Summers Dream

http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=1322139&t=3235


A little laidback instrumental I originally wrote on my acoustic guitar, while at a summer
beach retreat almost twenty years ago. I had previously created the basic structure
and chord progession in BIAB 2002, but the available MIDI styles at the time did not
inspire me to go much further. Well after much procrastination and some new found
inspiration from the new features and realtracks in BIAB 2010, I finally got around to
recording & mixing it recently in REAPER. Amazingly, it really sounds the way I had
first envisioned it all those years ago. Once I got the composition the way I
wanted it in BIAB 2010, I used the new DAW plugin mode to drag & drop the
realtracks (I love that new feature) into my DAW for further arranging, editing & mixing.
I ultimately replaced the RT drums with it's BIAB MIDI generated counterpart and triggered
EZdrummer (Nashville Kit) to create the exact vibe I was looking for. All of the rest
of the instruments are realtracks.


BIAB 2010 Style: POPPNOS.STY (PopPiano 12-8 Ballad (65 RS)
Key=Ab , Tempo 67, Length (m:s)=4:17


The final rendered REAPER mix used all BIAB generated tracks (4 RT's & 1 MIDI):


(3) Standard RealTracks Styles:
533:Bass, Electric, 12-8 Crystal Sw 065
895:Piano, Acoustic, Solo-Accompaniment PopSlow12-8 Ev 060
~526:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Hank Sw 065

(1) Soloist Realtrack:
627:Pedal Steel, Background 12-8 Crystal Sw 065

(1) BIAB MIDI Drum Track
Generated from the RealDrums Style: Pop128^4-Brushes,SideStick

The final icing on the cake:

(1) VSTi (EZdrummer Nashville Kit)
(26) UAD-2 VST powered plugins (Neve 88RS Channel Strips, Pultecs, Helios, Neve
33609, EMT Plate 140, EMT 250, Cooper Time Cube, Manley Massive Passive,
Fairchild 670, Pultec Pro, Precision Limiter)
(1) IKM ARC VST
(1) Ferric TDS VST





Cheers,

Billy Buck