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Originally Posted By: VideoTrack
Certainly you packed plenty in Charlie, and at the same time you really 'tamed the beast'. Everything fits together just so well.

I liked everything. Great title also.

Nice!



Originally Posted By: Steve Young
Really nice, Charlie! I am always impressed at what can be done with Band in a Box! I've been using it for about 8-9 years now, and it continues to amaze me at how powerful this program is.

You have done a great job of putting together a nice arrangement. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

Steve


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Hi Charlie,

Short and good? No: short and excellent !!!! Marvellous song and a fantastic (and most adorable) usage of what PGM has to offer. Simply great all the way.

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Lots going on, but everything "glides" together nicely (no abrupt transitions.) Well mixed and produced. Enjoyed the listen.

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A nice blend of multiple instruments while keeping it all coherent.

Good work, and a pleasant listen.


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Hi Charlie,

Short and good? No: short and excellent !!!! Marvellous song and a fantastic (and most adorable) usage of what PGM has to offer. Simply great all the way.

Stefan


Thanks Stefan. I appreciate you taking time to listen and comment.

Originally Posted By: Mark K
Lots going on, but everything "glides" together nicely (no abrupt transitions.) Well mixed and produced. Enjoyed the listen.


Thanks for listening. Even with lots going on, the gliding and smooth transitions is mostly me taking advantage of seldom used features and tools that's been included in BIAB for a long time. BIAB is doing the heavy lifting. As a result of a recent discussion on another forum thread, I posted more details to how to get more than 8 tracks and 8 instruments from BIAB without having to use another program or DAW in the Tips and Tricks thread. You may want to try it out one day. BIAB is capable to create some quite complex arrangements beyond just choosing a Style and replacing instruments.

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A nice blend of multiple instruments while keeping it all coherent.

Good work, and a pleasant listen.


Thanks Herb. I really like your latest post, "Old Tin Roof". It's a great song and production.


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Nicely done...
It sounds like you have a great understanding Biab & all of its tools...
I enjoyed listening!


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Nicely done...
It sounds like you have a great understanding Biab & all of its tools...
I enjoyed listening!


Thanks for listening and commenting. BIAB/RB is a wonderful tool and I was lucky to have it recommended to me back several years ago. It's been a blessing in so many ways.


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A well constructed salad of BIAB capabilities and mixing ability.


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Hi Charlie ...

You have such a great understanding of the technical nuances and tools BIAB has to offer. I really enjoyed this ... Nice work in every way. What a really nice listen! Kudos!!! Wishing you the very best ...

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When I saw your description, I figured that the song was going to be all over the place, but it held together as a single piece of music well.

That's quite a bit of cleverness to get it trigger different styles. As floyd jane said, nice trade off between the instruments, which really helped make it coherent.

Fun listen. smile


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A well constructed salad of BIAB capabilities and mixing ability.


Thanks for taking time to listen. It was a fun and quick project.

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Hi Charlie ...

You have such a great understanding of the technical nuances and tools BIAB has to offer. I really enjoyed this ... Nice work in every way. What a really nice listen! Kudos!!! Wishing you the very best ...

Alan


It's great to see you had time to listen and post. I hope all is going well with you and Mrs. Di. I saw in another post you replied to that you also use a lot of similar technical nuances and techniques when you create with BIAB. There's a lot of power built into this program and helps me take home recording to levels I can't achieve on my own or with local talent.

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When I saw your description, I figured that the song was going to be all over the place, but it held together as a single piece of music well.

That's quite a bit of cleverness to get it trigger different styles. As floyd jane said, nice trade off between the instruments, which really helped make it coherent.

Fun listen. smile


Thanks for listening. The lead instruments were from a medley put together by the PGMusic staff. It's a feature that's been around for quite a while but was expanded and enhanced and re-introduced as a feature in 2019. It really works a treat and is probably the easiest way to build up the dynamic feel of a project. This project was simply an 8 bar repetition to total 32 bars and the medley did a wonderful job of refocusing the listener's attention from the redundancy of the backing tracks.


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