9 Jul
2005
9 Jul
'05
3:29 p.m.
On Sat, 09 Jul, 2005 at 01:45PM -0400, Dave Phillips spake thus:
james(a)dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
Ta.
On Sat, 09 Jul, 2005 at 11:07AM -0400, Dave
Phillips spake thus:
Yes, I've listened to this piece already. Sweetly done, and I say again
that your mixing is very nicely done. Someone else mentioned that the guitar sounds too
clean. I'd say its
problem is its lack of expressive technique, it's a major problem for
any sequenced guitar tracks. The guitar is normally played in such a way
that most notes receive some sort of expression from the player, usually
a finger vibrato or some other slight pitch variation (bends,
glissandi). These articulations aren't impossible to program, but they
do take time and detailed effort to make the part sound realistic. Of
course, if you're not going for realism there's no problem. :)
I have a track called creamcheese
(http://dis-dot-dat.net/content/music/creamcheese.ogg) in which I
tried this. I like the sound, but it was fiddly. Have a listen, it's
towards the end, when the guitar starts to bend (try 3m30s).
The guitar sounds more natural up to the point of the
bends. To my ears
the pitch bends result in a sound more akin to the pedal steel than to
the regular 6-string electric. It's a little too smooth to sound like a
fretted instrument or even a slide guitar. Perhaps the p-bend resolution
should be coarser ? Just a thought...
I don't intend to go back to improve the authenticity of that track,
but it's something worth keeping in mind.
Like I said, really convincing results are tough to
achieve for
instruments like the guitar or an alto sax. Each note gets some kind of
micro-expression, it's the despair of those of us who occasionally aim
towards the realistic effect.
I tend to steer clear of wind instruments - they just nerver sound
right unless they are real.
[re: Blatter book]
Ouch - 37 GBP on amazon. Although, when the site comes back up I
think I've found a copy for a tenner somewhere else.
Just checking amazon - do you mean A. Blatter?
That's the one. Sorry, I'm not at my place, didn't check the author on
the 'zon. So, more music, si vous il plait. :-)
I think I'm all creative'd out at the moment. I tend to work in fits
and starts, with large spaces of barren imagination.
James
Best,
dp
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