by Aiden BlackComposed by: Dire StraitsI wrote this program to see how close I could get it to the original. The problem is that Dire Straits being the musicians they are, there are so many backing instruments you need a 500-track synthesiser to get them all in. Unfortunately, I do not own such a box, so had to make do with 16. Even so, I don't think I did badly considering it was written in an afternoon.
The mix itself is fairly boring; the program uses one basic mix and the voices change themselves for the verses. I used a small 'mix2' to get back to the original 'intro' mix. If you are lucky, the drum's 'PAN' knob will do a dance in the Mixing Desk! I did this to see how much I could get happening without the program jumping. It also livens up the drum rhythm a bit which is awfully dull. APB |
Source: AMPLINEX 013 disk, file $.WALKLIF |
by Tim BarrettComposed by: William CroftOn examining the music in the Staff editor, it has only slight similarities with the sheet music I transcribed it from. This is mainly due to the many repeated notes having to be separated by demi-semi-quaver rests in order to be played separately, rather than as a single long note. I feel sure that a more elegant and economical method of achieving this must exist, but I have not yet come across it. Feel free to experiment with it and improve it.
Thanks to Corin Greaves for the organ voice ('church' AMPLINEX 009), and to Mike Dobson for the method of using pictures from outside sources in AMPLE programs by *LOADing them into the Notepad ('Squits' AMPLINEX 011). |
Source: AMPLINEX 013 disk, file $.VOLUNDM |
by Michael HarbourFrom the album 'Shivering Again' Courtesy of Hybrid Technology Welcome to 'Shivering Again', the first Ample Album by Michael Harbour. Prepare to take a trip into the world of coldness. . !
(nb) The little pictures on the left of the titles are meant to be ice-lollies. |
Source: AMPLINEX 013 disk, file $.RUNNING |
by Russell FrayFrom the album 'Electricity' Courtesy of Hybrid Technology I was going to write the words for the tune here, but I sat down for one hour trying to think of words to rhyme with corner, but all I could come up with was sauna and yawner(?), which aren't the sort of words that make a tune interesting. So instead, I have decided to write a biography on how ROUND THE CORNER became a hit by the great musician, Fiaret Guygillyer. For the un-educated people out there, he was the greatest musician ever heard of 1990 years ago, 1 year before Jesus was born. He came over the tune one day when he was sitting at home in front of his brand new Yamaha xylophone, made out of 200 sabre toothed tiger teeth.
He put his hands over the keyboard, and suddenly felt his hands start to move by themselves, and you guessed it, they played a tune, which he decided to call 'round the corner', as his wife had just gone round to the corner shop to buy some pterodactyl wings for dinner, and he was starving. Now if you believe that, you'll believe ANYTHING!!!!! T H E E N D |
Source: AMPLINEX 013 disk, file $.ROUND |
by Lol TaylorIs this music? It is only since I have had the Music 5000 that I have been able to hear experiments like this.
It is up to you to decide whether it is music or not. You might find the word 'o' useful. I do after using 'mfl' and 'mpl' (Music 5000 User Guide page 117). pp becomes 3o, ff becomes 8o. 'end' is used to get a softer ending. Note that VOL is restored. Otherwise editing can be frustrating if no sound comes out of the speakers. |
Source: AMPLINEX 013 disk, file $.QTONE |
by Allan M GardnerComposed by: RachmaninovOpus 23 No. 5 - Alla Marcia |
Source: AMPLINEX 013 disk, file $.PRELUDE |
by Ian L HubbardComposed by: Jan Hammer |
Source: AMPLINEX 013 disk, file $.MIAMIVI |
by Mike DobsonComposed by: Atomic EnsembleThis is in fact an abridged version of the original classic track which lasts nearly 6 minutes. There seemed no point in putting in the verses with lyrics and good taste prevents me printing them on the screen.
Everything except the drums were played in real time on the M4000 - but not all at full speed! The vibrato and pitch bending were added afterwards as you will see by looking at the part4's. I'm particularly pleased with my 'synbass4' and 'lead' instruments, feel free to pilfer them for yourself. |
Source: AMPLINEX 013 disk, file $.TRAIN |