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Hi Mario! I like the steady rhythm/beat throughout this piece, but my favourite is the strings throughout, but particularly the ‘drama’ they add around 3:05 - that’s a good section. Andrew Thanx Andrew. I have been experimenting with my string sections so I am glad you noticed them.
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Chris, this is fantastic, a great soft lounge jazz tune. Great mix of AI and BiaB and EZKeys. Sounds great!
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Rob, Thanks very much. We appreciate it. Bob
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Let me say this.... learning and understanding and applying midi synth sounds in BIAB midi was one of the most significant things I learned. I highly recomend you make this a priority. It is not complicated and confusing once you figure it out and the rewards that follow are well worth the time and effort. Will this make a difference, hell yes! We are talking about the sound quality of what you are listening to. Midi can sound like a pipe-organ at the circus or it can sound like a lush and vibrant piano. If you have installed the SythnFont 64, you now need to set it as your Default Synth in BIAB. [OPTIONS - midi audio driver setup - Use VST/Dxi Synth - Route midi thru to midi driver- Select the VST/DXi Synth]. This should open the Synthfont GIU where you can set what SF files you have. If you get stuck after this point let me know and I will creat a video... ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32439&filename=Screenshot 2026-03-26 124139.jpg)
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Man, Dave you sure know how to put a mix together...great vocal, BiaB band and your guitar work is always tasteful and apropos for anything you do...never heard of the bass player though...bass players...right? y'all are always top notch!
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floyd...brilliant write as usual and a super mix...your use of Brent is what made it work...it was seamless and feels like he walked into the studio and laid down the tracks for you...your lyrics are always conversational and "seem" effortless and the marriage between them and the melody work flawlessly together...more than well done!
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Torrey..."The heart of the problem is the problem of the heart" Wow! man you just wrote the perfect line to capture everything that I (personally) would want to convey in a song...I love everything about this one, the lyric, the style, the vocal and the arrangement...for some reason it had kind of an Eagles vibe to me...there were times in the melody I could hear Glenn (may he rest in peace)...I hope that's a compliment...I meant it to be...you never disappoint brother...well done good and faithful servant!
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Ron...I was immediately attracted to the title (I wrote a song a few years back https://soundclick.com/song/13940038 with the same title) so I love the title...your concept is entirely different and I loved the lyric of the struggle of a small town boy out of his element...your tunes are always very sweet to my ears...love the mellow arrangement and acoustic feel...great vocals!
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Folks, I dare to present you another of my »Pandemic«-Songs, if only because I put so much effort into the video back then. (Didn’t we have plenty of time back then?) The title is »Looking Out Of My Window«. It started in Band-in-a-Box with the style CHUKSHUF.STY, 160 bpm, in the key of D. I kept only the original bass and drum tracks, the other tracks I took as MIDI and used the instruments in REASON. Added my vocals, of course. Lyrics: Looking Out Of My Window © 2020 OPUR I’m looking out of my window up to the sky that is so blue I’m looking out of my window ’cos I’ve got nothing else to do I’m looking out of my window down on deserted avenues I’m looking out of my window and feel so lonely and recluse I used to dance under the shining stars look for romance in those shady bars I used to talk to some guys I knew and we would drink until the night was through I’m looking out of my window I see you looking out of yours I wave my hand and you answer I wish I had been more assured I’m looking out of my window and wish I’d asked you out last year when I saw you for the first time then maybe now you would be here oh, we would dance we’d dance the whole night through we would romance ’til all our dreams came true and we would talk, we’d really make a start and we would love, make love with all our hearts I’m looking out of my window and I won’t believe my eyes for days your window is closed now and I’m afraid that I know why There was an ambulance this morning stood for an hour before your door and when it finally departed I knew I won’t see you no more We’ll never dance, I’ll never know your name no romance, no singing in the rain we should have talked when we met before but it’s too late now – nevermore!
