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Assorted items / YouTube performances / Re: 'Midi' performances
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on: October 30, 2017, 07:58:44 pm
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Often a big-name game will have a full orchestral score with one or two hours of music in total, and if one scrutinises the credits one can see that, yes, an orchestra (and often a choir) were the performers. But I have also heard it said that sometimes there is no orchestra, and the music is performed on a synthesiser using samples. If so, it suggests that with a big enough budget, one can get a much more realistic sound than comes out of, say, a play-through in Sibelius.
Yes, I get the feeling that 'midi' will be, if it isn't already, a little more acceptable than some of our colleagues might give it credit for - never the same, of course, but passable..? |
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Assorted items / General musical discussion / Re: What are you listening to today?
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on: October 20, 2017, 07:34:29 pm
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Hear cantata by Bram Kortekaas on radio and then followed trail to some more things--young
Dutch composer, very accomplished, on Soundcloud then found Tijmen van Tol, also very enjoyable.
Ah - something 'new' to stimulate interest here, thanks. Found the composers - struggling with the cantata; is it listenable anywhere, do you think ? |
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Assorted items / YouTube performances / 'Midi' performances
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on: October 20, 2017, 03:24:06 pm
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Sorry - don't know where to put this !
In a recent YT thread, this work has been uploaded:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWhicizZrBs
Please note, what follows is not in any way a 'dig' at the post in question.
I've been, in the past, a bit of a 'puritan' about midi versions. When I started, 10 years or so back, taking a serious interest in what was out there, my feelings about midis were pretty clearcut - the attempts were not a patch on the real thing, and I let myself get almost insulted that anyone could think a person with 'some' knowledge of music might be prepared to put up with these as an alternative...yes, I know, pathetically over-sensitive !
However, of course, the midi has evolved. There are performances out there which I (as a definite non-expert !) have to listen to for half a minute before I'm sure that they're computer-generated...and even so, an offering like this work, over which clearly time and trouble has been taken, is infinitely preferable to some of what we are treated to in shopping malls etc. ! It really is quite pleasing !
Are we anywhere near a time when, say, 'mainstream' composers will write specifically for the computer, in the knowledge that it can reproduce literally anything ?
Will orchestras be phased out as too expensive & time-consuming, when a CD can be knocked up by machine that will sound 80/90% as good, and cost a whole lot less to make or to buy.
You get the drift - any thoughts ?
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Introduction / Greetings / Re: Hello
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on: October 17, 2017, 12:19:35 pm
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Hello - might one assume you are the excellent You Tube uploader ? In which case, thrice welcome !
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Assorted items / YouTube performances / Re: Rare Bulgarian Symphonies
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on: September 29, 2017, 04:38:49 pm
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I've heard Goleminov a few times but must take time to savor his music.I do have some. Any suggestions as to your favorite pieces would be most welcome.
Variations on a Theme by Dobrai Christov. I will try and post it here next week with a few other pieces that are not in our archive. Look forward to that, Mr G. ! |
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Assorted items / YouTube performances / Re: Mendelsohn,Alfred - Arii din Muntenia
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on: August 14, 2017, 06:23:13 pm
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As Mr. Jolly Roger will confirm, despite Mendelsohn being quite prolific, there isn't an awful lot of his very pleasant music available on the Net. Does anyone, by chance, have other pieces which might be uploadable (or exchangeable even!). I've the Chamber Symphony & Symphony 6, but am unsure of their provenance...and wouldn't know how to upload anyway !
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