Making Your MIDI Sequences Breathe

Here are the sound and graphics files used in the demonstration on how to make your MIDI sequences sound more realistic:

Sounds

No breath, constant tempo - Hmm, 37 sec. on one breath

No breath with fermatas - 45 sec. Circular breathing?

Breath/Phrasing added - more musical? Realistic? Should the "breath" be a bit longer?

Breath, fermatas, with reverb - more realistic sound?

Graphics

Piano Roll View for first two excerpts - no breath/phrasing

Piano Roll View for last two excerpts - breaths/phrasing added

By the way, you've probably noticed that the trumpet sample used in these examples has a "warbly" vibrato. Does this vibrato make the sound more or less realistic to your ears?

Introduction to Music Technology
Fall 2007
Department of Music
School of Visual and Performing Arts
C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University
John Meschi, Instructor