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The sheet music was never published. It's meant for audio only.

Thanks for playing!

@@EricPeelMusic well my teacher gave it to us

@@TrollProRoblox Oh I see, it just got passed out. In that case, good luck!

@@EricPeelMusic im already at the end so i know how everything should sound with my class

Lol what trap got you?

Finally a useful question, other than the tiresome "wHaT sOfTwArE dO yUo UsE??? I've been writing in a DAW for a few years now, exporting the MIDI file to notate in Sibelius later. It offers higher quality and more realistic audio. But it's a little more time consuming and makes it more difficult to update the music later. Lately, I use Sibelius' and Kontakt's scripting methods to make the playback as realistic and time-efficient as possible within Sibelius, with the MIDI is channeled to the DAW in realtime. That way, there's only one file to maintain and I get to use the DAW's mixer for the best playback possible. For one example, I'm developing a Sibelius plugin that can display and edit dynamics as nodes and lines underneath the staff just like a DAW. There is of course Santiago Barx's Graphical MIDI Tools 2, but it cannot do exponential and logarithmic curves yet. These curves are essential for realistic crescendos and diminuendos. One way Sibelius has improved is how you can loop the audio similarly to a DAW. There is a long list of things I keep begging Avid to add in and it seems like they are slowly, overtime. Dorico has some pretty useful playback tools, but in practice, it's nowhere near as good as Sibelius with a DAW, yet. No scripting either. What about you?

@@EricPeelMusic I previously used Sibelius and currently use Dorico and Cubase together. (I also think Sibelius is better than Dorico.) To be honest, I'm confused between DAW and Notation software. When I want to export the results as digital music, I am worried because I have to work with DAW again. I'm confused about this work flow, so I was wondering which work flow you prefer. After seeing your comment above, I have some understanding of what I should do. thank you.

@@user-od2gc6er7m Dorico and Cubase can be linked together pretty well now. Have you seen this vid? ua-cam.com/video/aHdGUSUSSf0/v-deo.html

@@user-od2gc6er7m That's one thing I'm still figuring out. When I want to export an audio from Sibelius, I need to either play it in realtime in the DAW and literally record it to a track and then bounce that. Or need to export the MIDI from Sibelius, open it in the DAW, and bounce that. But if that's the only price to pay (along with all the script development time) I think it's worth it for the maintainability and no compromise to audio and realism.

@@EricPeelMusic Oooh...I need to check it out right now. Thank you very much! I just wasted my time by not looking into this. D:

Usuallly the most experienced player is the one to get it.

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For this piece: Notation: Sibelius Sounds: Virtual Drumline

Thank you! Have you seen Dusk to Dawn v2 too? ua-cam.com/video/ilLY0ULyckc/v-deo.htmlsi=7gBSZ-ByZUpimr_w

v2 isn’t published yet. But feel free to buy the current version on my site and I’ll email you v2 seperately.

Thanks so much! I’ll definitely look into it

Agreed! Animals are our friends, and they should not be made into products!

@@EricPeelMusic 💚💚💚🌱

Thank you!

I'm not sure what mallets Nick used because I never asked him. Looks like yarn to me. If you're going to go yarn (please go synthetic so you don't pay for the exploitation and abuse of sheep per my recommendation), go with a hard yarn mallet. Xylophones sound better with relatively hard mallets compared to marimba. Thanks for supporting my music!

Nice! The demo samples are finger-style but I suggest trying pick, slap or any technique at any moment you want! Then settle for whichever sounds best at any given time. If you can’t pedal the effects, then use your amp to add a bit of drive, otherwise the tone might not be bright or sustained enough to cut through. Then control all the dynamics by strumming softer or harder at the moments the volume pedal would be needed. Let me know how it goes for you!

Yes, absolutely!

@@EricPeelMusic then I shall. Thank you for this amazing piece of music!

Thank you too for supporting my work! Please post a video recording once you get the whole thing roughly down and maybe I provide some playing feedback? Would also like to see a recording of your audition!

@@EricPeelMusic yes sir I will. It will probably be later in the school year like February but I will send a video and hopefully will be able to record my audition.

@drummerdude5088 Looking forward to seeing your playing. Good luck!

Thanks! I'll try to make future chords sound that nice or nicer in the future!

Yeah, professional performers play with a lot of intricacy in their dynamics and it’s an effort to sequence that all in. I prefer just playing the audio through with eyes closed and if I hear any note or passage that needs adjusting, just nudge a node, change a curve or series of nodes/curves up or down one or two increments. As you can see, any value is welcome - whereas sheet music will only have 8 values - ppp, pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, fff. While 8 seems like enough, 127 is a lot better and I kid you not, there are times when even 127 is not enough 😆 So whatever is written in the sheets, the performer really needs to interpret it musically and humanly. Never heard of David Wise but I’ll check him out! Thanks!

@@EricPeelMusic David Wise makes a lot of atmospheric music and prefers his music to emulate wavestation dynamics. His claim to fame was making the atmospheric soundtracks for the Donkey Kong Country series of video games (1, 2, and Tropical Freeze).

I remember Donkey Kong Country on Gameboy Color, I think. Holy crap that was fun to play. Good music too. Thanks again for giving a new (to me) artist to check out..

