This is a demo track for the "Grumpy Phili Favourites" sample library from pianobook.co.uk, which provides samples of five registrations of a Philips Philicorda combo/home organ from the sixties. I also used the "Vintage Glockenspiel" library from the site. I converted both libraries to SFZ format, so I could use them with the sfizz plugin on Linux.

- https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/grumpy-phili-favourites/
- https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/vintage-glockenspiel/

SFZ mappings:

- https://github.com/sfzinstruments/mappings/tree/master/Pianobook%20SFZ

Recorded with Ardour 7 on Linux using the "sfizz" SFZ player and samples from "Grumpy Phili Favourites" and "Vintage Glockenspiel" libraries from pianobook.co.uk converted to SFZ by me, an old SF2 soundfont for the bass using the "ACE Fluid Synth" plugin and the Kurzweil PC3K factory patch "'60s Rock&Soul" for the drums.

Composed and produced by Christopher Arndt in March 2023.

Effects added in the DAW: reverb from "LSP Impulse Reverb Stereo" and echochamber.ch spring reverb impulse response and "EQ4Q Stereo". Mastered with "ZamAudio ZamMultiCompX2" and "CHOW Tape Model".

Image by Electro Mechanic812291 from Wikimedia Commons licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philips_Philicorda_GM754_(51959813881).jpg

Pianobook SFZ Demos

On The Tube

At Sonoj (https://sonoj.org) in October 2023 we had a One Hour Sample Challenge: make a "Track" with the provided samples in one hour. The samples were field recordings of some cowbells and singing monks from Romania:

https://sonoj.org/challenge/#sonoj2023

After the event I sat down and fleshed out the track I had created during the challenge some more. I worked on it again for a couple hours on a few days later but then laid it aside to work on other songs. At this point I don't think I'll find the time to finish this, so here it is in it's current state, with a lame fadeout and some mix distortion and other warts and all...

Composed and produced by Christopher Arndt, cowbell and choir samples by Daniel Appelt.
Cover art based on an image by Michael Malak published in the public domain at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cowbell-2.jpg

Sonoj 2023 One Hour Challenge

Cheers for Beers

Cheers for Beers (Post Sonoj Mix)

This track is based on an idea I sketched out in 2016. I completed the arrangement and recorded it using only free and open source plugins for my presentation at the Sonoj Convention in October 2023.

This track is released under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 license and you can download and share it freely under the conditions of this license.

If you want to support my work, you can also buy this track on BandCamp.

https://spotlight-kyd.bandcamp.com/track/leaving-tonite-sonoj-mix

The Ardour project of this track is available in this GitHub repository:

https://github.com/SpotlightKid/Leaving_Tonite_Sonoj_Mix

Composed, performed and produced by Christopher Arndt. Made with Ardour 7 on Manjaro Linux using various FLOSS plugins and samples (except drums from a free-but-non-redistributable sample set).

Cover Art made with Gimp based on an image generated with Dall-E 3 from OpenAI (ChatGPT) by Edwin Top.

Sonoj 2023

Leaving Tonite

Leaving Tonite (Sonoj Mix)

I created this track based on an unreleased demo for the "string-machine" plugin by J.P. Cimalando. I completed the arrangement and recorded it using only free and open source plugins for my presentation at the Sonoj Convention in October 2023.

This track is released under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 license and you can download and share it freely under the conditions of this license.

If you want to support my work, you can also buy this track on BandCamp.

https://spotlight-kyd.bandcamp.com/track/parta-eklipso-sonoj-mix

The Ardour project of this track is available in this GitHub repository:

https://github.com/SpotlightKid/Parta_Eklipso_Sonoj_Mix

Composed, performed and produced by Christopher Arndt. Made with Ardour 7 on Manjaro Linux using various FLOSS plugins and my own samples.

Cover Art made with Gimp based on an image generated with Dall-E 3 from OpenAI (ChatGPT) by Edwin Top.

Parta Eklipso

Parta Eklipso (Sonoj Mix)

Percussive song made entire using sfizz open-source music sample player

Icoport (demo)

Trying out some choir patches with a healthy amount of reverb

Ardour Test 019

This is the first test track I made with Ardour

Ardour Test Track 0

One of the last tracks I made with LMMS last year, this is an ambient piece where I try out a workflow to use more advanced sampled instruments using Sfizz running inside of Carla in LMMS.

LMMS Project 728

Just made this "victory fanfare" yesterday after playing some good old Konami classic games. Nothing groundbreakingly original, but i thought it was pretty cool so i'm uploading it here. Made with Renoise, uzing Zynaddsubfx, sfizz, and the Virtual Playing Orchestra 3 SFZ pack.

victoryfanfare-1

I am a programmer, Gamer and Musician.
If you are interested in hiring me for music, please send me an email at &lt; my username &gt; at gmail dot com.

By the way, I actually made all of this myself, no AI ✨ involved.

Just me.. playing electric guitar since age 12, classical since around 15-16, using computers to make music since age 14, piano/keyboards for a few years, etc etc.

I'm a music enthusiast by compulsion and a software developer by trade hailing from Cologne, Germany. I developed my deep love for synthesizers and sound design in my thirties, although I had been playing various instruments since my childhood and even had a Korg Poly 800 analog synthesizer in my teens.

I have an eclectic taste in music, but I gravitate towards melodic pieces, which tell a story. My compositions also cover a wide variety of styles from synth pop to progressive rock and folk to classical.

Producer/remixer looking to collaborate with singers and mcs.

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