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Looking through a Back Up disk, I found an old track that the @LinearLineman wanted to work on. So, I imported the audio file and added a string section in Staffpad to make a new version:
This was the original track:
And an all synth version of the MIDI parts
This started in Cubasis as improvised parts and was export/imported into StaffPad for orchestral assignments:
Very cinematic McD, and the feeling definitely suits the track name 🔥. So this was done by importing midi rather than writing notation?
I really like this! Lots of emotion. Nice mix of volumes that hold the listener’s interest. Good length, too. Just enough to get the point across without ever getting repetitive. You have a natural talent for this type of composition. Maybe a good candidate for Sketchbook 3?
Yes. Imported and I needed to delete some bad notes from the improv’’ed keyboard performances.
I added sections of notes I liked using finger cut and paste gestures to create call backs to memorable material and doubled-tripled parts for more colors.
The midi was 7 unique parts and the score defaults unknown instruments to flute sounds so you can hear something after import. If the midi has names and one matches like piano it will assign one.
The score has 20+ parts across woodwinds, brass, string and mallet percussion.
In Staffpad I improvised another Cello Soloist and doubled that part with alto flute.
Thanks for the listen.
Sure. I’ll drop it in the folder.
The name was different so I changed it to match the uploaded photo. It was “Morning on the Shore”. The music always places me somewhere and has me moving forward - walking in this case. I can change the file name before dropping it in the folder.
I did something I rarely do… I edited a “finished” work. I changed some of the selected instruments (trading harps for mallet percussion and CineSamples Strings in for Berlin Strings).
And changed the title to keep both versions.
Nice piece with a fairly pensive feel. I like the sound choices too.
Thanks for the listen and comment. Pensive feelings are emotions and I’m glad there a connection being made. The whole piece centers on a basic minor scale with few exceptions that might be a 1/2 step below some reduction tone in the scale. All that stepwise and interval jumping creates this movement that’s coherent around the scale. Some of the harmony comes from listening to a prior performances notes and additional ng a harmonic note to blend. Enough of that and you get chordal movement like this. It’s fun to make and bad notes can be patched at any time in midi or notation.
Early journey… / … Morning Light 🙏
Beautiful work, sounds quite ‘English’ in the Holst, Delius etc tradition.
Holst was a real giant… so many immitations in the work of film composers… Star Wars theme would fit right into “The Planets”.
@HotStrange (I think) mentioned that Gestrument Pro outputs MIDI so I imported its output into Staffpad and created an arrangement using the notes. I just used the pencil to add some dynamics.
I forgot to post this one:
6 “Riffler Flow” MIDI sequences orchestrated:
Took me a little while to catch up on all that I missed here during my long blackout.
You’re definitely uniquely talented.
Thanks. I appcreciate the comment because your work is so beautifully crafted and presented. I don’t have your standards and just ‘draw’ seeking some fragment that sounds good but never doing that hard labor of editing and polishing. I tell myself there’s not really much reason too and that’s why I needed a more traditional career with an employer.
Another Loop crafted with “Riffler Flow” and imported into StaffPad for orchestration.
I created 4 Riffler Flow instances with stacked chord progressions:
1. C. Am F G (Down an locative with a sparse bassline)
2. C Am F G
3. GM7 Em7 CM7 DM7
4. GM7 Em7 CM7 DM7
All fit in the C Lydian scale.
I recorded the 4 bar loop and imported into Staffpad for orchestrating:
All Staffpad FX used for the mix.
This is the lost complex workflow I’ve used yet.
I created a loop in AUM and exported the loops MIDI into StaffPad. Then imported audio stems from AUM into Staffpad.
Then I export/imported the project into Logic Pro for IOS to Master the whole enchilada:
Loved the 6 Riffler flow midis, just a happy sound, reminded me of Copland at about 2:00 👍
Nice sax in Sax on the Prowl (loved the whole track) what did you play it (sax) with ?
I assume you mean most rather than lost 🤨
You are correct about the typo.
Yes. I get interesting layered loops using 3 or more Riffler Flows all starting with the same chords using AUM’s select/copy
workflow and tweaking each new instance to add more vertical and rhythmic complexity.
