For the past couple of weeks I have been working on creating a mix using recordings I'm making using virtual instruments.
I decided to do the song Canon in D Minor by Pachelbel because it's a pretty simple song, and there's a version of it online broken into multiple parts, which I can copy and then put together in Audition. The goal is to record all the parts by myself using that website and then make my version of the song.
I started by doing the simple harmonies. Through listening to the song, I picked out the notes:
Pt 1
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A#
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2
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3
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G#
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4
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1
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F#
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2
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3
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F
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4
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1
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D#
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2
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3
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C#
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4
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1
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D#
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2
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3
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F
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4
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Then I mapped those notes to the virtual online keyboard:
Pt 1
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Pt 2
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A# | 7 |
2
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3
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G# | 6 |
4
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1
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F# | 5 |
2
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3
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F | R |
4
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1
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D# | 3 |
2
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3
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C# | 2 |
4
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1
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D# | 3 |
2
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3
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F | R |
4
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And recorded it using the violin on the online keyboard. It sounds like this:
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Then I did the same thing for the second harmony on the cello, and it sounds like this:
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Then more violin notes:
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And all together it sounds like this:
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So far, my backing tracks put together with the melody and drums sound like this:
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:) :) :)I'm going to keep working on recording my own parts (although that keyboard is pretty hard to use for faster parts :(... maybe I'll use my piano at home, but it's pretty out of tune.. but hey maybe I can learn pitch correction in Audition!), to hopefully make a full on song with this.
THINGS I LEARNED, THOUGH:
-cutting audio precisely so they play in sync
-playback looping
-adjusting left/right audio balance
-this is really fun
:')
