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[Pokemon Trading Card Game]

mpgiii's Piano Arrangements

Hello! I'm Michael, and I'm an amateur arranger and transcriber. I have been transcribing off and on since jazz band in high school. I have created few piano sheets but I am excited to make more!

I am looking for feedback on any of my stuff -- I am new to this but would love to be able to contribute to the site one day.

I use MuseScore currently. I know the site takes the Finale format, so if anyone could help me learn how to convert my MuseScore stuff to Finale that would be awesome. I am too used to the MuseScore UI at this point to really consider switching over, but for tasks like conversion I imagine it would be good to have a general overview knowledge of Finale

I'm currently working on transcribing the Pokemon Trading Card Game soundtrack for Game Boy -- it's a game that doesn't get a lot of love/attention but it is super nostalgic for me so it's a fun challenge.

Pokemon Trading Card Game [GB]

Duel		MSCZ		MUSICXML		MIDI		PDF		Original
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Let me know if you have any feedback for me! I can also be reached on Discord -- mpgiii#0001 rice purity

Hi Michael! Your passion for arranging and transcribing music is inspiring! It's great to hear you're working on the Pokémon Trading Card Game soundtrack—such a nostalgic choice! For converting MuseScore files to Finale, you might want to check out the MusicXML export option in MuseScore, which Finale can import. Keep up the great work, and I look forward to seeing your contributions!

So, one day I was just planned bored and wanted to make something. So I made a piano soundfont. You can say that there's plenty out there already, but the thing is, most of the free ones out there just aren't that good, either the sample quality, or how many samples there are for the entire piano. You couldn't say anything better for this soundfont, but at least it's my first attempt at making one. I recorded the Weinbach Upright I have in my bedroom with amateur equipment as well (considering I don't have any microphones at all) I just recorded it through a laptop in the Audacity program. It took around 2 hours to record all the keys. The final product won't actually have all the keys...as I found that I set the input volume a bit high so some keys just produce earrapish sounds. But still it has over 70 good samples and they're in WAV, 32 bit standard float, 1411 kbps at a sample rate of 44100 kHz, which is quite decent. In the audio editing process, I actually made the samples into two different sets, one made to sound more like a concert hall and another like...a bedroom/studio/small room. I'm at the final stages in assembling the samples together but so far I have to say it sounds pretty nice. Much nicer than Microsoft GS Synth (obviously) and many other GM soundfont out there (as the number of samples for the piano instrument tend to be quite low). You can hear some demos below:

Concert Grand Edition: http://kuribo64.net/get.php?id=VilSNCCZuJHZQwga
Studio Grand Edition: http://kuribo64.net/get.php?id=81TSajg918hliajX

EDIT: It's done! Download here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jRPzv9-s2KI rice purity test

That's impressive! It's great to see your passion for creating a unique piano soundfont. Recording with what you had and achieving over 70 good samples is no small feat. I can't wait to check out the demos! Well done!