Re: OT: Composing (jara: My girlfriend is a conlanger!)
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 16, 2003, 2:38 |
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On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 01:10:13PM -0500, Roger Mills wrote:
> Jan van Steenbergen/H.S.Teoh wrote:
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> Yes, please fix!! Motion seconded!!!
Fixed. Enjoy.
> Teoh-- I loved the 2 pieces I could hear. (A year or two back, you, a
> young Finn and others were posting MP3's-- I still have the emails, and
> now that I can actually hear MP3s I'll have to go back and listen)
Thanks for your compliment. And yes, I remember that Finn... no idea where
he went these days, though.
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> This is a problem for me-- I suspect a good instrument like the Yamaha
> is a bit expensive, and there's no guarantee I'd use it very often.
> (Like the Steinway I've inherited from an aunt.) But it would certainly
> be fun to play around with. I have an old, fairly versatile Casio
> keyboard, but it's not computer compatible.
I do not actually have any sound equipment except for a pair of headphones
and a soundcard. (My CDRW isn't even connected to the speakers so I can't
listen to CD's unless I rip them first.) All those MP3's of mine are
produced using a music notation program and a software MIDI synthesizer.
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> > I am curious how you transformed the midi files into .MP3 files.
>
> As am I. A friend is an avid MP3 collector/trader, but he's usually too
> busy to tutor me. He's supposed to be putting some kind of MIDI thing
> on CD for me; I checked out Noteworthy Composer mentioned by Danny
> Wier-- it looked useful, though terribly complex to my aging brain.
I use a software MIDI synthesizer. (I.e., converts MIDI to WAV using a
variety of MIDI instrument patches. Unfortunately I have not found a
single set of MIDI patches which are satisfactory for my orchestral
needs. I have one or two good solo patches but they don't work well in
ensemble settings.)
> I have composed exactly 2-1/2 pieces in my lifetime:
> -- a national anthem thingy that faute de mieux I call the Ruritanian N.A.--
> it won't do for my conworld as it's thoroughly within the Western Eur.
> tradition.
> -- a hymn tune.
> -- a partial setting of a long Neruda poem, (small chorus, soloists, small
> ensemble) occasioned by the almost simultaneous revolution against Allende
> in 1973 and the poet's death shortly thereafter.
Any samples? (Once you figure out the mp3 conversion thingy? :-)
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> During the 70s/80s in Ann Arbor, I went to a lot of the UM Music School's
> (grad) student concerts. William Albright was one of the teachers-- a
> brilliant organist but IMO a horrible composer/role model. George Crumb was
> in residence for a while, so everyone sounded like him during that period.
> Electronic stuff was big then too-- some of it good, most of it embarassing.
> There was also a young man interested in phonetics who performed his "songs"
> involving amazing oral/vocal acrobatics, though one did not particularly
> want to hear them a second time.....
Ohhh, reminds me of this "orchestra" of tenor singers who go around
performing famous pieces by vocal imitations of different instruments. I
like them for the humour value, but do not take them seriously in the
least.
T
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