Skylark
Tagged: jazz ballad, Suzuki Hammond 44H
- This topic has 10 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 2 years, 4 months ago by
Joanna Funk.
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- October 12, 2018 at 8:33 am #10325
Joanna Funk
ParticipantSo after your kind suggestions, I bought a midi cable and managed to edit a midi file. It was a thrill to delete a block of data, and move a piano note up and down etc. But no midi editing on this track. What I DID use was REVERB – wow!!! I went all out and chose the “auditorium” preset. Loud and echoey! I like it! I tried Compression too but everything went quiet, so more homework needed. I played a few chords this time, would love to achieve something like a mouth organ effect one day. TQ, Joanna
October 12, 2018 at 8:06 pm #10328Alan Brinton
ParticipantToo much reverb, in my opinion, Joanna, for a tune like Skylark.
October 12, 2018 at 9:21 pm #10329Joanna Funk
ParticipantOkay Alan. Thanks
October 13, 2018 at 6:25 am #10331Joanna Funk
ParticipantHere is a second take.
Skylark #2October 13, 2018 at 2:11 pm #10332Joanna Funk
ParticipantI might do a third version tomorrow without a mouthpiece, to see if I can make it sound more personal. Keep the same piano and reverb setting. (Love weekends!)
October 13, 2018 at 5:29 pm #10333Gianluca Barbaro
ParticipantHi Joanna,
the sound is much better than the previous version! I love this piece, well done! The rhythmic combination between piano and melodica works well too now!If I may, each effect plugin should have a “dry” and a “wet” fader: when using a reverb effect, the less is the dry signal, the more the sound steps away from the front. If possibile, I would put more dry signal to the melodica because now it sounds a little bit unfocused. Also, maybe you could raise the piano a little bit too.
gl
October 14, 2018 at 4:25 am #10335Joanna Funk
ParticipantTaking Gianluca’s advice and putting reverb and a little “dry” to the piano (same track). Then same amount of reverb with a little more “dry” to the melodica (new track, no mouthpiece). I’ll stop now, before we are all Skylarked out. Thank you everyone.
Skylark #3October 14, 2018 at 4:47 am #10336Alan Brinton
ParticipantI’ll have to listen to these variations carefully tomorrow. Joanna, you are the student every teacher longs to have.
October 14, 2018 at 7:36 am #10337Joanna Funk
ParticipantHow not to be like this, Alan? It’s melodica uni! ?
October 14, 2018 at 2:52 pm #10338Alan Brinton
Participant#2 is better and #3 much better, in my humble opinion — a lot of improvement in the melodica sound and, to my ear, in the timing.
October 15, 2018 at 11:52 am #10340Joanna Funk
ParticipantHi Alan,
Thank you for taking the time to listen. I’m relieved you think #3 is better than #2 ?. It’s a bonus to be learning about effects too. (TQ Gianluca). Love this instrument. Joanna - AuthorPosts
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