im using sonar too, how come my sound isnt as good? what kind of soundfonts do u use?.. or do u use vst? can u help me? .. im using soundfonts and the quality isnt good..

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Original post by FlamingBoi im using sonar too, how come my sound isnt as good? what kind of soundfonts do u use?.. or do u use vst? can u help me? .. im using soundfonts and the quality isnt good..

Sounds to me like some of his sounds are real. All you do is play into the mic then record it into a track with the rest of your work

i don't think he recorded his work into a mic..

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Original post by FlamingBoi i don't think he recorded his work into a mic..

if he did it was only 1 or 2 tracks the rest were done using something like midi.

just check out the pitch range of that flute.

did you know in sonar you can not only do a midi track but also audio? wow!

Yeah, the flute and guitar in Towns.mp3 are both recorded by my crappy $10 computer mic

And the distorted guitar part of desert.mp3 is my electric guitar hooked directly into the line input via an effects pedal. Everything else is MIDI though.

Desert uses the Titanic soundfont and Towns uses the Sinfonia soundfont (both are available for free online)

cool, didnt expect such high quality for a 10$ mic :D.. haha..
btw, how bout the drums? and where do i get titanic, i can find sinfonia but the titanic seems to be only available on one page and the link is down... can u help me?

[Edited by - FlamingBoi on November 29, 2004 6:30:33 AM]

This isn't necessarily directed at you, but it seems that everybody uses the same chord progression(in your town song). Every pop song uses it, and its boring. Even if it is from Pachelbel's Canon, that doesn't make it good. You could at least change the chord duration so that each chord isn't the same duration. The flute was cool tho. And I liked the desert song a lot. The drums in the beginning added a lot of Indiana Jones feel to it, which is what you were going for pretty much. So Good Job!

btw, if u record, won't the notes be like all over and uneven.. how do u solve this in sonar?.. since im using sonar .. could u help me? =D.. Im playing on recording a euphonium.. :) but the notes will be too uneven..

The town music sounds nice, but it has no real direction. I never noticed a coherent melody; just a collection of solos from different instruments. The percussion overpowers the current melodic instrument of choice, making it hard to hear what should be the focus of the music. Also, the first entry of the piano seems a bit out of place; its short, infrequent chords don't mesh well with the sustained notes of the strings in the background.

I'd say that you should analyze what you're doing with each instrument and how it contributes to the overall mood. The music starts out very calm, so the introduction of a strong percussion line is a bit jarring. Several instruments are used briefly (notably, the flute) and have no real introduction, so again, their appearance can be jarring. The sudden drop near the end, while allowing the music to loop smoothly, is also a bit of a shock.

Certainly it sounds nice, but I have to wonder if you're creating the mood you want in your listeners. My impression was that most town music should be a background to local events; this piece grabs the listener's attention fairly often.

Hey Mark...

As I started listening to Towns, I was wondering what you felt was wrong... Until the drums started. Now don't get me wrong, Drums do wonders in many pieces of music, but somehow, in the back of my mind, I kept wanting to hear the song without drums.

The guitar and strings lead-in followed by the flute part gives it a natural feel, while the drums try to convey a sort of artificial feel that clashes too much. Try removing the drums and relying more on the guitar and strings to set the rhythm. Similar to the way "Into the West" from "The Return of the King" soundtrack worked. I think that you will find that the sound will convey more feeling the more smooth and natural it sounds.

Of course, I am no music composer, but you said you couldn't put your finger on what was wrong. The drums just FEEL out of place. Try it without them, upload both versions for comparrison.

-OR