Scott T. Miller

In case you are curious, the 40GB VSL Opus 1+2 samples come out as 109GB in soundfont format. Good gravy! Well time for a new hard drive anyway.

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.

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Another electronic track. Check it out!

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This is a track with crunchy and tasty electronics.

(Warning: loud!)

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My cat Nathaniel had to be put to sleep yesterday. He was suddenly ill from what appeared to be heartworms. We will miss you, Nathaniel.

Here’s a quick track with piano on strings.

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On CSI and other shows, it seems to be very ‘hip’ to make a rising loud sound right at the end of a scene before commercials. How do they do it? Well it’s basically a ‘pluck’ sound playing back in reverse. You can do it with the free program Audacity.

Step 1: Generate a ‘Pluck’

Step 2: Select a low pitch. I used MIDI 20 here, and two seconds in length.

It will sound something like this:

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Step 3: Once you have your pluck, simply reverse it so it plays backwards.

Step 4: There is no step four.  That’s it! Feel free to double this / add effects / scary music, as needed.

Here is the raw reversed pluck:

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Instant dramatic tv cut scene!

And Finally! Here is a simple version made from the above ‘pluck’ sounds from Audacity:

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The little guy is getting bigger!

Busy with the baby stuff! Little guy is ready to start crawling soon.

Here is an Ubuntu counter to hold you over:

Ok here’s another Emmett pic. He’s getting big!