In this stressful time, we all need some help attaining inner peace. I’ve been enjoying listening to and thinking about the prelude to Bach’s Violin Partita Number 3 in E major as played by Hopkinson Smith.
Beautiful though this is, it’s also a lot of information packed into a small space. I thought it might be more relaxing if it was slower. And that it might be a lot more relaxing if it was a lot slower. So I used Ableton Live to stretch it out as slow as I possibly could.
I already had the performance all warped out and aligned to the MIDI file for remixing and teaching purposes.
https://soundcloud.com/ethanhein/bach-violin-partita-in-e-major-prelude-hopkinson-smith-freaks-mix
I slowed the tempo of the audio down as far as Ableton would let me using the Texture warp mode. Then I duplicated the audio and pitched the copy down an octave. I also put a pad sound on the MIDI file. Finally, I added some filter sweeping, delay, and reverb. Download the result here and enjoy.
Wow, what a journey! Thank you.