AWE Stars Creative

Timo Raita

I'm an 18-year old student from Helsinki, the capital of Finland. I'm studying in the Helsinki Institute of Technology's Department of Electrical Engineering. I have always been interested in music. I have played the electric organ nearly my whole life, and with the AWE for a bit more than a year. The first time I heard about the AWE32 was in Spring 1995, when one of my friends had just changed his SB16 to an AWE. When I asked him why he changed it, he said, "Because it's better." So I asked what makes it better. He answered, "I don't know." Then I tested it and found out that he had purchased the world's best synthesizer (He doesn't understand anything about music!)! Of course, I had to get it too, so I went to a computer store and purchased an AWE and a midi-controller keyboard. I have made many arrangements and compositions with my AWE since.

E-mu's new 2MB General MIDI soundbank 2MBGMGS.SF2 is recommended for playing back the following music. You can download this free from Creative Connection goodies page.

Small Planet (480K 3:42 m/s)
If we have a band that contains piano, drums, bass, electric piano, guitar and electric organ or something like that, we can play some Jazz. But now we don't need the band, because if we replace it with AWE32 we will get much better result. This is an introduction of a previously unknown small planet. Listen to it!
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Long Night (456K 3:08 m/s)
This is a slow 16-beat track. It is a musical illustration of Finland's long, dark and cold winter nights.
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Five Goodies (455K 3:42 m/s)
Here I have composed more Jazz. This "Jazz-band" differs from the previous one in that the electric bass has been replaced with acoustics, and the electric piano with saxophone. This composition is timed in 5/4 beats.
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Be sure to load all SoundFont banks into user bank 1 via the AWE32 Control Panel.
Look here for instructions on how to load SoundFonts.

Click PREVIEW to play back a segment of the composition in RealAudio 3.0

Click DOWNLOAD to download the composition.

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The above MIDI files are uploaded by a third party who has indicated that he or she has the right to do so. They have not been reviewed in any manner by Creative -- either for performance, for intellectual property rights issues, or for the lack of viruses. These files consist of songs that we are informed are completely original compositions by the following person. Creative Technology Ltd makes no representation or warranty as to the copyright or other intellectual property rights with respect to such user up-loaded files. Creative shall not be liable for damages of any kind relating to such rights. By opening and/or copying or using these files, you agree to the waiver of any liabilty relating thereto by Creative. For more information on these MIDI files, please write to the following email address.

Timo : traita@maanantai.hit.fi

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