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Hi All My first song, hope you will give it a listen and your critics. I'm a big fan of Kris Kristofferson, and as I cannot write my own music 'my' song is his *Nobody Wins*. It's all RT apart from the solo 'violin'. Mixed in Sonar. http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8034184What do you think.. Thanks
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Hey Jan! You did a great job with the RealTracks. Did you play the violin? Sounded good. occ
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Thanks occ. The Violin is actually MIDI played on my keyboard.
Jan
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Pretty good stuff, Jan. I also like the violin part . My only criticism would be that on the softer parts that are on the lower part of the register, your voice gets a bit covered up by the background tracks. The parts that you are singing with emphasis, higher in the scale, sound a whole lot better. That just my opinion, others may vary.
Anyhow, you've done a whale of a job for your first recording.
It appears you may be new to the forum, if so welcome.
Don S.
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Hi Jan,
I agree with everything that's been said. This is a terrific first recording. I can't believe that the Violin is MIDI. There's a hauntingly realistic quality about it that makes it sound live.
Keep up the great work,
Noel
MY SONGS...Audiophile BIAB 2026
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very sweet fiddle. nice job overall. keep it up.
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Nice effort Jan, I enjoyed your performance. Put me down for also thinking it was a live Violin on the solo, excellent!
Later,
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I sounds good Jan. About the only thing I would do is back off on the vocal reverb a bit. About ½ of that should give it a great sound.
Sorry I didn't have time to listen to the violin part. I've gotta blast outta here for church. Will listen to it fully when I get home this afternoon.
Russ Anyday above ground is a good day Computer is Hp Pavillion Vision 6 Ghz quad core AMD processor 8 Gig memory 1 TB hard drive 6 GB hard drive Windows 7 Premium Loose nut behind the keyboard 
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Thank you all, appreciate your feed back.
Curmudgeon I agree, I believe my vocal need some finetuning there. Thank you Russ, you are right about the reverb. I believe overdoing the reverb is a newbie problem, trying to get a 'prof' sound.
The Violin midi is from 'Dimension Pro'
Jan
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Good first effort. Don't be too concerned about the Vocal Track, I think everybody tasked with mixing their own lead vox ends up trying to bury it in the mix in certain places whereas someone else doing the engineering is usually better suited to find the vocal highlights of your voice and thus accentuate them.
Very nice and expressive keyboard as violin MIDI work. Thinking like a violinist is important, very important, when creating these illusions via the keyboard, knowledge of what the violin does, cannot do, etc. equally important, you nailed that well. What you recorded would translate to a real live violinist easily (rather than having the violinist look at that chart and say, "whaaat???" <g> )
Keep on Trackin', I think you have the ears and the wherewithal to do nothing but improve from project to project, this recording game is exactly like the other aspects of music performance, the way to get to Carnegie Hall is "practice, practice, practice" and it is the practice at the art and science of recording that Gits-R-Done, son.
Good first offering. Took some time to accomplish, I can hear that. Production work *does* take time to do right. Production work *should* take time to do it right. If things seem to come together too fast, I start to worry. <g>
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I'd put in a few more A and B part markers to add some more drum fills, and I'd cut back on some of the violin reverb, in addition to the other good suggestions you've received.
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Enjoyed the cover. I also have DM pro and glad to hear what it can do. Was there a certain violin you chose for that part?
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Thanks all for taking your time to listen and your helpful and encouraging feed back.
Wyndham, the violin is "violin ensemble 1.sfz" from "Solo string" from the "Garritan Pocket Orchestra" collection.
Jan
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Great first mix. Wonderful sound on the fiddle - I'm with Russ - a little less verb on the vox.
Thanks for sharing
The Powderman
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