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Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94036 is a reply to message #94026] |
Wed, 26 December 2007 04:12 |
Sarah
Messages: 608 Registered: February 2007
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Oh man . . . 19 years ago . . . ow . . . OK, I'll do my best. I know we had
a Yamaha TX802 and an RX5 drum machine. And there was a little tiny noisy
Roland box that we should never have used, don't remember the model. Oh,
wait . . . MT32. Ick. Then there was a borrowed sampler that I think was an
Akai S1000. I think. Might've been an Emu sumpnerother. But I think it
was the Akai. And Hybrid Arts SMPTEtrack running it all on the Atari
1040ST. I dragged my friend Brenda in to do the vocals. She'd never been
in a studio before, and was really nervous, but she did OK.
I was addicted to midi for about 5 years there, and became something of a
recluse. I've recovered now and much prefer to work with humans, in spite
of all the problems that come with them. :)
S
"Paul Braun" <cygnus_nospam@ctgonline.org> wrote in message
news:mfa3n3dl3hib8t9js073knaujcuc4m26v9@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:47:03 -0800, "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com>
> wrote:
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>>I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after
>>I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete
>>midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made a
>>Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better
>>ones
>>here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm
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>>Hope you like 'em,
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> I do! Very nice instrumentation!
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> What synths did you use?
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> pab
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Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94037 is a reply to message #94023] |
Wed, 26 December 2007 04:19 |
Sarah
Messages: 608 Registered: February 2007
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I still have my Atari, too. I even dug it out and fired it up a few years
ago so I could export all those SMPTEtrack song files as midi files to use
in Cubase.
Thanks for the compliments. The concept was to try to do each song in a
completely different style, so it was a fun arranging exercise. There were
15 songs on the original cassette release, but some will never again be
allowed out in public. :)
S
"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:47719f2c$1@linux...
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> Thanks Sarah. I'm listening as I write this. Your arrangements go right
> to it: one of the great things about xmas songs is that the melodies are
> so strong that they can be orchestrated in so many different and wonderful
> ways. A pleasure to listen to your music. Reminds me of my Atari
> days -which
> were also happening in '88. I've still got my 1040, wrapped in plastic
> and
> safetly in storage. I'm taking it with me to the fifth world.
> MR
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> "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>>I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after
>
>>I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete
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>>midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made
> a
>>Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better
> ones
>>here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm
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>>Hope you like 'em,
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>>S
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>>"Mike R" <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:477068c6$1@linux...
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>>> Just wanted to say that ...'cause they are.
>>> MR
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