Chris Rutkowski, Composer/Pianist

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Here are all three movements of the Sax Concerto gathered together in one place.
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
The Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Stephen Pratt, conductor
Thomas Walsh, alto saxophone
1. Rage
2. La Luna d’Oro
3. NOLA

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Step 5: Attempt to remove the boominess of the bass drum in the original audio.
The challenge: The audio was mixed down to stereo, and thus has all the instruments on it, not just the drums. Therefore, removing the frequencies where the boom occurs in [...]

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Step 4: To add virtual instrument tracks to the pure audio in movements 2 and 3.
The Challenges:
Importing another Standard MIDI File from the score in Finale brings along with it the midi tempo commands from the Finale playback, thus nullifying all the hard work done [...]

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Step 2: Create a bar and beat timeline for the audio of each movement of the Concerto.
The Problem: Audio files in a DAW are displayed as waveforms in a timeline, which shows where audio events happen in time. If the audio is recorded [...]

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My recording of the beautiful Brazilian tune “So Many Stars” with Heather Ramsey was montaged on youtube by MELEGORM.

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From the NY Times, this video profile of the new musician. No Boundaries. For that matter, an object lesson for those studying at a high-performing liberal arts school like the College of Wooster.

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With this post, a new category is introduced in the blog that more closely reflects my technological life. For many reasons, including the tremendous power of consumer level computers and the convergence of previously distinct applications, we have reached a point where geeky code crunching has created programs with nearly infinite possibilites, which are [...]

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Along with a new fascination with multi-media, I’ve decided to more seriously pursue an independent career path. While I’ve enjoyed and greatly benefitted from being a part of academia for several years, I’ve found it difficult to include all of my activities in one job description. However, as technology has given us [...]

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