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HS-No worries. I appreciate your feedback.🙂 amiller-Thank you so much!🙂 JB🙂

I wasn't going to post this because it's about my faith, but I've taken notice that there are a few here who do post songs of the religious nature, so I figured why not. I'm not trying to proselytize. Believe in what you want to believe in (or not). It's just that this is the faith that allows me to sleep at night when I see all the turmoil in the world at present. YMMV. My main concern in the mix is the dynamics in the choruses (....Streets of blood......). Do you find the drums & cymbals (or anything else) too loud at spots? I've been chopping volume levels in these areas all over the place and they still cut too much depending on what listening environment I'm using (ie sounds fine on Walkman but too piercing on ear buds etc). For this reason, I really felt extra compelled to use the Waves SSL Master Buss Compressor. https://johnbowen.bandcamp.com/track/somewhere-theres-an-answer Thanks! Hope you enjoy it, but don't be afraid to flame if you don't. ❤️🙂John B

All great suggestions. Thanks! I was playing around with Iris 2 the other day and I found a couple of presets that might be usable. The problem is I'm really not a synth person but I'd like to learn more about programming. My singing voice is failing me more with every project but I still need to create music. Last year I paid $200.00 usd to buy Arturia's DX7 V and wanted to learn FM programming. There was a really good site on that, but the guy stopped posting new vids. 😀JB

Not bad at all for an old recording. The song is stellar material. As far as the production and performances, I go with the others who say to re record it because now you could probably bring out much more of the luster that the song deserves. 😀JB

I got it solved, guys. I downloaded Stamp ID3. Works great. Thanks! 🙂JB

I'd like to display a photo of my choosing while the music is playing. IOW-have a photo associated with a particular song. I'm wondering if that's possible. Can't find it in the manual. 🙂JB

Never got one! Thanks! 😉JB

Does anybody here know how to add/remove pictures from or to the display on a Sony Walkman MP3 player model #NWZ-E383? I can't seem to get rid of the damned blurred 45 RPM record label that comes in on the display of everything of mine that is original. The 45 pic must be some kind of default pic. I'd lake to add my own pictures if I can. I have it synched with Windows Media Player. Don't know what version but it's on a Windows 10 PC I bought early last year (2018) Thanks for any advise given. 🙂John B

Thanks Allan & Joad. 🙂JB

Thanks OJ & Freddy! I'd love to redo this song but it's an alternate tuning which I charted back then but I lost the charts. I DID redo it about 10 years ago on a Zoom MRS802 but it didn't turn out too great. This performance and arrangement was something I've always been proud of but the fidelity it poor. Just a beautiful song caught at a bad time. 🙂JB

Sounds about as 60s as it can get, from the car lyrics to the beat. Excellence as usual from you, Freddy J. 😀John B

I can't believe how clean this is coming from a sound on sound recording. Didn't seem to lose much fidelity at all through the bouncing. ❤️John B

Some of your stuff should be studied at Berklee. 😉John B

Wow! This is NICE! Especially that trumpet. Sounds like something you'd hear from Return to Forever when they had the horn section. Love the funky beat. You should be very proud of this! ❤️John B

So, the monkey in the business suit is at it again. 😆 Great as usual. Top notch production. Nice lyrics. ❤️John B

Mark, Andrew and Gary- Thanks! @garybrun, I wish I had that Altaverb you used on one of my samples. That's a damn neat reverb, but unfortunately I can't afford $600.00 for it. @Andrew Ball You don't know how much I wish I had the fingering and chord charts from this, because I would love to re create it. It's a total mystery what I used but I sure could polish it up with what I have now. ❤️JB

This was written and recorded in 1989 on a Fostex 160 multitracker cassette portastudio. Featured my Martin D18 (again), my Yamaha RX17 drum programmer. Bass and synth was from a Yamaha PSS470 keyboard and piano was from a Casio CT 370 (I think) keyboard. 30 years ago and my voice was much younger and better. I wrote this for my first wife, Ellen. WARNING! VERY LO FI https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?songID=13915930 Also, for your viewing pleasure, I did a video a year or two later because she wanted me to sing it live for her. (I wish I could remember what I did with that shirt). Hope you enjoy these.🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09dBJNd3Fsc ❤️John B.

Does anybody know how much longer Hybrid is on sale? I might try that. I can afford $15.00, but I'd like to play around with it first before I buy. I already have Iris 2. @razor7musicGenre would probably be pop/soft rock or adult contemporary. Thank you all!❤️ 😀JB

Joad, Paul & Daryl-Thanks! 😀JB

Thank Toddskins and Mark M. 😀 Todd, there is no song right now. Most of the instrumentals I've worked on up until now have used the DIZI flute plugin I mentioned above. Here's the latest one: https://johnbowen.bandcamp.com/track/gingers-song That flute is my main go-to for instrumentals as far as the lead voice. But I feel now as if I've used it enough and just would like to use a nice mellow synth type sound for one or two tunes. I do love the DIZI because it reminds me of Chuck Greenburg's lyricon sound from Shadowfax, if you've ever heard any of their stuff when he was with them in the 80s. It's also easy to control. Not bad for a freebie. But It's time for some variety because I must've used it in at least 10 songs. Maybe I'll find something when I'm finished downloading the rest of Iris 2s library. It has 11 gigs of sounds and I don't think I'm anywhere near the end yet. Mark M. Is that a free synth? 😀JB

I would really like to write more instrumentals because I can't sing anymore and it's getting more difficult and frustrating with every new project. 🤬 I like to do an occasional instrumental but I'm limited on lead instruments. The one I use mostly is a Chinese flute model called "Dizi Flute" which is a free plugin and I love it. But I cannot use the same lead every project. It gets old after awhile. I have TONS of synth sounds, some I paid for but most free. I have Dimension LE, Syntronix, DX7-V, Kontakt Factory Select, a free library in Reaktor, a few AAS sound packs and I just got Iris 2 by Izotope. I haven't downloaded all of its library yet though. But I haven't found a nice and rich sound for a lead synth yet. Maybe I just haven't shopped around enough. Does anybody have any suggestions? Would appreciate it. Looking for nice, rich melodic sounds. Thanks 🙂John B

I like the tune very much but some of the timing sounds a bit off. 🙂John B

Nice. Everything works well together. As far as instruments, you could go with many, but I like piano/violin. 🙂John B

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I knew there was a good reason NOT to go with the update. I started a thread earlier this week on this because I got the email on Monday (or Tuesday?). Anyway, my logic was since I was not having an issue with my 6i6, there wasn't a need to "borrow trouble". IOW-"If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Most of the posters agreed with me and I didn't update. However, I did look back on my download history that day and found that I did do some kind of update on the Focusrite drivers in early May of 2018 (I don't remember the details). I also took note that on the same day there was a Team Viewer download in my download history indicating a call to Sweetwater's tech support who I probably called to fix a problem. Reminder to you guys who are having an issue-If you bought your Focusrite interface from Sweetwater you should contact them to help you solve your problem. They can get into your system with the team viewer and do a remote fix and they'll do it for free anytime so long as you purchased your interface from them. Probably get you up and running sooner because I've heard horror stories about Focusrite's taking their good ol' time with support issues. 🙂John B