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Considering that the title made me expect something along the lines of John Cage’s 4′33", there are actually quite a few instruments in your song, Mario  Beautiful, meditative soundscape with some almost oriental motives. Very enjoyable ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif) Thanx Brian. I believe this is the first BiaB song where I didn't use a style. I'm glad you liked it.
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Mario, This composition has some amazing musical layers. Another beautiful soundscape and mix. Those Swam instruments provide such depth. BTW, I love the title - very, very cool. A new favorite! Bob Thanx Bob. I like all of those Swam instruments, you actually have to play them. I think they are excellent emulations.
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Hans, this is a masterpiece Loved how you mixed instruments from totally different genres and areas and made them sound great together. Super vocal and arrangement. Outstanding lyrics and mix. IMHO this is your best to date Loved it
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Another song that I am familiar. Don't worry about the ssss in Sweet Sue. IMHO it would sound worse if you over did the de-sing. I would leave it as is. Agai just my opinion. You did a great job on this one.
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Hi Shigeki Adachi. You've done it again! Absolutely superb music and truly wonderful listening. There can be no doubt about it, you are a master songwriter, arranger and producer. This remix was definitely worth the effort. I also compliment Natsuki Yoshikawa on her excellent vocals, and Miya Nakajima's jazz piano playing was first-class. You know some very, very talented people It never stops ceasing to amaze me just how very skillful you are. --Noel
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That was a very interesting article Jim so thanx for posting it. I really liked the music from those "outlaw" days. Willie, Merle, Waylon, David Allan Coe, etc were at their best during that time period. Please no hate mail. That is just my opinion and YMMV.
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Or just apply a Limiter on the track in the other DAW I would assume IT also has a way of making a track louder. Depends on the work flow. I use a file I made called Click.MID It is a sidestick on the 1/4 note .. most DAWs (including RB) allow putting some boost plugin (like Limiter or Compressor) on a MIDI track Easily imports into any DAW as a MIDI track Again, just decide the workflow that is best for you. http://masteringmatters.com/stuff2/click.MID Link is not secure, but it's just exactly what I described above, if that's an issue I can move it to a secure site, but that's just more work to give work away
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Hi All, Our latest is for a friend in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on VOWR 800 AM — sending a few unsung songs out into the night… This is called Rayna On The Radio. Rayna on the radio Late night signal low Somewhere past the harbor line Where the lost songs go Static on the dashboard Headlights on the road She’s talking through the wires To someone she don’t know Rayna on the radio Play it slow let it go All those songs nobody knows On the radio Kid out in Kansas With a worn out chord Woman down in Cork Still keeping score She don’t need a reason She don’t need a name She just lets ‘em roll Through the AM rain Rayna on the radio Soft and low don’t you know There’s a place for broken songs On the radio Coffee getting colder Board’s about to blow But she keeps it moving Like the river rolls Every little signal Trying to survive She’s keeping something Out there alive Rayna on the radio Don’t let go don’t let go All those songs that couldn’t stay Found a place to play Rayna on the radio Soft and low don’t you know All those songs nobody knows On the radio BIAB Tracks: 0533: Bass, Electric 2666: Pedal Steel, Rhythm RealDrums: Pop128 Sidestick Brushes Other Notes: Bob Mic: Logitech Blue Yeti Bob Vocals: Logic Pro Bob Acoustic Guitar: Martin D-18 Joliz Mic: Audio Technica AT2020USB+ Joliz Vocals: GarageBand Waves Vocal Rider: All Vocals Pre-Production: Track Editing GarageBand & Logic Pro Izotope Nectar 3 Elements for Vocals Izotope Plasma for Instrument Tracks Processing Izotope Vinyl Processing Final Track Mix & Master: Logic Pro & Izotope Ozone 11 Video: Adobe Firefly, iMovie & Final Cut Pro As always - thanks for listening! Bob
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Cool article. That Bakersfield sound influenced SO much music, including the Beatles. Love Gram. RIP.
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+++ Here +++ is an interesting article that tells a little bit about the friendship between country singer / songwriter Merle Haggard and country rock singer / songwriter Graham Parsons.
