I had to pass through the gate keeper's portal to watch and listen. Luckily it was just signing in - no way I'd provide ID to Goggle & Co. Nice bit of modern, high gain rock in the very popular genre of symphpopmetal with femme vox. The narrative - yes, indeed. The music - fits the genre really well but I'm not a fan of that guitar tone personally. ACE
Thank you, Ray, for finding the time to listen and comment. As always, much appreciated
I'm not really a big Jazz fan, but this song has such a nice "late-at-night-in-a-smoky-bar" vibe that I _really_ like it. Happy belated birthday, Mario!
Good and very catchy song, it's definitely my favorite of yours so far. The vocals and harmonies are pretty good, they remind me a bit of DC Ron. Enjoyed my listen
If you already own an iPhone, that might be all you need! I would think you'd be able to get similar results with an Android phone with a voice memo/recorder app that has a lossless setting that can be enabled. After watching that video, I'm rethinking why I bought all my mics.
My wife has the latest Pro iPhone and I have a Google Pixel and I won't even listen to anyone's music on a phone (without headphones anyway) and I would never even consider using one to record anything other than one of my friends bar / cover bands . . .
Thanks Vic. I'll be more aware of stops/breaks, especially removing instruments in the DAW, so that they fade out instead of being absolute cuts. Good advice!
The BIAB "Foundation" tracks (Style: _TEXASRK.STY): Drums: RealDrums=NashvilleEven16 Bass: 389:Bass, Electric, Metal Guitar1: 996:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockLACrispA-B Guitar2: 660:Guitar, Electric Rhythm TexasRockChop Organ: 690:Organ, B3, Background Pop Recorded tracks: Vocal MainVocal Harmony1Vocal Harmony2Vocal Percussion (at the very end panned right) Mixed and mastered using REAPER Per Forum user's recommendation, will remaster at some point.
Hi again Difficult to advise as your needs are important to you. I can only suggest you may try a slight fade on the end instead of a complete silence. I do that a lot. Vic
All this talk about checking out and death inspired me to develop another quote for my list. Rather than dwelling on the days and years you have been allocated, consider spicing your recipe with growth and then savor the result with others. --BassThumper Ok, who do I contact for my Nobel Prize in literature?
If you already own an iPhone, that might be all you need!
Oh goodness me, no! My iPhone 17 Pro has four microphones and no way to control the input. Actually, that works sort of ok for recording the community orchestra at the local Senior Center so that the members can watch it on a private YouTube channel (my wife is the director) but it doesn't beat out the M+S array I have feeding my Zoom F3. Likewise, I used my iPhone to record rehearsal clips I used in the Preview reel for the operetta I produced a couple weeks ago. This is what that sounds like mounted on a tripod using the internal mic array.
So while the iPhone has its uses, as a dedicated vocal or voice/over mic, just say, no.
Hey John, thanks so much for your compliments! At first people may be taken aback by Kathy Keogh's lyrics. And for good reason as the title is, well a bit scary. But yes, you're right -- the lyrics aren't about gun violence at all, but about Kathy's use of military imagery on what appears to a very poor relationship. Note her opening lines: "your eyes are army green, your head is camouflage, you're wearin' your heart half-mast like a flag, ten-gun salute." She is essentially using a military motif to describe a relationship that has gone sour. And, like you said, this is more about I'm going to get you before you get me (but not in a violent way).
Bob, this is a delightful song, very pretty with the feel of an early 70s song by Kent LaVoie (Lobo). The reflective, pensive, slow melody is lovely and memorable. Lyrically, a touching story. This is one of the few where a spoken part in a song works wonderfully. Vocals are delightfully earthy, like Melanie Safka. Expertly written! John
Silvertones had shared on these forums that he was unwell, suffering from the dreaded 'C'. He hasn't been online since August 2020, however, I don't know any more than that.
I just create a new folder on the desktop, name it with the song title, and save all the files for that project in there. I also add sub folders as needed for things like stems or anything else. When the project is done and the dust has settled, I simply drag that folder to my D storage drive and into another folder which is named for the current year. That way, I can easily find what I want when I need to go back to it.
Something like that. If one is going to generate a large number of songs, gotta come up with an organized method that keeps them all straight. As the above post demonstrates, this is easy in BIAB.
If you already own an iPhone, that might be all you need!
