by John BartlettComposed by: Stanley MyersOne item of possible interest in this arrangement is the 'mix' change between parts 'e' and 'f'. There have been queries from time to time about unmixes and the audibility of such changes. In this piece parts 'a' to 'e' are played by 3 separate players - two with 3 voices and one with 2 voices. But part 'f' required 1 player with 6 voices.
The normal 'unmix'-'newmix' method can leave a nasty glitch in the sound, most particularly in rhythmic pieces. The alternative is to remix within the parts themselves. In this piece there is little to choose between either method, but both are demonstrated. The conventional solution can be found in parts 'y', 'z', 'mix1', 'mix2' and 'play1'. Simply type play1 and the last two parts will play. 'mix1' is a 'sub-unmix' as described in the manual and 'mix2' is a conventional mix. The 'internal' remixing can be seen in 'part1e', 'part3e' and 'part1f'. The solution was to let player 2 (with two voices) play the last bar of part 'e' and juggle players 1 and 3. This is achieved by freeing players 1 and 3 in section 'e' with the instruction 3SHARE 3VOICES UNUSED and assigning the new voices to player 1 with '1SHARE 6VOICES' in 'part1f'. It is important to take care where these instructions are placed because if they are not placed properly the glitch can be worse than with the conventional method! The 'solo' instrument is one which I created many moons ago and always serves well for a guitar voice. Appreciation also to Richard Bettis whose ACT definition has been used unmodified for the arpeggios. But enough of this! Just listen to the beautiful music. |
Source: AMPLINEX 012 disk, file $.CAVATIN |
Published in AMPLINEX 012, July 1989
