Any oboists?
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Any oboists?
My entry for "Keep All Your Promises" sorely needs a lonely oboe in the quiet bits. I tracked in a synth oboe, but it just made the song sound cheesy. I tried doubling with a real flute, and that almost worked, but after forty years I seem to have lost my embouchure for A flat in the second octave. The sqeaky flute and lame oboe were dropped from the final mix.
In the end I left a gaping silence that is begging for a real oboe, or a really good sampled oboe. If anyone wants to add one, I'd love to hear it. I have a melody in mind, but I'm open to suggestion.
In the end I left a gaping silence that is begging for a real oboe, or a really good sampled oboe. If anyone wants to add one, I'd love to hear it. I have a melody in mind, but I'm open to suggestion.
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Re: Any oboists?
That reminds me -- why can't I find any Reason refills for woodwinds or brass?
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Re: Any oboists?
Here's one:
http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-IKM-MIROREFILL-6
Or do you mean free or "free" ones?
http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-IKM-MIROREFILL-6
Or do you mean free or "free" ones?
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Re: Any oboists?
Aren't they in the Orkester Refill?
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Thanks for the link! It never occurred to me to look past the Reason site. I guess third partiies can supply refills too. This opens up a new world of searches!Lunkhead wrote:Here's one:
http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-IKM-MIROREFILL-6
Or do you mean free or "free" ones?
I don't mind paying if it's reasonable (no pun intended). Next question for me is whether it works with Reason Adapted.
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For the record, the answer is no. Most refills don't work with Reason Adapted. Upgrades are on special though. . .
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Could you live with clarinet?
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Well, I'm hearing an oboe -- that thin, haunted, lonely sound. Clarinet is thicker, more robust and confident. But maybe it would work. What would you need to give it a try?
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Whadya got? I can listen to your track, I suppose. Do you have the synth oboe track separated? How did you program it? Do you have a midi file? Whatever you've got might be helpful.
BTW, my clarinet is not so thick as you're used to. I'm not exactly a pro.
SPUD
wait, I think that came out wrong...
BTW, my clarinet is not so thick as you're used to. I'm not exactly a pro.
SPUD
wait, I think that came out wrong...
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I'll put it back in the mix and post an MP3. Since it does the same thing every time, I'll just post a slice. I don't have a MIDI -- I recorded the audio out from my Radio Shack Yamaha. I could create one if you want, or score it in my inept way. But it's pretty simple, I'm sure you could pick it up with no trouble. Have a listen when I post it.
P.S. Thanks for doing this!
P.S. Thanks for doing this!
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Will have a look. The other option is that I might try it with my electronic horn. It has an oboe patch that might sound good properly filtered and otherwise tortured into submission.
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Spud wrote: BTW, my clarinet is not so thick as you're used to. I'm not exactly a pro.
Oh no - we have entered 1970s British sit-com Land again.Spud wrote:The other option is that I might try it with my electronic horn
Carry On Songfight.
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Uh, it's not ready yet. . . Bear with me! There's other stuff going on in my life right now.
Last night I started off by putting the synth oboe track back in, intending to post an illustrative snippet. But then, inspired (or perhaps goaded) by various reviews, I decided to throw all the original tracks back in and work the fade controls to make the ending bigger.
Tonight I have other obligations, but tomorrow I'll give the remix a listen, and either scrap it, or post it here as an attachment, with time cues to the oboe passages. (Given the way this thread is going, I probably should avoid calling them "passages.")
I do not intend to make a habit of posting remixes to your site as attachments! I'll look into using the 5 MB of server space that comes with one of my e-mail accounts. But it does raise an interesting question: do people want a "Songfight Remix" forum where they can act on reviewers' recommendations and solicit further comment? -- Well, that's one for the suggestions thread, I guess.
Last night I started off by putting the synth oboe track back in, intending to post an illustrative snippet. But then, inspired (or perhaps goaded) by various reviews, I decided to throw all the original tracks back in and work the fade controls to make the ending bigger.
Tonight I have other obligations, but tomorrow I'll give the remix a listen, and either scrap it, or post it here as an attachment, with time cues to the oboe passages. (Given the way this thread is going, I probably should avoid calling them "passages.")
I do not intend to make a habit of posting remixes to your site as attachments! I'll look into using the 5 MB of server space that comes with one of my e-mail accounts. But it does raise an interesting question: do people want a "Songfight Remix" forum where they can act on reviewers' recommendations and solicit further comment? -- Well, that's one for the suggestions thread, I guess.
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OK, I finally got it together, mixed the track, and set up a page where you can get it:
http://storm.ca/~jje/
Killing two birds with one stone, I've posted a version that illustrates the oboe part, and also takes up some suggestions from the review thread. The oboe comes in at about 0:36, 1:17, 1:51, and 2:38.
Having seen the recent screen shots of other people's tracks over in the How To thread, I have become painfully aware that there's probably a much better way of coordinating a collaboration than this, only I don't know what it is.
http://storm.ca/~jje/
Killing two birds with one stone, I've posted a version that illustrates the oboe part, and also takes up some suggestions from the review thread. The oboe comes in at about 0:36, 1:17, 1:51, and 2:38.
Having seen the recent screen shots of other people's tracks over in the How To thread, I have become painfully aware that there's probably a much better way of coordinating a collaboration than this, only I don't know what it is.