Film Scoring/Butchering MIDI Files/Importing Beethoven into GarageBand
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These instructions are designed for GarageBand 3 plus the sounds of a symphony orchestra.
GarageBand is easy and fast yet powerful enough to do film scoring.
Please, tell me if you find anything as good!
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Importing Beethoven into GarageBand
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Step #1
Step 1 - Locate the file on the Internet
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Screen shot of the midi web page
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Step #2
Step 2 - Drag to GarageBand
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GarageBand with the midi file
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Step #3
Step 3 - Isolate the notes
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A track can be broken into regions
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Step #4
Step 4 - Delete unwanted regions
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The same tune reduced to a few chords
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Step #5
Step 5 - Magnify the image
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Now I see the notes more clearly in GarageBand
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Step #6
Step 6 - Turn off ugly tracks
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It is much easier to see without empty tracks
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Step #7
Step 7 - Select better instruments
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I have a whole symphony orchestra to select from
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Step #8
Step 8 - The finished file
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Adjusting note levels in GarageBand
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Step #9
Step 9 - Convert to OGG
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The notes in Audacity
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Title of two box section
Listen to the music
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Listen to this
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Now to another example
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Contact your instructor
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