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+++ Here +++ is an interesting article that tells a little bit about the friendship between country singer / songwriter Merle Haggard and country rock singer / songwriter Graham Parsons.
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Great. Thanks for the advice Michael
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Hi Mario! This is a nice piece! At first, I was confused as I thought ‘There aren’t 14 months in a year?’  Seriously, I was going to suggest ‘Contentment’ as a title, but then it got slightly dark towards the end, so I don’t know. Maybe ‘Old person sitting in a chair’? I’ve always liked the sound of the English horn - I think that’s also called a Cor Anglais? I could be mistaken. Anyway - a lovely piece. 14th April is my Mum’s birthday, so it’s meaningful. Andrew
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Considering that the title made me expect something along the lines of John Cage’s 4′33", there are actually quite a few instruments in your song, Mario  Beautiful, meditative soundscape with some almost oriental motives. Very enjoyable ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif)
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Mario, This composition has some amazing musical layers. Another beautiful soundscape and mix. Those Swam instruments provide such depth. BTW, I love the title - very, very cool. A new favorite! Bob
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While the track is a MIDI track, change all velocities to 127 I also change the sound to a side stick so it cuts thru better (channel 10 Eb2 or 3 I believe) Lastly you can use AutoConvert MIDI track to Audio Apply the PGPeakLimit and then SOLO that track and Merge to a WAV file to keep it loud in other DAWs. /Uncheck Solo after
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4-14 I started this song on April 14 using Instachord 2 and Band-in-a-Box. I couldn't think of a good title for it then or after the song was finished so I just left it as 4-14. I'll let you give it a title. Via my breath and/or keyboard controllers I am playing the following Swam instruments: English Horn Bassoon Oboe Double Bass section Double Cello section As well as these Kontakt instruments: Amadeus Full String Section Kurt Hunter Virtuoso Strings Band-in-a-Box is supplying the following: 3055 Piano, Acoustic, rhythm - Patch = Lounge Lizard - Tine - Chorus Warmth 3909 Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking - Patch = Kontakt - Amadeus - Nylon String Guitar 3913 Guitar, Nylon, Rhythm - Patch = Kontakt - SoundProps - Jazz L4 V2 Instachord2 track - Patch = Kontakt - Amadeus - Harp As always all comments are welcomed.
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Your productions are so amazing, so professional! I'm always blown away by what you do. Fantastic use of AI vocals! A big THANK YOU for your really nice and encouraging comment, Rob
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Fantastic waltz, Hans, what an evocative mood the instrumental bed creates. I liked your vocal, felt like it could've been a tad louder. Subject matter was intriguing to say the least. I'm sure everyone has at least one "what if" person in their life. You're one of the most creative minds on the forum and you always deliver. Great job!
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Another Synthesizer V (short Synth V) user here. Synth V isn't an AI like Suno, which means you can't just give it a command/prompt and it'll do the rest. Instead, you have to edit the notes, tempo, and lyrics (down to the syllable level), in other words, the entire prosody, in one way or another. It can be tedious at times, but you have complete control over the result. If you'd like to hear some examples: On my YouTube channel, all the songs from “Can't Get To The Other Side” and older are done exclusively with Synth V.
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Great songwriter! Wrote a lot of very popular tunes. His recorded version of "The Gambler" is fairly different from the version Kenny Rogers made famous.
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I just swore I was done downloading free stuff after removing a bunch of stuff yesterday.
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FWIW: 1- Can you save it as a template? That is record only the metronome then save it as a song, maybe call it template. For every new project bring up the metronome only song first, then add your other tracks. Just be sure to save as because if you don't you will overwrite the metronome only song. 2-Save the metronome track as a wav and bring it into you project? Then can you have that wav track follow a tempo track? I don't use RB so I don't know however I know that I can do that in Fender Studio Pro 8 DAW.
