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So this is the song with a new ending, I like it better this way so thanks for that feedback which encouraged me to work on the ending more. Thanks for listening and any comments

I got it fine, win 10, previous cake, and having some fun with it, no problems getting or using it. Its basicness is appealing after spending time with tetrality.....

I got nectar elements with sound forge 11 in 2018. In my plugin list i think it is called izotope nectar elements. The gui is orange. I have another called nectar 3 elements with the gui opening to a black gui with question what are you going for? I think that one was in my crossgrade to music production suite 2.1. Hope that helps

Sounds good, nice mix over here, enjoyed the sunflower playing guitar ha and looney tunes ending ha. I agree with dubdisciple that the song would be more dancey with more thump in the bass and drums, especially during the parts where the instrumentation gets reduced. At times the vocals are slightly too low. Good name for the song, it has a traveling feel to it.

I like this song, I like your voice and the mix sounds good over here. The only feedback I would have is the tone of the lamenting moans is a little muddy and a little dark. Comparing to the tone of the ooohs which I think feels better. Just taste. Hope you get a chance to do more project$.

Hey David, very majestic piece! Rich and interesting, a variety of sounds and movements, enjoyed it !

Thanks for listening and letting me know you enjoyed it. Im encouraged. I am messing around with lengthening the ending although the interesting notes mark skinner suggested don’t fit the key or whatever there. Tried transposing sounds real bad ha.

After all the storms passed I started it up again and now I have the box/logo thing in the instrument area and it works fine. I had opened and closed st4 a few times before my posts, no idea why its ok now, maybe big storms voodoo?

Thanks for the video i think thats the one i watched. I had it appear with the lock after it was already manually authorized then i authorized it again and no more art deco pic/box in the left column but in the instruments column of piano choices in st4. My power is off now due to bad thunder storm! I think i will try the restore my products when i have power back on

I find it confusing too. Am I supposed to have a separate logo/box that says Art Deco Piano in the left library column on sample tank 4 for this instrument? O dont have that like I saw in a video, mine is available i think after I open sample tank 4 and search in categories for piano sounds and Art Deco appears the the name of 10 presets over in the instruments column on the right. Thanks

Thanks for the detailed reply Mark thats very helpful! I play guitar but not a fluent lead player so maybe some phrases i play aren’t what a good player would play ha. Sometimes i use guitar loops i have, midi them and work with that in ample. Yeah i will redo the ending making it longer and fade better and will check out the note you like. Thanks again

Thanks Timbo, appreciate the feedback. I agree it should fade longer. I was getting fatigued of working on the song and will revisit with a fresh outlook soon ha. Tetrality was demanding of me. I really expected criticism of the simple boomy drums ha. Thanks for listening, the space was the most fun

Thanks for listening and the feedback Mark glad you enjoyed it. I agree the ending is not ideal, maybe i will revisit that. Glad the reverbs sound right! I expected some neg feedback on the drums ha. Interesting the strat is vastly improved no idea why. I will have to listen to the 3 strat tracks i posted. If you feel like commenting what is better that would help. I don’t find it easy to use but love the sounds. I used the same preset in the first 2 songs but a more spacey preset in this one. Thanks again

Thanks Lynn, I am encouraged and it was fun! Tetrality can be complicated! It generates so much stuff ! This is the original version, I put with reverb in the title because I had quite a few comments on previous posted songs to add some or more reverb, and that hopefully this song has enough and I have learned to use it better ! If not you guys will let me know... again😁

Thanks for listening and letting me know you liked it

I got Tetrality which totally took over my interest, so I haven't reverbed my last post being too distracted with this. I was just messing around with it trying to learn to use it and how I would want to use it and wound up with this piece. I took advice from Starship Krupa's last post reply and got Orilriver reverb and bought something at PIB so got the free PhoenixVerb and used the small neutral hall the way he recommended, sparingly and low. And advice from others who recommended reverb in my last 2 song posts. Think I am getting it. I used some of the generated phrases as they were, but most I altered by rendering them midi and messing around with them. The guitar is from that process, then played through Ample Strat which I really enjoy. Most of the sounds already had reverb. I like Tetrality, but it can get really busy, I did a lot of subtracting, and adjusting, and felt the need for another type of instrument so I added the guitar. So thanks for the previous feedback and thanks for listening, Treesha revised song posted 7/30/21 with new ending as suggested and I agree the ending needed more attention. So here is the revised version

I had just gotten 2 then upgraded to 3 and so haven’t used either enough to compare them, but i find vst 2 works better. I was getting blank gui with vst3. Im on cake 2021.04 and can use the mix groups fine offline. It does show up in my recently used fx.

Thanks Makke for listening and your comment, I am encouraged ! Glad you enjoyed it, Treesha

Hey Steve, thanks! Hadn’t thought of this live but that would be fun!

Thanks Douglas Kirby! Im encouraged. I musta missed reverb day in my youtube trainings ha, so reverb is on the way! Lets see if I do it right! Tetrality has robbed my attention the last several days.

Really fun song, I especially liked how the choruses came in and how full they were. Really enjoyed the lead playing. Mix sounds great too. The ending is perfect

Very pleasant piece and definitely has a birdsy woodsy light open feel to it. Great first attempt. I been writing more instrumentals in recent years, if this was my piece I would have some changes in dynamics here and there for a bit of drama, and I would probably put a very low volume pad or some low notes in the bottom range to kinda bring it all together through the different phases of the song. Enjoyed it and my imaginary trip to the woods.

Hi Miguel, great job on this song, the feeling comes through your vocals without the words, very nice vocals and expression. I agree that the sound of the guitar is a bit harsh and not as pleasant as the rest of the song which has a sweetness to it. I play guitar and write midi guitar parts more than play them completely in a song because the vst sounds so much better than my old instruments. Its challenging to get midi guitar to sound "natural" and I don't have any tips about how to achieve that ! But the vocals are so good and make the song so work well even some tweaking to the guitar harshness would help it work better. Good work with the melodyne.

Thanks Johnbee58 for the encouragement! So far I haven't had any problems with viruses or malware, but yeah always a concern when trying free stuff. Mostly I hear about them on this site, and trust if there are issues folks will post that. Thanks for listening and your comments !

Ha reverb envy.... I see Plugin B has PhoenixVerb free this month, I will likely buy something and wind up with it and then I can try that preset you like. Thanks so much for all the detailed information and while I was in a rockabilly band once that's not my thing at all ha (they kicked me out cause I didn't play standup and that was fine with me). Anyways, your explanation is very clear and will be a big help to me when I start messing around with reverb. If the Exponentials are way hot as you say, no wonder I was thinking they were overpowering ! And yes I mainly use virtual instruments these days, and yes many have reverb so thanks for pointing that out too. Always more to learn, and reverb being so basic I will get to it. Thanks again