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17 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:
K.M.
I definitely see this opening, or running under the credits, of a film.
Good solid mix here.
Showcases your style and vision quite well.
You say its "your most ambitious" to date; keep it up!
all the best,
Tom
Thank you, Tom! Yeah, it certainly is one of the most ‘cinematic’ stuff I have done in CbB so far! 😃
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12 hours ago, SteveC said:
Very nice... A good mix of orchestral and electronic. It's big, cinematic, and a very enjoyable listen.
Thank you, Steve! 😄
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12 hours ago, arlen2133 said:
K.M., this is VERY good!
Very enjoyable narrative that definitely took me on a journey.
Totally showed off your talent and skill. Bravo!
Thank you! Really glad you like it! 😁
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21 hours ago, Andrew Ball said:
I love the narrative - really works - and whilst some of the mood changes are subtle some are much more dramatic. You should be proud of this, I thought it was a great showcase. Well done! Andy
Indeed, I made this to showcase my film scoring style. Thank you so much for the kind words, Andy! ❤
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9 hours ago, Freyja Grimaude-Valens said:
This is actually very nice, has quite the cinematic ambience to it.
Thank you very much, Freyja! 😊
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6 hours ago, amiller said:
Nice sci-fi cinematic vibe. Good job😊👍
Thank you for listening, Amiller!
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5 hours ago, Old Joad said:
Wow, this is very psychedelic. sounded great through my speakers, very nice...
Glad to hear that! Thank you!
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Hi, fellow musicians! 😊
I have named this track A Dream in Celestia because it's a continued part of my previous song Celestia.
In this piece, I attempt to express a storyline I wrote using music. There are different scenes I have created with the four seasons, the changes as well the perceived length of each season in mind.
My comments on the SoundCloud link contain the storyline, so make sure you check them out as well.
One of my most ambitious projects I have ever attempted — produced, mixed and mastered fully in Cakewalk by BandLab.
Thank you for listening!
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6 hours ago, pwalpwal said:
how about trying a triple-click? there have been issues in the past with something being selected or focussed or not, so maybe your first click is doing the selecting/focussing but then the second-click of the double-click is only considered a single-click...?
I've tried that. It simply doesn't work until I either choose another screenset or click on revert. I don't know, maybe it's just happening at my end or something.
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Also, you might want to mention this in Feedback Loop!
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So basically a Auto Make-up Gain button but for every plugin on the chain? 😍
I love the idea but I wonder if this should be plugin specific. I use a few compressors that do offer an Auto MakeUp feature. I suppose it could be placed on CbB's EQ, Compressors and so on. Or something.
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Thank you for the fix! The automations are now working perfectly! 😍
I noticed that, sometimes, the Piano Roll doesn't open when I double click a clip on an Instrument track. Sometimes, not even when I right click on the clip and go to View > PRV. The Piano Roll View tab does appear on the Multidock but when I click on it, it doesn't come up. The tab appears but the PRV doesn't.
I fixed it by either changing the Screenset or by clicking on View>Revert Current Screenset.
Has anyone else experienced this?
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22 minutes ago, Jesse Jost said:
Ctrl+click behavior as described is not in 70, but will be introduced in the next build.
Thanks!
But I wonder if it'll feel more natural if Ctrl-Clicking set the time while simply clicking just deselected (like before). I'd say that'll be more similar to previous builds.
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9 hours ago, Noel Borthwick said:
We have made a small change to help accomodate your workflow better. CTRL clicking will no longer set the time so you can ctrl click in white space and it will clear the selection. Alternatively you can do what btrock suggested and right click lasso whitespace to clear. If you still hate it after trying it out let us know.
Does this Ctrl+Click work on the Build 70, or do you mean this'll be the next update? Because I just tried and Ctrl-clicking set the time instead of deselecting.
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On 7/7/2019 at 1:18 AM, garybrun said:
Very nice and very clear mix.
Thanks, Gary! 😃
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22 hours ago, SPAK said:
I hear a story behind this, a voice over ... sorta like 'War Of The Worlds'. I especially like the attention to detail in the mix everything works in harmony .. not an easy thing .so good on you ...
Steve
You got the notion I was trying to express! Thank you, Steve!
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10 hours ago, jwnicholson78 said:
That was really. I enjoyed that a lot.
Thank you! 😁
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11 hours ago, Grem said:
Yeah, this is the song I listened to when I listened to your stuff. I like it as is Joshi. Really good mix I think. And the Spotify link does sound better.
Thank you, Grem! Really appreciate it. 😄
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5 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:
No, I got exactly what you were trying to do! That came across, and it is a clever idea and works for the piece. I really liked the idea. Just if you try it next time, I wanted to suggest taking more care to put the "narrator" or lead vocal voice in a similar sonic landscape as everything else.