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I use Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro (which Herb referred to as Synth V above) from Dreamtonics ( https://dreamtonics.com/synthesizerv/). - the vocal tracks it generates can be indistinguishable from actual recorded vocal tracks - they are NOT using stolen vocals like Suno and other AI services, instead, they are more like the BIAB model of paying artists to perform and then licensing those performances - they offer tons of voices but it can get rather expensive! - to generate a vocal track you can play it on your MIDI keyboard, "draw" the notes directly using the MIDI editor, import a MIDI melody or import a recorded vocal track with melody, timing and lyrics detected automatically (but imperfectly, so you'll need to do a fair amount of cleanup) - I am very happy with all of their voices that are American English but not at all interested in those with an Asian accent as they don't work for my style pf music - for a male American English type of voice I like Liam a lot - for a female American English type of voice I like Etta a lot - male voices I have are Liam, Hayden, Kevin and Asterian - female voices I have are Etta, Felicia, Natalie, and Solaria (I also have Mai who has an accent but she was free so...) I have thus far only used this tool for generating harmony parts to my vocals but I could see this being super helpful for generating high-quality demos and even for releasing as finished works if you don't plan to sing your songs yourself.
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I'm surprised by what I am not seeing here, especially Fluffy Audio from Italy. Click on the FREEBIES tab. I use some of their commercial libraries as well. I was looking for a nice flute not so long ago. Thanks for pointing me to "Simple Flute" . It looks and sounds sweet! Now, what did I want that Flute for...? 
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Nice to see the current version of that list. Some are included with the version of Komplete that I own. I've downloaded most of the others over the years but have rarely used them—not that I won't. It's good to have that list in one place, though. I'm surprised by what I am not seeing here, especially Fluffy Audio from Italy. Click on the FREEBIES tab. I use some of their commercial libraries as well.
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I use ACE Studio. though not cheap for a permanent license (they do have a rent to own plan, also), it does what I need in the box (my computer) rather than online. Like most Asian companies that do this thing, it has yet to generate a voice that sounds convincing in American English but I don't care. I use it for demos only and the lack of a convincing voice highlights this fact. They just released v.2 which adds latin and choral voices along with instruments. The reason I went with ACE is that I can give it a MusicXML file from a notation app such as Finale and the voices can 'sing' the notes and words from the page. For my work, this is huge and well worth the money.
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Clever stuff, Laurent. Plenty of atmosphere. Vic
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F bombs? We'd say about average for one episode of so many series nowadays. We're late to the party but we've read all the comments and, for us, DC nailed it. Regarding the narrative it needs to be said in whatever way grasps attention. And it was very well stated. All of the tracks and the great mix yielded a stadium filling sound. It setup a standout soundstage on our monitors. Simply EPIC! And really driven home with the video. Wow. Kudos and a helluva great production! J&B Thank you Janice, thank you Bud, for your nice and positive feedback. Much appreciated
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It's a rather unusual choice of instruments for a waltz, but it suits the song very well. Well sung, I think your vocals get better with every song. Enjoyed my listens
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Laurent, We appreciate the kind review. Thank you. Bob
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Interesting collection. There was a time when I went gaga over these free offerings. Back when I first discovered NI Kontakt back ~V5 I dl'ed as much as I could. What I have learned with these is "you get what you pay for". Only a very few of these free offerings have stood the test of time. I discovered that these fall into three categories - 1) teasers to draw you to the full commercial versions (which is not necessarily a bad thing), 2) novalty items which will likely never get into any released music, or 3) just get deleted. I think the best thing about all these feebees is that they serve as an introduction to Kontakt - for which I am forever greatful. This was stepping out ot the box for me in my musical journey. Working with Kontakt libraries and the other professional VSTi libraries is a huge learning curve but can be rewarding. If you are not familar with this musical path, then by all means, jump in with these freebees and test the waters.
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Thank's Marty, Blue Attitude, Mario, WaoBand, Janice & Bud for the comments. Laurent
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Kudos for the choice of style with that great-sounding bass and the steel pedal in the background. The chorus is excellent, with the vocals giving way to the bass; we wish we could hear it a little longer. The vocals, the steel pedal, and the bass give this song a beautiful atmosphere. The chorus shows, once again, that you can make great songs with simple elements. Laurent
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Thanks. I did what Noel said and it worked. However, I want to save that track LOUD in a manner that allows me to import it into any project I am working on. Is it possible to do that? Because when I export the file or save it in any fashion, yes I can import it. But Noel's volume changes are gone. I'm back to the almost-silent ticking. I'd like to be able to stick this particular track into a project with the volume enhanced. Thanks again.
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