Audiophile versions explore the entire dynamic range afforded by digital recording. To experience this to the fullest set your volume so that the loudest point (around 10:00 on this tune) is at the peak of your tolerance before listening to the whole tune, Don'y forget to reset your volume for normal listening.

This is my first crack at a large piece in Studio One and also first attempt with the Chris Hein Orchestra and CinePerc

A Meditation Attempt (Audiophile Version)follow directions in description

My first attempt at large orchestra in Studio One and Chris Hein Orchestra and CinePerc.

A Meditation Attempt (Commercial Version)

This is the continuation of the fragment at the bottom of my page. It languished for over a year while I looked for a solo violin & cello that I thought could do the parts justice. I found them in Kirk Hunter's Spotlight Solo Strings. The trumpet theme in the fragment went back into the box-o-themes to live another day.

This track was really fun to make. 100 years ago it would have been 'current'. A good style to really push orchestra samples, though and IMO they all did quite well.

Solo and section strings is from Kirk Hunter's Spotlight Solo Strings.
Brass is from Kirk Hunter's Concert Brass 2
Woodwinds and Percussion are from EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Platinum

Early reflections were applied using the 'stage' settings in EWQL Play, 'early reflections' in CB2, and manipulating the mic in Spotlight Strings. Acoustica Pro Reverb was used for the hall reflections. Very slight compression with 5orcery. This track was sequenced and processed in Acoustica Mixcraft 6 Pro Studio 

Romanze

Used Omnisphere for everything but the 2 female voices which were America (low) and Wales (high) from EWQL voices of passion. I tried to edit all the Omni settings just to explore the libs better Effects were all added and edited inside the VST. I will probably revisit and expand this when I'm more proficient in Omnisphere. Mixcraft 6.

Hymn & Visitation

Sketches woven from a much larger Oratorio-type piece, "Threnody", consisting of setting poems dealing with different holocausts since the Inquisition. It will probably never be finished because of the massive scope of the work, my age, and the fact the human race continually invents more and creative ways to torment and kill its members.

The piece uses only the instruments from Kirk Hunter Concert Strings 3 version 1.

Fx:  Acoustica 21 band EQ, QL Spaces for early reflections  & on the Master. G-Sonique FAT+ and 5orcery also on Master. 

Composed, mixed, and mastered with Acoustica Mixcraft 7 Pro Studio

Threnodic Sketches

Charging #adamaudio #surfer Scoring Contest

Unfortunately Cine has requested all contestants remove the video for this competition. The music is still fun though.

Cine Hamlisch Scoring competition 2016

Some Explanation needed:
I teach TaiChi at the local senior center and one of my students came up to me and said "You write music. Hows about you write a piece where I'll know where I am in the set by the music?" SO, 3 years later, after attempting the task with orchestra then Chinese instruments, I finally settled on an ambient tune that ignores the ethnic source of the exercise.

What has emerged is a 20 minute piece with 109 sections (108 for the TaiChi set and 1 for the minute of "tree hugging" qigong at the end. Each TaChai movement has a motive, sometimes just a chord change, others a small period. When movements are tied together or sequenced, I was able to create some small primitive melodic structures. Stylistically if you cross 50's-60's Hovhannes with mid-Scriabin and then fold that into Wild's 'Liquid Mind' series, you probably have it.

The tune's 20 minute length and character also lends it to being a fairly decent meditation aid.

I used mainly Onmisphere 1 with some percussion from EWQL SO, EWQL voices of passion and Angelic Vocal Pads III from Precision Sound. I changed the internal reverb of all the instances of Omnisphere and used EWQL built-in reverb for their instruments. Slight compression from 5orcery and Gsonique FAT+ in mastering.

