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I've still not recovered from having a bit of a cold so I've not really been able to sing at all. Typical because I have a few new songs I really want to record! But I've been having fun and learning by putting together some songs using vocal samples. Mixing is probably the thing that's took me the longest to really get the hang of so I think this being forced to work on actually mixing instead of recording (many many takes) is probably useful!

As well as the tracks from BIAB I put together a bass which runs through most of the song (although the BIAB bass is used near the end of the song) and couple of other tracks which play throughout the song. I also used a saturation plugin on the synth track which I think really sounds good.

I'm still amazed at the amount of different kinds of songs that BIAB is capable of producing and I feel like I haven't even scratched the surface of what it can do yet.

I hope you guys enjoy the song!

Style is _EXPLODE.STY. Explosion British Pop
Drums: EuroDance^b-a,b:Bass, Snare :Ed (Great Oz) Clare
Bass: Electric, PopPower8s Ev 120 , Mark Hill
Synth: Rhythm PopBell8ths Ev 120 , Ed (Great Oz) Clare
Piano: Rhythm NewAgeAlbertiMoody Ev 140 , Miles Black

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It definitely sounds like you had a lot of fun with this one! Great use of RealTracks. Hopefully you recover well.


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Hmmm...

'RichardB1985', this is the second user forum post by a member who uses 'BandLab' that I couldn't access.

Have any ideas on what the problem could be???

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Thanks for listening Ember!

I'm not sure, is it coming up with an error page or is it just not working when you try to press play? I just tried opening it in an incognito tab (so it didn't log me into my account) and it worked so if you try that it may help.

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Interesting stuff.
the fem vocal is VERY generic though. I hope you'll be dropping your own voice on it later.


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Nice work on this one - definitely a chance of pace for the forums here. Really modern, and I thought it flowed nicely. I thought you incorporated the RealTrack into this really well.

Thanks for sharing smile


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I really enjoyed this. Great selection of tracks, and the song is dynamic. Nothing wrong at all with the vocals.

This was fun from start to finish. Going back right now for another listen.


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Dear 'RichardB1985'...

Attempting to open the link in 'incognito' mode didn't work, either. The reason could be that I'm still using Windows XP.

Regardless, it looks a though your song is receiving great positive feedback, so, congratulations to you !!! smile

By the way, I like the fact that you mention the Real Track artists' names. After all, they are professionals who are sharing their incredible musical skills with us smile.

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Thank you very much for the feedback. I appreciate everyone taking the time to listen.

I do see the point about the vocals being quite generic. I really produced this one so that I didn't stop practicing and improving mixing while I was struggling to sing. So a lot of it was worked around the vocal sample but I may revisit it in the future.

I've made the project public in case that's why it wasn't working for some people so hopefully that will work Bluage. If not I might have to stop uploading to Bandlab and maybe go back to using YouTube to post my songs.

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Great job with this one. Enjoyed the listen.

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Nice Modern sound and the mix was sounding loud and clear. Enjoyed.


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Pretty good to my ears, what vocal samples are you using?


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Glad to see more people enjoying the song, thanks for taking the time to listen!

TuneMonger, I'm using samples from the from the Audentity Records Summer Vocal Hits sample pack.

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Hi, Richard.

I enjoyed the listen.

The intro was a bit abrupt, and perhaps the drums are a bit low in the mix.

Thanks for posting!


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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?
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