[linux-audio-user] metronome-free MIDI recording

Hans Fugal fugalh at gmail.com
Tue Sep 28 11:11:24 EDT 2004


On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:40:25 -0400, Dave Phillips <dlphilp at bright.net> wrote:
>   A good question. I've transcribed a lot of piano music by various
> composers, and I enter each note from the computer keyboard. I follow
> the dynamics indicators in the music, then I apply a very little
> humanization to start-times, durations, and velocities. After that I do
> edit a tempo track manually. Again I follow the tempo indicators in the
> music, but I also provide an underlying tempo loop (usually at the level
> of the 16th note or 8th note triplet) to "disturb" the even playback
> typical of step-entered MIDI music. My sequencer of choice has a very
> easily edited tempo track, so all this stuff takes less time than you
> might think.

I might give that approach a try; some of the stuff I want to get into
MIDI format is over my head in terms of what I can perform without
massive practice. :)

>   I find that with some careful shaping of dynamics and tempo you can
> create the illusion of a decent performance. Of course, you have to know
> what a decent performance is, and of course you need to know something
> about the performance practice for the kind of music you're
> transcribing, but all this works well for me.

If you were recording a piece that you know well enough to perform (if
you're not a pianist, pretend your instrument of choice (even voice)
were a midi input device), would you be as satisfied?


This has got me thinking. I think the ideal for me would be to record
free and then mold the tempo track to the recording. Rosegarden will
let you do a beat track, perhaps I'll try that. But what if you could
just drag the barlines (or beats, or your choice of granularity) to
the appropriate spots?

-- 
De gustibus non disputandum est.



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