Interested in what you went with if you don't mind sharing. If still looking, I can give a few lists that range from barebones but excellent to really-people pay this kind of money? with good reasons for my recommendations. My VO setups have changed over the decades, but the current one is now priced on the low side of midrange and I am very happy with it.
I love your humor. How can one not love a song that starts with "Got up this morning to take a pee." Cool choice to put the fun lyrics against the jazz instrumentation. Excellent guitar work.
I know your ASIO driver should allow selection of the number of buffers. This is possible because you often get different performance for playback versus recording. I am not aware of adjustments for MME or for WSAPI.
That's an incredible video, Trev. Thanks for posting it. He's an amazingly talented man. And I agree, he definitely needs to keep a fire extinguisher nearby!
Fascinating, Noel. It's remarkable how far languages have changed and been adapted. I noticed with interest that the word 'Gold' has never changed. It seems that somethings are treasures forever. Trev
I didn't notice that, Trev. Thanks for pointing it out. Interesting
Originally Posted by dcuny
You can hear the residual effect of printers substituting the "Y" for the thorn character "Þ" in words like "You" and "Ye". These would have been pronounced as "Thou" and "Thee". There's also confusion with the "ſ" if you read old text, because it looks a lot like an "f", but has the crossbar of an "f" on the left side, but not the right. Yay typography!
That's very interesting. It's amazing how time changes things and understanding gets lost in history.
Hi Mario! Happy New Year to you! 'Woke up this morning ...' - so the song got off to a good start! You didn't mention your singing in your post, so I really enjoyed it when I heard the singing start. As Ron said, we should hear you sing more. I like the stepping up motif on the bass - a signature part of the song. I am assuming the guitar lead is you as well. Loved it when the organ came in for the chorus. Well done and I enjoyed the listen. Andrew
Bob, another fantastic story set to music. Joliz'z harmonies and backing vocals were icing on the cake. Fantastic rhythm guitar and those lead RTs fit perfectly. Great mix. Another winner for sure.
Hi Chris! Happy New Year to you! A nice rhythm in this one - always like a bossa. Not being a user of Suno myself, I am wondering - did you prompt Suno to generate the vocal 'do do do do doo ...' sections based on your prompt or a guide track from you, or did Suno suggest that itself? It was a nice touch. Andrew
Hi Andrew, A bit late to the party, but better late than never! Good song, sort of a 60s pop vibe happening. I like the changes and the way it builds. Strong chorus! Best to you for 2026!
Thanks Dave! A few have commented about the 60s vibe to my songs – I guess I’ve been immersed in that soup for some time, so it’s bound to come out. I’m working on a 90s song at the moment, so we’ll see how that one comes out. Thanks for listening! Andrew PS Good pic of you with John Bonamassa (in another thread).
Originally Posted by dcuny
Hi, Andrew. I'm late to the party too, but I'm glad I made it! This is a nice bit of pop - very 60s! I sort of listened to the lyrics, but not too hard because the groove had me bopping along. Nice harmonies and bits on the piano. The descending bass line on the chorus works well, to support the catchy melody. Cool earworm! :smile
Thanks David – yeah, don’t listen to the lyrics too hard – they might not make sense. Besides, they are just the vehicle for the music. ‘Cool earworm’ or do you mean ‘cool neural worm’? Ha ha! Just joking. Thanks for listening! Andrew
Thank you for the tips Jim. Just out of curiosity, have you ever used the Audio Monitoring/Plugins to add effects to the Drums (Reverb, Compressions, etc...). One of the Video tutorials sounds interesting but I haven't yet got around to play with it.
After some searching thru the video tutorials I ran in to a good Tutorial on how to do exactly what I was looking for. If you have the same need or are just interested in furthering your understanding of audio volume automation I recommend you take a look at it.
you can enter any chord you like - sevenths, ninths, etc - you don't have to stick to straight major or minor go to the support page and choose online manual. chapter 15 has a list of supported chords.
I have been asking from conception that they bring over the Lyrics and Chords window. I always type in the lyrics over the chord sheet with bar based lyrics. This makes it show up in the Big Lyrics window in BiaB. Please bring that concept to the iOS and Android versions!!! If not, we could always get a microsoft tablet i guess
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Hello, I don't know if this helps, but I have had plenty issues with the lead sheet printing. I wanted the same as in the "fake sheet mode", where I had 4 bars on each single line. The "fake lead sheet mode" was perfectly fine, but when I tried to print to PDF, I had all bars after each other filling up the line space. These were about 8 bars on a line, and was not very easy to read. I changed 2 things: - i added a structure to the song that i quickly entered, using the "song form dialog" in the edit menu. It does not need a repeating structure, but make sure every part of the song is in a structure, and add it in the letters below (if there is not repeating structure, just enter ABCDEF...). - Instead of trying the print button on the "fake sheet mode", go to the notation editor (which does not show what you want to print), but then select the chords only in the print options window alternatively set nr of staves per page), and use the "ok - preview graphics" button to see the result. Strangely enough, it does use the same structure and the correct formatting when using the same print icon from the notation window. I honestly find this very counter intuitive, but this seems to work. I don't understand why the same print icon button on the notation editor has a different output then on the lead sheet. Don't know if it can help anyone... Regards, PS: great work on the new interface in the 2026 version, we're finally getting this more user friendly. Good work!
The strangest song title of the year, but I like it (Marie and revolution makes me think of French revolution...) Quite different arrangement, more folky than usual poppy, bit in Gilbert O'Sullivan way. But the softness works perfectly with the wistful and powerful lyrics. "Aren't the stars bright?" is a clever ease from the gun and grave, bit of contradiction but it works so well - escapism needed in these times... Very well mixed, the bass sounds very pleasant. Enjoyed your comforting vocals. I'm not sure yet if the song ends too quickly... Janne
Hi, Janne. Being a Grinch, I decided to only listen. I liked what I heard! Havox was over the top along with everything else. Fun listen, and appropriately silly. As you said, no need to change lyrics that "work", even if the don't entirely make sense.
Thanks Grinch David for listening and liking Janne
Happy New Year Shigeki. Both songs are lovely. AI is a pretty amazing piece of software. While AI can create beautiful pieces of music and videos I feel closer to the originals interpretations . I think it more an idea that the music came from someone's heart or soul. Wishing you and your family a safe and prosperous year..
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Thanks for listening! Andrew
Quite different arrangement, more folky than usual poppy, bit in Gilbert O'Sullivan way. But the softness works perfectly with the wistful and powerful lyrics. "Aren't the stars bright?" is a clever ease from the gun and grave, bit of contradiction but it works so well - escapism needed in these times... Very well mixed, the bass sounds very pleasant. Enjoyed your comforting vocals. I'm not sure yet if the song ends too quickly... Janne
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