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This is the second and final revision of the song "Visiting Beautiful Kyoto". Please refer to the revision history attached to this memo. I feel deeply attached to the melody or the song. I like the previous versions, but frankly, I am not satisfied with them because they are the result of kind of compromise. Now I think I could finally complete the version that I am satisfied with. I sincerely hope you would kindly listen to it and really hope you like it. https://soundcloud.com/hirokata1121/visiting-beautiful-city-revisedRevision History1. Visiting Beautiful Kyoto: Original version; Strings (1st chorus ) and Vocal in Japanese (2nd chorus) The result of kind of compromise; it integrates both instrumental and vocal parts into one song. https://soundcloud.com/hirokata1121/visiting-beautiful-kyotohttp://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=333742&page=12. Visiting Beautiful City:The first revision. It simply replaced the vocal with two instruments (oboe/clarinet). The whole melody is repeated twice and it is somewhat boring. https://soundcloud.com/hirokata1121/visiting-beautiful-cityhttp://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=352395&page=13. Visiting Beautiful City (Revised): This versionFull strings version. The melody is played by the violins with the piano arpeggio and backing strings ensembles for the first half, and it is played by the cellos with the harp arpeggio and backing strings ensembles for the rest. ******* Summary ******* Key=Bm, Tempo=80 Styles: ARPORK34.STY (Orchestral Arpeggio 3/4) (MIDI style) and EMERALD.STY (Slow Peaceful 3/4 Orchestral) (MIDI style) Instruments(D-PRO): 1st Violins Espressivo f Cellos Espressivo f Basses Legato f Grand Piano 3v 4th (Arpeggio) Harp Solo (Arpeggio) Full Strings (small) Full Strings (big)
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Hi, I'm listening right now with earbuds, and it is beautiful. I'm going to listen tomorrow again with proper headphones, but I'm liking the cellos in the second half because the violins seem too bright in the first half, but we'll hear tomorrow. I find it interesting that it may be about Kyoto but it's not Japanese particularly and it could be about any city with an ancient past.
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Hi, I'm listening right now with earbuds, and it is beautiful. I'm going to listen tomorrow again with proper headphones, but I'm liking the cellos in the second half because the violins seem too bright in the first half, but we'll hear tomorrow. I find it interesting that it may be about Kyoto but it's not Japanese particularly and it could be about any city with an ancient past. Hi, Thank you for your listening to my song and giving me your initial comment. I look forward to your follow-up comment. You are right. It could be about any city with many beautiful and traditional sights. The reason I gave the original version the title with Kyoto was when I posted it to the forum, I was requested to post the song with the vocal in Japanese, so I made a short lyrics about the visit to Kyoto. When I made the first revision after that in which the vocal was replaced by instruments, I changed Kyoto to City because there was no reason to use Kyoto for its title then. I hope this answers your interest. Hiroshi
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Hi Hiroshi, it's much more beautiful listening with good headphones and a Focusrite Scarlett Solo audio interface. The arpeggio is great. What I said was bright wasn't really violin, i.e., the solo violin, but rather the backing strings. For my taste I think the ending happens too fast, I would have gone on for another couple of seconds, maybe just have the lower sounds.
Anyway, I think you did a superp job of using the arpeggio and emerald styles, and I'm looking forward to hearing more from you.
Marty (San Jose, CA)
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Hi Hiroshi, it's much more beautiful listening with good headphones and a Focusrite Scarlett Solo audio interface. The arpeggio is great. What I said was bright wasn't really violin, i.e., the solo violin, but rather the backing strings. For my taste I think the ending happens too fast, I would have gone on for another couple of seconds, maybe just have the lower sounds.
Anyway, I think you did a superp job of using the arpeggio and emerald styles, and I'm looking forward to hearing more from you.
Marty (San Jose, CA) Hi Marty, Thank you very much for your listening again and giving me the additional feedback. I think the best experience can be got by using good headphones for this type of music as you did, because we can hear every detail of songs and also enjoy exquisite sound such as strings and wind instruments very well. Yes, I think the backing strings for the violins are playing a little bit too loud as if they want to compete with the violins, while those for the cellos are rather discreet as if they just want to support the cellos. I also think this difference of the characteristics of the backing strings is well balanced with that of the violins or cellos, and it produces good contrast between the first section and the second section. I myself like the cello section better as you do, but probably it will highly depend on my mood then. As for the ending, probably you are right. Thank you for pointing it out. Anyway, I am very glad you like it. I would be very happy if you could listen to other songs of mine by visiting my profile of Soundcloud or by using the superb searching feature of all user showcase songs of the forum. Hiroshi
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Hi Scott,
Thank you. I am glad you like it.
Hiroshi
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Hiroshi,
This is very beautiful. Your use of the strings RealTracks is wonderful! The arpeggio piano in the background is soothing and creates wonderful movement. Thank you for the share.
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That pretty much sums it up!! This is a top notch production of a gorgeous piece of music. Awesome!! Take care. Greg
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That pretty much sums it up!! This is a top notch production of a gorgeous piece of music. Awesome!! Take care. Greg I agree.
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Hi HiroshiK,
Simply beautiful and by far the best instrumental we heard on the forum!
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That pretty much sums it up!! This is a top notch production of a gorgeous piece of music. Awesome!! Take care. Greg I agree. As so I. As far as the loud back strings while listening to them on my monitors they sounded fine to me. YMMV I really like this as this beautiful song shows the classical side of BiaB. This is a keeper.
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Hiroshi,
This is very beautiful. Your use of the strings RealTracks is wonderful! The arpeggio piano in the background is soothing and creates wonderful movement. Thank you for the share.
Pauline
PG Music Team Hello Pauline, Thank you for your comment. It encouraged me a lot that my work produced by using BIAB was praised by the PG Music staff like you. I think BIAB is such an extraordinary application program. Without it, I could never create this work. Incidentally, I used not RealTracks but MIDI Tracks for this work. It is surprising that the combination of MIDI Tracks and VST instruments can produce the quality as high as RealTracks. Hiroshi
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That pretty much sums it up!! This is a top notch production of a gorgeous piece of music. Awesome!! Take care. Greg Greg, Thank you for your comment. I am very happy to have your high evaluation for this version. Hiroshi
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That pretty much sums it up!! This is a top notch production of a gorgeous piece of music. Awesome!! Take care. Greg I agree. Floyd, Thank you for your comment. I am very glad you like this version. Hiroshi
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Hi HiroshiK,
Simply beautiful and by far the best instrumental we heard on the forum! Hi Rob and Anne-Marie, Thank you for your comment. Your evaluation has made me so happy. Hiroshi
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That pretty much sums it up!! This is a top notch production of a gorgeous piece of music. Awesome!! Take care. Greg I agree. As so I. As far as the loud back strings while listening to them on my monitors they sounded fine to me. YMMV I really like this as this beautiful song shows the classical side of BiaB. This is a keeper. Mario, Thank you for your comment. I am glad you like this version. Yes, I think BIAB works surprisingly well for classical music as well. Hiroshi
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