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[quote name='Lenny B' timestamp='1358933744' post='1947148'] Task for 2013, get to grips with some notation software rather than pencil and manuscript [/quote] This is just great.... Comes with nearly seven gig of good sample sounds. Really easy to use, enter notes with MIDI keys, Qwerty, or the mouse............ And most importantly will accurately play back all the articulations [Important for Horns, Woodwind and Strings] you write in, giving you great idea how it will sound in the real world. http://www.notionmusic.com/products/notion4.html Garry

Nice little article here. [url="http://www.spitfireaudio.com/cartoons-as-modern-art-a-scott-bradley-retrospective.html#.UQhA483cYOg.facebook"]http://www.spitfirea...83cYOg.facebook[/url] Garry

You just need to put down any work/shows/Theatre tours or even any Cruises you have done. If you have done any Music collage courses/Uni, put that down. Links to an online site with your CV goes down well. Md's and fixer names you have worked for also helps - You just need to prove you are not a bedroom chancer. Let them know you have a passport [and not waiting for one] Also any tropical jabs you have had. Another tip - see if you can find out what ship/company it's for. If you know any of the Musicians/MD's, you can then ask them to put a word in as well. Good luck Garry

If it's a six way tie... Next month we will be composing to a slide show..... Now that would be a bit of fun....... Garry

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1359398996' post='1954223'] 4 Mike Oldfield fans and I am home and dry.... [/quote] What's it like to be a tribute artist ? Garry

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1359368161' post='1953497'] Just be sure to draw a line at talking to such objects. [/quote] Grunting is fine though. Jazz Pianists grunt the best. http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/52373-piano-grunting-thread/ Garry

[quote name='OldG' timestamp='1359389866' post='1954008'] Good point - I hadn't thought about delay sync and reverb tails and time stretching, thank you! [/quote] Was not so much delay sync [should not be a problem really - I think ?] It was the long Legato sections just sounded odd - Staccato and Marcato things sounded ok [ish] The new tempo went up about 10 bpm, and of course any beat delays fx just re synced to the new tempo in the DAW. Drum and Percussion parts had no problems. Garry

We had to do this on a project. We did as Si mentioned, but we exported the tracks/stems without the FX etc. Did the change in a fresh project [with no FX] just raw Audio, Then Imported the tracks back into the original project, cloned the original track with FX and settings intact, and replaced with the new track[s] then muted/archived all the original tracks. We did this because we were having some odd things happening with some brass and string section stems/busses which were Reverb and Delay related. All was fine after with very good results. Garry

If discreet's suggestion does not work, try this, someone seems to had the same problem. Look at post #10 - Possible solution ............ http://www.soft.com.sg/forum/showthread.php?223877-Saffire-6-USB-Not-Detected-By-DAW Garry

What OS ? X64 ? is so does the Safffire support x64 bit ? USB 2 into USB port 3 etc ? Some details and i am sure someone will be along to help. Garry

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1359205935' post='1951525'] Or record to one track, then copy that track several times and remove all but one instrument from each track. [/quote] If you don't want to use multi outs [16 channels from your MIDI device] do as above. But there is a far easier and quicker way to get drum parts from one single MIDI track to [in your case] x amount of MIDI tracks. Every DAW has a different command for this - but it is basically 'split notes to tracks'. It will take individual lines [say C3/C#3/D3] etc and place the lines on seperate tracks in one pass [saves copying and erasing notes] You just then set all the tracks to MIDI channel 1 - Or if you want to use General MIDI mapping for Drums, channel 10. Check the Reaper manual for 'Split notes to tracks' You could also go to the Reaper forum and ask if anyone has a track or project template for your needs/MIDI device. Basically all you need to do is have 16 MIDI tracks in Reaper and assign them to your MIDI device [Should be stuff on YouTube for this] Garry

Just love the way everyone is locked in on this one. Garry

Nice solid Groove. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DznqCMpcQxQ Garry

[spoiler]Out of my space dude - Find your own spoiler.[/spoiler]

Interesting listening to LS, and Guy pops some good questions in there. Good stuff - Thanks for the link. Garry

Christ, two vote options, or you can not vote... And then i voted 'no' by mistake... [spoiler]We're off to see the Wizaaard...Da Da... Da Da...Da Da...[/spoiler] Garry

