Brandenburg Synthony #2

H3nry

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Description

Wendy Carlos meets the Swingle Singers. This started out 30 years ago on an Apple ][ with a couple of ALF music cards in it. When MIDI came along, it became a MIDI file for my Casio CZ101 to play, and has been tinkered with many times. When GarageBand '11 came along, I dragged the MIDI over to it and tweaked some more. So this is old music in the computer sense as well as the baroque sense. No matter what you do him, Bach sounds alive and harmonious, so this seemed like a good piece to introduce myself.

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Song Stats

Hits: 850
Comments: 8
Fans: 4
Plays: 20
Downloads: 30
Votes: 0
Uploaded: Nov 24, 2010 - 01:07:07 AM
Last Updated: Nov 17, 2010 - 06:26:41 PM Last Played: Feb 25, 2013 - 09:47:17 PM

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Keywords:

Bach (37), Software instruments (1)

Comments

MarkHolbrook	MarkHolbrook said 913 days ago (November 24th, 2010)
	Cool this has some serious history! Check out my latest song called My 911

MarkHolbrook	MarkHolbrook said 913 days ago (November 24th, 2010)
	oh ya... A very warm welcome to MacJams! Love the kitty helper!!! Check out my latest song called My 911

H3nry	H3nry said 913 days ago (November 24th, 2010)
	Thanks! It takes me a while to polish a song. Fluffalarium likes to play the keyboard too, but his melodic and harmonic sensibilities are beyond my ken. Check out my latest song called Mic check

ic42

ic42 said 913 days ago (November 24th, 2010)

similarities
Ah, the name dropping here warms my TTL, but we have moved on, as the rolling stones gathered no CMOS. I too grew up on Walter/Wendy, dabbled with Deluxe Music Construction Set on my Apple +][, owned a CZ101, built oscillators in the garage, etc. This is a great deal of work, and a lot of fun, mirth every second of it. Welcome to Macjams, thank you for sharing this magnum opus. I look forward to more enjoyable blips from you.
ttfn,
Drakonis

Check out my latest song called Synthopolis 0x02 (VIDEO!)

H3nry	H3nry said 913 days ago (November 24th, 2010)
	Ow! They hurt! Puns are a lost art... This is probably the magnissimum opus I'll submit. Further blips are in process. Whether they are more enjoyable I can't say. Perhaps I'll post one that GarageBand and I are fighting over and seek help. Check out my latest song called Mic check

richard13	richard13 said 913 days ago (November 24th, 2010)
	A real swingle-y synthony! Great fun, and how fabulous that you have been able to keep the digital files going for so long. I have a few old tunes that I'm sure will never be heard again. Welcome aboard, and I hope you enjoy. Cheers. Check out my latest song called Caledonia

H3nry

H3nry said 913 days ago (November 24th, 2010)

Old tunes
Keeping digital files is a real challenge. When MIDI came along, I had to write a translator to make MIDI from the ALF files and play them through the CZ101. When I got my 128K Mac, I captured the "performance" via MIDI, and it's been transferred to each new Mac in turn.
For a listen to some retro 8-bit bleeps, see here:
http://web.me.com/henryspragens/Apple-II/Apple_II_Music/Apple_II_Music.html

Check out my latest song called Mic check

falcef	falcef said 913 days ago (November 24th, 2010)
	Brandemburg concert Salve hello from Italy. Good music good many compliments to the choice of musical instruments used in this song good. W J.S. Bach Check out my latest song called Live-Jam-in-Brentonec-01