On Sat, 09 Jul, 2005 at 01:45PM -0400, Dave Phillips spake thus: > james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >On Sat, 09 Jul, 2005 at 11:07AM -0400, Dave Phillips spake thus: > > > > > >>Someone else mentioned that the guitar sounds too clean. I'd say its > >>problem is its lack of expressive technique, it's a major problem for > >>any sequenced guitar tracks. The guitar is normally played in such a way > >>that most notes receive some sort of expression from the player, usually > >>a finger vibrato or some other slight pitch variation (bends, > >>glissandi). These articulations aren't impossible to program, but they > >>do take time and detailed effort to make the part sound realistic. Of > >>course, if you're not going for realism there's no problem. :) > >> > >> > > > >I have a track called creamcheese > >(http://dis-dot-dat.net/content/music/creamcheese.ogg) in which I > >tried this. I like the sound, but it was fiddly. Have a listen, it's > >towards the end, when the guitar starts to bend (try 3m30s). > > > Yes, I've listened to this piece already. Sweetly done, and I say again > that your mixing is very nicely done. Ta. > The guitar sounds more natural up to the point of the bends. To my ears > the pitch bends result in a sound more akin to the pedal steel than to > the regular 6-string electric. It's a little too smooth to sound like a > fretted instrument or even a slide guitar. Perhaps the p-bend resolution > should be coarser ? Just a thought... I don't intend to go back to improve the authenticity of that track, but it's something worth keeping in mind. > Like I said, really convincing results are tough to achieve for > instruments like the guitar or an alto sax. Each note gets some kind of > micro-expression, it's the despair of those of us who occasionally aim > towards the realistic effect. I tend to steer clear of wind instruments - they just nerver sound right unless they are real. > [re: Blatter book] > > >Just checking amazon - do you mean A. Blatter? > > > That's the one. Sorry, I'm not at my place, didn't check the author on > the 'zon. Ouch - 37 GBP on amazon. Although, when the site comes back up I think I've found a copy for a tenner somewhere else. > So, more music, si vous il plait. :-) I think I'm all creative'd out at the moment. I tend to work in fits and starts, with large spaces of barren imagination. James > Best, > > dp > > > -- "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)
