Big band with Trumpet

Comments

• Peter Siedlaczek

  March 2009 edited 9:04AM

  Hi Cato,
  
  
  
  did you try to search in our forum? We has this topic already several time, as far as I remember.
  
  The basic rules are:
  
  - never control more than 1 instrument from a single source (like keyboard or sequencer track)
  
  - never use exactly the same timing, articulation, intonation etc.
  
  Instead
  
  - play the single tracks as differently as possible - especially as far as the timing, pitch and phrasing is concerned; simply play the tracks individually, as different musicians would do...
  
  
  
  Download our MIDI files as an example - there are parts played in sections - and listen to some demos - like, for example:
  
  
  
  http://www.sample-modeling.com/Demos/Santa_Claus_Is_Coming_To_Town.mp3
  
  
  
  or
  
  
  
  http://www.sample-modeling.com/Demos/1-C-Section.mp3
  
  (to the last one you can download the MIDI file)
  
  
  
  I hope it helps a bit.
  
  
  
  Best
  
  
  
  Peter
• cato

  March 2009 edited 9:04AM

  Hi Peter,
  
  
  
  Thanks for this, some useful stuff. I did a quick search, but I obviously didn't look in the right places as this post: http://www.samplemodeling.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=239&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=big+band is very useful!
  
  
  
  I'm going to buy the Tenor sax later today and add that to the mix, but it's going to be hard to get a full big band sound without using some samples in there I think as, like you mentioned in the post I linked to, I'll need trombones and alto saxes in there.
  
  
  
  I'll take a look at the MIDI of those files you mention as well.
  
  
  
  Thanks,
  
  
  
  Cato