Larry T.

Greetings All. Here's "An Eternal Flame". Observations welcomed. Cheers 🎵 🎶 link: https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/an-eternal-flame DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab pc: windows 10, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 8GB ram, SI drums, arturia minilab mkII, arturia analog lab 5 lite, Augmented Strings reference speakers: M-Audio BX3

That song is alive. Good vibes. Don't lose the great sparks it's full of when you're bringing it up to par 🎵 🎶

Genuine sounds and feelings. Enjoyed that one a lot 🎵 🎶

Sorry about your losses Wookiee but, perhaps, this can be seen as a gain for them as they are no longer bound by the physical realm and are free to exist in a state of peace and wisdom 🌞 🌞 Strong but steady, emotional but controlled, evolving continually....nice music you made there 🎵 🎶

It was just a question of what frequencies were left to work with that can cut through two sequencers. I kept the guitar notes deliberately slow and melodic as the sequencers are always in overdrive speed so to speak. Cheers 🎵🎶

Thanks so much treesha. Appreciate the kind words. I wrote both sequencer parts (one is an Arturia Augmented Strings synth, the other is an Arturia Analog Lab V synth) using the piano roll. Just write four bars or so till they sound right, magnify the piano roll to its maximum view to make sure you have the piano roll bars placed correctly with respect to timing i.e. do they sound like a sequencer (this is important), Quantize them (this is important), then copy and paste one after the other. The mix is my ears. What is a first for me is that I used Izotope Ozone Elements AI to master my 2 track static mix. I did an A/B listen and have to say that the Izotope mixes pros outweighed its cons. Cheers 🎵🎶

Thanks for the listen jack. I checked the piano rolls for both synths and I did quantize them and they are not out of sequence. Is there a specific section/time you can specify? Cheers 🎵🎶

Greetings All. Here's Riff Raff on Broadway. Observations welcomed. Cheers 🎵🎶 link: https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/riff-raff-on-broadway DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab pc: windows 10, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 8GB ram, DI electric guitars, DI bass, SI bass, SI drums, arturia minilab mkII, arturia analog lab 5 lite, Augmented Mallets, Augmented Strings reference speakers: M-Audio BX3

Nice piece of work. Your songs push boundaries and take risks, this one works well. Kind of a Siouxsie influence which is cool.

Really nice work. Middle instrumental section is cool. Rocks along nicely.

Beautiful flow. Great tones on the acoustic guitars. The melodies the EW Backup Singers are doing could be done by piano. Overall beautiful, powerful piece.

Excellent as usual. Your chord creations of all instruments that fit so perfectly together is amazing.

Excellent. Has a Tori Amos "Winter" kind of vibe. Genuine. Great work there Ross.

Nice flow throughout. Great playing, nice melodies, everything fits so well.

Genuine. It all works really, really good: arrangements, mix, playing. Nice guitar solo.

Nice collaboration. I'd add some mid and high end to the piece. The outro could be worked on a bit more to achieve more cohesion with the rest of the song. Overall really nice.

Agree on synth, sounds harsh against the breezy piano. Piano playing stays.

Just a quick reply to @Wookiee, @Bajan Blue and @treesha about the low end/bass; everything I tried just wasn't the right fit, so, looks like we're stuck with it as is, lol 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Thanks Michael. Appreciate the listen 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Thanks so much for the listen treesha, appreciate it. Going to work on bass sections now. Cheers 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Appreciate the listen Nigel. Thanks so much. I was saving a bass part for last but when the song got to this stage I decided it might clutter/muddy the sound too much, but now I may revisit the piece and see if I can write some bass parts that can possibly improve the listening experience. Cheers.

Yes, flat response reference speakers will not add any low end, but played through an average system should be enough low bass added.

Thanks Ross. Yeah, this little tune sorted itself a lot quicker than usual. The ideas I tried for interplay mostly worked quickly rather than spending hours or days searching. The textures are a mix of making a bus from a bus and re-eq'ing the new bus to get as much clarity and texture as I could 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Thanks Wookiee. Not very much low bass. The sequencer sections contain the only true low bass (around 50Hz). There's also an SI Bass part that I had to add an extra bus set with higher kHz eq to get the melody through the mass of sound that surrounds it. On my reference speakers the low bass is adequate but, of course, to feel the real power of this piece I use a bass boost on whatever system I'm listening on. It's not mixed for cell phone speakers 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

Excellent. Falsetto works, groove works, sax works, mix works, vibe works, mix works 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