"piano key effects" in AMVs

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:16 pm

Ashyukun wrote:
FurryCurry wrote: Saxaphone keys!!!!1!1!
Those don't worry me. It's when people start looking at trombones that I'll get worried...

Valve or slide?

Ashyukun · Post by **Ashyukun** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:49 pm

trythil wrote:Valve or slide?

My preference is valve, but then I'm more of a baritone player than a trombone player (thought I can play both). But you can really scream on a V-bone, and get a much sharper tone than any marching baritone. Plus it confuses the hell out of most people when they see it, which scores it bonus points in my book.

But for the effects- slide, definitely. 8)

Quu · Post by **Quu** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:08 pm

Band Geeks ^_^

fo course... i doubt a piano would make it into a marching band...

Ashyukun · Post by **Ashyukun** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:11 pm

Quu wrote:Band Geeks ^_^

fo course... i doubt a piano would make it into a marching band...

No... though I think I have seen bands march electric keyboards before with small amps. Normally they're just used in a pit for a field show, though.

mckeed · Post by **mckeed** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 6:56 pm

Yes, it seems piano key effects are being used alot. I am guilty of doing it as well. But i made a conscious decision to not match key strokes as I had access to the necessary equipment, just thought that the randomness was what suited the particular part. Oh well, guess you can't please everyone.

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 8:56 pm

Quu wrote:This has a dual purpose... teasing dwchang

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Totally not the thing to read after my shitty and long day at work (which you probably read about elsewhere).

DAMN THAT VIDEO! DAMN IT TO HELL!

AND DAMN TRYTHIL TOO!

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 3:31 am

FurryCurry wrote:
Tab. wrote:did he actually match the keys with the notes
Yes, he did!

Actually he didn't.

Well... he wanted to, but (as any pianist would be able to spot right away) the song uses plenty of black keys which just aren't as aetshetically pleasing for the concept. He did look up the real notes but fudged it to make it simpler to watch, which is fine - just don't go using the video to try and play the song

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 1:05 pm

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:
FurryCurry wrote:
Tab. wrote:did he actually match the keys with the notes
Yes, he did!
Actually he didn't.

Well... he wanted to, but (as any pianist would be able to spot right away) the song uses plenty of black keys which just aren't as aetshetically pleasing for the concept. He did look up the real notes but fudged it to make it simpler to watch, which is fine - just don't go using the video to try and play the song

Ian's right. I've taken piano for years (well as a child) and right off the bat I knew that. Doesn't subtract from the concept though.

Small tidbit on my own video. Within "Evolution" the keys I displayed and their relative locations I used are accurate notes. I played the beginning melody on a keyboard and assuming the key of C, and that the first note's location is the C above middle C, all the remaining notes are accurate.

In conclusion, I am a big dork.

Ashyukun · Post by **Ashyukun** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 1:30 pm

dwchang wrote:Ian's right. I've taken piano for years (well as a child) and right off the bat I knew that. Doesn't subtract from the concept though.

Yup. It's still one of my favorite effects.

Small tidbit on my own video. Within "Evolution" the keys I displayed and their relative locations I used are accurate notes. I played the beginning melody on a keyboard and assuming the key of C, and that the first note's location is the C above middle C, all the remaining notes are accurate.

In conclusion, I am a big dork.

... but we already knew that.

(that is rather neat though, I hadn't noticed that)

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 1:59 pm

Ashyukun wrote:(that is rather neat though, I hadn't noticed that)

Yup, if you have a keyboard, start at the C above middle C and follow the locations within the video and you too can play the melody of Ayumi's "Evolution"...and be a dork too.