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Wow what a cool change up. Loved the production and sound processing. Super vocal and lyric. Peters guitar was very cool and kudos on the harp playing. Perfect bass lines. Really well done. Thank you Scott. It was fun all the way around and we’re glad you liked it. Thanks for all and for mentioned the bass track. J&B Bud, Janice, and Peter, Great production! A very hard blues song. Doubling Janis 2016 and Janis 2026 is a very nice idea. It's a wonderful doubling. Peter's guitar and harmonica are fantastic too. Enjoyed my listen a lot. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi Thank you Shigeki. We appreciate all you wrote and are glad you liked the vocal double. J&B
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Hi Mike., Very nice! Lots of variation in your piece to keep my ears alert, yet based on recurring themes. The slow down at the end was unexpected, and made me wonder if it symbolises how we all slow down as we grow older? Enjoyed it! Andrew Thanks for listening Andrew. Glad you enjoyed Leonie's Song. Variations on a theme is exactly what I was after with this. So glad you commented on this aspect. And yes, we do slow down as we get older. 
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What a beautiful, touching song, Herb. Thanks so much for sharing! Catherine Thank you for listening and taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. I'm glad you liked the song
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I am sorry I should of stated I am running Universal Control version 5 which is the newest driver. You're one of the fortunate ones. 
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Another quality production Ron, Really loved those “Running out in traffic” harmonies at the end. Superb. Kind regards.
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I really like this way of mixing. Has sped things up a lot for me. Plus I don’t have a great room, so this helps with that.
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Love the intro Mick, then the bass kicked in and I was hooked. This is a really solid rock song in every way. I’m trying to rack my brain as to who the vocalist sounds like at times. Maybe it’s Snow Patrol (Shut Your Eyes), but this is a song any top band could play and get a good reaction to. Great work.
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Opur, it's a pensive, beautiful, haunting dirge, and works very well with the lyrics. You're among the few I've noticed who is courageous enough to write a song about what everyone else wants to deny. I may be in a minority but I think the covid pandemic was handled very poorly, very much so in America, and it was far too soon to declare it was over. I lived in Phoenix at the time, the epicenter of the pandemic for several months. I remember the desolate streets at first, then the angry men who did not like seeing me wearing a mask, and being regarded as a problem at my government job because I was the only one there who followed the rule of wearing a mask. Sometimes I write songs of social comments and politics with my viewpoints that aren't popular because that's part of what life is. It's what we as artists and songwriters do.
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Very well written Country classic, Scott! The lilting and hooky energetic melody fits the personal conversational story line to a T. John
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Mario, Thank you. Very kind as always and very appreciated by both of us. Bob
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Hey Mario, Had to check out your tune! Very smooth, very atmospheric. Nice work! drew
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Hi DC Ron, Thanks for correcting me on my guitar type. I bought this Gibson new without knowing too much about the variance in types. It even came with a 'certificate' and photo from the factory!! hahaha The action is fabulous, and the neck fits my hand so well. I also have a 1935 Gibson L00 in near mint condition. The two guitars play almost exactly the same, i.e. neck and action! I don't really know too much about the various guitar models, but I'm learning more all the time! I very much appreciate your feedback on my singing and playing! Thanks again, DC Ron drew
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Chay, Well done. This Rocks. Great drive. Well mixed. Terrific use of BIAB. fj Thank you, Floyd! Very, very much appreciated!
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Wow, this vocal is so delicate and delicious! At first, I was concerned it wouldn't fit the rock instrumenation, but that concern was quickly cast aside. Great finished production! I was just trying to push the song (from early December!) down the thread again so that no-one misses the new "solid rock version" or confuses the two, but it sound like your comment - which I very much appreciate - is referring to the rock version!
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Hi Rob! Good vocal, and nothing wrong with the harp at all! In awe actually of anyone being able to play an instrument (and compose on it) that well.I first became aware of this song through a cover by Mike Oldfield of Tubular Bells fame (YouTube - Mike Oldfield - I got rhythm) which I later found out was originally from a musical. His is a really different version. The female vocalist is Nico Ramsden. Andrew Thanks for the kind words, Andrew, I appreciate it! i know my singing isn't much, so the encouragement helps. The chords in this song, usually called "Rhythm Changes," are the most famous chords in the history of jazz improvisation. I should have mentioned that in the OP.
