23 Nov
2004
23 Nov
'04
2:37 a.m.
Although I have used Linux for a few years, I only recently began to
explore the world of Linux audio and MIDI applications thanks to the
Agnula/DeMuDi distribution.
Previously I used the sequencer/digital-audio recording application
Studio Vision Pro on the Macintosh, before Gibson musical instruments
bought Studio Vision Pro and then killed it. I'm still angry at Gibson.
I have greatly enjoyed hearing other Linux-Audio-Users' own compositions
and audio files and the variety of styles and wonderful examples of
creativity. To contribute a small item of my own, here is a musical
fragment, a blues in C that I composed last night and recorded this
evening using Rosegarden4, Audacity and oggenc. --
http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/blues-in-c_number-2.ogg
Steve D, NM US
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23 Nov
23 Nov
9:04 a.m.
On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 00:37, Steve D wrote:
I have greatly enjoyed hearing other
Linux-Audio-Users' own compositions
and audio files and the variety of styles and wonderful examples of
creativity. To contribute a small item of my own, here is a musical
fragment, a blues in C that I composed last night and recorded this
evening using Rosegarden4, Audacity and oggenc. --
http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/blues-in-c_number-2.ogg
Really nice. Downloaded!
Jan
9:55 a.m.
On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 00:37, Steve D wrote:
>I have greatly enjoyed hearing other
Linux-Audio-Users' own compositions
>and audio files and the variety of styles and wonderful examples of
>creativity. To contribute a small item of my own, here is a musical
>fragment, a blues in C that I composed last night and recorded this
>evening using Rosegarden4, Audacity and oggenc. --
>
>http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/blues-in-c_number-2.ogg
>
>
Good stuff, very good sound. But, umm, how is it a blues ?? (Not that I
care what you call it, but it's not in a typical blues form)...
Thanks !
Best,
dp
12:44 p.m.
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 09:02:02AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
--- --- ---
It is an extremely simple C-F-G progression, a three-chord blues in C--
Framed by a 4 chord "intro" and "outro" that ends on the dominant G,
the
structure of the 2 "verses" of this short piece, with base chords bar by
bar, is:
C C C C F F C C G F C C
(the bars are in 12/8 time signature)
The key is C major with heavy harmonic use of the 6th, 9th and augmented
9th with suspended 4th, and heavy melodic use of the dominant 7th
I have been fascinated for some time with taking a minimalist, limited
structure and elaborating on the details and harmonic content. This is
my second "blues" study. The first has so many "passing chords" in the
transitions from C, F and G that it is hardly recognizable as a simple
three-chord blues in C major, but that's what it is. ;-)
-steve d
NM US
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>http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/blues-in-c_number-2.ogg
>
Good stuff, very good sound. But, umm, how is it a blues ?? (Not that I
care what you call it, but it's not in a typical blues form)...
2:13 p.m.
Hi Steve:
Yep, it is. I wasn't listening for the intro and outro. You're messin'
with my count, man... ;)
Must have more...
Best,
dp
Steve D wrote:
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 09:02:02AM -0500, Dave Phillips
wrote:
--- --- ---
It is an extremely simple C-F-G progression, a three-chord blues in C--
Framed by a 4 chord "intro" and "outro" that ends on the dominant G,
the
structure of the 2 "verses" of this short piece, with base chords bar by
bar, is:
C C C C F F C C G F C C
(the bars are in 12/8 time signature)
The key is C major with heavy harmonic use of the 6th, 9th and augmented
9th with suspended 4th, and heavy melodic use of the dominant 7th
I have been fascinated for some time with taking a minimalist, limited
structure and elaborating on the details and harmonic content. This is
my second "blues" study. The first has so many "passing chords" in the
transitions from C, F and G that it is hardly recognizable as a simple
three-chord blues in C major, but that's what it is. ;-)
-steve d
NM US
>http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/blues-in-c_number-2.ogg
>
>
>
Good stuff, very good sound. But, umm, how is it a blues ?? (Not that I
care what you call it, but it's not in a typical blues form)...
24 Nov
24 Nov
7:19 a.m.
