wow that's awesome! there's a lot going on in there, it must have taken hours to put it together. looking forward to the finished product!
Thanks for taking the time to check it out, budo!
Yes, it's a lot of time and effort...but much fun at that! The arrangement is written for 8 trumpets. 2 mellophones (a marching band French Horn), and 4 flugelhorns. I adapted the full original MIDI score, and I tried to include numerous antiphonal (side-to-side) effects, as the parts are written to be played via either the left or right channel. (I need to tweak the panning in the recording to make the antiphonal stuff more apparent! I wrote the arrangement back in November/December over the course of ~8-10 hours.
The recording is spliced together from over 1200 takes (so far!). I tend to mess up a lot! Let's just say the recording process has been a long one as well!
And then, because the recordings are still not as good as I want them to be, nearly as much time goes into editing the recordings as it takes to record them in the first place.
So yes, it's a long process. But, to me, certainly worth it in the end!
<Note: I recently had a computer issue, and my fingers are now crossed that the original DAW (digital audio workstation) file loads properly....or finishing the recording will be much more difficult!>
]]>Unfortunately, recordings don't record themselves, and I've been busy the last couple of months! I have a recording in progress to share with the community, though...so you can hear how things come together. Since this is an Organteq forum, the link is cued up to the entrance of the organ in my arrangement...this is Brahms' Academic Festival Overture!
Hope you enjoy!
]]>”A hobbyist trumpet player” - well, to me you are much more, a master at what you are doing, extremely skilled at it, honestly.
Best wishes,
Stig
]]>Kudos,
Lanny Davis
]]>Notturno (Borodin) for Trumpet and Piano
Libertango (Piazzolla) for Trumpet and Piano
Nessun Dorma (Puccini) for Trumpet and Piano
We Gather Together (Thanksgiving Hymn, Anonymous) for trumpets and organ (I experimented a little with the organ registrations and think this sounds pretty "church-like")
Selections from Hook (John Williams) for Brass, Piano, Strings, and Percussion (The Pianoteq contribution to this one is smaller, but I figured I might as well include it!)
]]>really enjoyed these and looking forward to more. great version of the ET score, certainly didn't expect that!
Thanks, budo! (and Pianoteqenthusiast, too!). It's a pleasure having great "synthetic" instruments to play with. I wasn't sure if I could get the ET piece to sound like it did in my head...but it did, maybe even better...a pleasant surprise!
I appreciate the encouragement and will post more small batches in the future!
]]>Thank you,
Stig
]]>I use NY Steinway D Classical for my piano recordings, and a custom setting for Organteq on my organ recordings. I had a lot of fun putting these together, and I hope you enjoy!
"The Pre Eternal Council", originally for men's choir with soloist, adapted for piano and trumpet:
The Pre Eternal Council
"And the Glory of the Lord" from The Messiah by Handel, for organ and four trumpets (the organ plays the string parts and the trumpets cover the choir parts):
And the Glory of the Lord
"ET End Credits Theme for brass and accompaniment, featuring Pianoteq (NY Steinway D Classical and Electric Piano):
ET End Credits Theme