Simple Gifts

Hello M.G. and Sherry,

I'm still waiting to hear Sherry's GPO orchestration of this. How's that going?

Cheers
-- Mark

Hi Sherry,

I'd be pleased to try rendering the GPO version of Simple Gifts on my machine. Just send me the GPO version of the .not file and its companion .gpo file.

It is unlikely to help to divide up the .not from 1Mb to smaller pieces. I should know more precisely, but a 1Mb .not file probably uses 1Mb to 2Mb of memory when loaded. Out of the total pool of 1.5Gb memory on your machine, that shouldn't be an issue. You can use tools to know whether memory is an issue. Or, listen to you hard disk to hear whether it's swapping pages of virtual memory in and out.

Cheers
-- Mark

Hi Sherry and Mark,

Wow, GPO sounds very complex...and as if something of a super computer is needed to use it as GP "Orchestra."

Sherry, I usually do as you do when I record. I even leave enough silence before the music starts to minimize everything, even the program I use to record. Since Total Recorder has an option to shut out system sounds, I don't often have problems with random noise or slowdowns unless I'm connected to my ISP, even with other programs running, for some reason. But the only safe way is with nothing but the desktop showing and even the av disabled.

I've listened to examples from the GPO site, and it sounds worth saving up for, but on a computer with 256K memory, operating at 1.2ghz (if that's the term), I don't know. So my interest extends beyond "Simple Gifts."

all best,
mgj

Hi,

Since this had to be broken up into three pieces because of the Soundclick size limits, I have uploaded it to Z-Share. It can't be streamed from there, but can be downloaded and played in whatever player you use.

The download should start if you enter:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/1432969698ac3475/

The shound quality should be a bit better than that of the Soundclick recordings.

all best,
mgj