On Wed, 06 Jul, 2005 at 11:39PM -0600, Steve D spake thus: > On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 11:02:24AM +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote, in > response to Steve D's musings about possibly collaborating with someone > by trying to create some music using someone else's audio > file--specifically a drum/percussion track: > > > > I would like to hear what you come up with on some breakbeats, if you are > > interested: > > http://wrstud.uni-wuppertal.de/~ka0394/this_and_that.ogg > > Just ignore the overy simplistic and repetetiv melody, it's a very old > > track :) > > I could load the drumloops up, no arrangement, as I'm very busy and I would > > do it in MusE anyway, not Ardour as I don't feel like learning to use it, > > since I usualy need both audio and midi in one go (the original has been > > created with Cubase VST). > > > > This offer is also open for anyone else. > > > > Thorsten Wilms > > > Hello Thorsten-- > > I downloaded the re-uploaded file of "This and That" (the one whose data > was not corrupted), and worked on it for about 2 days, off and on. I > added various harmony and melodic stuff until I ran out of ideas, which > was about halfway through the piece. The original "breakbeats" file (as > you called it) is about 6 minutes 30 seconds long, and my version > chopped it roughly in half, to about 3 and a quarter minutes. > > If you or anyone cares to hear the results, the files are here: > > > Thorsten Wilms, This and That (original file): > > http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/ogg/thorsten-wilms_this_and_that.ogg > > > Thorsten Wilms and Steve Doonan, This and That (the version with my > additions): > > http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/ogg/thorsten-wilms-and-steve-doonan_this_and_that.ogg Wow. I liked the original and this new version is superb, too. I loev this kind of music - intricate beats make me smile - but for some reason I rarely attempt to create anything like it. I tend to get fed up with endless twiddling and moving drums. Do either of you have any hints? James > > -sd -- "I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you." (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power)