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Brilliant song! Love the instrumentation and it was better than expected having first read the lyrics. A very necessary song as T. Ronald Dump is totally out of his depth when it comes to military tactics. As one investigative journalist commented, everything he says, assume the exact opposite.
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Yes, it crashes after 2-3 scans. Open the mixer, select plugin view, right click on the plugin field for the track, chose select VST3, Choose options, Scan for VST3 plugins in search Directories. It scans the directories, progress meter shows 33 -35 sec, then hang for a while, then the list if VST3s are listed OK. First scan often ok, but if I repeat it, it will crash after 2-3 scans. Very easy to reproduce. Repeat “Choose options, Scan for VST3 plugins in search Directories” 2-3 times then it crashes without any messages. Sometimes it displays the list of VST3 with an illusion of that it is ok, but after a while it crashes. If I remove all VST3s in the list, then the scan stops at approx.78sek and shows the VST3 list ok, but if I continue as above it crashes in the same way. (I just tested it, I don' use it).
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Beautiful song and choice of BiaB instrumentation. A really lovely production.
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As Notes and Herb said, Swing does have a wide latitude. My notation software allows me to dial-in a percentage of swing. To me, there are two categories: straight eighths, and ‘other’. To make things even more fun, there's Viennese where the second beat in the waltz is rushed and the third beat is slightly delayed. I have had to school more than one orchestra or theater pit ensemble on this but, once they get it... wicked cool! Learned about this in one of Oscar Levant's books where he wrote about arguing with Gene Kelly during the making of An American in Paris. Listen for it in the "By Strauss" number.
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Does anyone know if there is any way to manually enter parameters directly instead of having to use the tiny sliders in the Nectar interface? In Reaper, for example, I prefer to right-click on sliders and knobs and then type in a numeric value to allow for more precision. But, in Nectar I have not been able to figure out how to do that. I did figure out two work-arounds that are useful. 1) if you hold down shift or ctrl while clicking a slider in a module (and in some other places) you get a white focus box around the slider that allows you to use the up/down arrow keys to adjust the slider position 2) if you save your settings as a preset you can open the presets XML file and *carefully* edit parameters directly. the Nectar 4 preset files you create are located here on Windows, C:\Users\[username]\Documents\iZotope\Nectar\User Presets\Global Presets\ All you need to do for setting a numeric value for the sliders in your example is double click on the mix text in the icon under the mix slider and it will allow you to enter the value you would like. Hope this helps.
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Hello friends 🎶 I've been having trouble with BIAB for a while now. I've done some research to see what the problem might be, and it seems to be an incompatibility with my Mac system (Sequoia 15.7.4) on my rather old Apple M1 Max (32GB RAM). Only BIAB is causing the issue; I also use Logic and have no problems with it. I should also mention that I have a standard installation on my internal hard drive, but I can also use the application from an external drive, and both have the same problems. I've tried several versions of BIAB Audiophile, always making clones, and I've tried versions 2024 and 2025 as received from P.G. Music, as well as the latest update, BIAB-904. The symptoms are as follows: BIAB is behaving strangely. For example, it might change the display preferences, such as the number of columns, suddenly switching from 8 to 1, or it might display the countdown timer even though I had removed it. Most importantly, I can no longer export my files by dragging and dropping them onto the icons; I have to use the menus to do this. It also changes the instrument names and gets confused. In short, I have the impression there's a problem with the display, but I don't know where to start to find the culprit. I'd like to try starting without extensions, if possible, like we used to do with older Mac systems, to see what happens, but I haven't kept up with the maintenance for the newer systems. If you have any ideas, please give me a starting point. Thanks everyone.-Phil-
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I've been away from the Showcase for a while so I haven't heard a Torrey Bliss song for quite a time. This is great. I'd forgotten how professional your songs sound. Your voice, the band, the production are all first class. I really enjoyed this one. Thank you. Mike Thanks Mike! I really appreciate your comments! TB
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Janne That is a complex arrangement, both melodically and instrumentally. That doesn't surprise though because everything you post carries those qualities! You've created something very interesting here! You obviously spent a considerable amount of time doing this! Take care, TB
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