sawmill... rent a under 50 buck mic into say an audient interface with good pre's. note...audient studio grade mic pre's are in their usb interfaces. now rent a expensive mic...same deal. tell me if you can hear a diff. also other interfaces have studio grade mic pre's... theres a lot of hype with gear. ive owned and recorded with gear cost thousands. right now i'm auditioning a cheap 30 buk mic...for s's and giggles... i was surprised. there is a hilarious thread on gearspace where people auditioned a art 50 buk mic pre versus big boy gear. so many people got it wrong...lol....and chose the 50 bukker. in the end its all about the song to the music consumer imho. some of the songs in my sig used mic's/pre' costing thousands and some just a 50 buk mic into my audient interface...see if you can tell the diff. om
Hi Shigeki, When starting my listen to your song, my heart stood still (for a nano second). My Chinese isn't what it was. Heartbroken! A nice title for this wonderful song. Great vocals and also great pianoplay, or in Chinese: 人聲和鋼琴演奏都很出色。 This is truly a lovely waltz. And you can't often say that about this genre. Were some of the other instruments from BiaB, or did you use them from your DAW? I do that regularly. Very well done! Hans
Hi Noel, What a surprise! At first, I didn't read that you had used AI vocals, so I was expecting a beautiful song with your singing. And then I had to start over, checking all the sources and your post on the forum again. And now I'm listening to it for the third, uh, fifth time. Just like Ray, I'm not such a fan of AI vocals, but you chose the right vocals for this very good song. I think it's great in every way; the song/melody is very good/strong. I also like the chord progressions and the lyrics! The choruses are so beautiful; that part "Watch me, Just watch me, And see me fly" is great to sing along to. I can do that now, and the other parts too! Noel, great song. I wish you could sing it like that too. Are you thinking about giving it a try sometime? Hans
Hi Andrew, these songs remind me of English pop songs from the 70s. I can't remember the names of the bands or singers anymore, only the feelings I had about them. They were special, their stories too, and the vocals were typical of that style. And you imitate that in an amazing way! Very well done, the lyrics too! You either love it or you hate it! Well, I love it... right now ❤ Hans
Eastside(?) Eddie (from Ohio) is still around, but not in these forums. I think he has a YT channel that has something to do with getting even with scammers.
From Eddie this morning - Yes sir I am alive and kicking. Just not as high as I used to. Trying to outrun the end of my mortgage. LOL!!! I'll be 75 at the end of June and I never imagined I'd last this long with the way I lived my young Eddie life. Old Eddie has become responsible, conscious... ... Say hello to everybody who wondered, and feel free to give my email to anybody who wants to drop me a hello. One of the main people I lost was Pat Marr. His email and none of his phone numbers work anymore. He was one of the nicest people I ever knew, and I'd hate to hear that he passed on. And if he DID pass on, it's all your fault.
Hi Janne, What a creative guy you are! First singing organs and now about the birds of prey patiently waiting for the little birds, their breakfast... I liked that theme in a certain way. "Certain" implies that I show some reservation, because I also love little birds and their presence and singing ;-) Unfortunately, our garden is dominated by crows and magpies and (sometimes) 2 seagulls, and they all ask me in a screeching tone for their daily sandwich. Well, ask... About the song itself. It has a really cheerful and upbeat melody, exactly as you described it regarding your feelings and that bird. Very nice! And when the vocals went up, that gave me a great feeling. That was made even stronger by all those other vocal parts that joined in. I really enjoyed it! Very well done, Hans
And we won't even talk about the amount of Data Center energy spent on making cats play guitar, dance and sing . . .
100%...using power, using water - in huge amounts and providing things as useless &/or ephemeral as NFTs were/are. I power down everything and turn them off at the power socket too. Little red lights and the standbye power suck bother me on all appliances. The only ones that stay connected are the ones without battery supported clocks. Two years ago I had a comp fried by a lighnting strike up the road...it sent a surge along the phone line, killed the modem & the comp. It was wide spread damage - I couldn't buy a modem for about 5 day as every appliance & conp store had sold out...most of those customers didn't lose their comps as they shut down when the storm started. I was in the process of shutting down appliances starting downstairs and was too late by he time I was top side.
