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[Armok]

Awesome music, but noting like I imagined it, and I'm not sure it even was like I described it.
it sounds almost timid, like warriors sneaking thought a swamp, not the the almost noisy overwhelming giant rumbling of elephant cavalry charging.
Think the olipiphant battle in LotR, think dwarven mega projects. think nuke, not bullets. think multi ton stone gears driven by magma. think the drums being multiple battling rams striking against the gate to a castle were giants live. think the laughter of an ogre who just took a bite out of Greenland.

Still just as good music as if it had accorded exactly to my vision, and YOU are the artist after all, I'm just making suggestions, but I'm trying to make suggestions that will make you evolve as an artist. Not that I know the first thing about music mind you.

[FluffyToast J]

Hah, alright then. Well, I'll have another shot at that, and I hope I can get it right.

Theres only so much you can do with MIDIs, too. theres only 128 sounds, excluding drum and rythym sounds, and alot of those are useless(to me) sounds, like gunshots and applause. Actually, now that I think about it... gunshots... huh.

[Armok]

I'm not sure, but I think those are only example/commonly used sounds, and you are meant to make your own sounds for most things.

[FluffyToast J]

Those are general MIDIs or something. AFAIK those are the only ones that Anvil can take, but I recently downloaded a demo version of Fruity Loops, so I can use SoftSynths, that sound like real instruments. So now the sound quality will be a bit higher than before. Hopefully.

[Labs]

Woah, reminds me of when I used to play runescape. It really does. Great music anyway.



EDIT: Could you make a seafaring tune by any chance?

[FluffyToast J]

I'll have a shot. This is good, all the requesting people have done. It's getting me away from the average boring drum+guitar+bass things I always did before. Armok, I'm almost done yours, dont think I've forgotten you!

Alrighty, all uploaded and (hopefully) to your request. I dont think I could try doing that again, if it doesnt sound right. I'm all war-drum'd out.

 http://www.box.net/shared/hct5lfh7fy

Alright, Labs. Yours is done, too:

http://www.box.net/shared/5cq9s0ta6v

[Armok]

Yes that is good... As a START.

Use that same file, but add some kind of constant rumbling in the background (think earthquake, or thunder, or a stampeding horde of giant animals), another set of much darker, larger-sounding drums, and some horns.

Keep a backup of the current version however, in case something goes wrong.

[FluffyToast J]

Hehe. Well the only rumbling sound I can think of would be really fast kicks or something... Whatever, I'll work something out. 

Edit: Okay, I've slapped some really fast double kicks and a snare over that, Armok. I've updated the download, try it out.

Edit2: What do you think of Dwarven Angel choirs and electric guitar in the same track? 

[Armok]

that was not what I meant *at all*, your first version was better, this one dosn't sound like rumbling one bit, just like the drummer should drink less Coffey.

I made a sound that you might find usefull, both for drums and rumbling: http://www.box.net/shared/x923vbhn62

I just synthesised for a hastily drawn spectrogram and quickly tested in 15 min, but better than nothing.

[FluffyToast J]

Well, I had a go at trying to put that rumble into my midi, but everything I tried ended up being really clicky, and there was nothing I could do about it. Sorry

You could always have a go yourself, I gave you a link to Anvil. You can open up midis in that.

[Armok]

I tried that, but I need some more practice at it before I can do anything useful.

What do you mean by clicky? There is no way it could possibly be anything one would describe as clicky if you got the right file.

[FluffyToast J]

I imported the .wav into my .mid file, it showed up as another channel. I went into the .wav, did some editing to make it one long continuous rumble, and it ended up clicky. I tried lowering the volume, it stayed clicky. By clicky I mean that it would be a low rumble, and every now and then (read, 1/10 of a second) it would 'click'.

I have another version of the one with the caffeinated drummer, its a bit slower. Want me to upload that, so you can have a listen? Its not particularly rumbly, but it really is the best I can do. I'm no professional, really I just do the MIDI making for fun, and wanted a place to put my songs. What better place than Bay12?

[Armok]

I imported the .wav into my .mid file, it showed up as another channel. I went into the .wav, did some editing to make it one long continuous rumble, and it ended up clicky.

Ok, now I see what you did. don't edit the file, and import it as a drum not as an audio channel. If you use that drum every once in a while there will be new rumbling before the old dies out thus making it continuous.

I have another version of the one with the caffeinated drummer, its a bit slower. Want me to upload that, so you can have a listen?

Not really necessary, the usage of the default instruments in the original version was best I think. If you cant figure out how to do this rumbling just concentrate on adding... what are those horns they used to signal armies attacking called anyway? the instrument called "horns" seems completely different I think.

[Labs]

Ha! I just listened to the seafaring tune. Nice job, you have talent.

[FluffyToast J]

@Labs, Thanks

@Armok,
 

what are those horns they used to signal armies attacking called anyway? the instrument called "horns" seems completely different I think.

I think the horns used to signal armies were made from some kind of bone or actual ram's horn. The horns in general midi are brass horns. There's no such "ram's horn" general midi, unfortunately.