of music software available, those of us who will never have a career in music, doing what we love doing would never…"
"Very true, Jerry.
Jerry Gerber said:
I dislike the term "mockup". The term "MIDI Mockup" came into being in the 90s, when film directors couldn't imagine what an orchestral score would sound like when a composer would play it on the piano. The…"
Jerry Gerber said:
I dislike the term "mockup". The term "MIDI Mockup" came into being in the 90s, when film directors couldn't imagine what an orchestral score would sound like when a composer would play it on the piano. The…"
"Everything I do is within a tempered scale. ...and perfect time sounds too rigid. Now a perfect concept is a worthwhile goal."
"Another important question is what kind of music are we talking about? I know that a lot, if not most people in here are into orchestral music and spotless digital mockups, but the idea of a "perfect" Bruce Springsteen recording is somewhat…"
" "Can a being be omniscient? A hypothetically omniscient consciousness would, by definition, never know the experience of not knowing. Similarly, one can only arrive at the conclusion that "not knowing" is not a part of knowledge, but rather of…"
"True! A lot of the problematic stiffness in a sequencer recording comes from the tone itself having a very limited variation. If one could build an electronic instrument that had the same ability to vary the tone as a acoustic instrument have, it…"
"A melody is a melody, but the performance of it can make a huge difference. It's all those small nuances and shiftings in timing that makes a melody come alive. If you record it in a sequencer and quantize it, you will flatten it to various degrees.…"
"Good ideas. I find it difficult implementing tempo changes. I need to experiment and work on that area."
"I agree totally, Lennart. I also use a similar quantization strategy. A good groove is always a little bit loose, sloppy... Today's music technology is a collection of amazing tools."
"Recorded electronic music can be quantized and fiddled with to death. Music is something organic and there is nothing to state that electronic music can't be organic too. I never quantize anything to 100% because then it will not be organic any…"
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Your music is nice and relaxing, kinda reminds me of Kitaro infused with a little Tangerine Dream or Animusic a bit.
~ Jason
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