Before I got into Realband and RTs in a big way, I used Powertracks as my DAW of choice and for old time's sake, I thought I'd try another project from start to finish in Powertracks. I know a lot of people here use other DAWs, and why not, but in this project I used ten instrument tracks, plus a further sixteen tracks of vocals which were sub-grouped in batches of four. I had six VST effects patched into various channel inserts, a reverb and a delay patched into two effects busses and a parametric EQ and a balancing amp on the main output buss. The whole mix, including effects was automated. I always marvel that a program which can do all this is so inexpensive! Many thanks PG.

So, here we have a bit of Surf Rock and to keep in period I used my old Fender Jazzmaster, plus an old Farfisa organ. Once again I used the old and temperamental Syntovox vocoder on vocals.

GT40
I bought a new Ferrari, it was shiny and red
And trimmed out with leather inside
I was feeling kinda proud so I went to see my baby
To see if she'd come along for a ride
She took one look and then she shook her head, she said...
"You should have bought a GT40 instead".

It has to be a Ford, a GT40
It has to be a Ford, a GT40
Everybody knows, everyone can see
It has to be a GT40 for me.

Well a GT40's kinda hard to find
There's not a lot of 40s around
I checked on ebay, almost every day -
Not a single one to be found
I asked her would a T-Bird maybe do instead?
She thought for a minute then she shook her head...

I finally found a car, but it wasn't for sale
There was only one thing I could say
I made him an offer he just couldn't refuse
And I got to drive the 40 away
As the sound of the V8 nearly filled my head
I finally came to realise why my baby had said...

As usual, many thanks to anyone who has time to listen.

Cheers, ROG.

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