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226613
Level 21 Mixist
luna197
 
 
 
this is my improvisation hat
 
 
226618
Level 22 Chipist
SRB2er
 
 
 
post #226618 :: 2025.11.01 4:51am
  
  retrokid104, cabbage drop, RevvoBolt, tennisers, Jakerson and Surfcroc liēkd this
i made this comment up on the spot, do i get a prize?

no?

:C
 
 
226619
Level 20 Mixist
Luigi64
 
 
 
post #226619 :: 2025.11.01 5:06am
  
  qjesse, cabbage drop and Jakerson liēkd this
hey guys how do i do epic jazz stuff on the pianer help me now thank please
 
 
226620
Level 28 Chipist
Jakerson
 
 
 
post #226620 :: 2025.11.01 5:28am
  
  OminPigeonMaster, cabbage drop, SRB2er and kaizokuFish liēkd this
OMINPIGEONMASTER HOSTING A MAJOR IN 2025? CRAAAAAZY STUFF
 
 
226621
Level 17 Mixist
kaizokuFish
 
 
 
post #226621 :: 2025.11.01 6:57am :: edit 2025.11.01 7:01am
  
  LagMage, cabbage drop, retrokid104, luna197 and Jakerson liēkd this
waow this is cool I like to improvise (maybe too much)

how heavily improvised does it need to be?
right now I assume the rules are similar to liveplay, as the entry is fine as long as one element or track of it is improvised?

I mean, the more improvisation the better ofc, but it may be helpful to define some sort of minimal legal entry for this

so many ways to go about this EXCITING!!!
 
 
226622
Level 21 Mixist
luna197
 
 
 
post #226622 :: 2025.11.01 7:22am
  
  cabbage drop and kaizokuFish liēkd this
agree with kaizokufish. i wanna know what ideas of mine will work or not
 
 
226623
Level 20 Chipist
retrokid104
 
 
 
post #226623 :: 2025.11.01 8:01am :: edit 2025.11.01 8:22am
  
  cabbage drop liēkd this
this is neat! however, i think something like liveplay might have been a better format?

edit: oops! guess it was a technical error on the hosting side. fun times await!
 
 
226624
Level 20 Chipist
Stupe
 
 
 
post #226624 :: 2025.11.01 10:33am
  
  Connor Baxter, cabbage drop and Prestune liēkd this
oh shit instrument gang we out here
 
 
226628
Level 29 Chipist
Jangler
 
 
 
post #226628 :: 2025.11.01 1:17pm
  
  luna197, cabbage drop, agargara, Opilion and kaizokuFish liēkd this
re: "how heavily improvised does it need to be?", the rules say "heavily improvised or at least predominantly focused on improvisation" and i don't think we can really be more specific than that - if it's in a gray area, the voters will have to decide individually for themselves, similar to other format/bitpack boundaries. i do think that if you have track elements which are not improvised then you should make a note of them in your entry description
 
 
226633
Level 22 Mixist
dobra
 
 
 
post #226633 :: 2025.11.01 3:36pm
  
  cabbage drop liēkd this
common liveplayz W
 
 
226635
Level 14 Mixist
Kalowe
 
 
post #226635 :: 2025.11.01 4:15pm
  
  cabbage drop liēkd this
I can really only improvise on one instrument, but I'll try to get something!
 
 
226654
Level 20 Chipist
retrokid104
 
 
 
post #226654 :: 2025.11.01 8:14pm
  
  Connor Baxter, cabbage drop and Prestune liēkd this
argh, if only there were more botbrs in my area... doing a full jazz band would be awesome
 
 
226655
Level 25 Chipist
arceus413
 
 
 
post #226655 :: 2025.11.01 8:54pm
i hope i can bash my computer keyboard to get last place
 
 
226658
Level 20 Mixist
Luigi64
 
 
 
post #226658 :: 2025.11.02 1:38am
not if I bash in your cranium first...haha just kidding...unless?
 
 
226716
Level 15 Chipist
Connor Baxter
 
 
post #226716 :: 2025.11.03 2:36am
  
  Prestune and retrokid104 liēkd this
@Retrokid104 Great idea!

I wonder if you could mimic this, by doing something silly like, you do a one take improvising thing, then send it over online to another person, they try and do one take of improvising with it etc? if this sounds like something that's reasonable and you'd like to collab, hit me up on discord! (my jazz is wonky as hell, but down to clown!)
 
