Like most of my current projects, this one evolved on the side while I was testing Synfire features. It was never meant to be completed or anything special, but when I opened it last week after months, it had something that inspired me to try more.
It is a chimera of two arrangements "Haze" and "Bling Kong", the latter of which I just dropped on the other in search for a part B. I am super happy with the container import feature. It works very well. There are two themes/motifs:
Motif A "Haze" (the piece starts with this one)
I don't remember where the phrase is from and how it was edited but it is simple enough.
Motif B "Bling Kong"
Each voice starts from a different chord interval, the loop is deliberately odd (3m). The red backgrounds are from the Pause parameter which is used to start each voice only after a few measures.
Overview
Since I'm not currently in a studio with monitor speakers, the mix is probably awful.
Comments
Fr., 01.11.2024 - 23:40 Permalink
Nice change of scenery in the middle, will have to look into that container import feature.
Mo., 04.11.2024 - 17:06 Permalink
Added the third part at the end (updated the Soundcloud file)
Di., 05.11.2024 - 11:57 Permalink
With headphones and some unforgiving feedback from new listeners (offline) I thinned out and polished the thing a bit (updated the file).
With Synfire it's easy to overdo things, throwing together too many parts and conflicting melodies and rhythms. On the one hand that's great. You can try out a lot of crazy stuff in no time. It would be an impossible chore to do that by hand. On the other hand it really challenges your discipline. Killing your darlings turns into a blood bath.
Di., 05.11.2024 - 13:33 Permalink
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing this.
A thought occurs to me that for this or something like it, a movie showing the composition playing thru with the playback line moving thru a picture like the 3rd picture in this thread would be an ideal audio-visual experience of the composition's unfoldment in Synfire.
IOW, seeing (as well as hearing) how parts come in and go out over time would be educational.
Just a thought, for those cases (like this one) where the file itself is not for distribution - or where the audio-producing instruments are not expected to be widely available (even if one had the file).
Di., 05.11.2024 - 17:32 Permalink
YouTube is a bit overkill for ephemeral works in progress, but why not. I did this as a test.
Di., 05.11.2024 - 21:15 Permalink
Successful test, IMO!
I really got alot out of watching that (a couple times), and will probably watch it a few times more.
Of course the idea can be applied to more "complete" projects anytime.
A video like this one can also serve as a reference for a narrative write-up which points out techniques etc. that are happening at specific points in time. Such could range from just a few bullet points to a comprehensive explanatory treatise.
I really thing you are on to something here, a good format that can be used to supplement the "Kim" tutorial videos, which I feel sure take much longer to do (unavoidably I expect, as their purpose differs).
Thanks, and cheers!