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Mr. Luddite

On 1/13/2014 9:33 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:49:10 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Arrgh. I don't have the desire or energy these days to cope with
extraordinarily complex software. It's why I dumped Photoshop
entirely...much too complex for my relatively simple photo processing
needs.

I am using Sound Forge 4.5, pretty old but it does all I need and lots
more with a fairly simple interface.

My problem is that I enjoy the technology of creating and mixing music
using these various software tools but I am a crappy musician. I'll
spend hours working on a composition and then delete it when I am finished.

What I get a kick out of is the ability to generate and mix multiple
tracks of various instruments using a simple keyboard controller. The
keyboard does not produce any sounds ... they are all generated from
samples in the recording software.

The latest Garage Band has a very authentic sounding B3 Hammond sound,
complete with drawbars, percussion and a Leslie controller. Played
through a decent sound system it sounds very close to a real B3.

Here's an example of one I attempted a week or so ago when I first
started using Garage Band. For those not familiar with how this works,
there's no organ, no Leslie, no drums, no bass or any instrument used.
All the tracks are created using a keyboard controller (I use a Samson
Carbon 49) and the instrument sounds are generated by the software. You
can then go back and modify effects like the Leslie spinning up or down.
Fun to play with but you have to excuse the lack of musical playing
ability:

https://soundcloud.com/rerik/gb-pale-4/s-WMlTp