Thanks for that! Only, don’t go back and listen to the original of this one - it sounds a lot worse than you might remember 🤣

Thanks for playing!

I did try that while writing this and it didn’t fit well in my opinion. But if you’re performing it, feel free to try a slow motor! Please check out my piece “Metabolism”. It has the slow motor for the first part. Combined with the syncopation of the marimba, it sounds pretty cool I think. Here’s a link: ua-cam.com/video/n_ea4AH3vVs/v-deo.html I think part of the reason why composers don’t write for the motor very much is because most vibraphones in the world don’t have a working motor! Almost every high school I’ve worked with, the vibes motor was busted or had parts missing.

@@EricPeelMusic It's been about a decade since I've actually played. Metabolism is one of my favorites. It's always such a welcome surprise when I see another piece from you. I hope you're doing well.

Oh, thanks for watching for so long! I was going to post an update for “Relationship” this week, just a first draft but I’m a little scared it’s not ready yet. I’m experimenting with with individually, binaurally panning each key, so it’s it sounds immersive on headphones. Here’s a draft if you’d like to hear, do you think I should post it?: drive.google.com/file/d/1b6Q-ZLmvpa_QDy0bBSJZumqGGIk5T8kB/view?usp=drivesdk

@EricPeelMusic I really love the opening section, but it doesn't flow into the next part because the resolution is very conclusive and doesn't really lend itself to the next section. What if instead resolving it like you do you, you use the built anticipation of the suspended notes to pull you into the next section. Right now it plays as "okay, this part is done". Overall, the melodies relate to each other, but that transition is just abrupt. I'm gonna listen on repeat and get back to you with more thoughts.

Thanks for that feedback! Can you give me a timestamp of exactly the awkward transition where you mean?

Equally happy to see your comment! Thank you! FYI, working on the next one already - excited to share the first teaser soon. Thanks for continuing to follow!

Haha, no worries. I’m doing well. Started working on the next music update and started my new day job too, finally! Are you back to school now?

Tomorrow I'm not going to say what grade I'm in but I'm not in elementary but how was ur day?

I got a special screwdriver to open up my computer and modify it to run directly from battery instead of power outlet. Basically saves energy and makes the audio have no more annoying static noise. Have fun on your first day of school tmr! Always easy, usually no homework and it’s nice to start fresh. And see friends again of course. And how was your day?

Just made me tired and I can't sleep I'm too excited for school!

Tired bc of the tech talk? Haha jk. You should sleep! School sucks when sleep deprived.

Thank you!

Thanks so much! I know there are a lot of glitches in the pano animation - other than that, anything you would change/add?

Thanks a lot for returning to the comments, Marcus! And sorry for the wait. Feel free to listen to the v2 Update playlist I created. That way the wait feels a bit more worth it.

Thanks, Eric! That’s the first negative feedback I’ve received in a long time and I greatly appreciate it. You nailed it though, DD is one of the parts I couldn’t get right. But instead of forcing it and potentially making it worse, I’m leaving it for the v3 update to figure out. It will probably be obvious what should be done about it as time goes on. Believe it or not I actually wrote out a transition into a drum solo there. And then the end of the solo would be where the Chorus coda is, kind of like the end of the drum break in Altitude Wellness. Would have made the piece a lot longer than it already is. Do you think that would be better though? Would be delighted if you did bug your alma mater percussionists to play it!

Thanks, Chris!

Thanks very much for the kind words! I’d be super grateful if you talked to your band director and played it! Thanks!

Thank you very much and sorry for the long wait! Learning the new page flip animation and other parts of the vid = time sink.

@@EricPeelMusic keep up the awesome work man

@@donaldmorgan9082 Thank you, Donald. I will.

It sounds fantastic and the animation is spot on! What editing programs did you use for the animation and audio?

@@manilapremiummusic Thank you! Video is done in After Effects and audio is done in Logic. Do you like the pano style or flip style more? Doing both has been very time consuming so I'm trying to figure what to focus on for future vids.

I think matching it to the music is best just like you did here. Both are great to watch.

@@EricPeelMusic then I'd say the classic pano style is better. the audio sounds great, really brings out the best in your compositions.

Thanks for your feedback. I’m planning to go pano style crazy with the upcoming Relationship update. Its a marimba and vibraphone duet in case you didn’t know. Gonna animate every single object independently similarly to Consumed by the Universe v2, but only about 4x crazier 😝

Thanks for sharing your experience, Kryshan! Busted wrists and all lol. Always makes my day when longtime vets come back say hi. Are you still involved with music today?

Thanks so much for playing in the past and coming back to comment today!

Thank you! Have you heard my vibraphone solo Consumed by the Universe? ua-cam.com/video/OyiUvvRaU6s/v-deo.html

Which parts are you having trouble with?

no part in particular but around the 2nd A section you're kinda playing all over the keyboard with some funky coordination stuff. I do really enjoy the arrangement overall though.

I arranged this a long time ago and some stickings and positions are awkward. I’ll be updating it eventually with everything fixed up. You said you enjoy it overall but if its not usable for you bc of the weird writing, I’m happy to refund you or offer one of my other solos for free. Just let me know. Thanks for your feedback!

Thanks for your kind words and thanks for purchasing! Good luck, have fun, send me a video please!