MIDI
What it is, how we use it
Here is another demo, real-time playing
of a Hammond organ with a previously created and arranged MIDI orchestral
background, this time a polka by Eric Larson. Notice in places the switching
back and forth between Hammond and MIDI, the hand-played drum track and
the realism of the trumpet solo in the bridge. This song appears here
in its entirety.
This recording shows yet another example
of the things that are possible with MIDI. Traditional Hammond organs
do not have MIDI and therefore that has to be played live in real time,
but the MIDI track was created first. In this instance, playing the Hammond
would be the same as playing in a band as far as the playing approach
is concerned. The only difference is that in this case, the "band"
was created by adding a number of MIDI tracks together, each representing
one particular instrument.
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