Jerry Gerber

Thanks for watching Lee!

Hi Glenn, Cakewalk has an articulation screen that I never have used, it doesn't make sense based on the way I work. I didn't comment on key switches because I use them rarely, only when working with one of the vocal sample libraries I have. As far as the way use articulations, I have a dedicated computer for my VSL library, it can hold a huge amount of samples in RAM so whenever I need a new articulation i just call it up using cc22 and cc33. When I want to change, for example, a crescendo to a decrescendo, I use cc44. Control changes work well for me, so I use them extensively. Or when I want to go from a col legno to a normal pizz, I call up that articulation using CCs. In the article in SoundBytes that you mentioned that image of the CW event list displays what I am talking about. The more detail you put into your sequence, the better the music will sound. Velocity changes, articulation changes, attack and release times, tempos, cc11 and cc7--the more of these MIDI commands you use, the more expressive, intentional and nuanced the music will sound. Remember, too, there's no one right approach to working with music technology. For me the most important thing are results, . For every technique I use to create my recordings, another composer may use a different technique to achieve the same thing. That speaks to the incredible flexibility of software. Thanks for commenting Glenn! Jerry

I made some improvements to the video and timing. Here's the newest version... https://www.jerrygerber.com/video/Creation.mp4

I hope this article on MIDI sequencing gives some insight and tips on how to improve your virtual orchestrations: READ Jerry

Thanks Bjorn and Larry for watching/listening. Much appreciated! Jerry

Thanks KSband!

Thanks Nigel & Andy for watching! Jerry

Hi Tom, Some were shot from my backyard in San Francisco, but some were shot under a dark sky in Northern California, about 3.5 hours north of where I live... Thanks for watching! Jerry

Enjoy! https://www.jerrygerber.com/video/Creation.mp4

I'm pleased you heard it that way Larry, for that was my intention. Thanks for listening. Jerry

You're reading too much right-wing propaganda! California is an amazingly diverse and beautiful state. The state has billions of dollars in budget surplus. It has some of the most progressive laws in the country in terms of pollution, climate change and keeping guns out of the hands of insane people. It's also got tremendous natural beauty--incomparable Redwood forests, many state and national parks, a large, diverse and well-educated population, particularly in the coastal cities, and is abundant in creative energy in the arts, sciences and technology. Does it have problems? Of course it does, like every other state in the nation there are criminals, defectives, sociopaths, ill-informed, mis-informed ignoramuses walking around. We've got our share of hate-groups, homophobics, racists and other scapegoating malcontents, but that's true throughout the country. ?

If you live in or near San Francisco, California, this might be of interest to you: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-bhzqsmbw/events/294730377

Hi Ross, Those are the Vienna Symphonic Library Solo Strings.. Jerry

Thanks EnglandBross, Wookiee, & Bjoprnpdx for listening! Jerry

This track is the adagio for the new quartet I'm composing.. PLAY

This is a work-in-progress. Produced with the Vienna Symphonic Library Solo String collection. PLAY

This new work is produced with the Vienna Symphonic Library solo string collection. It's a work in progress... PLAY

Thanks again for listening Tom!

Thanks FreeEarCandy!

Thanks Larry!

I'm posting my entire 12th symphony for your enjoyment. I also want to say that I began using Cakewalk around 1990, so that's about 33 years ago. I love it now more than ever (is it weird to love a software program? (probably ☺️!). In any event, CW is an incredible work of art and science, so thank you to all the people who develop, manage, fix bugs and market this wonderful music software! This work was completed in October of 2022. I 10:03 II 5:56 III 6:25 IV 8:38 Composed for VSL Orchestral Cube and various softsynths. The 4th movement was recently accepted into the 2023 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (festival has time constraints so I couldn’t submit entire work). PLAY

Oops, you're right. I moved it over there...

Moved bug report to :

Yeah, it's no doubt miraculous that we've evolved eyes, ears and mind so that we can peer into the depths of the cosmos and try to understand what it's all about. A galaxy is essentially a configuration of hundreds of billions, or trillions of stars (suns) with each sun most likely having one or more planets in orbit around it. The closest galaxy to our own Milky Way is about 2.5 million light-years away, so if traveling at the speed of light (about 186,000 miles per second), it would take 2.5 million years to get there. That's far, but from a cosmic perspective it's not far at all. How miraculous is that! The nebula are basically star-nurseries, the hydrogen gases (emission nebula hydrogen glows red in visible light) coalesce because gravity pulls the gases together eventually getting hot enough so a nuclear fusion process begins, fusing hydrogen into helium. When this occurs, a new sun comes into being. Our own sun had a similar beginning some 6 billion years ago. Perhaps the entire reason the universe exists is for intelligent beings to evolve, learn, love and appreciate the experience. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Hi Bjorn, The voices were all from various sample libraries I was using in 2011, when I produced the music. I'm not sure which ones I was using back then... Glad you enjoyed it! Jerry