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A Tune’s Tale
If you really want to know what goes through the mind of Angelo Furlan when he’s not thinking up Sinnamon stories, go no further. His brain is a buzzy place, filled with strange sounds and mangled melodies. Here’s a sample from that sonic swamp.
Every now and then, I like to kick back and play my guitar. Unfortunately for people with good hearing, every now and then I like to record my musical musings for posterity’s sake. Also, it’s actually quite a bit of fun to experiment with mixing down various tracks.
This particular song was put together with the help of a few pieces of software. I used Jammer Pro to compose all the original backing tracks. Jammer is a cool program. All you have to do is enter the chords and it generates music in any of a number of styles. I use this backing song to play along with, but by the time I was done, only the drum tracks survived.
Jammer allows you to save the finished tune as a MIDI file. In order to use this file, I had to convert it to a wave file. I just came across a great program called Synthfont. This program lets you use Soundfonts in place of your MIDI instruments. If you’ve got some good soundfonts, this will greatly improve your overall sound.
I did my recording and mixing with a program called Kristal. This program is easy to figure out and has a great deal of flexibility. It may not have all the bells and whistles, but you can’t beat the price - free!
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