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Re: New from Celemony Brian Hughes 3 minutes ago Forum: Off-Topic Jump to new postsJump to new posts
Originally Posted by Fivehands
Someone on Gearspace posted their first couple of hours experience with it and said that there are artifacts after editing. Someone on the Recording and Mixing forum here said that you can just download all of its loops and then cancel the subscription, and I'm inclined to think that you can't do that and continue editing. The tech is so intertwined with the Tonalics program that to do proper editing you have to have Tonalics. The other thing the guy on Gearspace said is that there is no DI option. Not sure about that so I got in for a dollar and going to check it out over the weekend.
This is a quote from Tonalic: To search for and download the Tonalics, you need a good Internet connection. Once the required data is on your hard disk, however, you can just as easily work offline, but your access thereafter will be limited to the Tonalics you have already downloaded. Then why not download the whole library? For one thing, because it's far too big (you couldn't download all Netflix or Spotify either, for that matter), but also because we are constantly improving and expanding the content. Online access ensures that users have access at all times to the latest and best versions of everything currently available.
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Re: I Know Andrew Dee 7 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
Hi Rob! If I had a white jacket, bowtie and martini glass, I would have used them to listen to this! It's amazing how some songs just take one to a place, and your song did that for me. Sax is good. I followed the rhymes in your lyrics closely - Knee Wobbler and I have an assignment dealing with rhyming - so knowing your attention to prosody, I was interested to see what you did in terms of both phrasing and rhyming. Very good! Andrew
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Re: Tonalic - Realtrack Competition? Brian Hughes 13 minutes ago Forum: Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production Jump to new postsJump to new posts
I do agree with you as well on them points Charles. As a long time user of BIAB they have had quite a bit of lead way in this field. I have no doubt Celemony is a very capable of producing top notch software as I have also been a user of Melodyne for many years. There are not very many DAWS left out there that has not adapted ARA into their program. I am still waiting for my essential license to try this limited version but I am in no hurry at this point since there is plenty still to play with since my latest software upgrades with BIAB and other stuff.
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Re: That Doesn't Make Sense Andrew Dee 17 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
Hi B.D.! A very thought-provoking song - and I was somewhat distracted by the issues raised in your lyric that I sometimes forgot to focus on the music - and maybe that's the point? Musically, I liked your use of dynamics and arrangement change throughout the song to provide contrast - some passages in anger/frustration - others in reflection and resignation. I detected the I - V - vi - IV progression in parts but didn't follow through to see where else it went - that progression still sounds fresh. What I don't understand - irrespective of the context - is why people can be happy to support (or at least comply with or tolerate) some of this stuff - and apparently there's a whole psychology to that. Good song! Andrew
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Re: Second Time Around PeteMcN 47 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
Originally Posted by Knee Wobbler
Hot little number Pete, Really liked the style and guitar choices. Perhaps as you say a little hot, especially at the top of the chorus, but if still works. You do have a good solid singing voice, really like it. Thank you, I'm gonna redo the vocals as it's bugging me that they are too hot lol. I'm sure I'm hearing it more as I know it's there!! Your comment is much appreciated . Pete Great job, kind regards.
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Re: BIAB and Tonalics Demo - A matching pair Rustyspoon# 1 hour ago Forum: Off-Topic Jump to new postsJump to new posts
Sometimes running as admin solves that.
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Re: Right After The Rain Ezekiel's Storm 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
I think you may get the award for the longest song introduction. laugh I don't mind the synth vocals. I think it would be to cumbersome for me to put them together. It's easier for me to make 10+ vocal takes until I get it halfway right. Beautiful melody and arrangement. Yes, there is some 70s flavor but the sound is a style of its own.
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Re: Money In The Bottle Ezekiel's Storm 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
I have a C-note for the bottle. Quite a rollicking song! You keep outdoing yourself. Love that Dave guitar solo (oooh, and a mini bass solo). Cool harmony in the ending.
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Re: She Made Me Smile (2026 RealStyle) DC Ron 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Originally Posted by Knee Wobbler
Hi Ron Resolution challenge completed. Really nice choice of style and the key change at the bridge(?) worked really well. Good vocals, you have a smooth delivery, you never seem to have blips or rawness like I do. Another good'un, Kind regards
Why, THANK YOU, Lee! Yes, OF COURSE I have blips and rawness in my vocal takes. But I edit them out, or try to. Have posted many times that *I can't sing*. But I do know how to shape a vocal performance so that it's not distracting for the listener. If I have a talent, that may be the one. Glad you enjoyed the tune!
Originally Posted by rayc
DC, I'm listening with headphone so the hard panning seems VERY hard panned. For cans I suspect bringing the hard ones in to about 70 or 80 would sit better other than for psych. The kick clicks a little too much for my ears - I know that tinnitus scoops my hearing in a way that accentuates the kick click. I enjoyed the vocals - the harmonies are cool. fabulous arrangement/dynamics and a fab song overall.
