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Thank you. I shall continue redoing (as Marty cleverly word it). Izzy: No, sorry I don't know Janne. Is he this Jannesan from Finland of our community?
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CLOSED. NATIONAL SHUTDOWN. NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. STOP FUNDING ICE. COME BACK TOMORROW.
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You guys are the best. Please give me a few days to recuperate from my recent surgery and then I'll comment further. Just i find interesting is there anything in band in the box that would tune an existing track from an old master to new tracks from PG music's vast content that are in tune obviously Once again you guys are fantastic every respect. Om
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I always have to dig around to find how to accomplish something that is that is basic functionality in any other software package. It's the software's biggest let down. It gets infuriating. I'm fine with using computers, software and hardware, very much above average and yet after 20 or more years, BIAB still drives me insane, so much that I just can't be bothered to do anything more than the basic stuff with it and just quickly move it to the DAW. Even today I had a typical experience. Wanted to create a simple click / metronome over a backing. Everything turned into something problematic until I just give up with frustration. I know of no other software that I couldn't have done this in under one minute. Ended up discovering what I think is another bug while I was at it but had to give it in cos I couldn't take any more.
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So if I click on that where do I end up?
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Mine auto upgraded but I haven’t had time to check out new features as I’m working on a mix. I did bypass a screen attempting to get me to explore the new features. I am pleased that when working on my mix I wasn’t bombarded with AI feature popups . 😀
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Such a good write, Lee, and I dig the video big-time. I like what John said about Les Paul's guy Steve Miller. Man, this is a fine song. I hear Beatle Paul, too. Great production and the vocals are soooo good. Yep, I knew that was you and it was not in sync, but that's how videos go sometimes. The important thing is that evrything is inperfect sync in the music. Good seeing ya though. Great song for child development groups and psyche class. Well done!
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Chills. I pushed Play before reading --cuz I can never wait to hear what you've made, Mario. Then I read. And chills got stronger as did my respect for all you do. What an outstanding feel you've encorporated in this one. An incredible write and you perform it all brilliantly. The mix is perfect.
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Oh, yeah, I'm dancing. But I should listen to my doc who says I ain't as young as I used to be. Who is, I asked? But I'm dancing like it's 1977. What a good write, John. I'm so glad you never gave up on it. An outstnading production for sure. The perfect mix allows all the goodness you packed into this to shine forth into the ears. Then the brain kicks it all down right to my feet. Heck, I was never a good dancer; that's why I played instead. Really such a good song, John. Thanks for the workout.
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Ha! I'm with the bro-in-law cuz I thought the song was deleted so I skipped this beauty when first seen. Man, I'm glad I checked again (cuz it's still here after being deleted --haha). Outstanding lyrics as only R.W. Davis can pen. I'm very glad you do the music, Ron; it makes for a terific partnership. Anotherr gem, and I hope you never delete it.
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Don't resample. Use real-time plugins, not the archaic ones in the Audio Effects setting. Those are destructive edits anyway. Click the little FX button in the Tracks view to access the real-time plugins. /yes, most likely the 96kHz part is just part of the popup as you surmised Perfect!!! Thanks!!! That FX button is exactly the solution. I learned something new. Thanks, much appreciated. BluegrassPicker
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Outstanding, Bob!! You know I love those lyrics, and what a good mix. You speak for so many. Love everything about it, man.
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It seems that the instrumentation only goes through to the floating mixer when I apply the style and only after that can I mute the instruments that I want muted. But if I only auditing the styles in the list by double clicking on a style then the instrumentation for that style is not reflected in the floating mixer it only shows in the "mini instrumentation mixer" in the styles view, The problem is that in that mini mixer view there is no mute option. One can work with it this way but it would also have been useful if the "Mute" also was available in the mini mixer view.
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Marty, This is truly outstanding in every aspect. Love the story, instrument tracks and your always EXCELLENT vocal. Some really great bass lines and that mix is pro. You have a real winner here! Bob Thanks, Bob. In my mind you are first in many ways. Marty, Cool song. Nice write. NICE vocals! Super bass, as always. Good use of BIAB - the accordion is just-right. Your girl made me dizzy with all that spinning  fj Thanks, Floyd. I had a video done with just stills. I shouldn't've tried to make her dance. Marty I think the vocal stands well just like it is! You recorded an excellent sounding song here! Love the south of the border sound here, really authentic sounding to me. I don't know how you keep coming up with so many great songs in rapid succession, but it's a great thing! Keep on rockin' TB Thank you, Torrey. Well, I take no credit and no blame for what is created, and am grateful when it passes through. Marty - great song with your usual excellent vocal, for me the accordion could come up just a smidge but then I'm a squeezebox lover! Wow the guitar solo is really tasty, and very cool sounding - who played that I wonder, classy!! Intoxicating Chica Roja indeed, well done Marty! Thanks, Carl. I kept turning up the sqeezbox, then turning it down, then over and over. Now I'll go back in to squeeze some more out of it. [quote=laurent4114]The video is truly fantastic at showcasing the song so well. Great job, Marty. Laurent Thanks, Laurent. Just noticed a notification from YT that you have another one too. I'll be there.
