Re: [LAU] OT music conducive to programming?

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Niels Mayer <nielsmayer(a)gmail.com> wrote: Well I just listened to the keyboard solo from "Close to the Edge" around 16:00 in, and perhaps there's a tip of the hat, or maybe that's just what it sounds like soloing & comping around on an organ or e-piano. But I can't dig deeper to scratch that "tune on the tip of my tongue" itch, and I don't have any ELP on MP3 as I find it quite tedious.... Fortunately this one sounds a lot better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0abSzGuTFH8&feature=related and this one sounds better and looks better too :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyMSSb_g-Xc&feature=related (see also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjFN5P0m6UE ) Part of the problem is that the organ being used in the original example is off in it's wimpy-sounding register until it gets chorded in the midrange and then it sounds almost proper, though wanting in bass. Too bad it couldn't be played on the awesome-sounding organ from Ms. Kateřina Chroboková's performance at the Prague Spring Festival 2010 (surprising to see an organ like that not in a church)... that first organ, makes you think there's also a trained monkey around turning the crank and collecting change for a carny performer. Which is why the MIDI would be nice. Just a little http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karplus-Strong_string_synthesis and some reverb would sound better than the "Barrel Organ" of the aforementioned, IMHO. -- Niels http://nielsmayer.com