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Re: Scientific Instrumental Listing - Pulse
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:32 am
by mazz
Hello there,I think you're on the right track here. This is a tricky one, what the heck is Scientific Music?. I submitted and was forwarded to a similar listing last year ("Clear Focus", "Code Blue", on my website) but I didn't hear back (yet ), and I scratched my head a bit before sitting down to write.I have a couple of suggestions for you:1. The piano part seems to have a few slight glitches rhythmically every once in a while. Small issue but one that may pull a non-musician out of it. They may detect something a bit off but wouldn't be able to necessarily say why.2. Many notes stick out too far on the piano part. While I'm usually a fan of dynamic, accented piano parts, for this listing and particularly since it may be in the background with voice over, I think it would be distracting. Make a copy of your MIDI track and compress the velocities in the edited version and see if it helps smooth it out. A darker piano patch may help as well but try the velocity first.Good luck, sounds good.Mazz
Re: Scientific Instrumental Listing - Pulse
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:11 am
by mazz
The second one is good too. I think it will work for the listing. Looking forward to hearing the final product.Mazz
Re: Scientific Instrumental Listing - A few Sample
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:28 am
by mazz
IMO the last one might be too slow for action but it does seem to have some tension in it.Sounds like you're switching between very different sounds and there may be no way to do it without a click.For the finished product, you may need to do one sound on one track and the other sound on a different pass and a different track. Or release the note right before you switch and then mute just the switching click when you mix.Or if you're using plug ins and your computer can handle it, put two instances of the plug in up and run the same track through both (in parallel) with one of your sounds on each. Then you can crossfade or mix both sounds to your liking and then bounce the result and bypass the plugs, freeing up your CPU for other things.
Re: Scientific Instrumental Listing - A few Sample
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:23 am
by jeffe
3 pretty good tracks.There were timing issues with the piano in the first two. At points it seems to be fractions of a second ahead, and then fractions of a second behind. Nothing a bit of quantizing wont solve.The only thing in the third one for me was the distorted guitar. It was a little too sharp. This made it take the complete focus. Why not try softening the tone, ever so slightly. See if it balances it better.