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Hi Janne, Vic, Scott, J&B, and Scott E, Thanks for your comments on this song. I had a huge grin on my face all day! After your quotes, I'll give each of you a short or more detailed response. Powerful lyrics sung confidently. "I saw them still digging/A hole they can not control/They don’t see it’s not for me/But for the earth as a whole" that's frighteningly dark, the hole is a brilliant metaphor, unfortunately so close to the current situation, I read that they have recently moved the doomsday clock closer to midnight (the end of the world)... I really enjoyed this song, they just get better and better. I really like the tango rhythm, representing fatality in my mind. Excellent arrangement, those strings chops feel like stabbing from the Psycho movie... the acoustic guitar parts bring some calmness to the turbulence caused by the hole. And the mix is superb, everything is in balance in my ears. Congratulations, your work has produced another win, you are the George Martin of this forum when it comes to arranging first class pop-rock songs 👍❤️ Janne Hi Janne, what an answer! Thank you so much! I hadn't read about moving the doomsday clock, but I understand why they did. Thanks to that group of "world leaders." I'm happy with what you wrote afterward. I think this is the nicest comment I've ever received, or at least from you. That was quite a treat, Janne! Well that was interesting, Hans. You may have invented a new music genre. Well done. Vic Hi Vic, your last sentence especially captured my imagination! That would be something, a unique musical style :-) Thanks for this! Cool tune Hans. Video was excellent as well. Well done Hi Scott, thank you so much! You're one of my most loyal listeners (and viewers). And always such kind comments! “I saw them digging a hole
Digging it for me
Their clever plans were paper-thin
A handbook of hypocrisy” We much like a well done “connect your own dots” write and this is one. The intensity of the build is excellent. And the video depicts that intensity very well. Your vocals sound great. The orchestra bits are very effective. We love the open mix and dynamics. The soundstage on our Kalis is great. We enjoyed our view of you at the video end. 😊 Enjoyed it! J&B Hi Bud and Janice, this is also a really nice commentary on the song! I was a bit hesitant about how people would react to those string chops. But it was very satisfying. And thankfully, you confirmed this! I think by "Kalis" you meant your massive speakers and sound system? And were they aimed at City Hall? Was everyone dancing to this song? Vic actually thought it was a new musical style, so this would fit, right? Outstanding production. Your use of orchestration fits perfectly. The music and vocal is quite captivating. A new favorite for me! Hi Scott, thanks for your kind comment on the song! I'm so glad it's become your new favorite. I hope I can follow up on this with my other songs. It'll be quite a challenge! Thanks again and 'till hearing our next songs, Hans
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Lee, Thanks very much for the kind words. We appreciate the listen. Bob
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PGM engaged publicly in 2025, curating several pinned topics to gather ideas of what users wanted from UI. It came out well. Most people liked the result. It brought much needed change. I hope they will repeat this expierience and provide a few more of these pinned topics for user input on bigger items they might consider for 2027. In my mind, there some very solid candidates for popular request like: Sorting, searching and other improvements in MTP Library. Timeline and project navigation/ selection consistency across views, which includes zooming, scrolling, looping, transport and a few others that relate. Integration of existing tools into new UI (Bar settings, Chord options: rests, shots and other tools) Handling of chord input, time signatures. I can go on  I don't have a crystal ball and have no clue what PGMs near future plans are, but what I do know that a two way discussion in 2025 worked out very well.
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Hi all, Here's a jazz ballad. I'm the songwriter and the arranger of this song. The voice comes from Suno AI. The drums, the acoustic bass, the electric guitar and the solo piano come from Band-in-a-Box. https://soundcloud.com/christian-devienne/freedom-is-what-we-need RD JazzSwingLewis^03 RT 732 Acoustic Bass RT 1499 Electric Guitar RT 4479 Solo Piano
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Thanks, David. You can always comment on the writing (music and lyrics) itself, as you have indeed done here, perhaps? Firmly tongue-in-cheek, though, as I can well appreciate the difficulties you fairly raise I recorded the vocal myself, mixed it with the BIAB backing track I created, and put the resulting mixed track into Suno. And yes, I noticed the "rasp" in the final vocal, too! No idea whether that's just a reflection of my own voice timbre, or whether, as you say, Suno has had one too many autotune vocals as its "teacher" ... ... Thanks so much for your kind comments, and for taking the time to comment!