I think the tune stands fairly well on its own, but if you want to see the music to the original video, the link is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN-QFp14ke0

TaiChi orchestrated

A political thriller

Solo Cello: Kirk Hunter concert Strings 3
Section Cellos & Violins: Kirk Hunter concert Strings 2
Cymbals: EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Platinum
Chorus: EWQL Symphonic chorus

Sounds from FreeSound.org:
Rain: 231687_3635427-hq
Thunder: 193333_3598978-hq
Car Door: 123020_367313-hq
Suitcase: 144458_2598094-hq

Rendered in Mixcraft 8 beta
fx: QL Spaces, Parallax Virtual Sound Stage, Acoustica Equalizer, Acoustica 31 band Equakizer, G-Sonique FAT+, 5orcery

The 47% #adamaudio #soundtrack

This is the sountrack for a family travel video to Gwaii Haanas Park in Haida Gwaii, Canada

The Haida singers can be explored and you can buy their music here: http://www.haidagwaiisingers.ca/

Instrumentation was for small orchestra: Single Woodwinds, 4 horns, 8-8-8-8-4 strings with 1sts and 2nds sometimes going down to 4&4

Strings:
Kirk Hunter Concert Strings 2&3
Woodwinds:
Chris Hein Complete Winds
Horns: 
Kirk Hunter Concert Brass 2
Percussion:
various EWQL libraries.

fx
Acoustica EQs
Parallax Virtual Sound Stage 2
QL Spaces
GSonique FAT+

The video is here: https://youtu.be/4ptjBO-HfvM

Gwaii Haanas 2016

Picture by courtesy of Charlie Davoli
Thunder Clip from FreeSound.org Public Domain #243780_997601-hq

Sequenced & Mixed in Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio

VSTi:
Woodwinds: Chris Hein Woodwinds Complete
Brass: Kirk Hunter Concert Brass 2
Strings: Kirk Hunter Concert Strings 3
Percussion: EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Platinum
Organ: Kontakt Factory Library
FX:
Acoustica EQ
Acoustica 21 Band EQ
QL Spaces
GSonique FAT+
5orcery
Waves One Nob Louder

The Return #adamaudio #soundtrack

Photo by Tobias Zielony, The Opening, 2005

For the unfamiliar, in this contest we are given a photo and have to write a 'soundtrack' 30 sec max to describe the scene.

The Opening #adamaudio and #soundtrack

And now for something completely different......

My first offering done on Studio One. To learn it I chose to cover Bear McCreary's gritty title music to Black Sails. My 'orchestra' consists of Men's choir, string bass, orchestra toms, piano, anvils, hurdy-gurdy, 2 trumpets, tambourine, and a big boom from Omnisphere.

Black Sails (by Bear McCreary) Cover

I thought this would be a good time to post this. Happy Birthday USA! This fanfare originated during WWII and has an interesting history if you wish to research it. I hope you enjoy. Comments are always welcome :)

Awhile ago someone posted a MIDI orchestration of this and I thought it would be a great exercise to try out a brass library. Simply download the MIDI file and orchestrate it...NOT. It turns out the available MIDI files are full of mistakes from note lengths to actual wrong notes so I referred to the score and found also that contemporary renditions (including performances in which I participated) do not respect the sostenuto character indicated in the original score with too many empty spaces. So I have prepared a performance that I think Copeland may have liked.

For the technical-minded, I used EWQL SO Platinum brass (A legato problem was exposed in the brass and solved for the most part by zooming way in and using Expression to soften the attack) and percussion with 2 mic positions and the So-Cal hall with the reverb turned up higher than normal as this piece demands a large space. I also added a bit of Acoustica Pro Reverb to tie it together and  in the slap-back echo near the end added more verb by sticking the brass in a submix and adding more verb to that spot. EQ amounted to cleaning up the bass and slightly darkening the trumpets and horns so they didn't get irritating in the higher velocities.  Slight compression with 5orcery. Anything I do to try to improve it makes it worse so I'll call it DONE

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

Welcome. I'm an old musician and a young composer. I hope you enjoy my offerings. Comments are always welcome. 

Some of my tracks may seem to soft compared to what is considered 'normal' these days (e.g. Threnodic Sketches). In those I have opted for dynamic range instead of overall loudness. To receive the best overall effect on those tracks, move to the loudest part of the wave form and reset your player volume so it is just below excruciating ;) Then the rest will fall into proper relation.

As of Jan 2022, where applicable, I am uploading 2 versions of my files, the usual highly processed Commercial Version, and a Dynamically enhanced Audiophile Version. Follow the directions on those tracks for best listening experience.

Clyde Lindman

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