It has taken me very long, and quite a big effort, but finally here it is the 3rd movement. It is inspired to some extent in hungarian music, but playing a little bit with mode (one of my favourite tricks). Again, all the instruments have been made by myself from hundreds of samples recorded from real instruments.
ftp://ftp.scenesp.org/pub/modulez/rncekel/cuartb0.zip
Wow, an outstanding work. The movement really moves.
And I liked the use of the whole pitch-range, and the break at 1:52.
The phase of ending the song I found a little bit hasty, as if you were running out of diskspace.
Could have been stretched a bit more.
Thaks, Sam. May be the end could have been a little bit stretched, but I think that on hearing the three movements one after another (that makes some 11 minutes), the duration seems right, or at least, for me; I always have liked miniatures.
It is a very nice movement. However, I just wondered a bit about the instruments... Some sounded kind of strange, but that's maybe only me... ;)
You're not the only one, Jojo. There are some really weird sounding instruments. The violin, for example. Still, strange samples can't change my impression from beautiful music ::)
Regarding the Composition:
-Outstanding! First impression though seems like it would make more sense as an organ piece.
-Very intelligent use of each string sections.
-Some simply beautiful articulations!
-Excellent grasp at Baroque.
Critiscsm:
-I dont think a violin can play so high ( around 2:05 - 2:14 ).
-The end is abnormally fast.
Regarding the mix..
- Piece has almost no expression. Whilst only an orchestra could create a real expression, you could still improve your sound quite a bit.
Some suggestions:
-It seems that your samples are all recorded played forte'... As a result during the slower more expressive scenes, it loses its appeal. If you could record samples played esspresivo mezzo-forte, for those sections it would make all the difference ( and admitedly more work ).
- Make use of volume controls. Alter the volume of each note accordingly for a more realistic result. Also slight fade ins and outs for slow sections make for a more real sound.
I strongly reccomend you get an orchestra to play your symphony. I'd certainly buy a ticket.
I'd love to get a hold of your pizzicato string samples ;)
Great Listen!
If you want my pizzicato instruments, just tell me; I will try to find a place to put them, so you can download them. Only one remark: they are quite a lot, in fact, 60 iti instruments: 4 real instruments X (4 string each + one covering the full range of the instrument) X 3 volumes (forte, mezzo,piano), so in total near 60 Mb. Of course, I only used 4 pizzicato instruments in this version (maybe some day...)
interesting piece, i really like the composition, and i can hear that hungarian influence i think. i like the speed up at the end, tho i agree that its a bit much, also the last chord is a little cheesy sounding :p
the mix is pretty 'thin' sounding too...
i would love to get a copy of those pizzicato samples as well, synful orchestra is awesome for bowed strings (id reccomend taking a look at it), but it doesnt do plucked...
btw krazykats, the violin can play that high, might have to do harmonics for the higher notes, but its certainly possible.