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Hi J&B. Once again, you and Peter have shown us all how 'the blues' is done. What an introduction! And when Janice started singing, floyd's comment from a decade or more ago sprang into my mind.... "Janice could sing the phonebook" and if she did, I would still hang on to every syllable. It is easy to hear that this genre is home-base for you all. Everything about this radiates expertise, enjoyment and sincerity... and then some. I thoroughly enjoyed listening and letting your musical journey lead me along. --Noel
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"So maybe it would be a useful exercise to start with the rendered stereo mixes pre-mastering and treat them how you suggested." Try it, you may like it better in the long run. Otherwise you may tend to ruin the dynamics of the collective whole. Beethoven didn't make everything ff for a reason <grin> /neither did Bob Ludwig or many others ...  //again, this is just my opinion, take it for what it's worth, or however many grains of salt may suit your taste /// there is a difference between mastering a single and mastering a CD
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Dave, You, Chris and Marty have done it again. This is outstanding. Great song writing, funky bass line, excellent guitar tracks, excellent vocals, and all wrapped up in a first-class production. In addition, that groove is superb! Another brilliant remix. I really enjoyed listening and watching. --Noel
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Hi Torrey. What a fantastic song! From start to finish this is professional. Your song songwriting, arranging and producing shine brightly. Those opening two lines of the chorus, "The heart of the problem is the problem of the heart," really captured my imagination. These are not only powerful lyrics because of the very clever word-play, they are also powerful because they resonate with one of Life's universal truths. This song is yet another very impressive musical creation. I really enjoyed listening. --Noel Thank you Noel for all those encouraging words! I always appreciate your supportive comments! TB
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Very cool song, Vic. Love the arrangement and your breezy vocals. Delicious hooks. Very fun and relatable. +1 on the vocal reverb. Maybe a delay would reflect a "lost in space" narrator as well? LOVE your song!
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Scott, That is so very appreciated by both of us. Thank you! Bob
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Ha! Too cool for school. Side splitting write. SUPER vocals and a SUPERB guitar part from Dave. Crisp BiaB backing track. What's NOT to like? Nuthin' is the correct answer. "Who's Alice?!" Ha HA! Totally relate to how you've grown through this forum's interactions.
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Another great outing from our resident poet laureate. The story is as real as it gets. You have been expanding your instrumentation arrangements. This is a gem.
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Danger Danger fellow forum friends this is an outstanding song. Vic this doesn't sound like it is out of your comfort zone. This sounds like you have been playing this style of music for years. Great vocal and mix Loved it
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Bob, an oldie but a goodie that I not only know but played a number of times. This is a fantastic version. Great vocal and scat. Super harmonica lead. Loved that walking bass. A fantastic cover.
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This is how I feel when I'm in nature or watching a bee collect nectar or looking at the mountains here in Virginia. I really like the melody: engaging with a slight touch of awesome mystery.
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Gorgeous piece, Mario. Like floating in a gentling swelling ocean. Look out for the seagulls! All the instruments sound great. I especially enjoyed the strings and oboe although the bassoon is quite cool, too. But it all works perfectly and sounds great. You're amazing! Thanx Ron for this great review. I would like to write more but a flock of seagulls just stole my laptop...................
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Mario, Beautiful piece. Amazing work with your controller and all those instruments. Excellent mix. A lovely listen. fj Thanx so much Floyd. I appreciate your kind words.
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Good listen, liked the arpeggio throughout it, and the orchestral layers atop it. I'm sold on Swam. Top stuff! Thanx so much Bob. I am also sold on Swam. I'm glad you liked it.
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Well this old man sitting in a chair and his younger wife standing and swaying much enjoyed the tune. Excellent arrangement, mix and performances all around. Very contemplative indeed. J&B Janice and Bud, Yep us old men get along really good with a chair and a great wife!
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Thanks for the invite, Mario. I call this one 420 cuz that's when i first heard it. Listened again today and still can't come up with a better one. You are a master of musical sensation, sir. Dreaming and moving, yet not moving through a dream, this one takes the listener on a personal jouney of interpretation. I came upon a fine fellow represented by the oboe. The string angels guided me through a glorious group of musical moments. Thanks so much for creating them all. Thanx Marty for this wonderful review. I'm really not a master of anything, just an old guitarist having fun.
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Marty and Dave, you have posted many great songs but IMHO this is your best to date. Of course I am bias as I love the blues but so what. Great vocal and lyrics. Dave's outstanding chops compliments your vocal perfectly. Loved it
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When I mix and master I always save the mix project, render it, master the rendered file and save that mastered project. So maybe it would be a useful exercise to start with the rendered stereo mixes pre-mastering and treat them how you suggested. The problem I think I will have is I always choose mix presets and then mastering presets to precisely match the song. I'm not really doing proper mastering that way, instead, just using Ozone as another final enhancement to the song's mix. These are very powerful tools, especially in the hands of someone as unqualified as me!
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We're all old here (so they say) First time I think I heard him was in Traffic, that was a long time ago. He certainly lived the life he chose and it was a pretty good one. Caught me by surprise, so I thought it worth mentioning.
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Old news, some of it inaccurate. Intel support ends this October with 27. Rosetta 2 support actually ends October 2028. "after macos 27" in that context means macOS 28. Plenty of discussion about this on the Macintosh board.
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Hi Michael, Which version of BIAB/RB do you have? I have BIAB/RB 2026 and the chords transfer okay. If you have background and/or soloist Realtracks in the mix, these tracks do not work with microchords (only 'rhythm' and bass tracks work). Tracks 5 and 6 on the image below are Background tracks and the wave form shows that these have not been played in triplets. In my version of RB, the second note of the triplet is not generating its full musical length. This can be seen in the image below by the gaps I've highlighted. I have reported this to the development team. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32575&filename=realband - microchords.jpg) As a work-around at the moment, I suggest that you save the audio files from BIAB and then load those audio files into RB where you can mix them and get the performance sound that you would like. --Noel
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My first thought was "what a nice song - really lovely." My second thought was that maybe there was too much reverb on the lead vocal. I guess you could say that's a matter of taste, but it seemed like a lot of reverb to me. Sorry to report that, I know you've described how much you wrestled with the mix. I really like the song, it's quite memorable. The mix isn't bad as it is, but I think it would be perfect if you cut the reverb back a bit on the vox. Up to you, of course.
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I opened the BIAB file in RB.
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"I didn't know if I might be screwing things up by starting with already individually mastered tracks." I don't know either, I can't here it from way over here! When I take this approach I usually wait to put mastering on this compilation file as a whole, to see how close I am. I could see already individually mastered tracks making it harder. But then again I've not tried it.
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Thanks rharv! I did that and just bounced around the tracks trying to get them all adjusted to approximately the same perceived level of loudness. Then I rendered each track and have listened a few times and still have some adjustments to make. I didn't know if I might be screwing things up by starting with already individually mastered tracks. And I have a couple of tracks where the vocals are not forward enough in the mix. They seemed ok as a one off but next to other songs they sound a little off. I guess I have to go back a bit further on those. Thanks again for the advice!
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