Below is the link to my new track "The Saddest of Summers". I started writing and recording it part way through the lockdown when the pandemic was at its peak in this country. It started out as a requiem/lament for the pandemic but just now is about a year since a close friend passed away.
It's my first go at using strings to any great extent and I think you can tell. However, I got to a point where I thought if I carried on trying to perfect it then I'd never finish it. See what you think : I hope you like it.
Yes, You can tell all the instruments are MIDI, but the song is really nice, so it compensates.
I think what hurts it the most is the quantizing.. It's too perfect. especially the piano... It feels a bit robotic. I'd humanize it a bit by not correcting the mistakes too much.
But I really, really like the song though. it's begging for vocals
I think I'll be using midi for strings for a while due to cost but there may well come a time when I "bite the bullet" and buy a few good sampled instruments. (I'm assuming good sampled instruments will be better than midi)
I'm a real beginner in terms of keyboards and I would be lost without the midi editor. I think I'll explore the "Humanize" function: that would probably be easier for me at the moment.
A "Lockdown Lament"
Linear Mode
