OK, I found the problem with the "artifacts". This 1 month old new computer of mine (Win11) permits different Audio Drivers for different applications. So my DAW played via the MOTU while windows player used the on-board audio device. I turned all that off and set everything to my MOTU Audio Express and that fixed the issues. Who would have known?

Back to the point.

I am going to move on to my next inspiration. The comments here were very helpful in this decision. The current piece is incomplete in my mind, but not something I can fix at this time. I want my music to tell a story with or without lyrics. And I am not hearing that or seeing it with this soundscape. I learned a lot with this piece which will help going forward.

I reserve the right to reuse some of the audio bits and pieces from this unnamed song, in the future, but if I do, they will be packaged better.

Thanks again to everyone.

Marry Christmas,

Dan

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