THANKS, rayc! Understand about the hard panning. FWIW, there are six guitars, and I organized them in three pairs. The first two guitars are panned 100% L&R. The second two are panned 60%, and the last two are panned 40%. The first pair are more prominent in the mix, and are active over about 2/3 of the song. I could probably pull them all in a bit. But...100% of my songs use hard panned instruments, usually guitars. It's just my thing, for better or worse, and I like it myself, which is why I keep at it. Still, there may be some rebalancing in order, and I'll listen for this again. Am not hearing the kick clicks but I'll look at those as well. I have tinnitus as well. Crickets. All the time. Glad you enjoyed the vocals (blush) and the song overall. It's a trifle, but what's life without trifles? smile
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Re: Is this what it is? Knee Wobbler 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Hi Hans A really good choice of style, love the violin. Yes it’s different, but it works and works well. I have a penchant for upbeat Irish/folk music, so this really appeals to me. Great song, kind regards.
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Re: "Falling For You" - (nylon guitar & piano) Knee Wobbler 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Another beautiful piece by you Carl, I wish I could get to within a gnats whisker of your finger picking, but that ain’t gonna happen this time around. Excellent playing Carl, kind regards.
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Re: Pilgrimage Ezekiel's Storm 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Nice work with the instrumentation, especially that piano. Your lyrics are really good, especially the chorus. Speaking of the chorus, it has a theatrical sound to it. The wind instrument (dizi flute?) sounded cool.
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Re: ONE BY ONE Knee Wobbler 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Hi Sol, There’s nothing wrong with singing about sadness. Like love and laughter it’s something we all have to experience. I think I’ve mentioned in other posts of mine that singing and songwriting for me is cathartic and helps me to get all my insights, frustrations and feelings out. No point bottling them up….but I do! This is a great expressive song you’ve written and sung. I enjoyed it, kind regards.
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Re: "Soaring" - (accordion/piano/ac guitars) Knee Wobbler 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Beautiful folk, homely piece Carl. The accordion was terrific. All instruments played well and mixed beautifully together. Most excellent, kind regards.
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Re: Another New GUI Question J. Larry 2 hours ago Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Windows Jump to new postsJump to new posts
Sympathetic, here, with the views of Danny C. However, my use for/with BIAB is 100% live, with 2026. Developers, keep us in mind. Simplify, with less clutter.
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Re: Red Dirt Roads Noel96 Yesterday at 11:35 PM Forum: User Showcase
Hi Lee. I really enjoyed listening to this. As you sang, images of those road trains that we have in the long-haul desert regions of Australia kept appearing in my mind. [Linked Image] What began as an exercise turned into an excellent song. --Noel
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Re: COME LET US GO (instrumental version) WaoBand Yesterday at 10:42 PM Forum: User Showcase
A free-flowing vibed instrumental with great instrumentation - very enjoyable - but I felt that mix could have been made smoother by evening out the various stems' volumes.
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Re: Our most popular song and a big thanks to PG Music WaoBand Yesterday at 10:31 PM Forum: User Showcase
Excellent cover and big congratulations on the 30k streams! That's a fantastic result. cool smile cool
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Re: I am being locked out of band in the box whenever I open the style picker and then minimize it Matt Finley Yesterday at 10:28 PM Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Windows Jump to new postsJump to new posts
Alt+Tab is good. Also remember Alt+F4 which closes windows one at a time. This is useful when you can’t figure out which window has you stuck.
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Re: Wrong Mailbox (2026) WaoBand Yesterday at 10:25 PM Forum: User Showcase
Brilliant idea for a great, humorous song! Brilliant all around.
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Re: A coeur ouvert WaoBand Yesterday at 10:14 PM Forum: User Showcase
Great production for a light and breezy song. Hans commented on SoundCloud that it has funny "lyrics", so I feel I missed out! cry
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Re: GETTYSBURG rsdean Yesterday at 10:06 PM Forum: User Showcase
Laurent, Thank you. Very appreciated. Bob
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Re: If she was Birchwood Yesterday at 09:42 PM Forum: User Showcase
Hi Chris, In a way, I hear this song in French! It has a beautiful structure, I think, as only French musicians/poets can. It's a wonderfully sweet, dreamy love song (unfulfilled, of course, that's typically French) with a beautiful mandolin. Suno's vocals are excellent here, although a French voice singing in English (think Charles Aznavour's "She") would probably have been a good choice as well. Anyway, I thought it was very beautiful! Hans
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Re: The South Wind Song (An Gaoth Andheas) (trad. Irish tune, Lyrics: Donal MacConmara) dcuny Yesterday at 09:10 PM Forum: User Showcase
Hi, Arri. Cool cover, I love the backstory. I'm with Hans on the volume of the wind - it gets in front of the vocals and detracts from the song.... IMO. Feel free to disagree. smile Everything else sounds great. You've got a pretty impressive tremolo on the mandolin!
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Re: Dell PC Won't Allow Phones @44100 hz dpresley Yesterday at 08:37 PM Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Windows Jump to new postsJump to new posts
My Motu M4 Asio works fine on the old dell tower. I am confident that having no headphone output except at 48k causes the conflict.
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