[LAU] Marrying MIDI with Music

[Mark Knecht]

Heck, I like it. Go be sensitive again if you want. ;-)

- Mark

On Jan 17, 2008 7:37 PM, Charles Linart <clinart at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody.  Have been experimenting lately.  Reared on dear old
> Dad's Radio Shack cassette recorder and vanilla four-track analog
> recording, I've always been pretty much a straight-shootin' audio guy.
>  Linux audio has opened up new worlds to me.  Nowadays, I'm getting
> into MIDI, and while I still think it stinks as a general rule (takes
> the humanity out of music IMHO), I can see its utility.
>
> So I've been working on getting audio and MIDI channels to play nicely
> together through JACK, and I finally got it down (at least the
> basics).  The long-term vision is to have a band jam live in pure
> audio as a MIDI engineer sets down a fresh electronic groove,
> something like what the Talking Heads did live but with a 21st Century
> twist.
>
> My first effort was just a technical experiment to get everything
> plugged in.  It's no great composition, but it brought the vision a
> little closer to reality.  The mix was a quickie, as was the "song"
> itself -- took longer to plug everything into JACK than it did to
> actually record and mix.  This won't sound like much to many of you
> pros and old hands, but it represents a major breakthrough for me.
>
> Since lam.fugal.net is down for the count, here it is.  Feedback would
> be appreciated, but please be gentle in your criticism as I am a
> novice and a sensitive type.
>
> http://charliehiphop.com/audio/download/226/newexperiment.ogg
>
> If you want more details on how it was done, check this
>
> http://charliehiphop.com/new_experiment_ogg_download
>
> Enjoy, and thanks!
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