3 Jul
2005
3 Jul
'05
6:31 p.m.
Hi,
On Saturday 02 Jul 2005 08:38, Steve D wrote:
I try to learn the amazing wealth of Linux tools for
musicians and
digital-audio recording a little at a time. The last couple days I've
dug into the Hydrogen drum sequencer and, finally, the imposing and
daunting Ardour.
Anyway, here is a rough draft of one of my pieces (I'm a musician, not
an accomplished mixer/masterer):
http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/ogg/lonesome_butte.ogg
I've listened to both the new and the old now. Really good stuff, great
performance, good recording. The only thing I can really comment about is the
drums, they sound a bit repetitive but they are bearable.
For what it's worth I liked the cheesy synth in the first version :), though
the flute sound is probably more appropriate.
Good stuff!
/Robert
The drums are pure Hydrogen, using its default drum kit. All
digital-recording was done in Ardour and the session was exported to
.wav file, then encoded to OGG using oggenc.
Hydrogen
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I was nervous about trying to create a believable drum part using a
sequencer. I'm not a drummer and I felt it would sound very mechanical
and awkward. However, Hydrogen's "human feel" time smear and velocity
variation in the FX section of the mixer helps a lot.
Ardour
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I had put off learning anything about Ardour for a long time. I was
scared of its seeming complexity. However, by concentrating at first on
just the features that I needed to understand in order to record
something, it wasn't as hard as I thought. It will take time to learn
the program well though.
Anyway, it sure is fun playing with these and other programs. I'm very
impressed with all the great audio-oriented stuff available to Linux
users and very grateful to the developers who create the tools.
Steve D
New Mexico US
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