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MP3 Music downloads
hi-fi: for DSL, cable, or better lo-fi: for telephone modems 1.x - just learning the basics of multitrack
audio. where the heck is the record button...
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| 1.0 1:01 02_Mar_03 |
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I finally got off my butt
and tried some digital audio recording through Sonar. Not meant
to be anything particularly listenable, this is really just a test.
It's 3 tracks of acoustic guitar, using DirectX audio effects
within Sonar. One track makes a pretty convincing electric.
Things learned: I need a lot of cables, jacks and adapters.
And a preamp for the mic, and for running the electric guitar directly
to the PC. And new headphones. It begins... |
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| 1.1 3:02 22_Mar_03 |
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The same song as above, redone and reworked after buying some more cables, and learning Sonar a little better. There are 5 tracks in this mix. I like how this is turning out, although it's lost a little something from the first draft. I'm undecided if this one is better or worse, so I guess there will have to be third draft. The working title is Riding up Rainbow Hill, which is what I did today just before doing this mix. Here are some photos. | ||||||
| 2.x - learning how to create audio loops and track envelopes |
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| 2.0 1:00 26_Mar_03 |
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In this one, I'm playing around
with loops. There are 2 midi tracks: drums and synth.
Then 3 electric guitar loops. It all sort of blends into
a wall of sound, but changes gradually from start to finish.
Good mind music if looped over and over. I was thinking
this could be a building block for something else. |
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| 2.1 1:00 26_Mar_03 |
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Something else: This
is one bad guitar lead on top of 2.0. Not title. No photos.
Just picture me with 2 fat Sonar manuals open, cables strewn
about, and a nice glass of pinot noir from the Willamette Valley.
Go visit Eugene if you are ever in that area of Oregon - great town.
And go see the Three Sisters. |
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| 2.2.3 7:39 04_Apr_03 |
will be available
on the CD release |
The working title is Three
Sisters to Eugene, and a nearly 8 minute version may be
finished. To understand the title better, look at an Oregon
state map. |
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3.x - what can I do with software synthesis |
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| 3.0 0:28 05_Apr_03 |
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Here, I'm using soft-synths,
with track envelopes to control frequency cutoff, resonance and distortion.
The most prominent synth here is the Dream Station. Hopefully,
this will develop into something not quite as annoying as it is right
now. |
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| 3.3 0:38 08_Apr_03 |
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Versions 3.1 and 3.2 were
pretty unlistenable. Three long days later,
I think it did develop into something better. At 13 minutes, 42
seconds long (yikes!) I believe I am done. This is just a sample.
Working title: I Dream of a Light at the Bottom of the Ocean.
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4.x - pretty ordinary General Midi (GM) to start with... |
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| 4.0 1:03 14_Apr_03 |
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A little light piano. I envision
an electric guitar in here eventually, but who knows where this one will
go... |
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| 4.5 16:34 27_Apr_03 |
available on CD only |
4.1 had many unsuccessful tries at working
the guitar in, so 4.2 was just some further work with GM orchestral sounds.
But in 4.3, I found some guitar sounds that worked, and after many
long nights, this will be released as A Symphony For Neshanic in three
movements: An Idea / Sought / Found. I believe this one is best
categorized as Ambient Classical Dream. And I believe it's best thing
I've ever done musically. |
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You wasted all this time playing guitar when you are a piano player at heart.
- db
PRAISE GOD IN CHRIST FOR CREATING YOUR HANDS AND MIND,JOE!
- John
!awesome!, Joe
- Brad
It was very relaxing and soothing. Reminded me a little of elevator music.
- Jeannette
It's the most interesting thing I've done since fracturing my skull.
- Joe Kaz