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Hi Andrew, just a quick response to your reply to my comments: I'm also constantly searching for the right key to sing in. Sometimes I try all eight notes of an octave. But often I end up back in the same key I started in... But then the singing sounds different again, because I always sing a little differently. Yeah, I saw you listened to my new song. Thanks for that. It's a bit different, isn't it? Different Hans, but I like it! In terms of vocals, I go with what I have and no longer embarrassed by it. Lots here to like. You definitely chose the right music and instruments to convey the messages in the hard-hitting lyrics. Good write. And you keep it interesting with varying parts and changes. Everything works well and sounds good, including your vocals. Thanks Scott! When working with the chords and melody and original BIAB RealStyle, I knew I had to make it heavy and the lyrics (written afterward) could be angsty as well, so it turned out to be a good combination. Honestly, Andrew, I'm not a big fan of the grunge style; I'm probably too old for it, but I respect it. I like the theme of the song and the way it's sung. The video supports the message very well. It's beautiful work. To be honest Laurent, I'm not a big fan of the genre either, but I don't mind variety and experimenting with styles/genre outside of my norm to see what comes up - in this case, I've learned about side-chain and 'ducking'. Life-long learning! It's not my genre, but it nails the feel as far as I'm concerned. And your 12.125 note vocal range was more than sufficient to do the track justice. My own 2 cents - Izzy suggested that manually ducking can give better results than Trackspacer, but Trackspacer is nice because you can have it only take out specific frequencies, so the "pumping" effect is minimized (the sound of one instrument going down in volume when another goes up). But if you buy Trackspacer, make sure you get it on sale! Anyway, nice work. Thanks David! Never heard of Trackspacer, but that might be because it costs something - I live at the freebie-only end of town, but I might look up to see what that type of plugin is called to look out for equivalent in free. Thanks for the suggestion! In relation to my vocal range, if we're dealing in semitones, that would make it 15. Trying to be clever, I also wanted to express this in a hz range but got horribly confused about whether I was singing C4 to D5 or C3 to D4 - I think the notation for acoustic guitar is not 'normal' so that is throwing me off. Anywho... it's limited! An accurate observation that reaches beyond Oz. Queen Gina & Prince Rupert are 1st nasties amongst the billionaires' club. Music bites as it should. I like the break down too. Excellent. Thanks Ray! I've become aware of the global nature of this problem, so I'm not sure if it's just a distortion of capitalism (distortion - which is another reason that grunge would be appropriate) or another negative manifestation of the human condition - or both! I usually write a song uniformly throughout, and then when recording and mixing, I start looking for variation within the song to break it up a bit and maintain interest, both for myself and the listener! Thank you to all for listening and your informative comments! Andrew
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Great tips! Adjusting the "Natural Arrangement" setting or trying "Jazz Down" might be the quickest fixes if BIAB isn't playing your chords exactly as written.
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EXCELLENT. A really melodic chorus to lift from the darkness of the verses. Fab.
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It sounds much better in your BIAB version. The clarity of everything is great. The vocal sits really well.
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REally nice one Scott - the solo section really sounds excellent.
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I think I'm with Marty regarding the orchestration but that's no prob as the song cuts through. Excellent lyric & cool vocal.
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An accurate observation that reaches beyond Oz. Queen Gina & Prince Rupert are 1st nasties amongst the billionaires' club. Music bites as it should. I like the break down too. Excellent.
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Really nice Steve. Excellent video, nice to see the interaction and to see you playing with yourself! Err, should i have said that!!! Excellent, kind regards.
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Driving tune for cetain & that chorus piano is ac. Well done Chris, Dave & Marty.
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Sweetly breezy summer song. As a lifelong motorcycling commuter I can't relate to the music as a riding soundtrack but it's very nice.
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Glad you enjoyed it and the Ssss was actually me holding back from singing the word 'sh1t' instead of the word 'show'! If you listen you can hear me laughing to myself just after.... I wasn't aware at the time but heard it after reading your comment!! That would explain your signature block. 
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Hi Pete! Good song! On my first listen, I didn’t note any mix issues - although cold beer mixed with whisky - is that a thing? Maybe a little delay added to the vocal? A really good tempo and dance vibe to this song - I could really imagine the sawdust getting a good work over with the right set of boots. Andrew Thanks Andrew, I agree the verb and delay need looking at, and as David says doubling the vocal. I'm off to kick up some of that sawdust in my sleep!!
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Hi, Pete. Excellent backing and vocals. Loved the growl on "when that aching". As much work as I've done on my songs, people have mostly said my "throwaway" songs are the best. Go figure. In terms of the mix, the volume and balance are excellent. The vocal lacks a bit of "sheen" - I want to hear a touch of reverb, or something to give thing a bit more sense of space. There are places where I'd clean up the vocal, like "where he's seen thissss before", but I've got a lateral /s/, so I'm hyper-sensitive about stuff like that. A bit of vocal doubling would be nice, but isn't required. I'd suggest having a look at something like Panagement, my favorite free spacial effect. Did I mention it's free? I've got the full version, but I don't think there are any features in it you'd actually use. But I find it's really good at placing things in space, and somehow just making things better. Anyway, nice song!  Thanks for the input David, I'll download the plugin you suggested and have a play with it. Yes you did indeed mention it was free!! Glad you enjoyed it and the Ssss was actually me holding back from singing the word 'sh1t' instead of the word 'show'! If you listen you can hear me laughing to myself just after.... I wasn't aware at the time but heard it after reading your comment!! I do appreciate your input 👍
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Pete, That's a well written and well performed song. I think the mix is fine. Your vocal is excellent. A really fun uptempo song! Bob Thank you Bob, I'm glad you liked it.
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Not a problem. I'm glad you're up and running! When you get a chance, and you're happy that the problem has been resolved, could you please click on the "Resolved" button in your original post in this thread? --Noel
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If I run ACW first, especially if I'm using Equalize Tempos, *then* split the stems, I'm then sitting stems in a track that has already been stretched and edited, right? That's my understanding. In BIAB, the stretching and shrinking is accomplished by using Bar Settings and each bar is given it's own tempo. This is the tempo map. Then when the tracks are generated, BIAB will stretch/shrink the audio to match the tempo map (and the individual tempos in each bar).
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OMG it was right there! I guess I really am a Duffus. Thanks.
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Hi. In the Windows version of BIAB, the Rebuild button can be found in the Stylepicker as shown below. I've had a look at the Mac version's manual, and Rebuild seems to be in a similar location. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32270&filename=rebuild button 2026.jpg)
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Oooh i am excited about that response. Now if we could finally get that long awaited talent plugin! I hear it's VSTi3! Oh and DC Ron, sorry that was the ole' Bass Thumster!
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Hi Pete! Good song! On my first listen, I didn’t note any mix issues - although cold beer mixed with whisky - is that a thing? Maybe a little delay added to the vocal? A really good tempo and dance vibe to this song - I could really imagine the sawdust getting a good work over with the right set of boots. Andrew
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Vic, Thank you for the kind words. Bob
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Hi, Arri. I thought this sounded familiar! Nice cover, and good job syncing up the violin with the pedal steel a the end. I enjoyed listening.
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Hi, Laurent. Bright, pleasant pop. Suno does its usual magic with the vocals. Who's playing the guitar? Whoever it is, it sound good.
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Hi, Steve. It was a bucket of fun listening to you play, and compete with yourself. I hope to see many more. Working A/C is important! I still remember those summer nights as a child I'd put my blanket in the freezer, and take it out for a moment or two of chill bliss before the heat melted the coolness away. And Northern California is nothing compared to summer in Iraq! 
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