Here's something I worked on - on and off - over the past few weeks. It turns out Edvard Grieg did a composition by the very same name but I can honestly say I verified that after choosing the title. I am a bit of a classical music buff so probably saw the title somewhere, sometime. I thought if anything it might have been Tchaikovsky or Prokofiev.
These two versions are more or less the same except version 2 has a piano with 5 octaves. The joy of midi is if you want it you can usually get it.
The piece began on the free music maker LMMS, which I find inspiring—up to a point. After the initial ideas are down, I usually switch to Reaper, which is not free but has a demo version that is free for a while and keeps working even if you do not buy a license. I think most people buy a license for Reaper, as I did because it is affordable, and hey, music made with ripped-off stuff isn't going to sound good, is it?
Bad vibes all around.
With Reaper, I find it easier to fine-tune things like volume curves and note velocities. You can do that in LMMS but Reaper is super precise, stable and easier on my weary old eyes.
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