UPDATE...re my OTS travels
(or should i say my travails...lol.).

well ive learnt a lot doing ots.
couple of things...

..i'm useing an all midi style (in this case mission 1)..sooo i can move bits of track around fast in rb
to test out various arrangements viz what one hears in ones head. its a trick i used to do in powertracks years ago so as to show studio session musos a rough guide for a song.
like powertracks midi is very strong in rb.

..i 'know' people knock coyote included free by pg...
because of cheesy sounds...but actually in this case as its so 'lightweight' its quite a blessing as it doesnt get in my way re working fast.
also heres whats highly interesting...ive come across a super 'piccolo' sound from coyote that seems to fitthe song to a T as to sound picture...
and ive found nothing to better it so far.
i know its a synthesised sound but it just fits this what i think will end up as a rather jazzy song.

..my biggest challenge is still finding RT's that fit the 5/4 vibe. thus i really hope that pg indicate in their content which RT's might fit a common OTS like 5/4...
and other common OTS. because its hours and hours of work
trying to locate and 'FIT' a RT via crafty editing to the OTS.
the basic instrumentation ive decided on for the song are jazzy drums (thank you rb for finding those as substitutions.)
plus jazzy piano plus a funky bass and also some synth.
(already got synth driven by midi)...and of course the cute piccolo provided by coyote. i also need a lead soloist and rhythm...maybe gtr..RT's.
in summary piano/soloist instrument/rhythm gtr RT still needed.

..i tried Gordons great idea of looking at waltz RT's but so far
not much has twigged me....also..still lots of crafty editing is needed.

TBH this is the sort of difficult song i would probably in the past have taken into a studio with session musos after giving them a rough guide done in bb/rb to save expensive studio time.

to wrap up...i hear this as a jazzy crooner type song..
somewhat like my pretty girl song in my sig...
not my typical hard rock song like the stallion in my sig....lmao.

i would be really really gratefull if anyone could point me to RT's i can shape into a 5/4 song.
this 5/4 song is a huge challenge.
also if pg want to chime in...feel free.
particularly re jazzy rhythm piano, soloists eg sax ?
or maybe soloists scatting with each other ?
ie different rt's like jazz guitar and sax and piano
riffing in their own time space ?

as i said big challenge. but if i fall flat on my face..
so be it...ive learnt a load about OTS.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 08/14/24 04:39 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)