Hi all,

I have a new ambient piece of music in progress right now. The piece is
called "FMscape no.1" and is entirely composed of sounds created by a
complex frequency modulation instrument in Csound. I am hoping to get some
feedback from other computer musicians before I finish it. I am looking for
constructive criticism on the effectiveness of the piece.

In particular, I am hoping that people might comment on the following
questions that I have been asking myself:

1. Are the sounds too harsh to listen to for a long time? If so, how can
they be made more pleasant (filtering?, chorusing?, etc.) ?

2. Are the sounds and the musical materials interesting enough for a piece
that is almost 15 minutes long, or should it be shortened?

3. Do you think that it needs anything else?


An MP3 and the Csound orc/sco are available from my Yahoo Briefcase:

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/akozar@sbcglobal.net/

Click on the "Music" folder to find the files FMscape1.mp3, fmscape.orc, and
fmscape1.sco. The Csound files require version 5.01 to render because it
uses a new opcode that is only available in the latest version.

Thanks very much!

Anthony Kozar
anthonykozar AT sbcglobal DOT net