Re: [LAU] Cedars ... my CD made with Linux

What's MMA??

(Dumb question?? I hope not...)

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Bob van der Poel <bob(a)mellowood.ca> wrote: > First off, thanks for taking time to listen. I truly appreciate that. > > > I just listened to the demos on your side. I like the saxophone, > > itsounds really warm. But the rest of the sounds is too MIDI for my > > Funny that things sound too MIDI :) After all, it is just that. I guess > that I could take that as a criticism, but honestly this record is more > a demo of how easy it is to create "acceptable" backgrounds with MMA. > Well, that what it started out as. I really do know crap about mixing > and audio. I do know what I like to listen to, and play. And, yes, I > agree that a lot of the tracks are a bit mechanical. > > > taste. I think even with free software and free sounds you could have > > found a nicer piano and nicer drums. Also especially in Wynndel-waltz > > the ride is played a bit too MIDI-like in a few places. > > Okay. Too midi-like? Does this mean too mechanical? > > > Even though the songs are simple little tunes, for dancing, you did > > yourself harm with the sound-selection. I know this sounds hard, > > especially, when I read, that it took you so long to get this CD done. > > You read too closely the words. I really did not work on this record for > 40 years :) But, I have been playing for at least that long (not sax, > but that is another story). > > > BUT: perhaps you will get back to a few of your tunes or start another > > CD, from which I definitely wouldn't discourage you, and then you can > > just take care of the sounds. Probably even invest a little in either a > > few samples or some synth-module. I'd hope so. And I hope, that you're > > not too sad about tis answer. > > Heck no. Not sad at all. > > I do find it very difficult to hear the things you talk about. > > The crappy piano sounds on a $20 synth sound to me like "piano sounds". > The old piano at the school sounds like a piano. The grand at the > concert hall sounds like a piano. Do they sound different? Sure. Is one > sound more clear, more vibrant, "better". Sure. Does it matter? Not to > my ears. I listen to the music. What the musician is putting into the > song. The interpretation (which is the stuff that I think is lacking > from my own playing, even after all these years). The melody, etc. > > I listen to a lot of the so-called modern music and the pure sounds and > wonderful mixes and I just don't get it. Sure, the audio is wonderful > ... but that's about it. And don't get me started ranting about a lot of > the radio we are subjected to each day. > > Oppps, I'm ranting ... and it might even sound like I'm trying to > justify or defend my little project. Sorry, that's not the intention. > > I'd like to redo the album some day with a live band in a real studio. > Ahh, such are dreams. I live in a little community where the only > popular music is playing on old guitars which are capable of only 3 or 4 > chords :) > > Again, thanks for listening. > > > -- > Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** > EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca > WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user