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CLASSICAL |
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 Mirage (246K),
GM - July 9 |
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| An orchestral fantasy, with piano improvisation. Rendered on a PC, using Cakewalk ProAudio 9.04. Originally for multiple sound synthesizers (soundfonts, Yamaha MU-80), this submitted version is a mix-down for SoundBlaster only, using the 4GSGM (4MB) soundfont. Idea and inspiration to this work: emotions... just listen, and you might feel. |
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| Flying Free (11K), GM - July 11 |
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| This piece is a simple, flowing, song-like melody. I used light orchestration to more emphasize the melody. Piano and flute make up the accompaniment while violins make up the voices. | |
| Miona (12K), GM - July 14 |
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| This is my midi song for the contest. It is in the "classical" category. This song took me about a year to compose and it was originally done on the piano. It was made up of several little "tunes" I had written separately and eventually I found a way to peice them together into what is now known as "Miona". This is my most prideful piece. | |
| Adagio No 2 in G major (13K4), GM - July 15 |
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| Ive attempted a classical piece. To compose this I utilized my Packard Bell computer and Noteworthy Composer software...and thats it. Ive been tinkering with midi for about a year now and Im just now trying to get a "feel" for multi-point controlling (expression etc.) so bear with me if its sounds amateurish...it is! | |
| Melancholic Impromptu for flute and piano (5K), GM - July 17 |
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| Notated on Cakewalk Home Studio 7 with a Microsoft Software Wavetable Synthesizer featuring Roland Sound Canvas digital samples. A short flute and piano duet . nuff said! | |
| Country Roads (12K), GM - July 18 |
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| Comments: written with Sibelius, a mixture of styles. | |
| Opening Theme (23K2), GM - July 20 |
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| Written using
Guitar Pro with a SoundBlaster Live card. Comments: This is the beginning of an orchestral/piano piece that I'm working on. I suppose you could call it "Classical Thunder." |
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| Avalon (23K), GM - July 20 |
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| Written using
Guitar Pro with a SoundBlaster Live card. Comments: This is an excerpt from an orchestral/piano piece that I'm working on. This part features woodwinds, strings, and brass, piano and more and has a bit of an "inspirational" sound to it. |
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Missing You for Emu 4M & 8M (75K7) and
Missing You for Cadenza &
Merlin (76K), GM - July 20 |
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| Written with Cakewalk and SBLive . One version is for the 4M & 8M Emu soundfonts, it uses the Voice Oohs in track 6. The other version uses a violin in track 6 for Cadenza and Merlin soundfonts (there is BIG difference, very interesting to appreciate). Note: the original voice oohs works ONLY in Emu soundfonts. Others I don't know, maybe you should set track 6 for synth voice if the originals don't work good enough. It is very important to listen track 6 using the right instrument. Not my fault. It's a midi flaw and I don't want to receive a low score because of a midi flaw! :-) | |
| Pure Joy (18K3), GM - July 20 |
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| This is not as
polished as I had hoped, but it's the first decent piece I've written in
two months (and since I'm leaving on vacation, I don't have a chance to
improve the piece). This song chronicles a person's search for God,
wandering, and wandering, until finally he finds Him, and is enraptured
in pure joy henceforth. The strings are symbolic of God (as in the Old Testament, people sang to God with harps and lutes). |
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| Trio (14K4), GM - July 26 |
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| A piece for violin, viola and piano. I've added StringEnsemble 1 for more realistic sound - it follows the violin but in the lower register. The piece is created in MidiSoft Studio, sound card Creative AWE 64. | |
CINEMATIC |
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will be a Song in your Mind (46K5), GM - July 1 |
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| Equipment: Midi keyboard, SB Live, 8MB GM soundfont, CWHS | |
| Nebula M16 (18K), XG - July 6 |
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| Special Edition, Director's Cut! Budget of hundreds of millions. Cast of tens of thousands. Decades in the making. Six international orchestras represented in the score. You may not like it, but just about every expression trick in the book has been used. |
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Enigmatic Galaxy (104K),
GM - July 10 |
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| Sequenced with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 and an SBLive. If you have and SBLive it is recommended that you use the Concert Hall EAX setting. | |
| The Tidaanians Attack (131K), GM - July 15 |
