Re: Title theme and ArmsRace song

[Dave Fancella <david.fancella@comcast.net>]

On Monday 12 April 2004 06:04 am, Jens Granseuer wrote:
> On 10.04.2004 21:41, Dave Fancella wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I'm at an impasse.  :(  So here's some links:
> >
> > http://benedict.servebeer.com/theme.mid
> >
> > http://benedict.servebeer.com/armsrace.mid
>
> I'm really starting to wonder whether it's me, or you, or
> something else entirely ;-)

I couldn't guess, I'm biased.  :)  I used to have problems with high-pitched 
noises, but enough years playing guitar have rendered those problems more or 
less obsolete.  Also enough repeated sci-fi flicks...  ;)  Maybe you just 
need to play guitar for awhile.  :)  New requirement for Crimson Fields:  
"Must be able to play high-pitched wailing guitar and like it"

> I think both tracks suffer from the same problem that plagued
> the default theme, especially the first versions. At least in
> my ears there are a few passages which are simply playing too
> high-pitched. It's not as bad as the first versions of the
> default theme, but still very audible.
>
> One example is about 45 seconds into theme.mid while armsrace
> seems to linger in those upper regions more or less all the
> time, though somewhat less extreme.

I'm leaning towards the synths themselves being part of the problem.  In 
armsrace the problem is definitely the trumpet.  Hard to believe that's 
supposed to be a trumpet, but I'm not happy with what it sounds like anyway 
and will be looking for a better instrument.

I'll try transposing the synths down an octave and see what that does.  I 
don't remember why I wanted them in the range they're in, so I'll probably 
find that out again.  ;)

> I'd really like to know whether it's just my ears which need
> some calibrating or whether other people have similar issues.

I'd really like to know this too.  In most places I've agreed with you after I 
got some sleep or something, but I strongly disagree with what's in the 
Default Symphony, so I really want to know if other people are having 
problems with high-pitched.  I have noticed, though, that I don't have a lot 
of bassy noises in general in any of these songs, and maybe the real problem 
is a lack of lower instruments rather than too many/too loud higher 
instruments.

Anybody else have comments about high-pitched noise in these songs?  Also, I'm 
still wondering about the phrases in at least theme.mid, since they still 
sound disjointed and I'm wondering if I should pick one or two phrases and go 
from there or if I should keep them all and just make them sound better 
together.

Dave

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