 
226718
Level 6 Playa
GreatAchievement
 
 
post #226718 :: 2025.11.03 4:23am
Are we meant to only use first recordings of improvisations or can we re-record an improvisation with a cleaner performance
 
 
226722
Level 31 Chipist
damifortune
 
 
 
post #226722 :: 2025.11.03 8:53am :: edit 2025.11.03 8:53am
  
  kaizokuFish, icrawfish and Connor Baxter liēkd this
I don't think re-recording the same thing is still improvisation personally, the spontaneity is the point. not sure if that's what you mean; I'm reading that as trying to play the same thing you played before.

recording a second improv take that launches from a similar theme though I would say is on the right side of the line, I just think it needs to be distant from "I'm deliberately trying to do what I did in the last recording"
 
 
226741
Level 13 Pixelist
treasurehead
 
 
post #226741 :: 2025.11.03 9:59pm :: edit 2025.11.03 10:02pm
what's the ruling on a mostly pre-composed "base" (chords, bass, drums, my rhythm section of sorts) with prominently featured soloing?

edit: just read further into jangler's post, i suppose i have my answer
 
 
226910
Level 23 Chipist
icrawfish
 
 
 
post #226910 :: 2025.11.07 1:24pm
  
  fortuna0800 and kaizokuFish liēkd this
Need to figure out the right converter cable to use to upload my stream of conscious into midi format on the spot, would go a long way towards getting my spontaneous ideas out without loss of authentic improvisation value.
 
 
226930
Level 15 Chipist
Connor Baxter
 
 
post #226930 :: 2025.11.08 10:39am
@Icrawfish What equipment are you using/ hoping to use? if you have a keyboard with usb input, you can hopefully run it into a DAW software and use it as a midi keyboard to record it that way? both getting sound and Midi note input?
 
 
226940
Level 23 Chipist
Opilion
 
 
 
post #226940 :: 2025.11.08 4:43pm
  
  Connor Baxter and fortuna0800 liēkd this
I just found this VST plugin to send midi cc messages using your mouse, this can be pretty handy for people like me who don't have a sophisticated midi keyboard with modulation wheels!
https://github.com/whoadrian/MidiPad

Note: it also works on linux if you compile it from source
 
 
226946
Level 23 Chipist
icrawfish
 
 
 
post #226946 :: 2025.11.08 8:48pm
  
  Connor Baxter liēkd this
@Connor Baxter I mostly said that to joke about plugging a chord into my skull, but I would genuinely like to set things up so that my basic yamaha keyboard can play midi into my daw, and even more so see if it's possible to get my EWI to behave as a midi controller, since that'd really open the door on freestyling without disturbing the apartment neighbors.
 
 
226952
Level 6 Playa
GreatAchievement
 
 
post #226952 :: 2025.11.09 2:43am
Forgive me for not believing what you speak on behalf of a self-described "sworn nemesis" of yours, but I do eagerly await OminPigeonMaster's take on my question. Your enthusiasm has not gone unappreciated.

If hearing the sludge and the slop of the moment of creation cannot be dispensed with, then by all means, #nofilter
 
 
227002
Level 15 Chipist
Connor Baxter
 
 
post #227002 :: 2025.11.10 4:20am
Those EWi's look so fun, hope you can get it working nicely soon!!
 
 
227005
Level 25 Chipist
Flaminglog
 
 
 
post #227005 :: 2025.11.10 5:47am
  
  mirageofher and OminPigeonMaster liēkd this
I took like four takes before I landed on one I liked, and I had some ideas as a launching off point

I think the best way to do it is to just keep scrapping takes and trying stuff until you play something you like
 
 
227038
Level 30 Chipist
OminPigeonMaster
 
 
 
post #227038 :: 2025.11.10 5:11pm
  
  Flaminglog, mirageofher and Mugo liēkd this
That's a very good question Great Achievement. So good that it took me a century to respond apparently.
On this matter, I am of the same mind I think as Damifortune (nemesis of my great pigeon empire as they are) and Flaminglog.
I'd have to say that if you copied your improv from a previous take, then it would no longer be improv. Drawing from it to a degree I think is alright, but the exercise is largely about spontaneous work.
I'll try and clarify better, if that's still a bit too vague. Hoping I understood the question correctly.
 
 
227066
Level 4 XHBist
ratpunk
 
 
post #227066 :: 2025.11.11 10:43am :: edit 2025.11.11 10:48am
  
  OminPigeonMaster and Flaminglog liēkd this
the moment i get out of the hospital (im fine, its a psych ward) ill submit something, but rn hipaa says no

ill try to make it really really long but as good as i can i promise
 
 
227465
Level 26 Mixist
A-zu-ra
 
 
 
post #227465 :: 2025.11.20 9:26pm
I've been waiting for this moment (`・ω・´)
 
 

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