Hi, fellow Linux Musicians,
I produced a piano ballad with Ardour using mostly stock General MIDI synth and a beautiful vocal samples from https://librivox.org.
It sets an Edgar Allan Poe poem to music:
https://soundcloud.com/sg75_2/bridal-ballad
I even made a music video for it with footage from a recent trip to windy Denmark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5IOaEpc8XM
Cheers
sg75
Bridal Ballad
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Thanks @LAM for the very kind feedback!
I got so much into the flow during production, so that I am glad that somebody finds it also
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Re: Bridal Ballad
Very nice! I think the music fits the poem very well and the reader has a very nice accent.
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Re: Bridal Ballad
Great work with the declaration. Being a sound fetishist, even I didn't particularly take umbridge at the GM sounds. If that doesn't spell excellent composition, I don't know what does. Simple, but expressive, spartan yet powerful! Thanks for sharing!
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distro: ArchLinux, DAW: Nama, MIDI sequencer: Midish
All my latest music on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rf ... 7jhC1Jnv7g
Albums, patches and Csound on http://juliencoder.de
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Re: Bridal Ballad
Thanks so much @jeanette_c
Your feedback is really very encouraging!
I tweak the velocities of the GM sounds quite a bit to make them sound less sterile.
Also putting the midi notes slightly off grid helps a bit. And of course the usual portion of reverb and delay ...
But of course, nothing is better than a real instrument.
Best
sg75
Your feedback is really very encouraging!
I tweak the velocities of the GM sounds quite a bit to make them sound less sterile.
Also putting the midi notes slightly off grid helps a bit. And of course the usual portion of reverb and delay ...
But of course, nothing is better than a real instrument.
Best
sg75
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Very beautiful, and dramatic.
Great composition.
Great composition.
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