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« on: November 03, 2013, 07:21:19 PM » |
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Sometime in 1993 I visited the Silent Pool in Surrey (famed for its stunningly clear water and tranquil setting). Inspired, I later had an all night composing session that resulted in a gentle background with three improvisations on top of it. Returning to it several days later I liked the composition, but was horrified by the timing errors. I like to stretch timing on slow lazy tunes but this was way to much. The problem was that I had six tracks that actually meshed with each other very well. It was the overall timing that was really dragging.
The first thing I tried was quantisation, but that was a nightmare to implement and completely destroyed the character of the tune. Then I tried increasing the tempo, but that only helped a little. Defeated, the project went in 'storage'. It wasn't until 2007 that I made another attempt. This time I painstakingly worked on just the last part of the tune, phrase by phrase, careful to retain the relationship between all parts. I also changed all the instrument sounds to their ZynAddSubFX counterparts. This sounded very much better, but I was totally exhausted, so back it went on the ToDo list.
Recently I discovered a new, non-destructive way of adjusting timing of MIDI tracks in Rosegarden so decided to have another go at this. Without giving away too many secrets I can now even adjust the length of individual notes, but across ALL tracks at the same time. No more changing one track, then bringing the others in one at a time to synchronise. It's not perfect, but then I don't think I want 'perfect'. However after 20 years in limbo I'm happy with it. The final change, that gave a surprising good result was to shift the key down from C to Bb.
So, finally, from Yoshimi and Rosegarden here is 'Sleepy Hollow'.
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« Last Edit: November 10, 2013, 04:55:31 PM by folderol »
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If you have a poem, I have a tune, and we exchange these, we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
- Will
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folderol
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2013, 07:23:03 PM » |
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And for the oggicly challenged...
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If you have a poem, I have a tune, and we exchange these, we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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elwoodblues1969
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Studiophile,Audiophile & Synthophile.
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« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2013, 01:16:54 AM » |
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Tranquil...sleepy..slightly eerie & love that harpsichord-esque sound.  |
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« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2013, 08:53:01 AM » |
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1993 was the year my wife and I "emigrated" to Vancouver Island. It was the year I stopped eating flesh - and the year I cut off all my hair. Perhaps a year of inspiration for both of us, Mr G.?  Very nice bit of work, by the way...  (the hair is back, but the other lifestyle changes remain) |
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« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2013, 07:44:27 PM » |
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Got it right on the button, Thom. Perfectly matches the place  Thanks also Oren. |
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If you have a poem, I have a tune, and we exchange these, we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2013, 04:55:08 PM » |
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Well, today was a beautiful sunny day, so I decided it was high time I visited the Silent Pool again. It looks pretty much as it did all those years ago, and here's the photo |
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« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2013, 06:48:38 PM » |
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...tranquility...  |
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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2013, 12:50:43 AM » |
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Sounds great to me Will!
Very good work here.
I liked the way this carried me away to your Silent Pool, I could picture it when listening.
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The older I get the better I was!
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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2013, 07:08:22 PM » |
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