New Progressive Pop-Rock Instrumental (Using DP, of course!)
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 6:18 am
Hi -
I know. . . I don't post here often. I usually lurk . . . read and learn from you all. This would be true in using Digital Performer and with composing music. You guys are great; lots of experience and information to be found on this particular web-site. I hesitate to post this piece here because I'm not as active as I probably should be. To be honest, I don't have much to share. Again, I come here more to learn and grow as a composer and as a Digital Performer user.
I decided to share this here because I'm seeking honest input. My life is a bit too busy to write and sequence music often. For example, this is the first piece that I completed in about five months! (THIS has to change!!) So, composing and sequencing is like exercising atrophied muscles for me. I have this piece sounding as best as my ears and experience allows it to sound. What can be done to make it sound better?!?
The title of the piece is "An Afternoon Walk". Of course I'm using Digital Performer (9.13). "Housing" the virtual instruments is VSL's VEPro 6. My set-up between the two if fairly solid. It ain't perfect, but I was able to sequence this piece without any crashes. The virtual instruments (VIs) used were from various libraries including VSL's, Chris Hein's, Garrison's, OrangeTree's, Music Lab's and Kirk Hunter's libraries. (VSL's VEPro really does a nice job with housing these libraries and spreading the CPU work load!) I used reverbs from Digital Performer and from Audio Ease. Each instrument has it's own "track" (of course). I mix using both the MIDI tracks & Audio tracks within DP9. For most of the instruments, I have three "sends" to three different reverbs to help make a "depth of sound" (front to back). EQ is used sparingly. When I do use it, it's to help keep control that "muddy" sound. Without a doubt, there are lots of potential weakness to my set-up. But there seems to be strengths as well, especially with the amount of control I seem to have using DP 9. (I really do enjoy using this program!!) Any feedback will be graciously received.
Here's the Sound Cloud link to the piece. Again, thank you for the listen!
https://soundcloud.com/edward-fiebke/an-afternoon-hike
Ted
P.S. What do you think of Sound Cloud for housing music?!? Just curious.
I know. . . I don't post here often. I usually lurk . . . read and learn from you all. This would be true in using Digital Performer and with composing music. You guys are great; lots of experience and information to be found on this particular web-site. I hesitate to post this piece here because I'm not as active as I probably should be. To be honest, I don't have much to share. Again, I come here more to learn and grow as a composer and as a Digital Performer user.
I decided to share this here because I'm seeking honest input. My life is a bit too busy to write and sequence music often. For example, this is the first piece that I completed in about five months! (THIS has to change!!) So, composing and sequencing is like exercising atrophied muscles for me. I have this piece sounding as best as my ears and experience allows it to sound. What can be done to make it sound better?!?
The title of the piece is "An Afternoon Walk". Of course I'm using Digital Performer (9.13). "Housing" the virtual instruments is VSL's VEPro 6. My set-up between the two if fairly solid. It ain't perfect, but I was able to sequence this piece without any crashes. The virtual instruments (VIs) used were from various libraries including VSL's, Chris Hein's, Garrison's, OrangeTree's, Music Lab's and Kirk Hunter's libraries. (VSL's VEPro really does a nice job with housing these libraries and spreading the CPU work load!) I used reverbs from Digital Performer and from Audio Ease. Each instrument has it's own "track" (of course). I mix using both the MIDI tracks & Audio tracks within DP9. For most of the instruments, I have three "sends" to three different reverbs to help make a "depth of sound" (front to back). EQ is used sparingly. When I do use it, it's to help keep control that "muddy" sound. Without a doubt, there are lots of potential weakness to my set-up. But there seems to be strengths as well, especially with the amount of control I seem to have using DP 9. (I really do enjoy using this program!!) Any feedback will be graciously received.
Here's the Sound Cloud link to the piece. Again, thank you for the listen!
https://soundcloud.com/edward-fiebke/an-afternoon-hike
Ted
P.S. What do you think of Sound Cloud for housing music?!? Just curious.