[quote name='urb' timestamp='1359060410' post='1949349'] damn - I should have voted for myself [/quote] Really like the finished version Mike. Some out there twists and turns. Garry

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1358888620' post='1946722'] Kills me that to. I do 6 or 7 am dram shows a year, always get the part 5 to 6 weeks in advance. And you won't get to do You're the One That I Want in Grease. The publishers are very, very hot on changing the stage script to the movie version, and when you sign the contract to do the show there's whole pages on what you're not allowed to do! [/quote] Strange - I have done the show four times and it's always been in..... Garry

If anyone is interested in some free detailed on line studing regarding Orchestrating and Arranging, two useful sites here. Classical http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/77-Principles-of-Orchestration-On-line Big Band and Jazz http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/107-Jazz-Arranging-Online-by-Prof-Chuck-Israels Garry

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1358871537' post='1946339'] I propose that composition is a mixture of heart AND head. The ideas germinate emotionally but the process of development is partly inspiration and partly good old-fashioned graft. [/quote] Intresting short read here Rob. http://www.scorecastonline.com/2013/01/14/forget-tech-its-about-the-notes/ Garry

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1358874121' post='1946388'] I could write a full big band piece, chords, melody, counter-melody and score it for all instruments at a piano but never get it recorded unless i used midi and it would just sound sh*t. [/quote] The Jazz/Big Band sample/patch Libraries are getting better. But you are right, they are hard work and an awful lot of MIDI programming is needed. One of the best at the moment is Fable Sounds. [i]Fable sounds demo from their site.[/i] [media]http://fablesounds.com/bbb/audiodemos/AmitPoznansky_OnTheMove.mp3[/media] Product [url="http://fablesounds.com/BBB-Menu-frame.htm"]http://fablesounds.c...-Menu-frame.htm[/url] With composing these days, the only limit is your self. As Bilbo said above, good old fashioned hard work goes a long way. [quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1358868532' post='1946297'] I'd have said heart, not head, and certainly not from what you've read in a book. Composing by numbers takes you nowhere, but it's a good remedy for insomnia. You write what you feel. [/quote] Surely a great deal of knowledge can be gained from 'Books' ? - Melody/Harmoney/Counter part, how the great classical composers went about it. Rimsky Korsakov's principle of Orchestration is still much used today. [b]Free On-line Study here[/b], well worth a look. [url="http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/77-Principles-of-Orchestration-On-line"]http://www.northerns...tration-On-line[/url] Garry

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1358874558' post='1946395'] I think that would depend on the samples it was triggering. Certain soundbanks can be horrendous [/quote] The Samples would be loaded into RAM or direct disc streaming, that's not what causes the CPU drain or indeed even a MIDI track, It's the actual Soft synth, Rompler or Sampler and also some FX's. [some are light on CPU - but most are not] One way around this is Freezing the track [Different DAW's do it in different ways, but the same outcome] This will leave you with just an Audio track, and the Synth etc has been disengaged and free's up the CPU. And of course you can unfreeze if you want to change notes/edit etc then freeze again. The other way is just to record the loaded MIDI track to an Audio track, or even easier, just bounce/render down, then unload the CPU hogging Instrument. These days though with i7 processors [Quad core] and plenty of RAM you should be able to run plenty of VSTi's without your computer spitting at you. Garry

[quote name='Chrismanbass' timestamp='1358855257' post='1945967'] i played that show a couple of years ago for an am dram company its a beast isn't it [/quote] Yep, but it was great play. Before we went into the West End, we had a two week rehearsal period, And a Four week run in Leeds. The fun part of it was.....the roast up for the deps.. Garry

[quote name='The fasting showman' timestamp='1358806790' post='1945539'] I can't get over how timeless the arrangements are, [/quote] That's my take on it as well. Terrific album and great Musicianship from all involved. Garry

Only once have i had the pad [and CD] before a show [Bat Boy - and to be honest i was glad] But it can be a waste of time - Things change, Keys/length of arrangement/underscores etc, even during the rehearsals, and quite often during the previews and after press nights, thus making the fluent sight reading thing, even more important. But as said above - If you do get it early, count it as lucky. Garry