mark skinner

@hsmusic , Thanks .. that means a lot coming from someone with your talent .. mark

Thanks for the reply. Yes it's G#. Before I got very far into recording playing with some vocals , I just tuned down a 1/2 step as I normally do. Didn't bother to rename the track.. @KSband Appreciate it. I actually did enjoy doing the different (for me) electric stuff. I Really enjoyed doing the harmonica . I had to wait for one to arrive in the offset key. I remember when good blues harps were cheap ! So .. I had to buy a new soldering station , a pack of usb connectors and a harp just to get this one done. The party never ends .. mark

Hello , backing up files and removing them from my projects folder, I found this one I put on hold. I remixed it and used some better plugins. I added a synth track and had to stop half way thru to replace the usb port on my controller. (Fun Job) I'm pretty heavy on the guitars and harmonica. Three different acoustics and 3 tracks from my G&L. It's a pretty short simple instrumental for now. Been playing with some vox.. Hear anything that gets your attention needing work , don't be shy , let me have it ! Thanks .. mark -Remix- 3 https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14734816

I thought that was Very entertaining ! The smoothness of the song was Outstanding. Loved it .. mark

Very Nice mix. I like the simpler laid back vibe this one has. The guitar sections worked well . Enjoyed it .. mark

Thanks Glenn , I must have just overlooked it. I'll check it afterwhile. I must be going blind. mark Edit - Hidden in plain sight !

I've been playing around with my controller using an instrument track. The track inspector is only showing the recieving buss. I cant seem to be able to bring up the controls for the midi track (quantize , arp ,etc ..) in the track view or console view. I normally use the synth and first output when loading an instrument. mark

Fantastic Production ! Now I Really understand why I like your music so well. Amazing what you recorded 22 years ago. Loved it .. mark

Barry , that made a deep impression. Well Done ! I'm glad I live in the sticks .. mark

Look at your blend knob for input monitoring (if you have one). You may be hearing while you are recording but not what has been recorded. Check the output selection from your track and your master bus. ms

Click your normally used workspace setting . I suspect that the meters are still there but hidden. Grab the right side of edge where the FX is and drag it to the right. If this "is" the case , after you get it the way you want , click the down arrow on workspace and click "save workspace". Later .. If things start looking different , just click your normally used workspace again.

Great job from the bakers ! I'm actually going to wait for the public release before updating though. Seems I just moved my gear to access internet a few weeks ago. Probably won't be long before early access has confirmed the stability. One more update before the Big change.. (maybe) ms

^^ Totally agree. They may have known that .. and this was a challenge they were willing to take to verify their expertise. Kinda reminds me of a guy who was recently in the news under house arrest for hacking. He was held in a motel until his trial. He used a smart tv in the room with a fire stick in it and hacked another well known corp. He said he'd Never stop. They're on a mission. ms

I looked these guys up and watched their youtube live videos. These guys are an honest Americana Duo and very good. Believe it or not they are "still" on Soundcloud. Started following them. They've only got a few followers .. ms

@Noel Borthwick Any free version (without a timeout) with the ability to open project/bundle files and export stems would be a nice move. Especially if it will run on Win7! There are a few of us that don't have access to X -series or any 64 bit Sonar Daws. I can open these with my old 32 bit programs , but my projects are Loaded with vst3s and really not worth the effort. I am one of the users who will probably have to replace my PC and upgrade my OS to efficiently run the new Sonar. Timing will be crucial .. Thanks .. mark

That was a hell of an article ! I've been wondering where all of my royalties have been going .. ms

I may be wrong but .. I think if you use a simple instrument track , you can still load effects like a regular audio track. If this is the case , TH3 has a vibrado module . (maybe it's tremolo ?) ms

Rex , I love the early 80s vibe this one has especially in the intro. It puts me in mind of great bands like Tears for Fears. As usual .. Fantastic vocals ! As far as adding anything .. I was wanting to here some vocal shadowing after about halfway thru the song on the choruses. LOVE .. (love) IS .. (is) A WONDER .. (wonder). I think it would build the choruses up more as the song progresses. I thought it was also crying out for a lead guitar break @2:55 on top of the present guitar tracks. I Really enjoyed this .. mark

Bruce , (again) .. I really enjoyed working with you ! You always challenge me , and I love putting in fill parts behind an already well written and performed song. I'm Really looking forward to a video. Hope you get to use the Canadian Cowboy on the song cover art .. mark

Respectfully , I understand your concerns about not using Sound on Sound for audio recordings. But .. I use it exclusively midi and audio. It's Never been a problem for me and I'm not a one take player. I use it like a punch in and only play when it's time for the next phrase etc.. The only drawback is having to slide the starting point of when you hit record forward to uncover the previous take , and slide the ending back for the next section. Fits my workflow and is effecient for me.. ms

If you are talking about Cakewalk by Bandlab , "CbB" is normally used to avoid confusion. If you Are using CbB , I think what you want to use is "sound on sound" This is set up in preferences. A quick way is to right click the main Record button at the top of the screen. Choose "sound on sound". I personally don't use seperate take lanes and do all my simple synth work on a single lane. I reuse the same lane . This is chosen on the same page. Press record and play when you need to. You'll hear the first take and the next one will be recorded. Bad take.. just undo. One bad section , click , delete it and re-record. Midi is nice for this type of recording. Nothing is recorded until you press a key and don't have to slip edit silence out to see the previous take. ms

An unwanted noise will show up as a normal note blob. Most of the time they're seperate blobs. Left click on it to audition it. Right click and choose delete. Sometimes it's part of the main note blob. Just split the clip and delete the unwanted portion. Sometimes after rendering the melodyne clip a small fade is helpful at any abrupt parts. Silence will show up as a straight line after or before a blob. These can also be split and deleted out, if you want to carry it that far. ms

I Really enjoyed that. Very Nice job on the mandolin break and fills. Very Clean .. mark

The 20 sec. or so delay isn't really bothering me that much on the first start up. My pc is shut down after I finish working . It actually allows a little time for everything to get booted up. But .. after recording a lot of takes , I normally shut down CbB to free up some ram. Now waiting "again" when I resume my daw work is getting annoying. Not being able to open the program "at all" because of screen resolution , or whatever else is happening with a lot of offline laptop users .. would Really get me going. In my opinion that in itself should prompt a resolution. ms

Mighty Fine Pickin ! Very well recorded. You stirred me with this.. Twangy bass worked nicely . ?? Piano could come back more. I'm probably listening to the version after the adjustment. Loved it .. mark