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wallace_trustThinking about all those poor folks displaced by Harvey, and their furry friends too :( Our problems here are so trivial compared to that ongoing disaster.
Crowd work tends to be slower over the summer months, so, trying to engage in something new as a distraction from my worries, I decided to explore a freeware called LMMS the other day. This is a free and very comprehensive software package for a home music studio. I am really impressed by it and highly recommend it for anyone who wants to make music.
The sound sample library it ships with is enormous and the samples are of high quality. Using a combination of "Plucked Strings 3" and "Moonlight Piano" I was able to more or less duplicate the voice of my currently broken harp, Edelweiss. Then I got into the sequencer and found out how easy it is to enter music using its "Piano Roll" method. This is something anyone can use to compose with, even if they don't know much about notation. Anyway, I finally decided to try recording my "Frodo in Valinor" piece which I posted here in sheet music form some weeks ago.
It worked pretty well. I did change some notes, as I didn't like what the synth did to the bass 5ths as well as several of the chords. Ironically the software's automation track, which is easier to use than I would have believed, helped me add some humanity to the playback, though not nearly enough yet IMHO. Still, even though this is very amateurish and only my first attempt using LMMS, it will at least give an idea of what the song is supposed to sound like ^_^
I chose not to embed this file, just posted it here on my cousin's server. My web browser (Opera) automatically starts playing the file when I click on the link, so I'm hoping this will work for you, too. If too many people can't play the file, however, I'll post it on SoundCloud, so let me know :)
Oh yes, (for Febobe especially) I did post a loop from this on AmbientMixer.com, which is one of the neatest audio websites I have ever seen! It's under "Music--Synth" as "Valinorean Fields Harp." That website has close to a hundred beautiful Tolkien-inspired atmospheres, including one remix by me! :D
Crowd work tends to be slower over the summer months, so, trying to engage in something new as a distraction from my worries, I decided to explore a freeware called LMMS the other day. This is a free and very comprehensive software package for a home music studio. I am really impressed by it and highly recommend it for anyone who wants to make music.
The sound sample library it ships with is enormous and the samples are of high quality. Using a combination of "Plucked Strings 3" and "Moonlight Piano" I was able to more or less duplicate the voice of my currently broken harp, Edelweiss. Then I got into the sequencer and found out how easy it is to enter music using its "Piano Roll" method. This is something anyone can use to compose with, even if they don't know much about notation. Anyway, I finally decided to try recording my "Frodo in Valinor" piece which I posted here in sheet music form some weeks ago.
It worked pretty well. I did change some notes, as I didn't like what the synth did to the bass 5ths as well as several of the chords. Ironically the software's automation track, which is easier to use than I would have believed, helped me add some humanity to the playback, though not nearly enough yet IMHO. Still, even though this is very amateurish and only my first attempt using LMMS, it will at least give an idea of what the song is supposed to sound like ^_^
I chose not to embed this file, just posted it here on my cousin's server. My web browser (Opera) automatically starts playing the file when I click on the link, so I'm hoping this will work for you, too. If too many people can't play the file, however, I'll post it on SoundCloud, so let me know :)
Oh yes, (for Febobe especially) I did post a loop from this on AmbientMixer.com, which is one of the neatest audio websites I have ever seen! It's under "Music--Synth" as "Valinorean Fields Harp." That website has close to a hundred beautiful Tolkien-inspired atmospheres, including one remix by me! :D
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Date: 2017-08-31 03:34 pm (UTC)