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New Year Funk Let's end this year and start the new one with a little funk! BiaB style - W-Report Hip Hop Fusion Tempo 100 BPM I deleted the strings I replaced the piano track with 2847 Piano - Funk then changed the sound to Kontakt - Clavinet Bass - Ample Bass - YinYang set to slap Drums - Steven Slate's SSD 5 - Funk 1 kit I am playing my Xaviere 335 humbucker guitar Via my keyboard I am playing the following: Trumpet - Kontakt - Vintage Horns - Trumpet open Tenor Sax - Swam Tenor Sax 2 - bright Bari Saxe - Swam Bari Sax Flute - Kontakt - Passion Flute FX - a touch of Little Plate reverb on all but the bass and bari sax FX - Tube Saturator and Limiter on the master
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Funky.
Nice job with the controller (as always).
Good mix.
Cool Bass...
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Hey Mario...I agree with Floyd about your use of the controller...I use controller keys a lot and it is a challenge to say the least to try to produce a realistic instrument reproduction on one...you do such a great job with that!...I'm no funk-master but I think you got there!
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Grooves like hell... the bass and the Clavinet fills get me moving. I think Stevie would like this 
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The humanization of midi through your controller is a huge plus...it makes all the difference.
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Funky.
Nice job with the controller (as always).
Good mix.
Cool Bass...
fj Thanx so much Floyd. I can not take credit for that bass track as it is straight from the BiaB style. All I did was to select the bass patch. Hey Mario...I agree with Floyd about your use of the controller...I use controller keys a lot and it is a challenge to say the least to try to produce a realistic instrument reproduction on one...you do such a great job with that!...I'm no funk-master but I think you got there! Thanx for listening and commenting. I have been using MIDI and MIDI keyboard controllers since the mid 80's and I still struggle sometimes to get a VSTi to sound organic.
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Grooves like hell... the bass and the Clavinet fills get me moving. I think Stevie would like this Thanx D.B.. I really liked the bass and Clavinet myself but I can't take credit for those tracks. They were straight from the BiaB style and all I did was to select the sound patches. The humanization of midi through your controller is a huge plus...it makes all the difference. Thanx Ray. I call that being organic. I might not be playing the actual instrument but I am playing the emulation live and that makes a big difference, i.e. no quantization.
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We've developed a renewed appreciation from your productions, Mario. Thanks for that. The realism of your tracks from the days of your wind controller to nowadays keys is amazing. We know everybody says that but it is a manifest fact. So there. Happy Holidays, J&B
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Sounds good Mario. You always continue to amaze me with what you can do with MIDI. Good job, Tom
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You are A very Talented man Mario.
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We've developed a renewed appreciation from your productions, Mario. Thanks for that. The realism of your tracks from the days of your wind controller to nowadays keys is amazing. We know everybody says that but it is a manifest fact. So there. Happy Holidays, J&B J&B I'm glad that you like this one. Have a safe am Happy New Year. Sounds good Mario. You always continue to amaze me with what you can do with MIDI. Good job, Tom Thanx Tom. I have been doing MIDI since the mid 1980's and it is my main way of generating songs, of course with a lot of help from BiaB. You are A very Talented man Mario. Thanx Rob. As far as music genres go I am a hacker at all but a master of none.
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Ah, my favorite soundsdcape artist. Cool funk, Mario. I listened before reading and wondered if you used the new horn stems from BiaB2023. Man, you really know how to build the sound of your projects in such an engaging way. From start to finish I loved it.
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Funky it is !
Great job, I especially like the flute
https://soundcloud.com/user-646279677BiaB 2026 Windows For me there’s no better place in the band than to have one leg in the harmony world and the other in the percussive. Thank you Paul Tutmarc and Leo Fender.
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Ah, my favorite soundsdcape artist. Cool funk, Mario. I listened before reading and wondered if you used the new horn stems from BiaB2023. Man, you really know how to build the sound of your projects in such an engaging way. From start to finish I loved it. Thanx Marty. No I did not use the new horn stems. I prefer to work in MIDI so I can pick with horn(s) to use. I haven't even looked at those stems and I rarely use RTs and RDs in my music. I have used RTs and RDs in other people's music but Covid stopped people from coming over! Plus I not ready to start recording others anyway. Funky it is !
Great job, I especially like the flute Thanx so much Thumper.
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Hi Mario
Sounds cool
That the flute fits so well with the funky style I would not have thought. Very good Mario
Wish you a great start into the year 2023
many greetings
Andi ;-)
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Mario,
Really enjoyed this! Very cool arrangement with an excellent mix. That flute really pops. Well done!
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Hi Mario
Sounds cool
That the flute fits so well with the funky style I would not have thought. Very good Mario
Wish you a great start into the year 2023
many greetings
Andi ;-)
Thanx Andi. Herbie Mann, a flutist, did a some funk songs and that is where I got the idea. However he is much better at playing than I am trying to emulate him. Mario,
Really enjoyed this! Very cool arrangement with an excellent mix. That flute really pops. Well done!
Deej Thanx so much Deej. I really like the sound of a flute.
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As others have said, cool and funky!
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Mr. MIDI strikes again with a funka-lishus offering! Wish I could do this, but it takes more skill than you admit to. I've tried, so I know that for a fact. Me and MIDI just don't hit it off. But you da King. I have to admit I look forward to your joke taglines as much as I do your songs. I'm sure they brighten everyone's day.
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Cool, poppin' sound Mario! I really liked the way that clavinet and bass worked together. Nice guitar work too!
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