On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:52:20AM +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 01:56:00AM -0600, Steve D wrote: > > > http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/audio/ogg/stephen-doonan_samba-1.ogg > > Interesting. I usualy record each single track at the highest volume > below clipping. Often I end up with headroom and I then normalize in > sweep. Besides allowing more voices when working with Om/Ingen, this > also makes for more fexibility working with it later, remixing, sharing > ... The piano, if not run through a compressor, can go from almost silent on a single note or two to digital distortion with a full chord with bass notes so quickly and easily that I usually am fairly conservative with the sound card volume settings. The Delta 1010 is so silent that it has not worried me much (normalizing later). :-) > > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ > > Also in my toolbox. Nice to see you using my prefered license :) I hope that Creative Commons licenses become very standard, widespread and well-used. > The piano is great. The percussion is not stiff, which is good, but it > lacks the drive I associate with Samba. I think it's not tight enough. > The bongo(?) is a bit loud. I was so tired by the time I recorded the piano that I actually played the piano the sloppiest. :-) The percussion is loose--like you say, probably *too* loose, but I just wanted it not to sound too mechanical, because after all, it's just my fingers playing a piano keyboard with a percussion kit making the sounds. The bongo is a little loud. I was influenced by a recording I just got of Ahmad Jamal (piano, with drummer, bass player and guitarist). The guitarist I believe played the bongos on some of the pieces and I really liked it, so of course I overdid it. :-) It's a work in progress. Thank you very much Thorsten for your comments. I'll try to whip the percussion track into shape (and be more awake for the piano part after a good night's sleep--it's 3:00 a.m. where I live in New Mexico US). -sd -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy. -Mark Twain ----------------------------------------------------------------
