Just thinking about why what Andrew mentioned might be happening: It’s been years, but I recall Windows operating system updates sometimes would change my Preferences for sound devices, and cause me to be puzzled for a bit why I had no sound.
A great idea for a song, James. I like the tone of the voice which is unusual for me with AI vocals. I do think that sometimes the vocal phrasing is a little regimental, and then it suddenly slips into something almost operatic, which is nice but unconvincing to a child's vocal. Mostly though, it must be a good because I listened all the way through. Vic
That's a great concept! We have a long interest in trains so we fell right into it. Excellent band and vocals (the double sounds great). One look at the SC waveform and we knew we would like the mix. You never over compress/limit and always leave track breathing room. And, per always, a cool progression. Well done! PS We've written several train based tunes ... fun journeys indeed
Thanks J&B - I remember you mentioning the waveform shape on one of my earlier songs - which was a fluke result BTW, but I have remembered that comment ever since, so I always check it out when uploading an early draft. Same with LUFS which other forum members also mentioned. This forum is so cool for people sharing their knowledge. While I haven’t done a lot of train travel, our longest trip was back in 2019 when visiting my daughter and son-in-law who were based in Gwinnett County GA at the time - we caught trains from San Francisco to Seattle then Seattle to Vancouver BC. There is something very therapeutic about train travel! Thanks for listening and commenting! Andrew
That's a great sound. Lush, full and mesmerizing. I watched the video as well - your process was fascinating. I really enjoyed this.
Thanks Bob! I had a lot of fun with the vocals, but didn’t realise how hard it is to hold a note consistently for 4 bars - I’ve often joked I have no right to sing any notes longer than a minim. So there was a lot of ‘tape’ on the mixing room floor! But it came out better than I had hoped. I’m thinking of turning the vocals into a User Track I can reuse in BIAB.
Originally Posted by floyd jane
Very cool sounding track Andrew I enjoyed the listen Nice drum loop choice
Thanks Floyd! I don’t know what I was on back in 2001, but the drum and bass loops work really well together, I think. Their repetition gives more focus for the vocal and other instruments.
Originally Posted by TuneMonger
Good track, Andrew! It reminded me of the soundtrack to The Savage Empire, a computer game I loved in the early nineties. All the elements came together nicely, and made for a very satisfying listen. Good work!
Hi Rob! I’ve never been a gamer so I found the soundtrack on YouTube and listened to it - I can see why you mentioned the style similarity, particularly the repeating drum pattern - albeit different. This instrumental pursuit is hard graft because the music has to say EVERYTHING. I’m glad you thought so.
Originally Posted by MarioD
Andrew, this is an amazing song. You captured that majestic forest perfectly. Loved that drum and leads. Great mix. Loved it! PS - we can never have to many instrumentals in this forum!
Thanks Mario! The word ‘majesty’ only came to me as I was working on my track description and after I had done the video - same with the word ‘sacred’. When I posted, I did wonder if you’d tell me to get in my own lane, so thank you for letting me drift into yours, but rest assured I will only merge occasionally. Thank you all for listening, watching and commenting! Andrew
Bob and Joliz, this is a fantastic song. Great vocal and brilliant lyrics That's some really great guitar chops Bob, love that tone. Super backing band and mix IMHO this is your best to date
Marty and Dave, you have created another masterpiece. A super vocal and guitar licks, as usual, but this time it was the lyrics that was the icing on the cake. I can really relate to them. Everything is perfect. Loved it
This is SO beautiful and serene. That soprano really gives it a soaring, flying feeling. The string entry makes the background texture rich. The violin is beautifully-sounding (and most MIDI sounds for violins definitely aren't! haha. Good job on this one!). Well done, Mario. You know exactly what you're doing and how to do it, in your musical "part of the world", as it were. I've loved every single track I've heard of yours, so far. Bravo.
Thanx James for this fantastic review. That Swam violin is one of the most realistic sounding violins that I have heard. It is not samples, it is audio modeling, so you really have to play it and that really adds to the realism.
Also, I didn't realize that the all the extra apps that originally came with the Everything PAK (Windows) that I purchased many years ago, aren't included on my last purchase for Mac. This means I don't have the chord dictionary (or whateve it's called) to see chord patterns, so I need to look somewhere else.
The feature says that it will step to the next chord, not notes in the next chord. If I call it "bloody" is because I get frustrated it doesn't do what it supposed to do. If it will only work after copying the track, then stop the routine advancing to the next note and display a message that asks the user to copy to a different track.
RTFM: "Enable Chord Tutor Display: This setting silently displays the chords on the guitar fretboard." Maybe you can explain how you wanna use it.
Lol. I did, and it doesn't do what it says it should. The chords are never silent, unless the through track is muted or at zero. I want the software do what it says it should do. If I want to hear the chord that the tutor plays, is because I want to hear what that chord shape sound like. 😂
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