Castle Paradox

Artimus Bena · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:17 am Post subject: Effects

Been stepping up my midi effect use. It really pushes midi's limits, but I'd like to know if there's any way I can improve my use of them, as well as the song itself.

http://bena.castleparadox.com/Vikings/impregnable.mid
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Moogle1 · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject:

I tried playing it in my browser with Quicktime and it was terminally skippy. This was not on purpose. Dear Apple: I do not want your crappy product playing MIDIs crappily in my browser. It played fine in WMP.

The effects are good, but I'm curious why you're bothering working on improving your skills in a nearly obsolete file format. Nothing you do will change the fact that some of the voices just don't sound right.
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Artimus Bena · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject:

Thank you for listening! Oh, I have several reasons. Sometimes the focus it requires to push midi to its limits helps me pay closer attention to other music I write, like with virtual instruments or guitar for my band. I also write better themes when working in notation, which I often use elsewhere, usually said band. And a while back Fen wanted a couple more songs out of me, and I never got around to them, which I felt bad for. I'm moving away from midi, at least when it comes to full on soundtracks (I dropped out of both OOIA's and Twin's games), but I felt obligated to at least give it a shot, finishing the job on vikings if I could; before unofficially hanging me ol' 'midi cap'.

Thanks again for taking the time.
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