10-30-2017, 07:58 PM
(10-30-2017, 02:30 AM)Paul Battersby Wrote: If you're using MIDI, you could record with the metronome anyway and after everything is recorded, use tempo automation (assuming your DAW supports that) to dynamically alter the tempo whenever you want.
Hmm I originally rejected that idea kind of, for being still to mechanical....buuut, maybe I should try mapping out some classical recordings with tempo maps and see how they behave and use that in my own music.
(10-30-2017, 04:49 AM)Samulis Wrote: I've also found it's easier if you're working live with multiple musicians in person too.
Here's a track I did without a metronome, all "free improv" (no specific rules, or pre-written material)-
https://instaud.io/private/d6de98a22fb64...5bdc7d4ad4
The emulating of the live feel is excactly what I'm going for. I feel like there, people also use a lot of visual cues, especially for interwoven melodies, can only do so much of that in DAW. You're piece actually kind of showcases the advantges of music without a metronome, the pulse is just way more varied, free and relaxes. It doesn't feel as "caged" and everything gets as much time as it needs, hard to express that in strict metronom counts.
