MIDI files

Just did a quick search on musicrobot and it doesn't appear that neal or transatlantic (or spock's beard) are popular enough that anyone has attempted to produce any midi's.

Yeah, I was just gonna add that after visiting the spocks beard site and checking out the disography

cobb wrote: Here's a link to All Of the Above. http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/vanishing/958/various_t-u.htm This is an excellent 28 minute midi. Wow- where do these people find the time to do this? [edit] just listening to this- all those naysayers to midi should listen to this to see the possibilities of midi. Guitar as usual is poor (sound wise), but everything else is truly amazing and true to form. Whoever did this knows his stuff. What an excellent backing for a singer.

Thank you! if you find some other links please post 'em here  

I would love to listen to them Elwood, but the URL's return a 404 error

Just listening to Odyssey now in Sonar. Do you play the tracks in or write them in?

Okay, Firstly, the compositions are quite sound. Did the original band lineup involve a singer, cause there are long sections that need something else in them, especially the metal pad (my sonar and edirol information may not match the original instrument allocation, so forgive me if I am quoting the wrong instruments) section around the 9 minute mark.

Overall, the file lacks finishing. You know how to change the pan and volume, but you are not doing this enough. Also I don't know what you author the midis with, but if you have access to DXi synths (soft synths) you can get better sounds than the standard GM2 varieties. Edirol gives access to most of the standard Roland sounds. The polysynth becomes a bit annoying. Using DXi synths can also give you access to a lot more layering. If you insert two DXi synths you can access 30 unique instruments, etc.

Again, depending on your authoring tool, you can play with the effects more.

The drums for the main part sound like a disco backbeat. I know drums are hard to master when writing them out on a midi staff, especially for non drummers (as I am). Also, You can allocate as many track 10s as you like, the standard midi 15 channels don't count when allocating tracks with the same instrument ie. 11 tracks allocated to channel 10 only count as one unique midi channel used. This way you can split out the different drums and get a more realistic feel by playing with the effects and pan on an individual drum/cymbal basis.

Not enough use of basic controllers such as pan, chorus and volume. And there other other effects as well, that can be used to advantage.

I hope this has been constructive and not hurtful.

If you can play and compose like this, stop dicking around and get back in a band! You have skills that any band would welcome.

That info on the drums is the same for any channel- I noticed you have two tracks allocated to metal pad. These can be both directed to same the channel and it will free up one of the midi channels