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| This piece of music is inspired by the PC CD ROM game - Cataclysm, and is based on a visualized scene from the game if it were to be in movie format. It is aimed at representing a high tempo battle, the end of the music symbolizing a surrender. The music created is inspired by James Horner's sci-fi film compositions. The MIDI file is done in GM format and SoundBlaster AWE 32 was used. Also, Evoloution Audio was used to compose the music. | |
| Battle of Antares (59K5), GM - July 17 |
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| Mouse, SBLive, 4MB soundfont, Doremix and Cakewalk. | |
| Lost in Deep Space (22K6), GM - July 17 |
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| How would you feel lost in deep space? | |
| New York Metro (37K), GM - July 17 |
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| Midday, you are running for lunch inside the crowded metro of New York. SBlive, 4MB. | |
| What is? (23K), GM - July 22 |
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Title: What is? Category: cinematic Comments: a piece about death. What is it, really? |
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The Battle (70K5), GM - July 22 |
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| "The Battle" is a cinematic composition that is supposed to musically represent a fictitious battle between two great armies. Somewhere in the great battle, an uncommon hero arises to lead the good side to victory. This hero can be heard as the offbeat brass and woodwinds pound away underneath the melody. The composition has three sections: The Gathering of the Armies, The Battle, and The Aftermath. Enjoy! | |
| Children at War (32K), GM - July 22 |
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Sound Card: Creative 16bit 8meg with:
Anvil This song was in dictation to Children of WWII |
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| Rollercoaster (69K), GM - July 24 |
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| As the title says, it's about some roller coasting in an amusement park. Made with SB64AweGold and Voyetra Orchestrator. | |
| Oliver's Song (16K), XG - July 29 |
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| Just for the heck of it: Oliver is our orange cat, and a three-ring circus - hence the circus-like song. | |
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POP - ROCK - RHYTHM |
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| Speedway To Las Vegas (22K), GM - July 1 |
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This song is all about cruising through Las Vegas ( I've never been to las vegas, so I don't really know what it's like). Anyhow, this was made using Cakewalk Pro 9 with sound blaster live. Hope you enjoy Speedway Las Vegas. |
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| Storm (46K), GM - July 2 |
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| Gear: Cakewalk 6.0, Vibra 128 Soundcard Comment: This piece isn't about bad weather. The Storm is what's inside someone's head when they are full of confusion and self-hate. That's the mood I'm trying to convey with this piece...kind of a sad, desperate feeling. |
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| Nova (36K), GM - July 9 |
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This file was created with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9, SoundBaster Live! and 8RealGS20 SoundFont with Kamac distortion guitars adds. I sugest you to use this configuration to get the right sounds. You can find it at www.thesoundsite.net or www.hammersound.com |
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| Nocturne (169K), GM - July 10 |
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| Best if played through Roland VSC. Nocturne got it's name because it was written in the wee hours of the morning I used various sequencers to create short melodic phrases, and compiled them in Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.0, where the whole thing was modified extensively, enhanced with some step-entry and polished in the expression editor. | |
| Wait for the Sun (28K), GM - July 13 |
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| Created by combining live play & step entry. GM Format (1). Sound Card = SB Live with 8MB emu font. | |
| Get out of my nightmare (67K4), GM - July 15 |
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| Saved in midi 1 format, SBLive card with Cadenza soundfont. | |
| The Approach (45K4), GM - July 18 |
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| The following were used in the production of this tune: a Zion Electric/MIDI Guitar, GI-10/GK-2A (guitar/midi interface and pickup), Alesis SR-16 drum machine, a AWE64 Gold w/16 megs RAM (I used an 8meg GM sound font), and Cakewalk Pro Audio 8.04 I'm pretty happy with the midi guitar synth lead in this tune. It was a lot of fun!!!! | |
| Love Will Prevail (37K8), GM - July 20 |
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| This was a piece I wrote quite a while back on paper, and completely forgot about it until I resurrected it a short time ago and wrote it in MIDI, changed the words, and added panning. | |
| The Earth (25K5), GM - July 26 |
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| The piece
was created just recently after pondering over life. The Earth is
the only thing uniting people. I've played around with balance in flute in 44-51 - poor guy playing flute! As of 51 - modulation up half-tone and the end. Created in MidiSoft Studio, sound card Creative AWE 64. |
