On Monday 14 April 2008 11:36, Christopher Stamper wrote: > What's MMA?? Probably: http://www.mellowood.ca/mma/ Musical MIDI Accompaniment > > (Dumb question?? I hope not...) drew > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Bob van der Poel <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > First off, thanks for taking time to listen. I truly appreciate that. > > > > > I just listened to the demos on your side. I like the saxophone, > > > itsounds really warm. But the rest of the sounds is too MIDI for my > > > > Funny that things sound too MIDI :) After all, it is just that. I guess > > that I could take that as a criticism, but honestly this record is more > > a demo of how easy it is to create "acceptable" backgrounds with MMA. > > Well, that what it started out as. I really do know crap about mixing > > and audio. I do know what I like to listen to, and play. And, yes, I > > agree that a lot of the tracks are a bit mechanical. > > > > > taste. I think even with free software and free sounds you could have > > > found a nicer piano and nicer drums. Also especially in Wynndel-waltz > > > the ride is played a bit too MIDI-like in a few places. > > > > Okay. Too midi-like? Does this mean too mechanical? > > > > > Even though the songs are simple little tunes, for dancing, you did > > > yourself harm with the sound-selection. I know this sounds hard, > > > especially, when I read, that it took you so long to get this CD done. > > > > You read too closely the words. I really did not work on this record for > > 40 years :) But, I have been playing for at least that long (not sax, > > but that is another story). > > > > > BUT: perhaps you will get back to a few of your tunes or start another > > > CD, from which I definitely wouldn't discourage you, and then you can > > > just take care of the sounds. Probably even invest a little in either a > > > few samples or some synth-module. I'd hope so. And I hope, that you're > > > not too sad about tis answer. > > > > Heck no. Not sad at all. > > > > I do find it very difficult to hear the things you talk about. > > > > The crappy piano sounds on a $20 synth sound to me like "piano sounds". > > The old piano at the school sounds like a piano. The grand at the > > concert hall sounds like a piano. Do they sound different? Sure. Is one > > sound more clear, more vibrant, "better". Sure. Does it matter? Not to > > my ears. I listen to the music. What the musician is putting into the > > song. The interpretation (which is the stuff that I think is lacking > > from my own playing, even after all these years). The melody, etc. > > > > I listen to a lot of the so-called modern music and the pure sounds and > > wonderful mixes and I just don't get it. Sure, the audio is wonderful > > ... but that's about it. And don't get me started ranting about a lot of > > the radio we are subjected to each day. > > > > Oppps, I'm ranting ... and it might even sound like I'm trying to > > justify or defend my little project. Sorry, that's not the intention. > > > > I'd like to redo the album some day with a live band in a real studio. > > Ahh, such are dreams. I live in a little community where the only > > popular music is playing on old guitars which are capable of only 3 or 4 > > chords :) > > > > Again, thanks for listening. > > > > > > -- > > Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** > > EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-user mailing list > > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
