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Thanx Beth. I used to get Mad magazine! It was hilarious. That volume issue is weird as I always normalize to -3 dB. I will be sure to check that out.

Glad you liked it and we completely agree. It’s hard to escape. We see it everywhere. J&B

I can't understand what 'simple arrangement' does, because to me it seems to do absolutely nothing. Even with a simple pop style, a very simple chord progression such as I-vi-IV-V, and 'simple arrangement' for that track, it's totally cuckoo, BB slaps a brilliant C sharp out of nowhere. Pic attached. I am forced to just write 'chords' such as G5 to kill as many notes as possible, but even then sometimes I find seconds. In this same track, a pop piano was playing the chord F as a cluster, with notes D and E rammed into the chord. With 'simple arrangement'. Just incredible. As I suggested elsewhere: an option to play - only minor and major triads - seems to be painfully missing in this program.

Spirit Level continues to put out Good Music. Y'all's rockin' stuff is excellent. Always. Good write. Good Production. Good vocals. Good guitar. Good mix. A lot of Good. fj

An interesting piano choice. Good to hear you singing again... fj

And perpetual growth in a system where that isn't possible. Perhaps everything doesn't need to be corporate. Private businesses need to make money, too. Enough money to pay the employees, and have enough left over for the owner. Increases that match the rate of inflation are important. Anything more is good, but not mandatory. A corporation generally has 49% of the owners that are not participating in the corporation. They expect a return on their investment that continually increases. If the increase matches the rate of inflation, there is no sense holding the stock. If the increase is less than the rate of a savings account, why hold the stock? So a corporation is locked into a more, more, more syndrome, if it doesn't do that, it goes under. A corporation needs perpetual growth, which is not possible in a closed system like planet Earth. Karl Marx knew this, but history proved that his attempt at a solution was not the answer. If you take out a loan to finance your business, it's possible to pay the loan off. If you use stockholders, the loan never gets paid off, and the interest payments grow constantly. An item like a DAW starts out, and every year there are improvements, which makes the profit the 49% who don't work at the company happy. But then the product matures, and there isn't much, or anything left to make the existing owners of the product worthy of their money. What to do? With mechanical things, you can shorten the life cycle with parts that will last so long, but not too long before they need to be replaced. With fashion, they make what you own in your closet so "last year" requiring you to buy new clothes before the old ones wear out. There are plenty of other ways that result in planned obsolescence. Well, you can't do that with software, so if you can't offer something new that the customer thinks is worth his/her hard-earned money, the trend is to rent the product instead of sell it. We call that a subscription service. When the company turns to subscription, there is no need to improve the product, you just need to fork over more money for what you thought you already owned. If not, the corporation goes belly-up. Perhaps the guy who invented Cakewalk, could have kept it, instead of selling it to a corporation that needs perpetual growth. So what is the solution for that? I don't know. Sell it to a small company who can exist on the reduced sales of new customers? Have the corporation invent something new, unrelated and innovative enough to keep the perpetual growth of the stockholders interests happy while keeping the mature product for help but not the main focus? I know that once it gets to the rental stage, instead of the ownership stage, I lose interest in it. I have no moral obligation to keep a corporation alive that isn't delivering something worthy of the money to me. Some people buy their car some people lease, some people buy their house, some people rent. I'm the buy type for things that are important to me. I bought my guitars, saxophones, and other musical instruments, along with my house and car. On the other hand, companies like PG Music have done a good job keeping the product alive by offering new, innovative features to the software. I remember the days of 3 instruments, no user styles, no intros or endings, a quantized, limited drum grid, and only 24 built-in styles. This is all thinking out loud, so I reserve the right to change my mind as I think about it more, and get more information. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

this whole method is fiddly and impractical. In fact, useless. I am not trying to fix 'one note', but one note for a chord that is being played dozens of times. What a waste of time. I'll just kill the whole track

Ray, It's hard for me to give production advice on someone else's vision. I can tell you that I like this one very much. Your vocal sounds good with a lo-fi feel. I think it fits this piece well. I also really like the way the mix feels. It certainly has a Pink Floyd / early Bowie feel. Bob

Hello, It sounds like you have found a solution to your question, but does Bm7/D bring about an option to solve your question, or does it not produce a D major triad in the right hand? Tom Marvan.