It's why mentioned the bit about being able to making individual elements move to the front. You can still do what you were trying to do while making your voice sound as if it's in that lush magic mystical space.
Maybe I'm not describing what I mean well enough. With a rock band or a folk ensemble or an orchestra it's easier, because their music also exists outside the studio and we can say the band should sound like they're in the same room (or coffee house or concert hall) playing even though we're recording them an instrument or section at a time in a studio or even more than one studio. But we do tricks to make it sound like the singer, drummer, guitarist, bassist, and keyboard player were all there in one room playing at the same time.
This is even more so for people like me who are one man indie rock bands. I have to make it sound like I am 4 or 5 people all plugged in and mic'd up on an idealized stage in an idealized fantasy nightclub, and not call attention to the fact that every single note, drum hit, word sung, everything on the recording is all me overdubbed.
In the case of ambient/EDM/electronica, it goes off script, but since humans live in a reverberant world, humans still want to hear reverberations and ambiance in our recordings, and our ears still like it when we hear reverb even as an exaggerated effect. As a matter of fact, our ears are so good at it, because they have to be in order for us to survive, that we are also good at detecting when reverberant spaces, even artificial ones, aren't quite "right."
So as we find out, even completely synthesized music wants all of its sonic elements to sit in a comfortable sonic space. They're still instruments at the end of the day.
You ever go into a dorm room or new home before your family or friends move in? They just sound and feel too "live" and it maybe feels a little uncomfortable? There are too many surfaces causing too many reflections to hit your ears at slightly different times because there's no furniture and carpeting in the place to deaden it. It actually drives me kinda nuts. I feel on edge in places with nothing up on the walls.
The same thing can happen with a mix if you put on competing plug-ins, where one has its reflections set to one set of time constants and others have theirs set to others. They clash, and the sense of a coherent space is lost.
Of course, to the extent that this is a rule, it can be deliberately broken to interesting effect. Benny Benassi likes to make his "Macintosh System voices" dry so that they really pop out, and it works.
In the case of your piece, maybe you used a different plug-in, different settings, or just too little reverb or delay for my taste, but that's just my taste, and it's also one sonic element on a great sounding track. I change my mind all over the place with my mixes.
Anyway, I did want to get across my idea of "painting a picture," where I close my eyes and I "see" your musical tracks kind of going out in all directions with a certain soft gauzy texture, and any elements that come to the forefront should pop to the forefront, but they should still have that same soft texture. I listen to mixes with my eyes closed a lot to "see" what pictures come to mind, if it "looks" coherent. I see them with my mind's eye as well as listen with my ears. Try it?
I think I do get it! It's certainly very necessary to keep each instrument in the same ambient space. The reason why I kept the reverb for the vocals at minimum was to make sure the words were easily understood. However, yes, it could've sounded much better with a softer but longer reverb to match the rest of the sounds. As of now, it sounds like it was recorded in a smaller room! I'll definitely endeavor to use your suggestions on my next work. Thank you very much for the detailed explanation!
Also, my friend, I'd love to hear your criticisms on this song too, if you wouldn't mind spending a few minutes on it!
soundcloud.com/kmjoshi/celestia
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4 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:
Lovely indeed. I really like the guitar.
This is my first commentary in the Songs subforum, so I don't know how welcome mix suggestions are.
If they are not welcome, I apologize. If they are, I concur with the earlier comment about the ambience processing on your lead vocal. The music and backing vocals and the higher vocal that comes in later all sound like they exist in the same ambient mystical "space," but your voice doesn't quite, if you get what I mean. On my own mixes, I either use a reverb send or use similar settings on the individual track reverbs so that it all sounds like it's in the same space, glued together.
I can still make individual elements come to the front by varying the amount of reverb or using compression, but they sound like they are in the same space.
Hey, man! Any kind of suggestions are most definitely welcome and received with thanks! I was intending to make the story telling up close and personal, but it appears that wasn't a great idea. 😃 I'm working on some similar songs though where I'll be keeping all the comments you guys have given in mind!
Cheers!
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22 hours ago, thegaltieribrothers said:
Hi Kaustub,
Really lovely mellow ethereal quality to this one.
Thanks for sharing.
Good Job!
regards
paul
Thank you, Paul!
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A song about the four seasons!
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Haha!
That PA is actually a manipulated speech narrator because I needed it to say customized words. Glad to know it worked well!
Never heard of Christopher Franke's piece but I like the name. Will definitely check it out!
And yes, I was trying to make it a bit diverse...keeping it smooth has been quite a challenge! 😄 Thank you for listening and reading, Bjorn!