#3rdcomposition

I have completely finished all 3 of my compositions for my product. This means that they have been completely composed, mixed and scored accordingly. These compositions will be presented on a CD disc with professionally printed artwork for the front, back and inside of the jewel case, with the corresponding scores being presented in bound booklets. Along with my contribution statement, these will be submitted in a folder labelled ‘Product’.

I am satisfied with the overall completion of the compositions, but there are some issues I would have liked to have changed been given more time. However, most problems with the mixes were solved over time.

The first composition could have sounded better if it was less ‘MIDI’. The main problem with this was that it was hard to make certain types of MIDI instruments sounds ‘real’, e.g. woodwind, brass. No matter how much EQ was applied, certain phrases of the instruments stood out. The best approach to solving this problem would be to record some real live instruments, however, it was not possible to get hold of such instrumentalists. Overall, it still sounds good and displays a great process of indeterminate composition. Although sounding ‘MIDI’ and ‘muddy’ at times, the composition turned out well.

The second composition was one of my favourites as it included live recorded instruments. The main problem with mixing this composition was that trumpet and piano don’t necessarily complement each other in a duet. Although it was not my aim to compose for two instruments that typically complement each other, this did prove unhelpful in the process of mixing. Having said this, I did manage to make both sit quite nicely in the mix with not much work being needed as the raw recordings themselves were well done. 

In order to create my samples I needed some audio files to manipulate. I decided to record some interesting objects in the studios and use them for granular processing. These are a few of the objects that I recorded, varying from balloons, keys, matches, bottle caps.

I have completely finished composing my 3rd piece for my project. I took into account the thoughts of composed space and have ended with a clearer sounding structure in the piece. I will have this mixed in the coming days, along with the other two compositions for a final post regarding their progress.

My 3rd composition is coming along nicely. The random number generator has determinate which order these samples are played and created a fluid motion of electronic music. The ‘uneasy’ nature of some of these samples are nicely contrasted by the more ‘bright’ gestural sounds, however, I am going to make sure that I have some composed space within this piece and make use of silence.

I have come to a decision that my 3rd composition for my project will fit into the category of electronic music due to the fact that it gives me a wider diversity between my 3 indeterminate compositions. 

I am confident that this composition will make use of a random number generator, in which numbers will determine such rules as the pieces’ tempo. The idea is to use random numbers to determine the order in which associate samples are played through a sample map that I have made from my own electronically produced sounds. Much like my orchestral composition (1st composition), this piece will be composed in a similar fashion, where each electronic sound (note) is associated with a specific number (card) and then played correspondingly to the previous selected sound (note). 

https://www.random.org/