Last Tuesday 23 November 2004 16:02, Steve D was like:
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 09:02:02AM -0500, Dave
Phillips wrote:
--- --- ---
It is an extremely simple C-F-G progression, a three-chord blues in C--
Framed by a 4 chord "intro" and "outro" that ends on the dominant G,
the
structure of the 2 "verses" of this short piece, with base chords bar by
bar, is:
C C C C F F C C G F C C
(the bars are in 12/8 time signature)
The key is C major with heavy harmonic use of the 6th, 9th and augmented
9th with suspended 4th, and heavy melodic use of the dominant 7th
I have been fascinated for some time with taking a minimalist, limited
structure and elaborating on the details and harmonic content. This is
my second "blues" study. The first has so many "passing chords" in
the
transitions from C, F and G that it is hardly recognizable as a simple
three-chord blues in C major, but that's what it is. ;-)
Gorgeous. Thanks for the explanation, I nearly passed over this, being in a
slight rush this morning, your explanation prompted me to listen. It's a
blues structure, sure, but I find titling it as such a bit ironic.
Anyhow, nice tune.
cheers
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
>http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/blues-in-c_number-2.ogg
Good stuff, very good sound. But, umm, how is it a blues ?? (Not that I
care what you call it, but it's not in a typical blues form)... 
23 Nov
23 Nov
10:52 p.m.
Steve,
Great piece. May I ask what you used for synthesis?
-Joe D
On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 09:02, Dave Phillips wrote:
On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 00:37, Steve D wrote:
>I have greatly enjoyed hearing other
Linux-Audio-Users' own compositions
>and audio files and the variety of styles and wonderful examples of
>creativity. To contribute a small item of my own, here is a musical
>fragment, a blues in C that I composed last night and recorded this
>evening using Rosegarden4, Audacity and oggenc. --
>
>http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/blues-in-c_number-2.ogg
>
>
Good stuff, very good sound. But, umm, how is it a blues ?? (Not that I
care what you call it, but it's not in a typical blues form)...
Thanks !
Best,
dp
24 Nov
24 Nov
1:58 a.m.
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 09:52:17PM -0500, Joseph Dell'Orfano wrote:
Steve,
[...] May I ask what you used for synthesis?
-Joe D
---
Hello Joe-- My gear consists mainly of:
* a Yamaha P-90 digital piano for MIDI motherboard (great action--I prefer
it to my much more expensive Kawai MP9500 which I have decided to sell);
* several rack-mounted tone generators--an older Yamaha MU90R and a
GeneralMusic RealPiano Expander, and a new Roland FantomXR, which has
some really nice sounds mixed in with all the less pleasant, gimmicky
ones (from my perspective);
* a Rane SM26B 1-rack-space splitter/mixer that is one of my
all-time favorite pieces of gear, extremely versatile with
clean-sounding circuitry, exceptionally good design and very sturdy;
* an M-Audio Delta 1010 PCI MIDI/digital-audio soundcard with
rack-mounted "breakout box"; it's a great soundcard that works well with
Linux, but my only complaint is that the powered breakout box doesn't
have an on/off switch. If it's plugged in, it will come on with the
computer whether or not one intends to use it at the time, and it gets
considerably hot. (I give it an empty rack space above and below it,
after reading of some other people's difficulties with the Delta 1010
failing because of overheating. The versions after the first generation
1010 supposedly don't have as much of a problem with this.)
* a dual-CPU Athlon 1900+ computer (Tyan motherboard) that runs the
Agnula/Demudi Debian-based Linux distribution.
The sounds on the short piece I mentioned were the "mellow piano" from
the "Concert Piano" expansion board for the Roland FantomXR, with a
piano/choir combination voice from the GeneralMusic RealPiano Expander
at a lower volume. The flute sound was the "Pan Pipes SRX" on the "World
Collection" expansion board for the Roland FantomXR. Those are the only
sounds on that short piece.
I have never tried using a sofware synth yet, nor using Timidity or
a soundfont to provide the sounds for MIDI data. I'm interested in
exploring that territory, but just have felt daunted to do so yet.
