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     Daniel Vallery (danielv) Active Forum User Username: danielv Post Number: 15 Registered: 3-2006 |
Today, as I was listening to one of my midi pianos compositions with a soundfont, I thought: I wrote that? Wow! To hear myself say that made me laugh. Does anyone else feel that satisfied about a work of their own? It's a great feeling to have. ~ The fledgling composer, Daniel Vallery | |||
| Sherry Crann (sherry) Product Designer Username: sherry Post Number: 1113 Registered: 1-2004 |
Howdy Daniel, That is a great feeling to have - may you have it even more often in the days to come! So, how's about sharing this composition with us? And I'm also curious as to which soundfont you were using to listen to your composition. I enjoy using soundfonts, also (I have an SB Audigy2 card), and am always on the lookout for nice fonts. ttfn, Sherry | |||
| Daniel Vallery (danielv) Active Forum User Username: danielv Post Number: 20 Registered: 3-2006 |
Well Sherry, the midi is already posted, called the Favorite, posted here. http://www.notation.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=26504&post=12463#POST12463 But here's the .not file:
I named it "Determination", because that seems to me the emotion that the music brings out. Because I'm only a teen, I can't afford fancy soundfont programs, only the free ones. I use the soundfont ClavinovePiano1V2.sf2 (from hammersound.com) with Synthfont.exe. I'm sure there's better piano soundfonts to be had, for money. Thanks for your good wishes! ~Daniel | |||
| Sherry Crann (sherry) Product Designer Username: sherry Post Number: 1114 Registered: 1-2004 |
Howdy Daniel, I did smile and say "wow!"  I'm impressed! "Determination" is a good name. You said: Because I'm only a teen, I can't afford fancy soundfont programs, only the free ones. Sherry responds: Because I'm a Mom with four kids, I can't afford fancy soundfont programs, only the free ones I can relate! Hammersound is one of my favorite sources for fonts, as well as a few others (I've waxed eloquent, or at least waxed loudly, elsewhere in the forum on soundfonts). I haven't tried the piano font you listed, but I'll go give it a listen with your piece. The "default" soundfont that I use for general purposes is Chaos. I also use SynthFont for saving tracks as WAV or MP3 - it's a very handy program for such! If you have any other favorite soundfonts, I'd love to know about them. By the way, if you're starting out with compositions like this one at your age, you're way ahead of a lot of folks, me included! Keep up the great work! ttfn, Sherry | |||
| Daniel Vallery (danielv) Active Forum User Username: danielv Post Number: 21 Registered: 3-2006 |
Thanks a whole lot for your encouragement. I'm gonna post another song in the "My music" thread of Share my Music, so go check it out! ~Daniel | |||
| Daniel Vallery (danielv) Active Forum User Username: danielv Post Number: 24 Registered: 3-2006 |
P.S. For those reading, it's hammersound.net, not hammersound.com. | |||
| Daniel Vallery (danielv) Active Forum User Username: danielv Post Number: 25 Registered: 3-2006 |
P.P.S. The Clavinova soundfont is not at hammersound, I must have gotten it somewhere else. Anyways, don't bother, there's better sound fonts out there. | |||
| Mark Walsen (markwa) Notation Software Developer Username: markwa Post Number: 2478 Registered: 7-2003 |
Hello Daniel, I just now listened to your Determination, and agree with Sherry that this is very good name for the piece. The piece is very well constructed. Cheers -- Mark | |||
| Daniel Vallery (danielv) Very Active Forum User Username: danielv Post Number: 26 Registered: 3-2006 |
Thanks Mark. By the way, pianissimum.sf2 is the best soundfont from hammersound for piano. ~Daniel |