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" but just in case anyone thinks my last name is 'McAllister', it is actually 'Davies' as in 'Dee'." Oops, sorry Andrew, my bad . I am currently engrossed in all things Gillian McAllister absorbing her novels which relate to my previous working life the same way "bullets" relates to yours. Proofreading was never my forté sadly. 😕 " I forgot to mention that I have a AUD$1 fee for every word included in a response!" Strewth Cobber - You must be reading Ms McAllister as well !! 😨
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As far as I'm aware, the Save+ toolbar option has only ever been the way to save a video. I don't recall that there has been an option for this under Save Special. I just tried saving a 4-bar song as a video and it worked fine for me. I have build 1235 (which I don't think has been released to the public yet.) The settings I used were the default ones shown in the image below. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32337&filename=video create 2026.jpg)
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Thanks for listening DC Ron! Your positive feedback goes a long way!! 😀
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Cool swing to this thing. The walking bass jives perfectly, Dave rings the bells and the story is a cool one too. Maybe I should sit on the porch n bang a guitar through a Marshall and see if it attracts the neighbours. LOVED the outro.
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Occasionally the phrasing & tone reminded me of Cortez the Killer. The reluctant lead player has quietly grown with occasional hints at development shown to the outside world and after a year we have a \n assured, creative performance with bends that push n pull the ear with hooks galore.
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Nice one DC. Teen angst of the high school dance variety. Enjoyed it heaps.
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Oh boy.. So is there a possibility that support at some point could be dropped for FSP.. My concern is that in my humble opinion fsp and real band together is a wonderful powerful song creators solution... probably the best I've ever seen in the daw world.... particularly for guitar players. I love the possibility that guitar tracks generated by real band the sound picture could be changed by the guitar algorithms in fsp... just easily dropping the generated guitar tracks into FS. Reason being sometimes I don't like the sound picture of a guitar track generated but I like what it's playing. This I find to be very exciting. Because PG guitar tracks generated can be presented in a song many different ways using FS. Om
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Holy Life of Brian, Batman! Competent, cool and un-cool all at once. That's a delicate balance for sure. The BiaB backing track provides a steady bed for the tune. The track is well-mixed, too. Ralph sounds like he tripped over a few of the lines, but that technology will get better fast for sure. Am thinking it would be more enjoyable to hear you sing this for now. Just me. Tricky topic, boldly maneuvered.
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If I used GM I'd jump on it, but any GM I use never makes it to the end of the process, so But for others; it does have better sounds than your regular computer GM (or Coyote) so well worth it for a BIAB user (depending on price) Yes I agree. I have an old SD2 and it sounds better than any GM sound source I have ever heard. GM never makes it into my final songs either.
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Hi, John. Nice driving arrangement, and Jenny does a great job with the vocals. The lyrics are a bit generic and could be interpreted in many ways, so your many rewrites were successful. As Andrew said, it's got a bit of musical theater feel to it, which is a good thing. I agree about the children's section of the library - including fiction!
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“The woman next door, she turns the radio on The thin white duke was a wonderful bloke, it is my favourite song For my love , maybe he sings to me Wild is the wind darling, cling to me Like the leaf to the trees” What a write! The lyric and melody are tender hearted and the bridge is especially strong. We love the piano intro, the vocal and the piano outro. The video has some very good photos ... especially the hand on the window, the moon and stars reflection in a window and the old radio. We liked the original but this version is definitely more powerful with Chris’s awesome vocals, Marty’s bass and the new drums. Your solo is killer and the mix is standout. And Ozone 12 in your hands rose the clarity of the soundstage and the mix dynamics to a very high bar. (We can hear that difference after listening to the original - makes us want to continue our revisits ) Outstanding! J&B
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Hi, Shigeki. I listened to the "live" version first, because it was first on the list.  It's a well-performed song - excellent vocalist, with a great guitar solo. As usual, the string arrangement sounded great fitting into the background with cool chromatic moves. As usual, I wish you could get real strings - especially on those lovely string runs! The BiaB version helped focus on the interesting chord changes. Really nice music.
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Thanks David. I swear, I am but a conduit for some kind of spirit re vocals!
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James, That's very kind and appreciated by both of us - thank you. Bob
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Superb. Grit, Janice's incredible voice(s ) in a new musical context (is there any style she cannot sing?), and THAT guitar! Brilliant mix, excellent writing (musical and lyrics) ... what am I to say? You consistently do it again, and again, and again. Hats off to y'all.
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I agree with everything that Misha just posted.
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While it's not a bad idea to have a starting point, I usually just use one of the compressors included in Cubase and turn knobs until it sounds right. I never use the same settings twice, every song is too different.
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Wow, this is the 4th song and video I watched on YouTube and which I *know* I commented on - in fact I've checked and it was on 8th February - but all of my comments have vanished! I can't recall what wrote for this song, but what I do remember is resisting asking what you used for the video with the girl singing the song as I'd leave it until it was posted here. Anyway, it's a 100% freaking awesome song on all levels! Definitely one of my favourites of yours. Thank you for your _really_nice words, Chay. Made my day
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Hi, Sol. In spite of the Billy Joel influence, I'm hearing Willie Nelson - and that's a high compliment! You sure know how to sing a story!
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Hi, Drew. Nice song - simple and to the point, and well done. Yep, it's real. 
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