Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

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Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#1 Post by Javier » Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:20 am

Hi,

The idea of writing and recording music inspired on the micro world is growing on me. I had this humble but nice video of a dancing ciliate that suddenly moves back and forward in such a gentle way, that I decided to write a Waltz in a jazzy style. I would appreciate it if you help me to identify this ciliate, to give the music its final name.

My equipment is the usual, Amscope b120 and iPhone 5s. I made a two guitars line recording with an Epiphone Joe Pass ii.

Hope you like it and please feel free to make any suggestion about the project!

Javier.

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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#2 Post by Bruce Taylor » Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:46 am

Wow, great work on the music. Really lovely.

The ciliate is Holophrya teres.

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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#3 Post by Javier » Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:01 pm

Many thanks, Bruce, for your kind words and your expertise.

Love your site!

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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#4 Post by smollerthings » Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:05 pm

Very nice blend of beautiful music (so impressive! Are you a pro composer?)
I am impressed by the quality of the video. I can't quite achieve it with my Iphone 7

The whole thing is just lovely

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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#5 Post by Javier » Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:00 pm

smollerthings wrote:
Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:05 pm
Very nice blend of beautiful music (so impressive! Are you a pro composer?)
I am impressed by the quality of the video. I can't quite achieve it with my Iphone 7

The whole thing is just lovely
Thank you so much. If by a pro you mean that anyone will pay me money for my music, I'm certainly not :lol:

I did study music as a career, and play and teach music for a living.

Regarding the quality of the video, I have mixed feelings... I don't find it great but it is nice what an entry-level setup can deliver. My afocal imaging is kind of random, lots of discards videos to get a decent scene. I'm always trying to get better at slide preparation, which plays a huge role in the outcome.

I saw some of your videos, you are doing great!

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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#6 Post by smollerthings » Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:10 pm

Always amazed by composers...

I don't know if you have an app that can access the camera's manual settings on the IPhone (I am using Yamera). Also, I discovered recently there is an iphone version of iMovie. Pretty cool for some fast editing.

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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#7 Post by Javier » Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:03 pm

Thanks for the advice on those apps, I might give it a go!

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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#8 Post by microplan » Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:33 am

Hello
Great job with this music.
In my opinion, it captures the mood and is well synchronized with the movement.
Once upon a time, there was a participant on a Polish forum who also created music for his films.
And when it comes to the quality of your video made with a smartphone, I am impressed.
It reproduces colors nicely.
My camera lags far behind. :cry:

regards
m.

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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#9 Post by Javier » Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:34 pm

microplan wrote:
Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:33 am
Hello
Great job with this music.
In my opinion, it captures the mood and is well synchronized with the movement.
Once upon a time, there was a participant on a Polish forum who also created music for his films.
And when it comes to the quality of your video made with a smartphone, I am impressed.
It reproduces colors nicely.
My camera lags far behind. :cry:

regards
m.
Thanks, Microplan. I would like to watch those works from that participant, if possible.

The phone washes out the colors when recording videos. Not happy with the outcome of the videos, a few months ago I started to recover those colors by software simple working on the color saturation. FWIW, I'm attaching a frame from the original video and a frame from the edited video.
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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#10 Post by Javier » Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:35 pm

I forgot to mention that, of course, chromatic aberration becomes also more evident...

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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#11 Post by smollerthings » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:31 am

Javier wrote:
Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:03 pm
Thanks for the advice on those apps, I might give it a go!
By the way, do you crop when you film or is your eye piece such that you don't have to?

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Re: Micro Music 3: Ciliate Waltz

#12 Post by Javier » Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:41 pm

smollerthings wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:31 am
Javier wrote:
Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:03 pm
Thanks for the advice on those apps, I might give it a go!
By the way, do you crop when you film or is your eye piece such that you don't have to?
I use digital zoom to avoid vignetting. It's not ideal, but a compromise of my current setup.

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