30 Jan
2007
30 Jan
'07
4:41 p.m.
On Sunday 28 January 2007 22:31, Folderol wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:32:28 +0100
Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Will. I think this is the best one yet, and sounds really nice. I'm not too
sure of the bodhran sound though. It sounds a bit soft to me. From watching
the Orangemen marching in Belfast on tv, the drums seemed to sound a lot
harder. I have a cdrom with celtic stuff on it, but sadly no bodhran. Perhaps
I'm thinking of a different drum here.
Anyway, all in all a nice tune. Well done.
Not having much success finding bodhran sounds on Google, but that's no
surprise.
Nigel.
Nigel.
Folderol wrote:
While I take your point about using stereo positioning to enhance the
music, I would never use it to assist instrument balance. Indeed I
make a point of listening in mono as a final check.
Our listeners may be using a small portable, or moving from room to
room while using our music as background, so it should sound good with
all instruments as clear as possible under these conditions.
I've made a few more adjustments to it, and think it is now in its final
form. While maybe not technically ideal, I think it works well. The deep
chimes have been softened and some timing errors in the 'choir' have
been put right, along with a general balancing of levels.
The melody can be heard clearly all the way through, and some descant
note clashes have been corrected.
As before:
http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Celtic_Dream.ogg
http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Celtic_Dream.mp3 I tried a flute originally but it was too smooth
and got buried
by the other instruments later on.
How are the different instruments panned? By placing instruments
different places in the stereo image, you can really make them come out
without turning everything up. In a way you could say they're not
fighting for the same space in the stereo image.