Scott T. Miller

Gas is under $2/gal in California.  w00t!

Ok this is a short clip whipped together in Garageband, just for fun. Check it out!

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Here is my rough realization of the Kyrie into from Bach’s B minor Mass. I tried to make a somewhat glassy sounding string sound for the style.

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Edit: Here is a version with choir:

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This clip is made from just first and second violin, and piano. You often don’t need a full orchestra with all of the bells and whistles to get your ideas across. Sometimes less is more.

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I use Logic 7.2.3 for midi and sample work. It’s great for working with samples. This clip is in 3/4 time, quarter = 146. But it is pretty much impossible to find the beat. I like writing pieces in 3/4 that perhaps are not quite in 3/4 time, as that keeps the melodic rhythmic motion moving forward.

Samples are VSL. All reverb, eq, and other mastering elements are native Logic stuff.

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Ok, so you can do lots of pretty neat stuff with audio software in Linux. One of these days when I get my thoughts together I will write some how-to guides.

The clip below was created entirely in Linux, using these free programs:

Rosegarden

LinuxSampler

Ardour

Audacity

Lame

Jack

Samples are VSL‘s Opus 1 and 2 in .gig format. (The samples I used here are not free, but free samples are out there.)

Geek specs: I use Kubuntu 64bit running on an AMD X2 3600, 4GB ram, with an Audiophile 2496 card.

It’s a little rough- missing the piano part and many other things at the moment, but check it out!

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Well it has started raining again in California.

And with the first rain, my ceiling is now leaking.