I would think you'd be able to get similar results with an Android phone with a voice memo/recorder app that has a lossless setting that can be enabled. After watching that video, I'm rethinking why I bought all my mics.
Hey, AB, I'm so glad this wasn't about actual guns. Having lived in Phoenix, Arizona for 20 years where men "settle" arguments and traffic altercations with guns, any mention of guns makes me wary. We are relieved to have left Arizona. But anyway, you've really got a heck of a hook going in this song with the rhythmic "You better shoot before your shot" chorus. The easy and catchy melody and story line are a lot of fun and a unique way of saying "you better get me before I get you." It's very well written and really should get much more attention. John
Thanks Vic! Appreciate your feedback. Yeah, however those "breaks" were not complete stops. For example, after the intro, that wasn't a real stop, I just took out the guitars so when I started singing the piano was emphasized more. I admit BIAB could have handled this a little differently. Now, what you described as the second stop; again, mainly just the guitars. The third stop was where I took everything out except for the bass. I think this emphasized the small bass run going into the bridge. I really liked this, which was done on purpose. BIAB isn't perfect, but in general it was doing very, very close to what I wanted in this song. Thanks again for your comments!
Thanks Herb for the detailed info - I really appreciate everyone taking time to help me with this! Everything you said makes sense and this thread has me rethinking everything about my humble home studio.
I just create a new folder on the desktop, name it with the song title, and save all the files for that project in there. I also add sub folders as needed for things like stems or anything else. When the project is done and the dust has settled, I simply drag that folder to my D storage drive and into another folder which is named for the current year. That way, I can easily find what I want when I need to go back to it.
When you check out, it's kinda hard to post about it. If someone isn't staying in touch with you, it can be months or even years before someone thinks and says....hey, where did old so and so get off too? By then, you've been pushing up daisys for a few years.
Personally, I have used a Rode NT2A (around $400) that is plugged straight into my Scarlett 4i4 interface for the past however many years. Since the Focusrite line has had pretty decent audio preamps in them, and being a sort of tightwad, I haven't purchased any of the tube pre's on the market but if someone wanted to donate one to me, I wouldn't turn it down. Honestly, I've since found a few mics that are easily as good as the Rode, for much less. That said.... there were a few folks back in my old Cakewalk Forum days who were using some very cheap condenser mics that sounded really good. Those mics were in the $60 range each and for home studio use, were outstanding quality to cost. It's not necessary to spend a lot of money on gear to get a good sound. It's been said that if you took the average home recording enthusiast and put them behind the desk in a $5 million dollar state of the art studio, the results would still sound like a home studio production and conversely, giving a studio engineer a laptop and a condenser mic and a couple of plugins, you'd get a very professional sounding production. It's not always the gear. But take someone who knows what to do and how to do it and give them high quality gear and the results are nothing short of amazing. A couple of years back, I had the opportunity at a songwriters convention to compare a new company's products. It was Gauge-USA microphones. They had their (around $100) mic set up so you could A/B it with a mic that retailed for around $1000 and another one that was $299 at the time against a $4000 studio mic. It was impossible to hear the difference, at least it was to my ears. The point being, for what you are doing, you don't need a fancy high dollar mic and preamp to get good quality vocals. Good quality vocals come from the gain settings in your DAW and more importantly, from YOU as the singer using proper techniques when singing. Regarding the interface: Yes... Firewire is kind of outdated now. Always trying to find the right chipset in the computer that supported it was a job. I started with a firewire Saffire focusrite and it still works on the other computer. At the time it was the fastest thing out there but the times have changed. When I upgraded to W-10, I decided to go with the Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 USB and it's a great interface for my needs.
Hello, The current available locations are top-right and center. You will find this under Options | Preferences | Count-in/Metro. I will put a request into dev to see if they can add other location options. Thank you, Catherine
In 3/4, adding real tracks doesn't work because they play too fast. I haven't seen or figured out a way to do "cut time" in 3/4, if that would even work if it was possible to do. In 6/8 the styles are just plain "wrong".
I have had some success by running the RTs at half-time.
I've done this too occasionally with pretty good results
As an example of what can be done - here is my "Long Way Home" - it is clearly in 6/8 time. But I was able to work with 4/4 BIAB RTs and sych them up to get the groove. Check out the BIAB RT guitar soloist which comes in about 75% into the song until the ending. the RT Soloiost is Half time. https://soundcloud.com/dan-hoch-784636941/a-long-way-home-030526
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