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I love these lyrics! Clever, I had a good chuckle.
That AI voice is different from others I've heard but sound pretty darn realistic to me. His serious tone works perfectly to contrast the lyrics. Thanks for your kind comment  Glad you had a chuckle out of my lyrics, it was fun to write them. Janne
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Janne,
Inspired and clever write—well-executed. Continue to be amazed by the Vocaloids—very well done. The brush percussion give this a nice holiday feel (for me at least) and I like your use of the pedal stiell. Cool tune!
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Clever write! I missed this the first time around, so I'm glad to see it came back to the top again. It was a bit hard to make out low vocal against the bright accompaniment, but it may just be my ears. In any event, that's what the written lyrics are for, right? There are two native English SynthV voices on the way. One is a male rock voice from Dreamtonics, and the other is from Audiologie and is said to pair well with Anri, so I suspect it's a male voice as well. I'm sure I'll eventually get Asterian, as he make a nice bass harmony voice. Thanks for posting - it was a fun listen!
-- David Cuny My virtual singer development blogVocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?BiaB 2025 | Windows 11 | Reaper | Way too many VSTis.
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Great work with that voice!
Very clever lyrics
Great instrumentation and mix.
Thanks Mario, I appreciate your kind feedback Janne
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Stellar write and a terrific song idea, Janne. Yeah, you picked the right vocalist for this. Lyrics are very clever and a whole different take on the Christmas theme. hehe Very much enjoyed. Merry Christmas, Janne. Thanks Marty for your wishes and very positive comment Glad you enjoyed my simple song. Have a productive new year 2023! Janne
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Sounds great Janne! It is amazing what you do with these vocalists. Good job on the arrangement and the backing tracks. Unique lyrics and a great listen,Tom Thanks Tom for your pleasant feedback I mainly have to add notes for the vocalists, they sound amazing even with default parameters. Janne
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It's certainly interesting Janne.
I like the way the voice wavers.
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Your dry sense of humor in the lyric and the smoky vocal by Asterian made for quite an enjoyable Christmas song. Nice band you’ve assembled also and we enjoyed the ethereal solo. Janice said the melody made it easy for her to imagine Santa and the satellite flying across the sky! Happy Holidays Janne! J&B Thanks Janice & Bud for your wishes and kind comment, I'm always very interested in hearing your insightful reviews of any song on this forum, not just my songs I hope you had nice and relaxing holiday time, I wish you happy and productive new year 2023 Janne
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Amazing technology Janne. Very cool vocal. Excellent song and lyric. Well done Thanks Scott for your nice comment, glad you liked my song and words Have a wonderful new year 2023, I'll be waiting for your new songs! Janne
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Very clever song, nice melody and well produced and arranged.
Good song!
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Janne...clever and interesting song...the AI is very good and quite believable...well constructed...an intriguing listen! Thanks for your positive comment Janne
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Janne,
Inspired and clever write—well-executed. Continue to be amazed by the Vocaloids—very well done. The brush percussion give this a nice holiday feel (for me at least) and I like your use of the pedal stiell. Cool tune!
Deej Thanks Deej for your kind review Happy to hear you got a holiday feel from the percussion. Janne
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Clever write! I missed this the first time around, so I'm glad to see it came back to the top again. It was a bit hard to make out low vocal against the bright accompaniment, but it may just be my ears. In any event, that's what the written lyrics are for, right? There are two native English SynthV voices on the way. One is a male rock voice from Dreamtonics, and the other is from Audiologie and is said to pair well with Anri, so I suspect it's a male voice as well. I'm sure I'll eventually get Asterian, as he make a nice bass harmony voice. Thanks for posting - it was a fun listen! Thanks David for your positive feedback, I'm glad you found the song That male rock vocalist sounds interesting, but I'm still waiting for one that would sound more like me  Surely good for harmonies, although I cannot imagine how your song would sound with Asterian as the lead vocalist, maybe you could show me how  Janne
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It's certainly interesting Janne.
I like the way the voice wavers.
Vic Thanks Vic for your kind comment Janne
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Very clever song, nice melody and well produced and arranged.
Good song!
Peter Thanks Peter for your kind words Glad to read the "clever" description Janne
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Hi Janne,
I'm busy catching up what songs I missed during my illness.
There a a lot of songs I missed!
But your song is very, very nice. At first the lyrics. Very good!
Then the AI vocals. Well, everyone wrote how nice Asterian sang, but I think it was you doing the hard work letting him sing this song.
And you did it very well, also with the harmonics. In one occasion on the chorus ('The Peacekeeper of Christmas') on '...mas' I heard the vocals went a bit to low. But that's a super minor thing of me to notice.
I also saw you made another song, so I come to that later.
But I enjoyed this one very much,
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I'm busy catching up what songs I missed during my illness.
There a a lot of songs I missed!
But your song is very, very nice. At first the lyrics. Very good!
Then the AI vocals. Well, everyone wrote how nice Asterian sang, but I think it was you doing the hard work letting him sing this song.
And you did it very well, also with the harmonics. In one occasion on the chorus ('The Peacekeeper of Christmas') on '...mas' I heard the vocals went a bit to low. But that's a super minor thing of me to notice.
But I enjoyed this one very much,
Hans Thanks Hans for your kind feedback Glad you liked the vocals and the harmonies. The voice provider of Asterian has vocal range from F1 to F5 so Asterian can sing easily very low notes Janne
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Janne,
I'm very late to the party here, but this sounds great! It's a beautiful holiday tune that really captures that bluesy Christmas song vibe! The work with the AI vocalist sound good! The chorus is lovely!
Thanks, T
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Janne,
I'm very late to the party here, but this sounds great! It's a beautiful holiday tune that really captures that bluesy Christmas song vibe! The work with the AI vocalist sound good! The chorus is lovely!
Thanks, T Thanks Torrey, glad you found my tune, I appreciate your very generous comment I'm still amazed and moved by your Farther From The Tree, thanks once more for that masterpiece, I wish I could write anything like that... Janne
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