re-working of Vicentino

....thansk to Margo for the source files. Here re-orchestrated with a gorgeous
harpsichord soundfont, and sped up a bit.

http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/musica_prisca_caput.ogg

Enjoy those slippery 1/5 tones!

Best,
--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.dividebypi.com

Cool! That's a powerful soundfont -- reminded a little of Wanda Landowski. Also seemed to have a very high gain compared to most other OGGs I've heard. I thought the piece sounded great this way.

- Dave

Aaron K. Johnson wrote:
> > ....thansk to Margo for the source files. Here re-orchestrated with a gorgeous > harpsichord soundfont, and sped up a bit.
> > http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/musica_prisca_caput.ogg
> > Enjoy those slippery 1/5 tones!
> > Best,

Pardon the embarrassing typo, of course I meant Wanda Landowska. :-(

- Dave

Dave Seidel wrote:
> Cool! That's a powerful soundfont -- reminded a little of Wanda > Landowski. Also seemed to have a very high gain compared to most other > OGGs I've heard. I thought the piece sounded great this way.
> > - Dave
> > > Aaron K. Johnson wrote:
> >>....thansk to Margo for the source files. Here re-orchestrated with a gorgeous >>harpsichord soundfont, and sped up a bit.
>>
>>http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/musica_prisca_caput.ogg
>>
>>Enjoy those slippery 1/5 tones!
>>
>>Best,

Dave,

{you wrote...}
>Pardon the embarrassing typo, of course I meant Wanda Landowska. :-(

What a disappointment - I thought you meant Uma Thurman.

As for Aaron's 'humanity', he's got a custom-crafted software widget that he runs on/through his midi file to add subtle inflections to (IIRC) velocity and timing. Don't know if he used it in this case, but I wouldn't be surprised. Though I would be surprised to see Uma play the harpsichord.

Be cool,
Jon

Well, Uma has those big hands, she would probably be a pretty good keyboard player...

Jonathan M. Szanto wrote:
> Dave,
> > {you wrote...}
> >>Pardon the embarrassing typo, of course I meant Wanda Landowska. :-(
> > > What a disappointment - I thought you meant Uma Thurman.
> > As for Aaron's 'humanity', he's got a custom-crafted software widget that > he runs on/through his midi file to add subtle inflections to (IIRC) > velocity and timing. Don't know if he used it in this case, but I wouldn't > be surprised. Though I would be surprised to see Uma play the harpsichord.
> > Be cool,
> Jon > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > > > > > >

D,

{you wrote...}

>Well, Uma has those big hands, she would probably be a pretty good >keyboard player...

Uma has *hands*? Damn.

To make this not so OT (and I won't continue the Uma trend), I came across an unusual site by a Canadian who makes little instrument sculptures and then activates them with sound. Site takes a little bit of intuition to navigate, but the clips from the recordings and photos might be fertile inspiration for others, as they were for me:

AUTOMATES KI
http://www.cam.org/~maxime/

Cheers,
Jon

> Uma has *hands*? Damn.

Well... those giant *thumbs* anyway... Heh heh... ;-)

Rick