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| Lightning (27K), GM - July 27 |
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| My jam doing Eddie Van Halen, one of the fastest guitarists in the world. | |
| Chocolate with Mustard (26K), GM - July 31 |
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| Please allow this song to be entered into the July MIDI contest. It is called Chocolate with Mustard. General MIDI, 25.3KB, made with Guitar Pro 2.2 system. Rock Category, A song about the effects of someone suddenly turning on you. | |
BLUES - SWING |
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| Closing Time (48K), July 12 |
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| This is a
collaborative piece that has been run through heaven knows how > many
sequencers, editors, etc. So - do both collaborators get points? : ) |
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COUNTRY AND WESTERN |
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| Bacchhh (15K6), GM - July 12 |
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| Comments: A showdown (hoedown?) between two classically-trained bluegrass musicians. Mixes snippets of well-known classical pieces with bluegrass music and impossible keyboard solos. | |
| Oh Susan (22K), GM - July 27 |
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| Arrangement of well known song. | |
| Hillbilly Fugue (51K), GM - July 27 |
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| Composed with Encore and a Roland PC 200 mk2 keyboard. | |
JAZZ |
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| Sf2 (32K), GM - July 1 |
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Category: Jazz |
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| Tiempo de Timbre (33K), GM - July 13 |
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| Created by combining live play & step entry. GM Format (1). SB Live sound card with 8 MB emu sound font. | |
TECHNO - NEW AGE |
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| Midnight Flight (35K), GM - July 10 | |
| This song is about flying through clear, starry skies at midnight. It's a very slow and easygoing piece with a lot of feeling to it. Try not to fall asleep when you listen to it! Enjoy! Composed with Finale 2000, keyboard, and a SoundBlaster 128PCI soundcard. |
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| Would you like to dance? (46K), GM - July 15 |
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| Saved in midi 1 format, SBLive card with Cadenza soundfont. | |
| Porcelain to Ash (3K1), GM - July 22 |
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| A piece written for a poem I read by a person from TOS. Very short, very new age. | |
| T-Beat (74K4), GM - July 25 |
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| This was composed as just a fun piece to listen and party to. Composed on a Sound Blaster PCI 512. | |
AMBIENT |
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| Mother (12K5), GM - July 12 |
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| One of my first MIDI compositions. I would describe it as a "new age power ballad". | |
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Ao Cesar (27K), GM - July 17 |
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| It is a Brazilian bossa nova, elaborated in typed Roland G600, Cakewalk 8.0. | |
| Coimbra (32K), GM - July 31 |
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| Traditional Portuguese Music. | |
ABSTRACT - EXPERIMENTAL - FUSION |
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| Arthropod Squad (197K), GM - July 10 |
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This song was inspired by the incredible insect activity in the evenings up here in the So.Cal. mountains during late spring / early summer. When I wrote it, moths were swarming around my monitor. If ya can't beat 'em, join 'em.... I just went with the flow, and let the environment influence the music. I used some pieces of other songs submitted here in this composition, and I've tried to apply some of the critiques from the reviews of those other songs I've submitted and tried not to make the same mistakes. ... We'll see in the end, if I learned anything. |
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| Hard Man (11K3), GM - July 22 |
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| No description | |
| Chinatown (61K), GM - July25 |
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| This piece was composed as a fusion of oriental and western sounds. It was composed on a Sound Blaster PCI 512 | |
| X (36K7), GM - July 27 |
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| I wrote X using the Encore Composition program and a Roland PC-200 mk2 keyboard. The effects you hear in X were achieved using the bender or modulation switch. | |
OTHERS / UNKNWON |
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| Yellow Roze (54K5), GM - July 1 |
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| Equipment: Midi keyboard, SB Live, 8MB GM soundfont, CWHS | |
| Away from the screaming crowd (43K7), GM - July 15 |
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| It's like listening the WM radio in the underground shelter wondering if anybody is still alive. Just for the moment you hear distant music-angry, threatening pair of electric guitars.SB LIVE, Cadenza sound font. | |