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Those look really nice. And with swappable necks, pickups, and no truss rod, just a titanium T bar......those are probably really sweet to play. That price..... then you add the options, and, well...... outta my price range
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Sort of related, but I am fascinated how minor chords in certain song contexts lose their ‘minor-ishness’, whereas in others they sound minor. It must have something to do with the brain interpretation - analogy: seeing the sentence and not the word. Andrew I agree and am fascinated by major vs minor. My guess is that it's related to the intervals involved and how we are wired to find pleasantness in octaves and 5ths and when we depart from those pleasant chord qualities we hear "darker/sadder " chords. Do you have song examples that show minor-ish vs non minor-ish where each contain minor chords? This is what I was able to find. Hearing Chords
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Hullo Hans. Your comment was worth the wait. Thank you. Vic
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Hi Noel, A very lovely song! And Natalie has indeed very nice vocals. I have no idea how easy it is to work with that synth, because all twists in her voice had to brought in manually, I think. And that takes time. But now back to the song; The lyrics are for one day in future, I fear. Or in the past. But they also have a promise in them; hope. As i started with, you made a lovely song, Noel. And the melody... I love that. Great work! Hans
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Thanks, Mario and Matt I have Encore 4.5.5, which I believe is the latest edition Gvox released. Gigs today and tomorrow, I need to do a disk image backup and give it a try. I made a head chart with MuseScore yesterday, and although MuseScore has tons more features than Encore, the complexity of the app makes just doing a simple head chart time-consuming. I suppose if I wanted to write a score for an orchestra, I'd appreciate all those features. We have over 600 songs, quite a few of which we don't play often. Some we learn for special audience members or some who hire us for private parties. Many of these songs don't fit a broad audience so we only play them once in a while. So memorization is not practical. A head chart or at least a chord chart can make a big difference.
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I won't be able to test anything since I do not have that particular SGU file. I did test some random songs with different styles and I can sense that the 1st beat is lower than the rest of the counts on everything I tested. I actually have known this for a while now but never brought it up since is was not important to me. That said, I do not know why this occurs. I've noticed it myself and always assumed it was buffers loading at the very beginning. Try this and see if you hear the same thing. 1. Start a New File 2. Change the style to Blank.Sty Blank 4/4 Even 8th. You should have a song with no chords and only a standard drum kit. If you generate the song, you might be able to subtly hear the difference in each lead in drum count. Since I am using the standard 1-3-1-2-3-4 count in, I hear the 1st count having some reverb and it sounds like it is in the background. The 3rd count sounds OK. The next sequence of 1-2-3-4, I hear 1 and 3 very slightly lower then counts 2 and 4. It is not my ears as the waveforms from 2 different programs recorded the hits and the levels are different. One is from Total Recorder and the other is from Adobe Audition. It's not a big problem at all but it is there.
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Thanks very much Janice and Bud and David for your kind review! Hello Dave and Chris, I saw Noell's post, but couldn't find my comments on the song back then. It must have been very positive (to make an understatement), because it's a 'delicious' and lovely Blues. Some days ago, on YT I had given my review too. But I will do it again; Chris has a great voice and makes very good lyrics! Dave, as usual, is the master on the lead. That sound... wow. And normally Marty is included as the one and only bass player you use in the band. But now I saw you used a real track from Biab. Why did you do that? Still, a great song! Hans Thanks, Hans! To answer your question: Chris and I have been working together for more than 10 years, the early songs all have BIAB bass players because Marty was not around back then. Having said that, Marty will be on some of the remakes we are doing, replacing the original BIAB part.
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Sounds great, David, good write, good band, and you certainly know how to get the most out of the synth vocals. I see you used EZMix3 for this, you usually use LMC if I remember correctly. Seems to have done the job for you, mix sounds fabulous.
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Hi Izzy, This is great humor, even for Dutch standards! I had to laugh the whole song through: I told the waitress, “You can call me Fred,” She said, “I’d rather call you gone instead.” If this is a boring song... well... eh, then I'll love boring songs from now on! Your singing is amazing, but tell me, were you hoarse after singing? Could you still talk? I think from now on we can call this Fun Blues, a new genre. And you in the lead! Hans
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Hi Chay, You really created a fantastic song! The violins and all the orchestral instruments blended beautifully with the more modern instruments that came in during the song. And it is a lovely melody. A pleasure to listen to. Hans
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