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Carlos,

Are you sure you are not Mr Santana himself?

I love the production on this. The Brass really adds the punch to this one. I would have never thought a Bluegrass Fiddle could sound so good in a Santana type song. Everything sounds professional on this one, wow !!

Mamacita is right !!

This is excellente'

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Carlos,

I just got around to Latin Cowboy, that was one hell of a performance my friend plus an outstanding production. With proper backing and promos this would be a hit tomorrow!

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100% fun!

Very cool.


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I forgot to mention, if someone is interested in the style or song (BIAB) files from this song , drop me a pm. please.




Hi Carlos,

I have been studying your composition as it is an excellent example of how to get 110% out of BIAB and RB. Who knew that you could use the melody track for another realtrack? :-) Who knew that you could use RB to get two drum tracks? :-)

So I took the latin cowboy MGU and loaded it into realband. It generated all the correct realtracks except for the realdrums. It generated some midi drums that didn't match the style at all. Is that expected?


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Fantastic! Thanks for posting that Carlos.


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Mystery solved... The custom =LatinRk style needed to be in the BB folder for RB to find it and learn that realdrums were part of the style. Everything generates as expected now :-)

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Mystery solved... The custom =LatinRk style needed to be in the BB folder for RB to find it and learn that realdrums were part of the style. Everything generates as expected now :-)

Dave




Great Dave!. I didn't have any problem on RB song rendering because I always copy my custom styles to BIAB root folder, but it help to know that, I was already scratching my head about what caused the problem. Btw it seem a little rare inconsistency on RB import of BIAB songs function, because the rest of RT instruments does go fine rendered despite the style file is not in the BIAB root folder. Anyway I will check RB manual in order to rule out that are not there instructions on that we didn't read.

Carlos


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Well Carlos, vale! Most everything has been said above, but I want to add, in MHO, Santana himself, other than the reputation don't have much on you hermano! I'm in awe, what can I tell you.
Miguel




Gracias Miguelito! I appreciate your words. Carlos Santana is a symbol and representative icon of a great time where rock and latin force joining in a powerful blend that point out a special way for contemporary music , Carlos, with his labor and music still nowadays more of a spiritual influence than a guitar model. However I love that so personal vibrato and tone he is able to grab from his guitar.

Un abrazo hermano.

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Carlos,

Are you sure you are not Mr Santana himself?

I love the production on this. The Brass really adds the punch to this one. I would have never thought a Bluegrass Fiddle could sound so good in a Santana type song. Everything sounds professional on this one, wow !!

Mamacita is right !!

This is excellente'

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Thanks Trax, I was the first amazed how the violin fitted so happy great there. Ah yes, Mamacita is right, mainly when the Mamacita 'está BUENA' yayaii!!!


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100% fun!

Very cool.




Thanks so much Matt. It was very fun BIAB music time making.



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Carlos,

I just got around to Latin Cowboy, that was one hell of a performance my friend plus an outstanding production. With proper backing and promos this would be a hit tomorrow!

Later,





Thanks Danny, it sound cool, any ideas welcome.


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Fantastic! Thanks for posting that Carlos.




You're welcome boss, it is a 'RP' (RealPleasure) thanks to you for put such amazing tools in this restless hands.


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Carlos,
Amazing! Just totally amazing. It does sound like Santana, too. Yes, he was such a motivational force in Latin Rock, but you are upholding the standard very well.

What I found was that so much of this actually did blend together so well.

Just amazing.

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Thanks so much Gary. Carlos Santana’s influence is a long true fact for many guitar players from 40 years ago and nowadays still that way. Are you heard about Viva Carlos - A Tribute To Santana ? it is a great CD with guitarist Jeff Richman as drive force behind. It include amazing retrospective versions of Carlos Santana hits by Vinnie Moore, Mike Stern, Eric Gales, Pat Martino, Eric Johnson, Frank Gambale, Robben Ford, Albert Lee and Coco Montoya, whom have done great as guitar players in their own way. If get a chance check http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/002558.html - http://www.jusjazz.com/cdreviews/vivacarlos.html

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Basic Santana style primer for the noob:

*Pentatonic Minor scale patterns.

*Dorian mode.

*Fingers making sustain by "violin" bowing of the string on the fret.

*Get and use a good guitar compressor. Compresser should always be the first thing after the guitar, ahead of all other effects, if used.


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Basic Santana style primer for the noob:

*Pentatonic Minor scale patterns.

*Dorian mode.

*Fingers making sustain by "violin" bowing of the string on the fret.

*Get and use a good guitar compressor. Compresser should always be the first thing after the guitar, ahead of all other effects, if used.


--Mac




Add this: *finally, connects your soul to a device that amplifies divine universal love inside you (not on guitar stores).


Good one Mac! ...thas is a fine summary, are you sure you didn't miss your real instrument? ;-) . Santana near of rudimentary technique on guitar is not on the top 'shopping list' for most today guitarist. From my personal perspective the solely fact of pursuing Carlos ability is even silly if his 'touch' and musical spirit is leave aside, a mistaken view of the real importance behind one of the most transcendent figures in rock history.

cheers

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I'm also a guitarist, Carlos.

Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Keyboards, Guitar.

Jack of all trades, master of none. (grin)


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Guitar too?? Oh Mac, sorry, my ignorance rust the G string Glad to know you are in the bending club. May I ask about your guitars/gear/stuff? Gibson Fly on four Marshal stack, 16 floor pedals and 8 rack devices ? (just keading... I am one "cable to amp" type)


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I don't own the guitars that I once owned, my friend, but I still have my '59 Strat that I shall always keep, my Gibson ES-175 jazzbox, a Gibson Hummingbird and, of course, my old, old Classical of unknown Mexican manufacture yet a fine and loud guitar for a gutstring. There are a few imports lying around here, too. I just don't find much time for practice anymore, and frankly no gigs as there are more guitarists around here than keyboardists, it seems. Bebop and jazz blues are likely my biggest interest these days, but I've done my share of cover gigs, R&B, Soul, Rock, etc. in past decades. There was a time when I got my share of studio gigs on guitar, but I think that was mostly because I was a guitar player who could actually sight read the chart more'n any other reason.

And the callouses.


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Carlos,

Early in the song there was a short passage that sounded as though you played a guitar harmony along with a Real Track soloist. That's a great way to bind generated parts to a composition! Harmonizing with generated output makes it sound less random and more planned. That's an idea I will probably incorporate into my own songs!

Having said all that, many thanks for your contributions to the forum. Your words, music and attitude are all very inspiring. And your latest musical offering is greatly appreciated!

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Thanks Pat, it pleases me a lot on contributing at least this little to our forum.

Yes, I agree with you, to bind generated parts to a composition on BIAB can work well, mainly if done smartly and with musical sense. I sometimes generate variosu solos tracks from different RT and export it to RealBand or third DAW, think of it as sorta of "phrases bank". Once there I select the passages I like more and try to edit it as blocks that I can use in certain songs parts, mostly where they match the best. Many times I end with a melody or background track assembled from skipped bars in opposition to original order as were generated by RT. I want to share more tricks and tips I will liked to share soon here.

Cheers

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Hi Carlos; amazing your sound; your creativity and your feeling in this song!

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"Rosin on the bow and a doesy-dooby-doe...thru the compressor and 'round we go....!1"

Just more Carlos craftmanship/musicianship with bass and midi-to-go...



Carlos...this "cut is for you"....like the man says...cool song...cool flute...cool guitar...
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Hi Carlos; amazing your sound; your creativity and your feeling in this song!




Thanks Vanguard. I enjoy to play it.


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