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Hello, forum friends

Recently I got the software called SpectraLayers Pro 8 from Steinberg.
The software can un-mix stereo sound sources into 5 tracks (Vocal, Piano, Bass, Drums, and others.)
So, this time I tried to make an experimental music production using it.
I extracted vocal tracks and guitar solos from the stereo sound source recorded over 10 years ago, and added new accompaniment using RealTracks to them.
There is a little noise in the vocals, but please understand that it was generated in the above process.
Any comments encouraged.
Always welcome.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Title: 恋のゆくえ (Translation: The Tide Of Our Love)

Vocal: Yoko K., my friend

Link:
https://soundcloud.com/animarorecords/the-tide-of-our-love

Style is _PBALADM.STY: Medium Pop Ballad w/ Dreamy Electric Guitar
RealTracks in style: ~518:Bass, Electric, Pop HalfNotes Ev 085
RealTracks in style: ~542:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Dreamy Ev 085
RealTracks in style: ~362:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 085
RealDrums in Style: NashvilleEven8^5-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride
Additional E. Piano(from MIDI Style: C_90BAL.STY) played with EastWest Goliath.
Additional A. Piano played with Steinberg The Grand3
Additional Violins and Cellos playd with EastWest Symphonic Orchestra
Scored by me

Summary of lyrics

You started to go after saying "I’ll walk you home"
Your back is a bit higher
The city in the late night is very quiet
You look back with a gentle smile when I call your name
But your gentle eyes seem farther
Than the stars of the galaxy

I have felt that your heart wouldn't move from that day
Someone is waiting for you somewhere
And you always get back there
Though I wish I will be with you
I can’t do anything but cry
When I think of our uncertain future

The night breeze of May touches my cheeks gently
I wish I could be as gentle as the breeze

However I still want to walk with you
I swallow the words I would like to tell you
I just smile to you instead
I hid my wishes in the wind
In the wind
Shigeki Adachi,

A beautiful Pop song.

Yoko's vocal is nice (as always). Cannot tell that it was extracted from a previous recording. The guitar solo sounds good too.

Very nice strings.

Good mix.

fj
It is amazing what you did here, an old vocal extracted and placed into a modern setting. Absolutely astonishing!

Great vocal

You have fantastic arranging skills

Super sounding strings

Perfect mix

Loved it
"I extracted vocal tracks and guitar solos from the stereo sound source recorded over 10 years ago, and added new accompaniment using RealTracks to them."

Isn't it cool being able to do that? It's like an old stereo cassette recording is turned into a 4-track master. (I also use SpectraLayers for that kind of thing.)
Hi Shigeki Adachi,

Lovely song and top vocals from Yoko K.

Excellent mix and production.

Well Done.

Best Regards
Nigel
Amazing technological manipulation... Well done...
Lovely production and performances.
Beautiful melody and arrangement.
Pretty song! The vocal is - of course - excellent.

Like all your songs, I like this one a lot! laugh

There are some great string lines here! The extended run starting at 1:50 is cool, as is the bit starting at 2:11. It might be cool if that bit at 2:11 was split between the left and right speakers, but that would call attention away from the vocals, so I guess not.

I like the re-entrance of the strings at 0:50 - the sound really nice in the middle register.

OK, this is me being really picky here...

Some of the fricatives in the vocals could be tamed a bit, near the beginning of the song. Not a big deal.

I wish the strings had a bit more bite to them - they're so smooth they sound synthetic. They obviously are, but I shouldn't notice that, right? wink

I was hoping for perhaps a bigger change in the instrumentation on one of the verses, even though there's a guitar solo. I don't have any good suggestions what you should do instead, though. Because what you've got is very nice. smile

There are a few places where the vocal is a bit pitchy. My first impulse is to Auto-Tune vocals to death, so not "fixing" the vocal is probably the right choice. laugh

My only real complaint is the drums. They're repetitive in a way a real drummer isn't. Having the drummer keep the same beat for so long made it feel a bit too mechanical. At the end of the song - after the final drum fill - my son looked up from icing a cake and said "That's such a Band in a Box ending."

But it's fine just the way it is - a very lovely song I enjoyed listening to multiple times!
Excellent job. Everything meshes brilliantly.
The style reminds me of the songs I hear frequently on the K-romantic dramas I watch these days.
More please!
Brilliant vocal quality. Yoko shines, always.

Exceptional musical arrangement and associated quality.

This is remarkable that such a beautiful song has be resurrected after such a long time.

Very, very nice.
Beautiful melody sung delicately, sweet emotions have not disappeared in the process. Enjoyed the chord progression. Wonderful work with the strings, giving the song very light spring mood which is nicely expressed also in the romantic lyrics: "The night breeze of May touches my cheeks gently."

