new work: Niveau Quatre, & now Niveau Cinq 1st mvmnt
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- KVRAF
- 12352 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
Just listened to the update. Very well done.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
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- KVRAF
- 1683 posts since 29 Sep, 2013
Had a chance to play a ROLI once and for a pretty limited amount of time.
I'll admit that it didn't click with me at all.
Definitely some learning curve happening there.
One have certainly to take some times to program the synth/sound generator to respond in an interesting/predictable way too.
Happy to see those "Niveau" experimentations growing up, those textures really sound rich/vivid.
I'll admit that it didn't click with me at all.
Definitely some learning curve happening there.
One have certainly to take some times to program the synth/sound generator to respond in an interesting/predictable way too.
Happy to see those "Niveau" experimentations growing up, those textures really sound rich/vivid.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
Thanks.
It's pretty weird. The mushiness of it, it's hard to be precise for basic note-ons for me. But, I was never a keyboard player, and I grew progressively worse at it over years. So the weirdness of it doesn't matter, it's a new instrument, I just go for the pitch bend, a vibrato out of both pitch bend and pressure, and like that. I mean discrete pitches like a keyboard has not been the goal. And, in the Note Expression, it's not delineated as such or necessarily if you get a pitch by gliding, or hammering-on. It's not a new note name. So fine, I can go by ear.
The instrument Equator is perfectly designed for it. I've only done this one patch and I have tweaked it (subtracting from it largely) for the first of these and now I'm going with it again.
It's pretty weird. The mushiness of it, it's hard to be precise for basic note-ons for me. But, I was never a keyboard player, and I grew progressively worse at it over years. So the weirdness of it doesn't matter, it's a new instrument, I just go for the pitch bend, a vibrato out of both pitch bend and pressure, and like that. I mean discrete pitches like a keyboard has not been the goal. And, in the Note Expression, it's not delineated as such or necessarily if you get a pitch by gliding, or hammering-on. It's not a new note name. So fine, I can go by ear.
The instrument Equator is perfectly designed for it. I've only done this one patch and I have tweaked it (subtracting from it largely) for the first of these and now I'm going with it again.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
It's funny because it's true!
I should point out that this piece moves glacially. I conformed the timeline to the real pulse and it's from like 26 to 40-something mm. I remember when Cubase wouldn't even give you below 30 BPM.
I should point out that this piece moves glacially. I conformed the timeline to the real pulse and it's from like 26 to 40-something mm. I remember when Cubase wouldn't even give you below 30 BPM.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
Anyway. This plays around with a minor mode, quite static at first, plays around with minor tonal features but begins to go out with some real shift.
Orchestral but with noise elements particular in the outer fields of the stereo.
Orchestral but with noise elements particular in the outer fields of the stereo.
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- KVRAF
- 11504 posts since 13 Mar, 2009 from UK
I love the mainly subdued vibe of Niveau Cinq, and the infrequent addition of bass. This is less overtly dramatic than Quatre, like the calm before a storm.
Good job
Good job
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
thx
I have a sort of Coda there now, which demands iteration and development. I came up with some shit totally on impulse for no particular reason I liked and kept. Like the ending. I like how suddenly this dark cloud clears up instantly.
I did this in bed, all of it.
I have a sort of Coda there now, which demands iteration and development. I came up with some shit totally on impulse for no particular reason I liked and kept. Like the ending. I like how suddenly this dark cloud clears up instantly.
I did this in bed, all of it.
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- KVRian
- 1297 posts since 23 Jun, 2007 from Findlay OH USA
Listening to the last posted version of Niveau Cinq. Lovely work, Jan.
Do you ever score your works ?
Best always,
dp
Do you ever score your works ?
Best always,
dp
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
No, it's all the bars in the piano roll at this point.
Once I edited a lick in score editor to make it make enough sense to have a sax player double it but he said it was impossible to play.
It wasn't written for sax so fine. I think if I was paying better he might've done.
Thanks.
Once I edited a lick in score editor to make it make enough sense to have a sax player double it but he said it was impossible to play.
It wasn't written for sax so fine. I think if I was paying better he might've done.
Thanks.
