In
2000, inspired by the Rimmer painting that you see in the background, and
armed with a
scrap
of a melody in my head, I set out to compose a piece of music using a new
midi creation
program
I had just gotten. I'd decided to focus on a classically styled piece,
partly due to the
sound
limitations of the midi field. Not having a keyboard (or the skills!) to
simply play the
various
parts, it took me months of painstakingly "putting the notes into place"
- the bit of
melody
that I'd started with is actually at the end, and I worked backwards from
there. A new soundcard in 2001 completely changed the mix, so I had more
work to do. :-) It wasn't until recently that I finally discovered how
to convert midi to a different format, in order for the various sounds
to play the same no matter what card the listener might be using - I now,
finally, can be reasonably sure that whoever listens is hearing it the
same way I am. It's not perfect, and I'm sure I'll be tweaking it more
than once, but for now, it is what it is. :-)
Sound
quality is basically a compromise between the best available format vs.
manageable file size; hopefully it's alright.
Evening:
Fall Of Day