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Making Your MIDI Sequences Breathe
One way to make your MIDI sequences more realistic is to try to make them "breathe." By shaping your lines into phrases and adding pauses (breaths) you can achieve a more musical performance - especially if you don't record in real-time.
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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?
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