Written by Bob Dylan in 1962, the iconic anthem "Blowin' in the Wind" has stood the test of time. Moreover, it really resonates given the world we all live in at the moment.
OK, here's what I did. Fairly straight-forward once one knows. I set the song to two choruses and unfolded to get a one-chorus song of a double-chorus length. I did copy-special from...to create two new double choruses, inserting the bars and transposing up each new chorus by two semitones. I then did a Transpose from...to to transpose the third chorus up a further semitone. I set the chorus start in the main control to the second chorus, and I set the length as that of the second chorus, which greys out the third chorus. I set the chorus repeats to a multiple. I used Edit->Song form to set the third chorus as a tag. I removed the turnaround from the end of the tag and tidied the song ending. That seems to have worked out pretty well.
Hey, Herb. You craft your melodies very well: easy to follow, easy to remember, and your lyrics are universal yet sound fresh. Your relationships, personal, spiritual, and the countryside you live in, sounds genuinely personal and conversational that puts the heart into your songs. Your musicianship and use of Band in a Box outstanding. I also listened to "Give Me the Country Please," also very well crafted and easy to relate to, as I've lived in cities and am in a half-city half-rural area...lots of hills, trees, at the edge of a city of 58,000, but far more peaceful than Phoenix! Anyway, I admire how you make your music which is very well done. John
Sounds really good. Would be interested in the mixing & mastering process and what audio effects plugins are used, and how AI is utilized as well.
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Hi all, If anyone is curious, I am happy to share the tools I have been using and how they fit into my workflow. Joanne
Hi Jeff Thanks for the interest. In summary 1. I recorded my original song using the appropriate tempo, key and Band-in-a-box style and exported to MP3 2. Imported the MP3 into Suno (Pro version) 3. Produced a series of Suno covers until I found something I liked . Used female AI vocals and instructed it to use the exact key and vocal nuances as in the sample 4. Exported all stems to wav files 5. Dragged all stems to Realband, muted lead vocal 6. Recorded my vocal 7. Did any editing of glitches in instrumental and backing vocals in realband. Particularly at the start and end. 8. Cleaned, tuned and fixed timing issues with my vocal using Melodyne. 10. Passed my fixed vocal through Kits.ai (pro subscription) using a model trained on my own voice 11. Exported all stems from realband 12. Used cryo-mix ai (pro subscription) tool to mix and master the final file. I think the preset I used was “radio ready”. Hope this helps
Ah knew right away you weren't talking about The Blues. Man, you sure DO have some use for these blues. Whatr a great tune. Hey, not all Chicago Blues is played in Chicago. Your harp sounds great. Fun changes and a good mix make this a jump-along song. Excellent choice of vocalist too.
Thanks, Marty! You sang two dark blues songs of mine (for which I'm eternally grateful), I should've asked you to sing this uplifting one to compensate. You would have been perfect, I don't know why I didn't think about it. Well, the next positive blues song I write, it's yours.
Ideally, I would prefer a "smart" tool not dials or settings. Unfortunately "Right Click > Erase" is not saved on re-open (I've reported this) along with about 1/2 a dozen other items that prevent smooth workflow in Piano Roll and about same amount of bugs. From my understanding these (at least most) will be fixed this year. I am patiently waiting. However, patience is not made out of rubber On the bright side, re-imagined Piano Roll is definitely a huge step up. I am able to complete much more in BIAB than before. One workflow tip if you have a second screen... detach Piano Roll from UI (Ctrl+click on Piano Roll icon on side panel), put it secondary monitor. It is significantly better working with Piano Roll full screen along whatever other screen set you are using than in docked mode. Lets bring this conversation back, when we get the patch that addresses known issues in PR.... so there is enough substance to talk about.
Hans, it's rare to come across a philosophical song that is also enchanting and you've done it remarkably well. It's folky and pleasant, moves lightly like Simon and Garfunkel's "Cloudy." It's a keeper for sure! John
Hi, Marty. It's a lovely reminder to slow down and take in what we take for granted. It's an interesting approach to use minor chords on a pleasant peaceful theme and it works like a Moody Blues song, and that's a very good thing. The tempo compliments the feeling of slowing down to look around. Very nice work! John
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