GabrieliProject Play or download the file
One of the joys of being a brass player was being able to play in a brass choir – a small group covering the range of brass instruments from trumpet to tuba. My favorite composer of music for brass choir was always Giovanni Gabrieli. But alas it’s difficult to find opportunities to play this type of music if you’re not a full-time musician or associated with a college music program. I decided to try an experiment and use the EVI to record a couple of phrases from a favorite Gabrieli piece.
In this case, the music was written for a double choir.
Choir 1: 2 Trumpets, French Horn, Trombone
Choir 2: 2 Trumpets, Trombone, Tuba
I wanted to keep the feel as “live” as I could so I set a goal to record all eight parts within an hour. This was a little ambitious, but I did manage to get all parts recorded within 90 minutes. I spent another 30 minutes mixing the tracks and decided to add a cathedral-style reverb. The recording isn’t perfect (like a live performance) but I’m encouraged and plan to go back and record the entire piece.
I hope you like it. Comments welcome.
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Beautiful!!!! I would like to know more about how you actually recorded it??? equipment etc and the interface between the EWI and the recording process, was this an WX5 you used??? Great sonority and reverb!!!!!
Charles
Thanks for the comments/questions.
I sent the output of the VL70m through a Metric Halo 2882 firewire audio interface to my MacBook Pro running Ableton Live. I captured each instrument in an individual session clip in Live. Then I added little bit of cathedral-style reverb in Live.
I play a MIDI EVI which is a trumpet version of the EWI – it’s a bit more of a rare windcontoller than the woodwind style controllers.
http://3loops.com/blog/evi