I need to add an extra step where I save the MIDI or audio of a loop into a folder and combine them in ABACA like structures to satisfy the persistent requests from @Paulieworld to explore long form structures in my work He has even requested access to
my short pieces to combine them into long form works.
My intention (as you can doubtless hear) was to explore the vertical feature of the GeoShred interface… from a breathy whisper tone to the extra growls or flutter tongues of the GeoTenorSax product which is becoming my favorite way to feel like a sax soloist without compromises of a basic MIDI instruments with On/Off and velocity and maybe some pitchbend.
The way you slide into notes has been my inspiration for really learning GeoShred for solos that seem human and not machine made. Of course, the notes you choose are the next level for me… If I was truly serious as a student of your art I would transcribe and analyze your work like they do for the Jazz Masters. If I do I’ll probably start asking for more details on your
surface settings… like scales, row and column settings etc. In the final stage I’d ask for videos to try and intuit your fingerings.
A physical video of your hands would help. I recall @flo26 put out some GeoShred videos that pushed that interface to levels of pure artistry. I think he used both hands… do you?
Ha ha. I’m flattered but I largely just make it up as I go along. What you see / hear is the tip of the iceberg with lots of failed attempts below the surface. The more I play GS the more expressive I find it though. I’m sure you feel the same.
I’ve just checked @flo26 videos and I can only find one GS video (no hands shown) which is breathtaking and one of him playing iFretless (hands shown) which is a work of art. I can only aspire to his level of musicianship.
I do use both hands but don’t really have a full compliment of working fingers on either due to arthritis . It’s far better than a real guitar though , I can only manage one very slow note at a time on that 😊
Sorry I missed this one. Great idea to use Flow in this context. I especially liked the syncopation when the piano came in. I will be using this idea in the future.
Thanks for checking in and catching up.
Multiple instances can let you contrast an 8th note pattern against a 16th or triplet pattern. Then the FEEL page lets you play with the range, rhythm and such of a pattern to get more variety. On the MIDI page you can send a pattern up or down multiple octaves too to really get some spread of the chords being detailed. I suspect feed parts back into the original Riffler to access the excellent bass and electric guitar tones would create even more variety than I get here.
I don’t understand that workflow. But I love the final result.
Basically each Riffler Flow instance generates MIDI and can be set to its own MIDI channel for output.
So, all of them can be routed into an Atom 2 MIDI recording instance to create a multi-part MIDI file for export.
I import that MIDI file into StaffPad and assign classic orchestral parts for the MIDI and cut and paste the MIDI to create
a longer more varied composition. StaffPad has a lot of DAW mastering feature and can export a completed audio result with
added FX, panning and volume automations.
I suspect a lot of this process can be applied to other DAW that import/export MIDI and audio files.
I, too, just caught up from November. You’ve got your own sound now, for sure. I’m sorry @ScottVanZandt is not around. It would be great to get his input as I hear similarities in your styles.
A collaboration with @JanKun would be very enlightening. Maybe you’ll have the opportunity to do something with him.
So remarkable that we have the tools in iOS now to fit everyone’s individual needs. Staffpad really made it happen for you. Happy New Year, my friend. I hope 24 will see life get better and better for you and Sue. It’s been a long haul!
@Jankun and I passed work back and forth and produced collaborations along the way:
Sounds super complicated. I’m basically using a daw like an 8 tracks recorder. Took me literally years to understand inserts…
New to me too. Definitely like your choice of instrumentation. A very enjoyable piece.
Yes. It’s my way of avoiding writing in every note with the pencil. Pencil composing is really old school tech. StaffPad interprets pencil gestures with a high degree of required re-work when the notation gets complex.
@Jankun has the patience to generate very complex notation using the pencil and without any shortcuts. He may admit to some techniques he relies on to reduce the error rates that drive me to cheat using a lot of cut and paste, transposition and MIDI import tricks.
The majority of StaffPad users master the pencil but also want more and more notation control similar to what Sibelius provides for generating printed musical parts that follow modern compositional techniques. I try NOT to hang out with that crowd. It’s a lot more fun here even if there are only a handful of StaffPad owners and even fewer that share their work.