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Great. Thanks for the advice Michael
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Hi Mario! This is a nice piece! At first, I was confused as I thought ‘There aren’t 14 months in a year?’  Seriously, I was going to suggest ‘Contentment’ as a title, but then it got slightly dark towards the end, so I don’t know. Maybe ‘Old person sitting in a chair’? I’ve always liked the sound of the English horn - I think that’s also called a Cor Anglais? I could be mistaken. Anyway - a lovely piece. 14th April is my Mum’s birthday, so it’s meaningful. Andrew
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Considering that the title made me expect something along the lines of John Cage’s 4′33", there are actually quite a few instruments in your song, Mario Beautiful, meditative soundscape with some almost oriental motives. Very enjoyable
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Mario, This composition has some amazing musical layers. Another beautiful soundscape and mix. Those Swam instruments provide such depth. BTW, I love the title - very, very cool. A new favorite! Bob
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While the track is a MIDI track, change all velocities to 127 I also change the sound to a side stick so it cuts thru better (channel 10 Eb2 or 3 I believe) Lastly you can use AutoConvert MIDI track to Audio Apply the PGPeakLimit and then SOLO that track and Merge to a WAV file to keep it loud in other DAWs. /Uncheck Solo after
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4-14 I started this song on April 14 using Instachord 2 and Band-in-a-Box. I couldn't think of a good title for it then or after the song was finished so I just left it as 4-14. I'll let you give it a title. Via my breath and/or keyboard controllers I am playing the following Swam instruments: English Horn Bassoon Oboe Double Bass section Double Cello section As well as these Kontakt instruments: Amadeus Full String Section Kurt Hunter Virtuoso Strings Band-in-a-Box is supplying the following: 3055 Piano, Acoustic, rhythm - Patch = Lounge Lizard - Tine - Chorus Warmth 3909 Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking - Patch = Kontakt - Amadeus - Nylon String Guitar 3913 Guitar, Nylon, Rhythm - Patch = Kontakt - SoundProps - Jazz L4 V2 Instachord2 track - Patch = Kontakt - Amadeus - Harp As always all comments are welcomed.
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Your productions are so amazing, so professional! I'm always blown away by what you do. Fantastic use of AI vocals! A big THANK YOU for your really nice and encouraging comment, Rob
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Fantastic waltz, Hans, what an evocative mood the instrumental bed creates. I liked your vocal, felt like it could've been a tad louder. Subject matter was intriguing to say the least. I'm sure everyone has at least one "what if" person in their life. You're one of the most creative minds on the forum and you always deliver. Great job!
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Another Synthesizer V (short Synth V) user here. Synth V isn't an AI like Suno, which means you can't just give it a command/prompt and it'll do the rest. Instead, you have to edit the notes, tempo, and lyrics (down to the syllable level), in other words, the entire prosody, in one way or another. It can be tedious at times, but you have complete control over the result. If you'd like to hear some examples: On my YouTube channel, all the songs from “Can't Get To The Other Side” and older are done exclusively with Synth V.
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Great songwriter! Wrote a lot of very popular tunes. His recorded version of "The Gambler" is fairly different from the version Kenny Rogers made famous.
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I just swore I was done downloading free stuff after removing a bunch of stuff yesterday.
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FWIW: 1- Can you save it as a template? That is record only the metronome then save it as a song, maybe call it template. For every new project bring up the metronome only song first, then add your other tracks. Just be sure to save as because if you don't you will overwrite the metronome only song. 2-Save the metronome track as a wav and bring it into you project? Then can you have that wav track follow a tempo track? I don't use RB so I don't know however I know that I can do that in Fender Studio Pro 8 DAW.
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I use Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro (which Herb referred to as Synth V above) from Dreamtonics ( https://dreamtonics.com/synthesizerv/). - the vocal tracks it generates can be indistinguishable from actual recorded vocal tracks - they are NOT using stolen vocals like Suno and other AI services, instead, they are more like the BIAB model of paying artists to perform and then licensing those performances - they offer tons of voices but it can get rather expensive! - to generate a vocal track you can play it on your MIDI keyboard, "draw" the notes directly using the MIDI editor, import a MIDI melody or import a recorded vocal track with melody, timing and lyrics detected automatically (but imperfectly, so you'll need to do a fair amount of cleanup) - I am very happy with all of their voices that are American English but not at all interested in those with an Asian accent as they don't work for my style pf music - for a male American English type of voice I like Liam a lot - for a female American English type of voice I like Etta a lot - male voices I have are Liam, Hayden, Kevin and Asterian - female voices I have are Etta, Felicia, Natalie, and Solaria (I also have Mai who has an accent but she was free so...) I have thus far only used this tool for generating harmony parts to my vocals but I could see this being super helpful for generating high-quality demos and even for releasing as finished works if you don't plan to sing your songs yourself.
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I'm surprised by what I am not seeing here, especially Fluffy Audio from Italy. Click on the FREEBIES tab. I use some of their commercial libraries as well. I was looking for a nice flute not so long ago. Thanks for pointing me to "Simple Flute" . It looks and sounds sweet! Now, what did I want that Flute for...? 
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Nice to see the current version of that list. Some are included with the version of Komplete that I own. I've downloaded most of the others over the years but have rarely used them—not that I won't. It's good to have that list in one place, though. I'm surprised by what I am not seeing here, especially Fluffy Audio from Italy. Click on the FREEBIES tab. I use some of their commercial libraries as well.
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