| Find Ways to Add Musicality To Your Computer | | | | music. And then musicality find it's meaning. People |
| Tracks. | | | | listening get carried away and the magic of music |
| Today's computers can be considered real musical | | | | takes place |
| instruments compare to the traditional acoustic | | | | 3. Computer and samplers. |
| ones. Composers can use them trough | | | | Computer and developer are taking big steps to |
| sophisticated software and sample libraries of real | | | | catch up. Samplers are now getting in maturity. |
| instruments. Musicality and computer can now live | | | | They bring incredible sound libraries to the |
| together.They are sounding devices capable of | | | | composer. Gigastudio brought a new technology |
| rendering emotions, feelings, creating mental or | | | | that revolutionizes the tool: disk streaming. |
| inner images, scenes, describing moments in life, | | | | Developer can record each and every notes of |
| anything that human being may express | | | | an instrument for each velocity level, for every |
| physically, emotionally and mentally. They can be | | | | kind of attack, for every loudness level and so on. |
| played like real instruments. Almost... | | | | This is making huge data bank of a real recorded |
| 1. Orchestral instruments. | | | | instrument in every musical situation ready to be |
| Orchestral instruments for example, may play in | | | | played back on demand. |
| solo or in-group to make music and from a simple | | | | 4. Sample library. |
| flute line to the powerful symphonic orchestra; | | | | Now Vienna Symphonic Library is launching a new |
| the composer has at hand formidable tools. Even | | | | software tool with his top notch libraries, that |
| in our modern time, when electric and computer | | | | choose automatically the right sample to be |
| take more and more place in the musical | | | | played simple command from the controller. |
| presence, the orchestra sits in the first place | | | | Velocity assign to loudness and timbre change, |
| when high quality expression is needed. Just think | | | | duration assign to attack. Pre loaded sound banks |
| about Hollywood mega productions like Star Wars. | | | | are user definable for every musical context or |
| John Williams has redefined the film music genre. | | | | playing techniques. We are getting closer and |
| So computer are now playing big role in the | | | | closer to the real thing here. Although it maybe |
| creative process and take more and more place | | | | never be possible to obtain the infinite palette of |
| as a musical instrument tool. Of course techno | | | | nuances of a violin, the steps are getting closer. |
| exists, loop music exists and whatever computer | | | | Until more development or next technology. |
| generated sounds to. In a sense this is a sonic | | | | So are computers capable of musicality in the |
| world in its own that serves music. But what is | | | | traditional sense? I think so. In the hand of a |
| musicality and how computer can render it? | | | | talented artist who has the ability to do it? yes. |
| 2. Musicality and acoustic instruments. | | | | The computer may be considered as a musical |
| Learning to play an acoustic instrument is of | | | | instrument in its developing phase. The pianoforte |
| course about playing notes. Some parts are very | | | | of Beethoven was very pale compare to the |
| simple but some others take years of training to | | | | modern concert grand. So is the computer, but |
| execute well. But music is not just about playing | | | | still... |
| notes. There are parameters to play with. Volume | | | | You can hear some of his work trough this |
| modulation changes, timbre change, attacks are | | | | website: |
| the most common on every instruments. With | | | | This is a "Shareware" Article |
| these aspects of a sounding device, the player | | | | This article is shareware. Give this article away for |
| can express musicality. The modulations of these | | | | free on your site, or include it as part of any paid |
| parameters are infinite, so the human soul, heart, | | | | package as long as the entire article is left intact |
| body and spirit can use and traduce them in | | | | including this notice. Copyright © 2005 . |