PhonoBrainer

I highly recommend the fretless bass and the duduk. And if you own a business and buy before the end of the year, your purchase might come with a nice tax duduktion.

Best purchase was the Garritan Yamaha Abbey Road CFX piano for 159. All other pianos have been sent to a lovely farm upstate. (Except for Pianoteq, which we left on a hillside to die of exposure) . . . and a happy New Year to the Deals forum!

Some nicely extended range for your primal screams . . .

Please say hello to Seigfried, Tristan, James, and Helen for me! The Dales is on my bucket list . . . enjoy!

I'm sure this is pretty great! But I see another mystery bundle every time I open up my Samples drive.

Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays to all you good people wherever you are. May your corner of the global neighborhood remain healthy and prosperous in 2021!

Thanks, hey Russ how far did van Buren get into mixing, specific plug-in settings and chains, technical eq stuff? Appreciate your take on that . . .

That was super. Very tasteful, and the fact that the (excellent) drummer is making guitarist faces is an added bonus in the emotion department! Lots of talent in the Southern Hemisphere!!! cheers, -Tom

I haven't heard any other songs like this today. Or yesterday, last week, or ever. Kudos on the mix clarity, and 100% recommend listening on headphones! cheers, -Tom

Download intensity trial. Put it on the master bus. Select the preset "a little magic". Dial down the world wheel on the left from .20 to .16. Then consider increasing the wet/dry mix slider on the left just a hair, from 50% to 52%. Ask a doctor if Zynaptiq is right for you. Side effects include varicose veins, lycanthropy, mild discomfort, rickets, severe discomfort, diabeetus, gender permanence, receding hairline, scoliosis, halitosis, sharks, outgrown toenails, the quartering of troops, dizziness, and Dizzy Gillespie Face.

Well it's just a collection of inconvenienced electrons, actual weight equalling a unmeasurable nothing, so . . . how much is that in gold again? 😳

This one is worth more time in the mixing department! One might ask if the mix is too busy, too many parts at once, most of them trying to be up front? I know about this question because I ask it about my own mixes all the time! We all are somewhat held hostage by the depth and quality of our sound sources, so with understanding, if you were to substitute out one thing, you might look at the bass. Is it kind of a synth bass? It seems like the same volume all the time - You might try something more dynamic and organic (real) - I think it would help your mix breathe a bit more? Just an idea. I'd like to hear where this one ends up - nice one! cheers, -Tom

Jeeze, sure glad I didn't miss this! It's great! I agree with the "improved production skills" department, but those skills are shining on a killer song as well! Your guitar parts panned add perfectly to the vibe. As an 80's child I approve and would only suggest a brightening of the vocal with some upper eq. But the lyrics, and the vocal performances - just great! cheers, -Tom

That was very cool, very Dan-like, a total compliment in my opinion - the mix is very clear, I like the string pad that floats in the background at times, and the bass poppin stuff really adds as well. You might consider as suggested above doubling the vocal in spots, maybe the choruses? That would add a whole 'nuther level of polish to this. Well done! Your chord progressions are killer! cheers, -Tom

That was fun! After :45, I loved it. Before :45, that lead synth line was trampling all over the vocal and I couldn't hear the words. YMMV! cheers, -Tom

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Plus they keep inventing sources of sound I didn't know I wanted. I bought Toll from Sonikinetic, who knew I needed bells. With all these damn deals, I'm winning so much, I'm just sick of winning.

Gary, that brightened my day! I wish a Merry Christmas to you and yours. Thanks! -Tom

Very accomplished composition. Sounded like a candidate for Mission Impossible 12! Your list of instruments is impressive, and well used / well mixed! Perhaps the drums could have a bit more beef in the mix? And perhaps the shimmering cymbal rises could be a bit louder? You might check 1:21 and 1:24 area, and a bit afterwards, do you have a hard panned left trombone getting a bit pokey or over saturated? Just wondering . . . Your themes are very solid and the very well chosen parts come in and out splendidly! Maybe the excellent pulsing rhythm could have a breakdown moment, where it got quiet, then built back up again? Or maybe drop the hi hat occasionally? We have to wait until the very end of the song to have a release, as they say. Then again it's great as is. Kudos! cheers, -Tom

Catchy, great vocals! That vocal chain is really working, super clear. Maybe the bass guitar is getting buried a bit by the rhythm guitar low eq? I think you may have a little room to eq a bit more low end off the rhythm guit ? Something to try perhaps, it might make the bass sit up and be noticed, if that's of interest. Another winner. Have you ever written a clunker? Just curious. cheers, -Tom

Super clean and pleasant upon the wintry ear. A little idea -maybe try those sleigh bells double-time, with a bit more reverb? Cool vid as well - nice job! cheers, -Tom

Caution! Once you go down this road of bitterness, who knows where it will end.

By my rough calculations, Glory Days Big Band Horns drops from 599 euro to 574 euro with this voucher. Let me know if/when it allows me to enter in the voucher code twelve times.

I listened on headphones. Excellent song, and song idea!!! Let me bring out another well deserved Joe Walsh comparison, stylistically. Love it. So on the headphones listen, I of course noticed the panning, piano and other keys pretty hard left - - - guitars and suchlike pretty hard right. You obviously are going for 1972 or earlier in your mix, and it's pretty fun. When guitars are full of amp effects but then panned hard, do they get a little lo-fi or boxy? Maybe pull them more towards center in the spots where they need to be the main feature? Holy crap, it's a Lamb Lies Down-worthy bridge section? Nice. The main comment I want to make is on your vocal. In this mix, did you high pass filter your lead vocal a bit more than usual? It's a good choice, the vocal cuts through great and doesn't seem to clutter up the basement at all! I've got some new headphones so I don't know how they are tricking me yet. very very cool! cheers, -Tom

Curious about this. Not a lot of reviews in the pluginosphere.