Wow! Impressive video! Well done. Jeff

Playable RealTracks is another option for newer versions of BIAB Here's a short description I posted in Tips and Tricks Playable RealTracks

Black Magic in a box! Super job, Dave (and Marty and Chris). This sounds amazing! The guitar and bass are especially tasty. Super vocals. The overall mix really pops. Ya'll are great!

Deej, Thanks very much. Joliz and I appreciate it. Bob

Another way is to get a remote Windows machine here https://clouding.io/en/ it costs something like 1..2$ per month depending on disk and memory size and login using https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/windows-app/id1295203466?mt=12 if you have a fast Internet it is better than virtual machine

Hello? I made this song when I was in the army in 1987. In summer, when balsam flowers bloom, if women paint their nails red with petals and remain until the first snow comes There's an old custom that first love comes true Any input, singing, arranging, etc. for music would be appreciated _________________________________________________________________________ Thank you so much for your advice on the pronunciation and grammar of English song words Please understand that English is not my first language, so my pronunciation and grammar are very wrong I can't sing, so I use Syndysize V, but there's only one Korean voice I can't use it because it sounds awkward in Korean I hope that the English lyrics can convey the overall feeling well I will try to make a song that I sang in Korean one day Original Release : 1987 Copyright : aSoM all rights reserved 2025 E-Mail : asom2me@naver.com & asom2me@gmail.com _________________________________________________________________________ 1. Lyrics : aSoM 2. Compose : aSoM 3. Arrange : aSoM 4. English Subtitles : Falconzero 5. Genre : R&B 6. Instruments : Band in a Box 7. Sing a Song : Synthesizer V Pro 8. Mixing : Cubase Pro 11, MixPad

Just in case, the directory path to my USB is correct, and you can see it in the Install Manager. So I think the directory is correct in this instance.

This is an excellent song with great vocals. I'm 100% one with and pro the theme - "We need to risk a life of service to something higher than ourselves" - but I often shy away from Christian songs, not because of Christianity itself but that extremism can enter what I call the Middle Eastern religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) in a way that's rare among other world traditions. In a way, something external is being worshipped/idolised when as Jesus said, the kingdom of Heaven is within. Since my teens I've wanted to *know" the Divine, not have beliefs or opinions about it - though real faith differs from programmed belief (a system which one has been brought up with) as it's intuitively inspired - and from my early 30s I've had via Grace many direct inner world experiences of the Holy Spirit and without direct experience it's impossible to *know* just how extensively vast, *mega-potent* and *supra-supra-supra-super-Majestic* what I call that Divine Extension of the One truly is. But that banter aside, I truly love the spirit if the message in this song.

Thanks for the feedback, Dave. This year I've twice uploaded videos to YT having been happy with the balances when listening at home, that after one listen/view on YT I've immediately deleted the post, made corrections and re-uploaded later. Once it was a solo instrument being way too loud, then the other was background strings overwhelming the solos. That error came about through concentrating on making the solos even so I wasn't paying attention to the strings.

Bob...really nice vocal on this one! and the harmonica is icing on the cake...songs from this era and style are always so pleasant to the ear and this is no exception...really nice performance and tune!

Thanks so much...full disclosure the voices on this track are all AI...if I could sing like that ...well...I can't...to quote the songwriter "I Can Only Imagine"...Dan

I did a chat with the Bright Speed folks and they said that the July 23 date was the latest they'd have a technician at my house. Hopefully much sooner

Hope this gives you an idea

You're half right. Dreamtonics was one of the first to do a credible job and are trying to do it right—but that was so eight months ago. Unfortunately, a number of bad actors have since entered the field.

Thanks for stopping by, trapper. Keep making music. Studio One (ver 5) Thanks, BD. Appreciate it.... Thanks fro the nice comments, Scott...

Thanks, Herb. Dan's new groups are all amazing. Thanks, Scott. Really glad to hear it brought you those memories. Ha, thanks, James. My dad would eat onions whole like apples.