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| Image basis for original sound used in making "Strange Mood" |
The background for how my previously posted "Strange Mood" music was created is in this following sequence.
I selected an old fractal print of mine (see above) done in 2003. I do not recall the program I used for this. I selected this image not for its visual quality but for its simplicity and smooth gradations of pixels. It did have some water texturing brought in to it so it is a slightly post-processed fractal. The main point I guess is that this image was already the product of algorithms in which iterations through formulas created the source of the visual pattern. I then placed this image in the i2sm (
Image to Sweet Music) program. This freeware uses algorithms again to read in the pixels of the image to output text-based music in the midi format. I selected a non-percussion instrument to allow for smoother transitions. I brought this midi file into
Anvil Studio and set my final midi instrument choices and re-saved it as midi. I then used the '
free midi to mp3 converter' to convert the file from midi to mp3 so that it was in an actual, but condensed audio file. I then opened this mp3 file in
Paul"s Extreme Stretch and set the stretch to about 8% and saved it out to a wav file (only export format available). These are always very big so I always reconvert them back to an mp3 and erase the wav file from my hard drive to save space. But first there was some further editing to do. I opened the wav file in
Creative Wave Studio and I removed what I thought was a too extensive beginning section, I normalized the sound, and I put in an echo effect and faded it in and out. I then exported it as an mp3 as the final audio you can now hear.
Then I looked through my more current images and selected my
"Dark Mirror" image. I brought this image into Paint Shop Pro and placed the Title text on it and saved it as well. I placed both images into Windows Movie Maker as the only 2 slides of a slideshow. I brought in the final mp3 audio and put it on its track. I changed the last slide's (non-text version) timing to match with the end of the soundtrack and saved it out as a wmv file. I then uploaded this to
YouTube. Let me know if you have any questions regarding this process.