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Thank you very much David for the comments. Laurent
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I find that your productions take on a whole new dimension when they're sung. It's excellent, with a great blend of vocals and solo guitar. Laurent
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I find the vocals a little marvel; there's a detachment and lightness to them, they soar above the accompaniment. Otherwise, it's an excellent song that I listened to twice to rediscover the magic of the vocals; it has a captivating quality. Laurent
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Good day everyeone, spent quite a bit of time this week with PG team working on this, up until today same results with lots more variations attempted. I received an email last night from PG to install an update to RB and now have sound using ASIO driver only, no MME of Windows drive combos work. I don't understand why the audio settings that work in BnB don't in RB. I understand a USB device is best but still would like to PLAY the song through another external device, like my PA, so I can hear as it would be played to an audience. Thanks for all your guidance on this, glad to be back working on my music. I have about 1TB of disk space Just out of curiosity, what sound device are you using to play through the PA? IIRC you're using a laptop, so are you wanting to play through the headphone output of the laptop? If not, how are you planning to get the sound out to the PA? Also, if you go to the "device manager" in the Windows settings (right click the Window and choose Device Manager) under the "sound devices" do you see an item that says "Realtek"? And do you have any other sound input / output devices listed there? In the past I was trying to come up with a solution where I could record and play back on my USB interface in RB and then play back using an internal soundcard in my computer all through my monitor speakers and I ran into similar problems such as you are experiencing. I ended up putting an AB switch in which did solve some of the problem but opened up PIA stuff in other areas IIRC. So in the end I just took the easy route and record on one computer and use another for playing through the internal sound card if I need to.. I also wonder if a Windows update had occurred during the time between when your system "worked" and when it didn't. That sometimes has the potential to mess things up. Just curios. Thx
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You may well already know, but if not: you can search both RealTracks and Styles for a keyword like flute. Just put it into the search box, possibly setting or clearing other filters first.
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If I didn't know any better, I would have thought it was Chris from Blue Attitude singing here, even though her voice has a bit different timbre. Pretty good vocals. I'm not 100% sold on the vocal harmonies, to me, it sounds like Melodyne doesn't work as well with Audimee as it does with human voices. But I know from your work with J&B that you're pretty good at harmonies, so just sing the harmonies as well and send those to Audimee too. The band you chose is perfect, just like your production. The lyrics and the story are also very good, but I already expected that from Mr. "95% of all songs should be love songs" himself  I can't wait to hear it in the context of a full-length (Broadway) musical! Thanks, B.D.... I've listened carefully to the harmonies (based on your comments). I find nothing objectionable about the them - and, certainly, adequate for the purpose. If I need "real" harmonies, I know the best harmony singer in the world  (and she is included in some of the songs being used). I just used the free 15 minutes that Audimee provides to get the conversions I needed...so using it for harmonies is out of the question - I have 9 seconds left. After this (the "storyboard" for the show) is finished, I can't imagine needing to use this stuff for anything else...
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Thanks, Andrew, for your kind and perceptive review!
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Another candidate is tempo set in the F5 bar settings somewhere. There's a "Print Summary" button at the bottom of the F5 dialog that lists all changes within the song.
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Morning folks, 8 bar blues are always fun to play, and the 8 bar format works very well with slower tempos too IMHO. Janice sounds fabulous, and Peter does too, I especially liked his second solo. Good one you three, enjoyed! Our introduction to the eight bar was Key To The Highway and even earlier some of Bessie Smith’s songs. We’ve always felt a slow 8 bar works well in a 12-8. It got placed on a popular slow blues Spotify list today. Thanks for mentioning the vocal and the solo. Comments like you made are sooooo meaningful coming from a great blues man. Thank you! J&B
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… You have natural skill to write original pop songs. This new one sounds is a good example, melody and chord progression feel natural and catchy, the bridge has especially nice contrast to verses and chorus. The simple band supports well and your vocals blend in nicely. The YouTube version sounds a little better, is it still the same version as on SoundCloud? BTW. I finally figured out your songs remind me of music by ... Ringo Starr (I've been listening to his EP3 lately) :)… Thank you Janne! When listening to music I liked over the years, I’ve always wished I could write songs as good as those artists. I guess we all want that. I’ve created my own library of well-known songs (over 2000 with lyrics and chords) and that process exposed me to the chord underpinnings of each song, so it was kind of an analysis in a way that has probably done my own songwriting some good. Soundcloud and YouTube have the same audio track, so any difference arising would come down to how each platform renders the audio I guess. Thanks for the recommendation of Ringo’s EP3 - I’d never heard it before. Thanks for listening and commenting! Andrew
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That’s a good step to try first, given your description. You’ll see that as the sixth topic in the article but they aren’t listed by priority.
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Could soon become a classic, as sad as the occasion is.
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Great song! Excellent choice of words! (We Europeans live lightheartedly with swear words; the French language is full of them, for example, not to mention some German dialects.)
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Hey, Marty, why all the talk about stalking? Sting had a number one hit with "Every Breath You Take" that took jealousy and stalking to the top for nine weeks and no one complained! Oh, and how about Daryl Hall's "Private Eyes"? I feel obligated here to mention Peter Gabriel's "Intruder" . . .
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Thank you for sharing your expertise on the subject Mike. I have been following your quite helpful posts which have been reassuring when switching to new software and hardware on the Mac.
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