30 Jun
2015
30 Jun
'15
12:57 p.m.
On 06/26/2015 11:21 AM, Will Godfrey wrote:
re: Coral.mid
Actually, I didn't think of the original as a true
choral sound, and
to me, it did suggest 'under water' along with the picture. Still, I
had quite bit of fun with this :) When I saw 4 tracks in the MIDI file
I was expecting SATB, which would have enabled me to use choir sounds
that best match those ranges. However, you really need to have a stern
talk with your singers Dave. They were walking all over each other's
ranges quite outrageously. Indeed, I'm surprised there weren't fisticuffs!
It seems they were mostly drunk. I made it clear to them that I'd
tolerate no more such behavior, but like most of the singers I work
with, I don't think they were listening to me. :)
The compromise I worked out was to use 'Another
Choir' for track 1,
'Soft Ahh' for tracks 2 & 4, 'Boy Choir' for track 3. This still
wasn't ideal as the lower notes lacked body, so I made a 5th track
from a merge of all the others, shaved off the top octave or so, and
set it to 'Smooth'. This can make quite a nice Mmmm choir. Here is the
final track along with the Rosegarden file and yoshi/zyn patchset.
(you'll see I was able to reinstate the ritardando).
Very cool thinking, it's a nice work-around where the original sounds
relied on the Angelina synth patch.
http://www.musically.me.uk/Coral-2.ogg
http://www.musically.me.uk/Coral-2.rg
http://www.musically.me.uk/Coral-2.xmz I'll leave these files up for a
couple of weeks or so.
Thanks, Will, I really enjoyed the OGG file. I didn't think it would
work out as a more-or-less standard choral piece but you made some nice
moves on it. Well done, sir !
Best,
dp