The quiet, clean sound of the file I uploaded is the result primarily of
two factors: a) I use no microphones (I'm not a singer, just a piano
player), so no ambient noise is picked up (including my very noisy
computer with 8 fans!), b) the analog audio signal from the tone
generators is converted from unbalanced "line level" -10dB (as it comes
out of the tone generators) to balanced cables at "pro" levels (+4dB) as
soon as possible using short cables to connect them to the Rane SM26B
mixer and/or the M-Audio Delta 1010, which are both capable of using
balanced cables (Tip-Ring-Sleeve 1/4") and cleanly boosting line-level
signals to +4dB).
This is a lot more information than you asked for. Sorry--
-Steve D
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7:40 p.m.
Steve,
Actually, this is really what I should've asked. I'm a guitar player, so
I use microphones. I am using a delta 1010LT card, which has 2 balanced
inputs which I run from a Pendulum Audio SPS acoustic preamp. I can get
quiet recordings in my room finally because I have sound treated my PC.
I built it into an Antec Sonata case and bought sound foam pre-cut for
this case. I replaced my CPU and Case fans with more expensive and
quieter fans, and now my PC is nearly inaudible. It is certainly not
loud enough to be picked up by my microphones (both large and small
condensers). The preamp is extremely quiet, by the way, as is the delta
1010LT.
I do not have an external synthesizer and have been using soundfonts for
the few times that I needed a synth. Fluidsynth runs well, especially
with the qsynth front end.
Thanks again for the gear info and the great blues piece!
-Joe D
On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 00:57, Steve D wrote:
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 09:52:17PM -0500, Joseph
Dell'Orfano wrote:
Steve,
[...] May I ask what you used for synthesis?
-Joe D
---
Hello Joe-- My gear consists mainly of:
* a Yamaha P-90 digital piano for MIDI motherboard (great action--I prefer
it to my much more expensive Kawai MP9500 which I have decided to sell);
* several rack-mounted tone generators--an older Yamaha MU90R and a
GeneralMusic RealPiano Expander, and a new Roland FantomXR, which has
some really nice sounds mixed in with all the less pleasant, gimmicky
ones (from my perspective);
* a Rane SM26B 1-rack-space splitter/mixer that is one of my
all-time favorite pieces of gear, extremely versatile with
clean-sounding circuitry, exceptionally good design and very sturdy;
* an M-Audio Delta 1010 PCI MIDI/digital-audio soundcard with
rack-mounted "breakout box"; it's a great soundcard that works well with
Linux, but my only complaint is that the powered breakout box doesn't
have an on/off switch. If it's plugged in, it will come on with the
computer whether or not one intends to use it at the time, and it gets
considerably hot. (I give it an empty rack space above and below it,
after reading of some other people's difficulties with the Delta 1010
failing because of overheating. The versions after the first generation
1010 supposedly don't have as much of a problem with this.)
* a dual-CPU Athlon 1900+ computer (Tyan motherboard) that runs the
Agnula/Demudi Debian-based Linux distribution.
The sounds on the short piece I mentioned were the "mellow piano" from
the "Concert Piano" expansion board for the Roland FantomXR, with a
piano/choir combination voice from the GeneralMusic RealPiano Expander
at a lower volume. The flute sound was the "Pan Pipes SRX" on the "World
Collection" expansion board for the Roland FantomXR. Those are the only
sounds on that short piece.
I have never tried using a sofware synth yet, nor using Timidity or
a soundfont to provide the sounds for MIDI data. I'm interested in
exploring that territory, but just have felt daunted to do so yet.
The quiet, clean sound of the file I uploaded is the result primarily of
two factors: a) I use no microphones (I'm not a singer, just a piano
player), so no ambient noise is picked up (including my very noisy
computer with 8 fans!), b) the analog audio signal from the tone
generators is converted from unbalanced "line level" -10dB (as it comes
out of the tone generators) to balanced cables at "pro" levels (+4dB) as
soon as possible using short cables to connect them to the Rane SM26B
mixer and/or the M-Audio Delta 1010, which are both capable of using
balanced cables (Tip-Ring-Sleeve 1/4") and cleanly boosting line-level
signals to +4dB).
This is a lot more information than you asked for. Sorry--
-Steve D
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