OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp?

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2008/12/25 18:33:00 (permalink)

OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp?

Well, me neither. Until I started workin on a remix of one his cello meanderins. Yessir, he is one sharp feller. But not in a good way. Course he can play the fool out a that cello n all but still...don't he carry a tuner? Anyways, I love him to death and am gonna try (usin every trick ol Sonar provides) to not ruin his magnum opus. I'll keep ya posted.

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    mose
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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/25 18:43:19 (permalink)
    Some orchestras tune to a pitch that's a little higher than 440Hz (e.g., 445Hz). Some people feel that this produces a brighter or more alive tone. Perhaps that is what is happening here.

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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/25 18:43:59 (permalink)

    You may find this article rather interesting.

    http://www.therestisnoise.com/2007/09/yo-yo-ma-the-re.html

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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/25 21:45:14 (permalink)
    Thanks for that article, nprime. It's very enlightening. And to mose, I've got everything else at 443 right now. That seems to put him "in the pocket".
    post edited by yorolpal - 2008/12/25 21:47:37

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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/25 22:03:55 (permalink)
    Interesting... I'll check into it. I just signed up to participate in a global colloaboration with YYM and received the 24bit solo track of his we are all supposed to play to. I'll let you know about the intonation.

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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/25 22:26:15 (permalink)
    It's better than playing out of tune!

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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/25 23:33:34 (permalink)
    Many European Orchestras tune to A=442 instead of the A=440 used in the US.

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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/26 00:16:07 (permalink)
    but then yorolpal, you know what they say, "everybody's crazy bout a sharp yo ma"
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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/26 00:39:17 (permalink)
    Just V-Vocal his tracks.

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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/26 08:28:51 (permalink)
    Yeah he sucks. What a fraud. The real place to learn about music is here on the Sonar forums.

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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/26 09:26:23 (permalink)
    Hey what you sayin bout my ma ma? I aint neer said nothin bout yo ma ma.

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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/26 11:10:28 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: DonM

    Interesting... I'll check into it. I just signed up to participate in a global colloaboration with YYM and received the 24bit solo track of his we are all supposed to play to. I'll let you know about the intonation.

    -D


    Yea, that's the same thing I'm workin on Don, ol pal. Had a bit of trouble gettin it to download. And to ModBod, yea, as is my usual bent I was gonna make him minor instead of major and put him in 4/4 instead of 3/4 maybe havin him play a sixties surf thang. But Yo Yo No Go. Turns out that ol cello cannot be Melodyned worth a dern. I couldn't even get a decent one or two note change in the melody without lots of trouble and artifacts...enlightening to say the least. Still think Melodyne hung the moon but it does have its limitations. It doesn't like my "gravelley" rock voice either. Anywhoo, I've just left him alone...other than cuttin all his slowed down expressiveness so's he'll fit to tempo and am doin a Jazz waltz. We'll see.
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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/26 19:08:31 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: yorolpal


    ORIGINAL: DonM

    Interesting... I'll check into it. I just signed up to participate in a global colloaboration with YYM and received the 24bit solo track of his we are all supposed to play to. I'll let you know about the intonation.

    -D


    Yea, that's the same thing I'm workin on Don, ol pal. Had a bit of trouble gettin it to download. And to ModBod, yea, as is my usual bent I was gonna make him major instead of minor and put him in 4/4 instead of 3/4 maybe havin him play a sixties surf thang. But Yo Yo No Go. Turns out that ol cello cannot be Melodyned worth a dern. I couldn't even get a decent one or two note change in the melody without lots of trouble and artifacts...enlightening to say the least. Still think Melodyne hung the moon but it does have its limitations. It doesn't like my "gravelley" rock voice either. Anywhoo, I've just left him alone...other than cuttin all his slowed down expressiveness so's he'll fit to tempo and am doin a Jazz waltz. We'll see.



    Have you gone into detection or definition mode and played with the various parameters ("rough," etc.)?
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    RE: OT Did you know Yo Yo Ma plays sharp? 2008/12/26 21:37:17 (permalink)
    I'll give that a whirl, Russell. Let ya know how it turns out.

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