News - Opus+ MIDI Generation Massively Improved
We recently undertook a small survey, entirely organized by Thomas Marriott, and as a result of the feedback we have received from everyone who took part, to whom we offer many thanks, we have started to examine a few of the very good ideas that arose. The most pressing issue made by everyone who has seen and heard this work concerns the awful quality of the MIDI files produced, so we decided to experiment with importing the MIDI files produced by Opus+ into Apple Logic Studio Pro 8 . The results have proved quite remarkable! Now the production quality does not get in the way of hearing the composition, and it is much easier to judge the nature of the musical compositions produced by Opus+.
There are now four new example compositions to download from the Opus+ download area which include; a PDF of the score, a rough mix of the composition output from Apple Logic and the original MIDI file generated by Opus+ by way of comparison. These rough mixes were exactly that - 'rough' - and involved only very simple changes to the input data. These included:
- Choosing MIDI voices for each instrument
- Setting the relative volume levels between each instrument
- Adding reverb to each track
- Panning the instruments across the stereo image
No other studio techniques were applied, and there are no dynamic changes to the mix as the music progresses, for example track mutes, MIDI voice changes or fades. We have also updated the download area to include links to MIDI versions of all the existing example pieces posted so far, but we have not had time to mix these down through Apple Logic. If anyone with access to studio software such as Apple Logic or Garage Band wishes to remix any of these pieces, we would be very interested to hear what can be made of them, and we would be happy to post any returned to us up on the Opus+ site.
Let us know what you think!