Janne
Is there a link to the original version so we can compare? This sounds great and I would appreciate the comparison
impressive vocals. nice guitar tone.
well done.
best
om
floyd,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune, Yoko's vocal and the Guitar solo performed by Yamaha teacher.
The sound technology these days is really remarkable, and I'm happy that it's still incomplete but practical.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Mario,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune, Yoko's vocal and my strings arrangement.
The sound technology these days is really remarkable, and I'm happy that it's still incomplete but practical.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Hello Mark,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I'm very glad yo hear you also use SpectraLayers.
The sound technology these days is really remarkable, and I'm happy that it's still incomplete but practical.
I am very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Nigel,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune and Yoko's vocal.
I am very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Hello bloc-head,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune.
The sound technology these days is really remarkable, and I'm happy that it's still incomplete but practical.
I am very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
David,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune, Yoko's vocal and my strings arrangement.
I really appreciate your detailed analysis and comments on my song.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Hello Ghostgum,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune.
You hear some oriental element in this song, don't you?
I am very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Trevor,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune, Yoko's vocal and my strings arrangement.
The sound technology these days is really remarkable, and I'm happy that it's still incomplete but practical.
That's why I tried to re-produce the old recording.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Absolutely lovely...to my ears there's a fir bit of sibilant stuff I'd want to address but if no one eld=se emntions it put it down to my bad ears.
LOVELY!
Wow, I like the backstory, and especially the results. Very engaging, Shigeki Adachi. What a beautiful voice Yoko has (Wait! That HAS to be the first time I ever said that), and I really like the wall of strings you scored for support. Creatively done! Right after this one, "Sigh" started and of course I stayed for the whole show.
Hey Shigeki,

This sounds really great. Very warm.

Your project is a huge success!

I am able to rip stems similarly using RX9 from Izotope and it is very addictive and fun!!

smile
Sweet song with nice vocals.
Sounds like a completely new song.

Rob and Anne-Marie
Very cool technology Shigeki. Very lovely song. Vocal as so beautiful. Really well done.
“You look back with a gentle smile when I call your name
But your gentle eyes seem farther
Than the stars of the galaxy”

We like that!
Your experiment worked great as this sounds wonderful.
Yoko’s lovely voice suits the song so well.

And, as always, the arrangement and mix are both impeccable.

We enjoyed it!

J&B
Janne,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune, Yoko's vocal and my strings arrangement.
And I much appreciate your comment on the lyrics written by Shima Asane, one of colleagues at my former workplace.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Hello ChicagoBob,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune.
And I much appreciate your interest in the original sound source.
The link below is the original stereo sound source performed by Yamaha teachers.

https://soundcloud.com/animarorecords/koino_yukue

I am very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Hello justanoldmuso,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune, Yoko's vocal and the Guitar solo performed by Yamaha teacher.
I am very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
rayc,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune.
Sorry for the sibilant stuff.
SpectraLayers is practical enough but still incomplete.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Marty,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune, Yoko's vocal and my strings arrangement.
The sound technology these days is really remarkable, and I'm happy that it's still incomplete but practical enough.
I would like to continue my experimental music trials more.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
David(Snyder),

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune.
You can do the same with the RX9, right?
Extracting each track from a stereo source is really nice and certainly addictive.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Rob and Anne-Marie,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune and Yoko's vocal.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Scott,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune and Yoko's vocal.
The sound technology these days is really remarkable, and I'm happy that it's still incomplete but practical enough.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Janice & Bud,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune and Yoko's vocal.
And I much appreciate your comment on the lyrics written by Shima Asane, one of colleagues at my former workplace.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Shigeki,

Very pretty pop ballad—the vocal is just lovely. And outstanding arrangement and production. (And love that solo guitar—sweet!) A sad but emotional write—falls so nicely on the ears. Kudos!

All my best,

Deej
Shigeki, I loved it!, like most of your productions I enjoyed it very much. Good experiment with the new software.
Cheers.

Mike B.
Deej,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune, Yoko's vocal and my strings arrangement.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Mike,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune.
The sound technology these days is really remarkable, and I'm happy that it's still incomplete but practical enough.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Hi, Shigeki !


What a wonderful tune
and so beautifully sung
by Yoko !:))

It must be one of your
absolute best !

Congrats !

Cheers
Dani
Shigeki Adachi,
Magic of modern software smile
Very pleasant composition and arrangement. Yoko has a beautiful voice and your mix is very clear.
Thank you for sharing.

Misha.
Dani,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune and Yoko's vocal.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
Misha,

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am really glad you like this tune, Yoko's vocal and the arrangement.
The sound technology these days is really remarkable, and I'm happy that it's still incomplete but practical enough.
I am always very encouraged by your kind words.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi
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