stefan inglis

I was trying for a long time to see if the P60 had a phono output, and I can't see if it does. I Imagine there's some sort of output at the back of the keyboard, either a 1/4" jack or two phono outputs... use this over the headphone output, but if you have to use the headphone output just take a cable straight from the piano to the keyboard, and then plug your headphones into the computer. This way: no splitters or connectors. As for brands, unless you go for really really crummy cable (the cheapest you can find anywhere that's only 1mm thick) you won't hear the difference... just use as few connectors as possible...

Yeah there's the wonderfully opensource REAPER www.reaper.fm It is the best in the world. Get it. Hello David!

Reaper! www.reaper.fm - very well features (easily better than garageband, and just as good as pro-tools) and free!

Like I've been saying on other bits of the board - I'd keep an eye on REAPER - there isn't much in the way of MIDI editing at the moment (you can add any number of VSTis (of which there many are soundfont players) but you can record, edit, change tempo, all sorts. All for free. There's a new version every day, too, pretty much so I'd keep looking. Staff view might not be there for a while. though.

Thanks Mike! Yes, it's a guitar. And a piano. Wow, good to know Orangedust is still doing the rounds. I have been considering updating the thing - same piece but with the better sounds I now have at my disposal.. Hm..! Anyway, thanks for the kind words. Would you call it minimalism?!

So, I've been away. Away, battling crime with fun sized cans of diet coke (cherry and lime flavour) as well as creating pieces of music out of other people's songs. Imagine, if you can, taking a piece of Shostakovich, or Schostakovic, or another composer of similar name, and then, with his permission, cutting bits out, moving them around, adding your own bits, reversing bits, and generally poking around with it, and creating a new piece, that is the same, but different. Welcome to the world of reeeeeeemix (emix.. emix.. emix.. emix..). So I did some. Techniques - it's a remix. They give me the individual tracks of their recording, I mix them about and add my own bits. Structure is of little importance, really. I mean, you can hear it for yourself. Downward spiral took me about 3 months, I Hold My Breath about 2 months. Obstacles when composing - I wanted to make Downward Spiral just using their samples, but found it unsatisfying with the drums. So I added my own. And it all went nicely. Using a good ol' Novation Bass Station for the bass. Hm. It sounds so nice. Summary - listen to the originals. They're good. Artsian Remix - Downward Spiral - go to www.myspace.com/artisanmusic to hear the original... Artisan Remix - I Hold My Breath - go to www.myspace.com/artisanmusic to hear the original... So, tell me how much you hate, love, or indifferent them. They are effectively the same work - imagine two movements. - They're similar. I can take one out and put it in a different thread if needed, but it seems a little silly maybe. I dunno.

I work in a studio where we have a nice largish (75sqm/ 800sqft) room which would be perfect for a rehearsing (or, indeed performing!) chamber orchestra. But it never gets used. Which is a real shame. So firstly, is this something you would consider being in demand, and if so, how would we go about getting people in to use it? We don't charge much at all - from £9 per hour (maybe $15 or something) so is perfect for the stuggling students or something. It'd be maybe 50p each for an hour! Help!

Hm... not quite sure how that's a radical alternative in composition... Of the 4 genres you listed, 3 are roughly equal and spawned from the other 1. I'm not sure why this is supposed to be so special...?

[Clunk] No worky...

This is the most beautiful music I have ever written. Please listen and comment. Anthem Makers Factory Line - Carry On

Hi there. Nice piece. The drums have a rather nice sound to them - may I ask how they were made? As for critisism - musically, I have none - this is your thing. I did find that the string attack was sometimes a bit slow - especially in the early section (around 2:00) and through that the rhythm of the faster string part got lost somewhat. This is better when the BIG drums come in just after that. Also the opening string section - might be nice if you could find a way to stop it sounding like you played the chords on the keyboard - splitting each 'line' up and playing it individually I find is quite a nice way. You would instinctively play the notes more legato and appropriately more for the bass notes, which doesn't happen when you simply -boom- play the chord. Not so keen on your avatar though - all those guns! What are you, American?!

Sounds like a nice idea which has potential. Sounds quite a lot like other computer composed music, however - on one end fractal generated music, and at the other, the electronic sounds of Autechre. What you've made is nice, although as you've made clear it's going to be going somewhere, rather than it being a destination you have already reached.

Even when you shout at the man and thrust 10 fingers in his face, your gesture is a form of language. Again, I'm not saying I agree with the guy, but I find your simple "what a moron" attitude unhelpful, and indeed far more moronic. How does this persuade anyone? How does this persuade him? What, exactly, is the point in saying this, other than to make you look macho?

Thanks for refraining from merging the posts. It is an effect I intended. I have often used the edit post feature when appropriate. Indeed, the edit post feature was present on the old board. I find it a strange situation when I can't use the internet-rhetorical devices I'd like to. But yes. It's not happening. So I'm happy. Thanks.

Heh. No need to walk on eggshells... ;) Yes I know exactly what you mean about not being 'musically' creative... and I thank you for your kind words regarding the technical stuff: the falling scratchy sound is made by a held chord in the synthesiser (the very first second it is 'pure') and the 'bit depth' (with how much resolution a sample is defined at (there are 44,100 samples taken per second) was reduced. At one point, the harmonics created by the aliasing caused by the bit reduction matched the harmonics of the chord (but not exactly, hence the nice swelling sound) - that was the point at which I stopped and the intro is over. I think that while the harmonies are pretty standard, (they don't stay entirely static throughout - there are a number of 'versions') I believe that music, now, is more than just notes on a page. At least, this tune, is more than notes on a page. There isn't a way to reproduce the 1st section with an orchestra at all, but is important to the music. Hm. What am I trying to say? I'm trying to say that I believe that the technicality is a part of the music, as harmony and melody are. Timbre. Yeah. While other pieces concentrate more on harmony, I did on timbre. Doesn't mean it's no longer musical. Just differently focussed. But I know what you mean.