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Keyboard music......

Posted: 31 Jul 2012, 18:21
by Mrinterface
Anybody good at developing electronic music? I recently started taking an interest in developing music , with songs being made of samples from real life sounds. Since nobody ever made a song composed of sampled keyswitch sounds I thought to take on the challenge. My library of samples has grown quiet a lot since the last keyboard party at Best! :-)
If anybody is interested in co-developing this , please PM me. You don't need to have a lot of musical development experience ( neither do I ) and fun is guaranteed!

Posted: 31 Jul 2012, 22:00
by voidburn
Brings this to mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWkUFxIt ... re=related

Good luck!

I look forward to your first composition :D

Posted: 31 Jul 2012, 22:14
by JBert
What exactly were you thinking of? Got any style you're shooting for?

Re: Keyboard music......

Posted: 01 Aug 2012, 09:20
by Mrinterface
Classical music themed on a synthesizer ( check Tomita for examples )
I want to bring the story of the fall and revival of mechanical keyboards.
Somehow each switch has its own mood.
rubber dome : brittle , fragile, cheap
Buckling spring : heavy, solid, very loud
Cherry Mx : versatile, light, sweet
Alps : dampened, loud
Topre : oriental, soft, solid

Re: Keyboard music......

Posted: 01 Aug 2012, 10:05
by Mrinterface
Forgot to add the linear classics like bbc micro, memotech, acorn atom etc. What mood shall I give those ??;-)

Posted: 01 Aug 2012, 12:02
by nathanscribe
Given they were big in the 80s, you should make drum machine sounds from the samples. With some pitch-shifting and a bit of gated reverb you're away.

Re: Keyboard music......

Posted: 02 Aug 2012, 18:23
by Mrinterface
Gonna use the following music from movies/albums and somehow transform it with keyswitch samples:
Star wars imperial theme
Carmina Burana
Lux aeterna
Lord of the rings
Mozarts Requiem

All very powerful pieces... I guess the ominous star wars deathstar theme will be used for the introduction of the rubber domes :-)

Am I forgetting something ? ;-)

Posted: 02 Aug 2012, 22:38
by hq1ify

Posted: 02 Aug 2012, 22:39
by Djuzuh
Live programming can be done with a lot of other editors too.

Posted: 02 Aug 2012, 22:43
by hq1ify
Djuzuh wrote:
Live programming can be done with a lot of other editors too.
yes, but how would you get that glowing highlighting ;)

also, lisp inside of emacs makes sense.

PLUS, to stay on the topic: http://musicforgeeksandnerds.com/

Posted: 02 Aug 2012, 22:54
by Djuzuh
hq1ify wrote:
Djuzuh wrote:
Live programming can be done with a lot of other editors too.
yes, but how would you get that glowing highlighting ;)

also, lisp inside of emacs makes sense.

PLUS, to stay on the topic: http://musicforgeeksandnerds.com/
Troll moar plz.

Maybe somebody will bite.

Posted: 03 Aug 2012, 09:07
by JBert
Okay... I still prefer playing synthesizers using a MIDI keyboard, thank you very much.

Posted: 03 Aug 2012, 10:45
by nathanscribe
Playing a keyboard? Meh, I was lazy and built my own sequencer.