Originally Posted By: jannesan
I was really waiting to hear your first work on Solaria. I had heard some examples and they sounded better than any other synthesized vocalist. So I was bit disappointed that I couldn't hear her singing alone all the time, but what I can hear, it is simply amazing, you have done very good work already with her (that vibrato is really sweet...).

Hi, Janne.

All right, I'll see if I can put out a solo version so you can hear it without the harmony.

The original harmony was initially just going to be simple "Oooohs" and "Aaaaahs", but the backup singer decided to try stealing the spotlight. wink

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Very catchy chorus, the drums are really nice there and the chord progression is to my taste, sounds bit like a Kylie duet.

Thanks! One of my daughters said it was the first song I did that actually sort of sounded like a real song, so I guess I did something right. crazy

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There is something going on the left channel I don't like, but otherwise everything works well.

I'll have a closer listen to the left channel - I thought I heard something the last time I mixed it, but I stupidly put off looking at it more closely. It's likely to be one of the guitars that's mixed low, but still poking out in places it shouldn't.

Is there a particular place in the song you can point me to?

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BTW. Based on the lyrics, I was expecting to see swallows in the picture, not sparrows smile

Ha! I figured I'd get called out on that because I was too lazy to check which birds were in the picture. Well done! cool

I picked the swallow because it appears in the story "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde. In some ways, this song is the opposite of that story.

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Great work, I admire your detailed work. But more Solaria songs, please smile

I'll see what I can do!

I'm hoping that Cangqiong gets the latest AI upgrade, because that's the voice I'm really looking forward to using. Plus, the English male voice, once it finally gets released.

Thanks for the feedback! laugh

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?