"Sealing the Void"

[Danny Stewart]

Originally Posted by Doodah

Yeah its good, I enjoyed it, although I thought the vocal section- the tune, could have sounded more like voices... if thats possible... more of an "oooh" than an "aaah"... It's hard to describe... More like the background in your Face of Boe music...I loved the bassline however, and the drums... Hope I'm not being overly critical... Can I ask what you use to create these files? Software? A Synthesizer or Keyboard?

The whole soundset is far inferior to what I normally use because I made it on my Mac -- I do all my serious music making on the PC (like the Face of Boe music). I'm sorry it didn't come out better but it would be a very long and drawn out process to redo it on my PC and I don't feel the need.

Actually, I think the voices came out fairly close to the original in overall feel (maybe not "oooh" versus "aaah" but the sound of the voice as a whole). You're not being overly critical, I'm not very pleased with the final result either.

Anyway, I used GarageBand with the Symphony Orchestra addon pack on the Mac to make this particular piece. Normally I use FL Studio on the PC along with EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Silver Edition for all my orchestral stuff. My preferred software synthesizers are the Arturia CS-80V, the Arturia Minimoog V, the Native Instruments Pro-53, and a few others here and there that usually have specific uses for specific projects. The CS-80V is definitely capable of the widest range of sounds (once you learn how to master its extremely complicated layout of controls) and I use that as my sort of "all-purpose" synthesizer. Hope that helps.

[Dalek104]

Lots of confusing-sounding software and hardware there!
I love all of your music, Danny, but I still think your Face of Boe music is just the best I've heard you make!

[Danny Stewart]

Thank you! I'm glad you like any of it at all!

[MI7]

Hey does anyone still have a copy of this? I recently reformatted my PC and lost it, and it was a great reconstruction! Sadly the link for download doesn't appear to work anymore.

[Doodah]

The link does work, on Page 2 that is; the page 1 one hasn't for a while. Don't worry I made the same mistake. Danny, I would recommend editing your first post to contain this link: http://www.dannystewart.com/music/go...ingthevoid.mp3 There you go MI7.

[MI7]

Originally Posted by Doodah

The link does work, on Page 2 that is; the page 1 one hasn't for a while. Don't worry I made the same mistake. Danny, I would recommend editing your first post to contain this link: http://www.dannystewart.com/music/go...ingthevoid.mp3 There you go MI7.

Aaah thanks a lot, I was wondering why nobody else had brought it up. New glasses for me I think .

[Danny Stewart]

Thanks for the note, Doodah! I'll fix that link up for you.

[Doodah]

Well I was bored this evening so I decided to have a go at creating my own mix of Sealing the Void. Unfortunately the most sophisticated software I have is Noteworthy Composer so this is just a plain old midi file I'm afraid

At the moment it is a work in progress; I have done the first verse without drum beats (I don't know how to do drums yet :-P I'm kinda new to this thing but if anyone can help me then thanks in advance.) The tune is done entirely by ear and so is the base although I had to use Danny's version to help me in sections because I couldn't remember it properly.

EDIT: Have improved the file with much better sounds for the tune. New Link:

http://files.filefront.com/Sealing_t.../fileinfo.html

EDIT: Full version below but I will leave this link up anyways.

[Danny Stewart]

Limited by its MIDI soundset, sadly, but nicely done! Very accurate -- which always wins points with me!

[Doodah]

I have just completed the track. I'm not happy with the drums in the second verse/section but that can be worked on at a later date. Drums are incredibly frustrating to do.

http://files.filefront.com/Sealing_t.../fileinfo.html

EDIT: Made a very slight change to the completed version. Still available from the same link. See if you can notice the difference

[Danny Stewart]

Sounding very good! Unfortunately I didn't get the first version so I can't compare.

[Doodah]

Aaah, doesn't matter. All I did was make the glockenspiel (my best substitute for a triangle) an octave higher otherwise it is all the same.Thanks for the comment!

[Danny Stewart]

Glad to hear my recreation of Murray's work has prompted another excellent rendition!

[Dalek104]

That is great work, Doodah! Congratulations on this!

[Doodah]

Thanks for the comments guys. I must admit this went better than I expected for my first midi file from scratch. I'm a competant user of the software though. I've been mucking around with other peoples midi files for ages. Still tweaking the drum lines and still not happy with the second part. I will get there eventually!

[Dalek104]

I didn't know this was your first attempt at creating a MIDI file! Wow!

[Danny Stewart]

Yes indeed, very nicely done! Thank you for sharing it here.

[Ben Dawson]

Doodah's Sealing the Void...comming to a Danny Stewart Forums near you.

[Doodah]

I have just realised that what I am hearing on my PC for my midi file will be different to what you are hearing on your PC, due to my SoundFont that I use which came with my soundcard. If you are using Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth (Windows default) as your midi output, you will get, quite frankly, a hideous version of my track. Here is a .wav file of my version which I believe will be different to my midi that you hear unless you are using SB X-Fi Audio as your midi output.

http://files.filefront.com/Sealing_t.../fileinfo.html (Apologies, it's rather quiet. Turn Ya Speakers up! )

[Danny Stewart]

Sound Blaster X-Fi, eh? Nice. I'm getting one of those myself soon.