This was my first attempt at mixing seven tracks on the cakewalk program.
Still having some problems with the cakewalk program crashing my computer when I shut down. So I did this in roughly an hour… shushing the family as they entered the room.
It has been a fun adventure… will welcome any constructive critisism.
I started off recording the sound track with spoons so that I would have somewhat of a steady beat… eh hem.
Then added low d, then guitar, then high d, then dulcimer accompaniment, then melody on the dulcimer. Cut and clipped a few things. One thing I noticed after listening a few times is the dulcimer lead is rushing it a bit. That being the last track added, I got a wee bit anxious with the family coming and going into the room.
I hope you can open it from this link. If not it is at clips and snips.
That’s very nice, Laura! A good arrangement. The dulcimer is a good accompaniment instrument. I have an album of old time fiddle by Gerry Milnes with dulcimer accompaniment and I’ve always thought it is under used.
Keep it up.
Great playing. I don’t have cakewalk but I guess it makes it easier than trying to play all those by yourself all at the same time. It sounds like you are having fun with it. Keep posting your music, I am really enjoying listening to it.
Ya Steve,
The mountain dulcimer has a lot of potential in the Itrad music.
Carol,
Ya, me thinks I should remix the spoons. By making the spoons the first track I should of given it an 8 beat delay. That way everything starts on the same page. So the little extras I added with spoons did not quite match the melody. And be it true… I am such an excellent spoon player!!! :roll: eh hem…
Oh well, lots to learn… and its in the learning process that makes it fun!
Speaking of spoons, have you seen David Holt’s instructional video on folk rhythm instruments? I think it’s on Homespun. It’s great. He teaches spoons, bones, washboard, hambone and (get this) paper bag. In the hambone segment he has himself decked in some clothes with sensors inside so that when he hits himself he activates some electoric drum sounds. It’s really funny. I haven’t used it much because I’m not much good at rhythm instruments.
Hmm… sounds interesting!
ON occassion I go into classrooms and do fun gadget instrument stuff…
Sounds like I could get a few pointers from the video. I will need to check it out.
Have you seen the video Stomp. That is entertaining as well. Not very Itrad, yet interesting to watch and so creative.
Laura, great job!! That was a pretty monumental feat-- I struggled to just mix two tracks together on a piece that Teri-K and I worked on. I can’t imagine seven!
Thanks for sharing your work with us, I hope you’ll let us hear more!!
I use Cakewalk PC Music Pack 2003. I can also hook a keyboard to it. Have not tried figuring that out as of yet. Another feature to the program, it will take any mini track and notate it.
Pretty cool program, however I am having a wee bit of problem with it when I go to shut down the computer. None of the other programs that I run freezes up my computer like Cakewalk. I tried the support to it… they suggest that I may need another soundcard…have not tried that out.
With the subject line, I was ready to post a story about how I always play the B part of “Tripping up the Stairs” with the A part of “My Darling Asleep” and vice versa.
It sounds like you are having fun with it. Keep posting your music, I am really enjoying listening to it.
Carol,
