Ruined City at Dawn
BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover - MIDI files
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Music by Lucas Morris (softwareformusic.com).
Free for personal use and learning.

Key:     C minor
Tempo:   72 BPM, 4/4
Length:  8 bars (about 27 seconds)
Parts:   15 instruments (woodwinds, brass, timpani, harp and strings)

The MIDI folder has one MIDI file for each instrument. There are no
sounds in this download. The sounds come from BBC Symphony Orchestra
Discover, which you install yourself.


WHAT YOU NEED (both are free)
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1. A DAW. A DAW (digital audio workstation) is the music software you
   use to arrange, play back and record music on your computer.
   Waveform Free by Tracktion is a free one:
   https://www.tracktion.com/products/waveform-free

2. BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover by Spitfire Audio (VST3 plugin):
   https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover
   You install it with the free Spitfire Audio App. Then let your DAW
   scan for plugins so "BBC Symphony Orchestra" shows up in its list.

The guide that goes with these files explains each step:
https://softwareformusic.com/guides/use-bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover-in-waveform-free/


HOW TO USE THE FILES
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Unzip this download first. Open your DAW, load BBC Symphony Orchestra
Discover on a track for each part, and drag each MIDI file onto its
track.

A few tips:
- Set the tempo to 72 BPM before you drag in the files.
- Put each file at the very start of bar 1.
- In Discover, set MIDI CH to All.
- Wait until the small light (LED) in Discover turns solid green.
  That means the instrument has loaded.

  MIDI file               Load this in Discover    Technique
  ---------------------   ----------------------   -------------------
  02 Flutes.mid           Flutes a3                Long
  03 Oboes.mid            Oboes a3                 Long
  04 Clarinets.mid        Clarinets a3             Long
  05 Bassoons.mid         Bassoons a3              Long
  11 Horns.mid            Horns a4                 Long
  12 Trumpets.mid         Trumpets a3              Long
  13 Tenor Trombones.mid  Tenor Trombones a3       Long
  15 Tuba.mid             Tuba                     Long
  21 Timpani.mid          Percussion               Timpani
  31 Harp.mid             Harp and Celeste         Harp
  41 Violins 1.mid        Violins 1                Long
  42 Violins 2.mid        Violins 2                Long
  43 Violas.mid           Violas                   Long
  44 Celli.mid            Celli                    Long
  45 Basses.mid           Basses                   Long

Timpani is inside Discover's "Percussion" instrument, and the harp is
inside "Harp and Celeste". Load that instrument, then click the
Timpani or Harp technique.

The MIDI files also carry the volume changes (CC1 Dynamics and
CC11 Expression), so the swells play back without extra work.


ABOUT THE MUSIC
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"Ruined City at Dawn" by Lucas Morris.
Free for personal use and learning.

BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover is made by Spitfire Audio and is not
included in this download. Waveform Free is made by Tracktion.
