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FPSC Classic Models and Media / Pachelbel's Canon (free music track download)

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rolfy
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Posted: 15th Mar 2012 23:19 Edited at: 15th Mar 2012 23:28
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Pachelbel's Canon is the most famous piece of music by German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel.Like most other works by Pachelbel and other pre-1700 composers, the Canon remained forgotten for centuries and was rediscovered only in the 20th century.
Canon is a polyphonic device in which several voices play the same music, entering in sequence.

This is one of my favourite musical progressions....ever. Though I haven't used the note sequence as intended and overlayed the harmonies which should be three voices engaged in canon with ground bass as a fourth, the essence of the piece is still intact. I have instead used some heavily filtered synth sounds and a 'retro' backbeat to pull it into the twentieth century.

You may use this as you please, commercial or non-commercial use.

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Posted: 15th Mar 2012 23:59
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OK, now that's different! I was expecting maybe an upbeat, and slowly progressing alternative version of the original piece. but this is is a total remix with undertones of the original score. It reminds of of something that one might hear at a Trans Siberian Orchestra concert. Very innovative my friend. Fine work. Thank you, I like this this a lot!!

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Posted: 16th Mar 2012 00:01 Edited at: 16th Mar 2012 00:07
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Wow who's mixed this with out a sub lol that base is hard to tell whats it playing very low in the mix it needed a bit of mid range eq, hard to mix low end sine wav sub base sounds without a good sub.

The track itself is very different and wheres the classic riff you only used the chords.

Nice to offer the track for free rolfy,


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Posted: 16th Mar 2012 00:07
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Quote: "Wow who's mixed this with out a sub"

Lol, this was mixed down using that crappy Awe64 soundcard we spoke of, so ya got to give me some leeway....please I am begging you.

Thanks guy's

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I let ya off def useful and kind to give the track away for free.

Man you did a very good job if you mixed it with a awe64 soundcard lol

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Posted: 16th Mar 2012 00:25 Edited at: 16th Mar 2012 00:52
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Lol, thanks bro' I appreciate that.
These tracks are intended for film\tv and games use and far as I can tell are perfectly suitable for it, in fact I believe they are better quality than some stuff out there that passes for commercial studio recordings....so there

Quote: "The track itself is very different and wheres the classic riff you only used the chords."

You lost me with 'classic riff' the original score is merely a sequence of notes and meant for vocal. It was adapted in 1919 for violin, I used chords instead of single notes and as I said above I simply didnt layer these in different sequence as the original was intended to be.I have only ever heard one version of this and it was a full orchestral string but the formula remained the same.

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Posted: 16th Mar 2012 01:21 Edited at: 16th Mar 2012 01:27
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Maybe u need to listen to the most famous version of it for an full orchestra with the classic riff in it, i thought everyone knew the riff.

Every versions I've heard has the classic riff in it.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkSp8wc8lKw&feature=related

Sorry don't want to hijack your thread bro.

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Posted: 16th Mar 2012 01:29 Edited at: 16th Mar 2012 01:59
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Theres been many interpretations and versions of it since it was rediscovered, the version you linked to is beautiful and I thank you for pointing me to it. The additional harmonies that are not in mine(I was confused by your term 'riff' in this context)I can only say I took the root notes and used those, it was originally for only three instruments and a groundbass.
Quote: "Though I haven't used the note sequence as intended and overlayed the harmonies which should be three voices engaged in canon with ground bass as a fourth, the essence of the piece is still intact. I have instead used some heavily filtered synth sounds and a 'retro' backbeat to pull it into the twentieth century."


Its no problem bro' I believe its interesting to discuss and I did this off the top of my head from memory with no real thought to recreating it perfectly,now ya make me want to go back and add some of the stuff that should be in there.

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Posted: 16th Mar 2012 02:23 Edited at: 16th Mar 2012 02:35
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I'd love to hear what you come up with. (hint, hint).

And I need to retract my previous comparison. I found a video of transiberion orhestras' rendition of this, and was mistaken. I have several of they're albums which they have put a similar "twist" to the arangements they perform. But it was not so in they're version of this. My bad!

Regardless, I like this piece, always have, and enjoy seeing a new take on it.

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Posted: 16th Mar 2012 02:44
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Here's a 51 second clip I did with the riff so you know what part i'm tlking about.

Can't wait to hear what you come up with next.

The music sample is for an example for rofly and not a full track.

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Posted: 16th Mar 2012 02:48 Edited at: 16th Mar 2012 02:59
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Lol, I said it makes me want to go back and add some more whether I have time to is another question, not to mention since I moved here to the States I no longer have my kit.In truth the track is for folks around here to throw into their games (music of any sort is in short supply on these boards) and not for an album or whatever (I originally did this simply to do my own thing with it, nothing more), I am not trying to produce anything outstanding here, if I were to be going for perfection in both performance and production I wouldn't be releasing it for free.
Music is my hobby and art is my living, I am not upset by criticism and comments and always open to discussion.

Thanks for the sample S4

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My bad I thought you where going to go back to the song.

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Posted: 16th Mar 2012 03:14 Edited at: 16th Mar 2012 03:27
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Actually I welcome your input s4, more than you realise, there are few around who would know how to use a gate to make a snare snap or cut off those useless frequencies from the decay of a kick drum so you dont muddy your mix and leave room for other things.
I have a fairly basic understanding of music production techniques and can generally understand what your talking about, its very interesting to me to talk to someone who knows this stuff inside out and is something I miss with moving away from old friends.
I did get where your coming from with the missing harmonies and maybe I will one day get back to it and redo the whole thing, it would certainly add to the entire build up of the piece, but I need to rebuild from the ground up here before I will be able to.

Actually I am going back to what I should be working on instead of slacking off around here, I'm off to blow up some buildings for my destructive environment pack.

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Posted: 16th Mar 2012 04:22
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if you want pachebells canon
try Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Version

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Posted: 17th Mar 2012 15:48
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Check out this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by8oyJztzwo
And this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wam-oMub8EU
Both are awesome!
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