From: Christopher C. <st...@tr...> - 2009-09-15 22:25:55
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Rosegarden-user] thoughts on Openoctave Midi? From: Brett McCoy <idr...@gm...> To: D. Michael McIntyre <mic...@ro...> Cc: ros...@li... Date: 09/15/09 13:03 > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:27 PM, D. Michael McIntyre > <mic...@ro...> wrote: > > >> I have no idea if John Williams uses a computer to compose or not, but I can't >> see him spending all day with Vienna Sampler (or whatever; first name that >> jumped into my mind) poring over the details of getting the string section to >> sound good by using a long string of controllers and program changes. >> > > John Williams is one of the few composers who don't use a computer to > make mockups -- in actuality, he likely employs someone to do the > actual orchestration from the musical sketches he puts together. > However, for most composers, doing MIDI mockups is pretty essential > for film scoring, as it gives the director an idea of how the music > will sound (think of it as how animatics are used for visual > animatics). Unless the film has a small budget, though, it's unlikely > for a MIDI mockup to be used for the final product. And therein lies > the task of being able to produce a legible score for the live players > and conductor to use. > > For the rest of us, who are not necessarily doing film scoring, doing > MIDI orchestration is the only way we can have a symphony playing in > our music! > > -- Brett > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; > If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." > -- Jelaleddin Rumi > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > Ros...@li... - use the link below to unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user > Brett, Having founded The Open Octave Project (with Alex Stone), I can say it is truly refreshing to see that you get it. I just finished mapping my entire studio and have given it over to my musician wife. She now has real time access to her entire library (VSL PRO Ed Cube, Project SAMs True Strike 1 and 2). It is the first time she has been able to explore her libraries in real time with no loading or delays (installed new SSD drives for the samples). It is all controlled by one script that makes sure everything starts and stays connected. 129 tracks in oomidi 129 channels in linuxsampler 129 tracks in ardour with 60 busses hundreds of sends all panned and feeding to jconv for very realistic convolution reverb. And this all connects through the script and the user just has to run it. They have no idea after that of what is going on, it just works! But to make one thing clear, if thorn comes out and kicks oomidi in the pants, I would abandon the work I have done and port it to thorn. The reason is that I do not care about the application. I care about the music. The application must be as transparent as possible. This means fine tuning workflow in the application until music making becomes second nature and fun. So I wish all the RG devs well and hope thorn turns out very well, the same way I hope Ardour Midi shines! In the end my wife has a big smile on her face and she is able to play and have fun while creating amazing music. What could be better than that. P.S. I think it would be an idea for RG devs and OO Devs to share notes. Thanks! |