Trumpet player Luis Engelke and guitarist Michael Decker have recently completed an album of music for trumpet and guitar.
Included on this CD is an excellent recording of Sonitude. Sonitude was first premiered at the 2005 ITG Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
Look forward to more details on the CD release soon!
How do I make the ‘censor’ bleep tone?
The often heard ‘bleep’ of a censor is simply a 1000 Hz sine wave.
1000 Hz is used as it has the ability to completely mask any underlying frequencies. It is also used for various alarm frequencies and other functions for this reason.
The 1000 Hz tone has been used in many scientific and brain studies for years.
Here is an example clip I did in Audacity:
Another short passage like ones heard on Ghost Whisperer and other similar style shows.
Violins (only) and piano.
Even though in real life computers do not make blips and beeps, for some reason TV show sound designers and composers put in cheesy blips and beeps when things fly across the screen.
There are old programs like this one, but this sounds too ‘old’ now.
Coming soon: how to make computer screen sound effects.
Let me run that through the database *beep beep blip beepy beep beep*…
It’s a little tricky to try and set down some licks on a mono synth. To your ear, it may come out nice and fine while playing. But when you look at the midi track it may look like crap. The problem is that the mono instrument doesn’t read when you accidentally hit two or more keys at once.
A good way to demonstrate this out is to try and play one line from a Bach invention which is only recording on that mono synth. Whenever keys rub, the midi looks like barf. Behold some barf, especially when ornaments are involved:
This is a short track with quiet strings. It sounds somewhat similar in style to what you hear on Ghost Whisperer and other similar shows.
