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Old 08-15-2020, 08:38 AM   #223
Galadriel55
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Originally Posted by Huinesoron View Post
4/ YES YES DUET PLEASE. Ahem. Sorry, but I vastly prefer that version. ^_^ I've got the pictures all ready for it and all.
Seems like we like the same things. I just don't like how Galadriel sings in that one. She ad a clear and beautiful voice - maybe not how I imagine Galadriel, but still very beautiful - but she sings so robotically, like one of those robot book-reading programs. I am not sure if you can tell without knowing what she is singing in Russian, but that's what it sounds like. I was actually basing a lot of the music off her, but went with the blonde Galadriel for style. Anyways - DUET IT IS! :-D That's how I imagine the ending done too.

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Originally Posted by Hui
I've thrown together a first pass of the graphics; because I'm splicing a music+vocals to a music-alone, the sound is a little jagged in places; when it's all finished I know you'll send a bare vocals, so this is just a 'progress problem'. (Having this will make it much easier to synch the vocals up, so it's also a Progress Solution!) I managed to get rid of one of the Windows pings, but the other was on a key beat so I had to leave it.
That looks absolutely amazing!!! Seriously. It is so good. I love the gradual apparitions.

The splicing actually might be a nice solution actually. I should do a "full piece plus bare vocals" for the future too, maybe. Also probably easier with Galadriel because her "Tell" always falls on the downbeat, no shifts or delays or fancy stuff on the first beat.

The Windows pings will go away when I finish the music and record the final thing. I will make sure my computer doesn't interrupt.

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Originally Posted by Hui
The intro is currently mostly just a static slide. My plan is to run through all of the primary backgrounds for the later songs, as I've done with the Dungeon and Doriath. By the time you finish up the music & vocals I should hopefully have three more (I'm using very similar arches for the Ballad to Amarie and the two halves of Heart, and have them sketched already), so I can fill it out to look 'sparse but decent'. Then when the likes of Nargothrond, Tol Sirion, and Amarie's forest are done, I'll add them in.

On which one question: my thought is to add them in reverse, so it's sort of like we're rewinding through the story. I could also run them forwards instead; any preference?
I like in reverse! Keep it. I love the idea of running through backgrounds for the intro. It's very fitting.

One point though - in the last stanzas, the devices end up blocking the appearance of Sirion and Tol Sirion. I am not sure how to fix the Loyalty stanza, but what if for Death, which has a longer and dark-ish interlude, Tol Sirion with its shadow would appear before the stanza starts? And Sauron completes the picture when the words begin? On the flip hand, though, it would lose the appearance on "shadows"...
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