Needs a Name and Once More

Needs a Name-

http://www.box.net/shared/bc3rrxylqi

Is there any way to make high[er]-registers in this crappy Windows-synth midi sound nice at all?

...this would probably be fitting as some kind of strange Irish-folk pop song... lol...

I need suggestions in rescoring registers in this piece, I think. But it's "nice" at least... lol

Once More-

http://www.box.net/shared/pafyz6md67

[A Very Simple] Piano Improvisation over a chord pattern/progression, I made it, much to my surprise, quite melodic o.o (and then looped it , thus the name, Once More)

I'm stuck with making midi's at the moment, so i apologize if its an inconvenience for some.

Volt

Welcome to YC.

There are many midi soundfonts out on the internet. A number of them cost, but there are be some free ones as well. The way I see it though is that you are much better off trying to get some decent samples and a program to play them in. I suggest a DAW, like Sonar, Cubase etc, but Notation programs will work, just not as well for realistic sounds.

I like the piano piece. Simple always works well.

Ron

I liked both of these. There are a few free samples on the internet that offer better than sound than midi.

Keep posting.

Hi Volt,

If you know where to search, there are some AWESOME soundfonts and samples which used well can sound almost as good as EWQL :phones: Look at Journey's End for an example:

This is what inspired me to start composing...the proof that awesome music could be made without a expensive library. However, you also need a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) and fortunately, here it is: lmms.sourceforge.net

Anyway, liked the pieces, simple yet effective, and with some work could turn out very well indeed!

Ohhhh....I almost forgot. Here are some links to the stuff used in Journey's End (Wendall, you may be interested): http://wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=25423

Also, get sfz+ , the commercial big brother of sfz for FREE in a time limited offer. It is a awesome soundfont player, which most freebies are. I may also post my selection of soundfonts in the near future, but I need to find some time first :)

Volt, I really like Sibelius for making music: you can get a free trial of it for 30 days, and it sounds much better than midi (although it's not perfect).

The piece doesn't sound much like Pop at all to me: sounds kind of alternative to me (that could be the synth making in sound like that though, perhaps) . It's a unique, interesting melody, and I like the way the harmonies fit in with the melody, but not perfectly: it adds a certain grittiness to the piece. What name could you give this...hmmmmm...I have no good suggestions, but I'm thinking something earthy sounding, to fit in with the tone of the music, perhaps?

-Rolifer-

Thanks! Yeah, I actually use Finale Printmusic, but the Windows Synths is what renders the midi's o.O

I really should upgrade to Finale, lol (and should learn Sequencers as well o.O)

-Wendell-

Thanks and will do! Though, I'm kind of grounded from my computer atm... lol. I'll be sneaking compositions whenever I can... lol

-CheeseLord-

:o THANK YOU!!!

I really liked the Journey's End.

Googling for free sound samples never works for me o.O

That's quite a list on the samples, and I'll make sure to get on those ASAP

-Serge-

I've tried out Sibelius before, but I preferred Finale, just because I've gotten accustomed to using it for school purposes, lol.

And thank you for your comment, when I first wrote it, I meant to write a Duet for trombone and interswitching trombone/piano with orchestrated accompaniment, and entitle it the "Lover's Duet"... but somewhere along the way, I got really off topic, lol (and got rid of the duet all together)

It's funny how I put a Piano in Finale and the midi interprets it as a Synthesizer. (shhh. No one knows, lol)