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xevParticipant
Hi!
I have been finishing a few piano only tracks that I made a while ago for fun. I am not a pianist and a lot of the notes are programmed, not played. I am in the process of humanising them as much as possible, varying velocity, and timing.
My question is regarding slow downs/pauses (holds?) – don’t know the proper english word sorry.
Usually I use a click track for everything but in this case it sounds to me like the music would benefit a lot from little tempo changes and pauses, to make it feel more natural and try to mimic what a real pianist would play like.
Is this ok with library music? Or do most of them want music that sticks to the click to make editing easier? I would like to know your opinion before I do all this work 🙂
Thanks!
BEATSLINGERParticipantI have done this a good number of times.
Here is what “I did”
Had enough of both parts to complete just about any types of Cue/Edit/Scene, etc. First part would be my main composition (somewhere around 90 seconds to 2 minutes)
Then “I would place a clear/clean break” (Shortening the reverb so there’s not a long pause between the components)
and then doing the tempo change for about another minute.
“Normally” the no-no would be going up a 1/2 step/whole step, or key changes..
abby mettryGuestI would definitely add some ‘pauses’ and ‘breaths’ otherwise it sounds robotic. My experience has been that libraries want it to sound natural.
MichaelLParticipantHi XEV,
Does your DAW have a “tap tempo” or similar feature that will allow you to “conduct” the tempo?
If so, use it to create a rubato feeling that will give your tracks a more expressive feeling.xevParticipantThanks for the replies,
Yes, I know how to do tempo variations in my DAW, I was just wondering if it would be annoying for editors to have the tempo fluctuate. Good to know it’s not!
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