'Septet' for assorted solo instruments from SE Vol 1.

[MDT]

I wrote this little piece to experiment with small ensembles using Special Edition Vol 1. It was sequenced in Logic 9 where I added the panning and reverb. The ensemble is:----------------------- Flute- Clarinet- Bassoon- Trombone- Violin- Viola- Bass- --------------------------

someone mind letting me know how to format a post with links and paragraphs as I've had to improvise to make this readable ???

[winknotes_282]

Very nice MDT.  Nicely orchestrated too. 

Do you find yourself putting a bunch of hidden keyswitches in your score?

[MDT]

Thanks winknotes, All the parts have numerous key switches and controller info. I originally wrote the score in Finale but then sequenced it (played each part from scratch) in Logic. The video looks like a Finale playback but I actually dubbed the audio mix on afterwards.

[Dietz]

@MDT said:

[...] The video looks like a Finale playback but I actually dubbed the audio mix on afterwards.

Crafty! 😉

[winknotes_282]

very clever.  I've been toying with the idea of presenting my music that way.  Of course it gets difficult to do if the orchestration is large so I haven't quite worked out those details. 

At any rate I always appreciate seeing a score.  It makes giving feedback more meaningful in my opinion if the composer is interested in such feedback.  Are you open to some notational suggestions/critiques? 

[William]

 This is a good idea to show the score during playback for youtube if you don't have a video, since youtube is so much in demand.  It is a problem as winknotes said if the score is huge.  Maybe in that case you can focus on the section that is playing the main part.  I may try that too.  Then your score view will become like a multi-camera video of an orchestra, but for composers instead of normal people. 

[MDT]

@winknotes-- I am open to any comments or critiques but don't take the written score too seriously as I was very lax with the detail. I really only do the video with a score to give the listener something meaningful to look at.--- I have another video on my youtube channel which shows the key edit window of my DAW where I colour coded the different instruments.--- @ William,--- Yes a large score would be very tricky and quite fiddly to do I think. Maybe the video could follow the parts that you might look at if you were reading the score.------------------------PS @ winknotes,--How do you get paragraph in your posts. Mine come with the text all in one block. This is a very annoying forum to post in, no html, links etc.

[Bill]

 At the top of the page, click on Profile, Community tab, and chang contet editor to Enhanced.

Why it's not set that way by default is a mystery to me!

BTW, what did you use to capture the video?

[Dietz]

No idea why this can't be the default value, sorry. :-/

[MDT]

Ah that's much better[:)]

Thanks Bill and Dietz,

Bill, I used a program called Screenflow but I think it may be Mac only.

[winknotes_282]

The topic of playback and score came up on another forum I frequent and one of the members uses what is now called Sony Movie Studio Platinum. He can do panning with it which I thought was interesting. His example was a live recording married with a video of his score which is piano (orchestra reduction) and solo instrument I believe but it made me think one could pan to foreground parts in an orchestra score....without making the viewer/listener dizzy.

Dan Powers

[MDT]

The movie looks good but the musical composition is even better! Wow, hats off to the composer!