UltimateMusicSnob
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Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
Starting with synthesized Pianoteq, and morphing gradually through various synthesizer sounds. The object is just to intensify the musical ideas already there, and gradually/continuously vary the timbre throughout. https://soundcloud.com/jeraldhughes/moonlight-sonata
post edited by UltimateMusicSnob - 2013/05/10 23:06:44
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theguitarplayer
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/10 23:55:53
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Well, you certainly did what you set out to do. This was the first song I learned on piano many, many years ago, and have never heard it played like this. Very different to say the least. I use to play it on my old 1903 Wellington up right piano. This version you created is quite unique. Very interesting sound for this old song.
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/10 23:56:42
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nice tune ;-) Really nicely done, the morphing. W/o losing the piano attack effect. At times starts getting synthy like Walter/Wendy, but then pulls back.
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/11 00:58:17
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theguitarplayer: "This was the first song I learned on piano many, many years ago, and have never heard it played like this." Exactly, this piece is SO familiar through being played so many times by so many pianists, I wanted to 'unlock' the piece from its overexposure. btw: 'Moonlight' was probably the 100th piece I learned, having worked through 99 much easier ones. Kudos for starting so far ahead!
AT: Yes, I listened to W Carlos **many** times, no doubt it's still in my ears. There's a certain aesthetic to the, sorry, sterility he brought to the Bach pieces, but I wanted something much more phrased, more dynamic, wayyyy less robotic. Thanks for listening!
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/11 18:21:07
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That was cool. You should take some more liberties with it. Years ago, a friend of mine did an arrangement of it in 5/4 and it took awhile for me to figure out what the deal was.
Good work,
J
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/11 19:05:13
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/11 22:49:56
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jsaras, shawn: Thanks for the comments. I have a series I think of as "Moonlight Travesty", which messes with the original piece in about a dozen different ways: quadruple tempo, removing all the sharps, modulating to wrong keys, etc. Haven't put that into Sonar yet.
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/12 01:36:24
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Nice, Beethoven and Lennon are my biggest heroes. And it's Wendy Carlos now, not Walter.
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/12 13:52:29
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Nice idea - wasn't sure what to expect here, half expected it to be one of those that I don't get to the end of, but I did and enjoyed the listen.
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/12 15:11:34
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another great concept by snob! I am a bit jealous, I am so stuck with my chorus-verse-songwriting, and never have such cool ideas...you guys from this forum are a real inspiration, thanks for that!
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/12 22:20:10
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Thanks for the supportive responses, paulo and speedtom. The story behind the piece is just that I'm trying to learn Sonar X2, Pianoteq, and Zebra2 in-depth, so experiments like this require me to turn a lot of knobs and throw a lot of switches, so to speak. Appreciate your listening!
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/13 11:46:47
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nice version of beautiful song.
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Re:Moonlight Sonata in Synthesizer
2013/05/13 14:00:18
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Used play this in a band tad more rock though  Interesting take thanks for sharing.
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