Monday 30 October 2023

Microtonality and Sibelius

Hello was diagnosed in 2004 with paranoid schizophrenia but I don't let that hold me back in my pursuit of excellence. Statement of Faith I believe in the Bible as the infallible Word of God and as such is the final authority in matters of faith and conduct I regularly post on my kingdom poetry blog

Wednesday 25 October 2023

Musical Artizan In Concert

There two songs here the first is makes use of the Prometheus scale and the seconf makes use of the Hirajoshi Scale

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The Prometheus Scale

Musical Artizan Productions

So whats the Story on how I produced one of my latest songs "The Eruption"

So what is the first step in producing a work of art.

Theory, Theory, Theory,

I can't express enough the need to learn music theory if you want to become a composer/producer

For this work I chose to work in the Hirajoshi scale

These notes would be used in various octaves on various instruments.

For this work I chose to work with Percussion from the Americas, i.e indigenous instruments to both America and mainly Brazil or Peru.

In Sibelius I chose the world instruments section and the Americas instruments.

I chose Bongos, Handclap, Congas and the Iya ( a native drum)

To get around the fact that noteperformer does not work with rewire I exported the audio from Sibelius to Protools. I created a file in Protools set the metronome on 100 BPM and imported the audio.

I decided to add a more western drum loop.

So now we have a basic mix we need to set the volumes and make use of the space ie panning left and right.

I now need to record the lead part. For this I chose the Native American Flute in Am.

Having recorded the part. I added some reverb, not forgetting to increase the pitch by 32 cents

This is to increase the frequency from 432hz to 440hz.

So what does my master piece sound like?

Well you can listen here!