Guitar strumming

[Chickinox]

Dear Herbert,
one hour of midi editing for a minute of music is for sure a professional approach to the job. An amateur would not afford this in most cases, I think, unless your hobby is midi intself and not the joy of playing music with your fingers!
Thank you again for your kind interest!

Paolo

[dj]

Herbert said :PS The last sentence above should read: If he had a computer and “Notation Composer”, ..."

Yes, Wagner would have used a computer.

Beethoven, on the other hand, would have said, "Nein! I vill use ze qvill und ze parchment! Now, speak up! Qvit mumbling!"

[herbert]

Quite so, David. - Let me also commend you on your near perfect German. Could be useful with the new German owner of "Notation Software Germany UG"
Best wishes,

Herbert

[Chickinox]

Dear Herbert,
one more detail. In a previous message you told ... <<< To get reasonable sounds, you need to do a lot of midi editing. There are several good books available on this subject.>>> Could you suggest me just a pair of these titles suitable for a 54 years old dummy?
Thank you very much!

Paolo

[Sherry C]

Hi Paulo,

One other way to get realistic MIDI files is to record them "live". There are a variety of ways to do this with guitar. You can buy a MIDI/acoustic/electric guitar such as Godin and Parker make, or get a MIDI pickup to put on an existing guitar (Fishman, Roland, and Axon make some fine ones) or on the less expensive end there is the Sonuus unit (which I have the first version which isn't so hot except on single notes, but I hear that they have improved tremendously). There is also a unit called the "You Rock Guitar", which is guitar-shaped, but uses what looks like fence wire for the strings, but is purported to allow a guitarist to do some pretty nifty MIDI work at a fairly minimal price point.

You can use any of these MIDI inputs with Notation Composer, and come out with a live sound AND sheet music. Composer keeps the actual recorded MIDI information, so all the little "humanized" factors are still there, while giving you a good clean piece of sheet music to go with it (provided you've stayed within some reasonable coherence with the metronome If you didn't, you can use the ReBar feature to clean it up.)

Just another thought

ttfn,
Sherry

[herbert]

Hi Paolo,

“54 years old dummy?” - Music and music production is just the thing that will keep your brain in best shape, well into the future. They say, physical exercise is an important ingredient.

I have used two books:

1. Acoustic and midi orchestration for the contemporary composer.
Andrea Pejrolo and Richard DeRosa.

2. The Guide to Midi Orchestration.
Paul Gilreath

It depends on your aim. To get a good midi track for just a guitar, Sherry’s method is best.
If you want to create orchestral sound tracks, the above books could give you a start. No doubt you would agree, that training your ear to musical but also general acoustic events, is important.


Best wishes,

Herbert

[Chickinox]

Thank you to all of you for your advices.
Not being a guitar player, the only chance to record midi guitar parts would be: 1) learn to play the guitar (fascinating but time consuming) or 2) use the old balck&white friends (good technique needed for complicated parts). This is why the "tweaking idea" seems so interesting for me.
This 54 years old dummy is a surgeon that about 20 years ago truncated his promising musical career ... for professional reasons and therefore is now a little bit out of order in the midi knowledge!
I shall try to find the books, the titles sound very promising to me.

All the best

Paolo