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    A Story

    in The Coffee House

    Posted · Edited by jsg

    There was a married couple who didn't get along very well. One day the woman decided she was going to murder her husband, who happened to be a guitar player. So, one night when he was drinking she snuck up behind him, grabbed his guitar and smashed him over the head and he didn't even know what hit him.  But to be sure he was really dead she grabbed his other guitar and hit him once more. He died on the spot. But a neighbor next door heard the noise and called the police and the woman was arrested.

    At her trial the judge asked the lady "First offender?". She replied, "Oh no your honor. First I hit him with the Gibson and then I smacked him with the Fender!"

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    Good ''phones for Mixing around $100?

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted · Edited by jsg

    I've used the Sony MDR 7506 for decades.  Over the years I've probably bought 10 or 15 pairs.   They are accurate, comfortable and sound good.  They also are reasonably priced.  Although I'll spend thousands for speakers, for headphones I've never spent more than around $100, which is what the 7506s cost.

    The one thing I don't like about these headphones is that when they get old, after 3-5 years, the padding can sometimes start to flake off.  I didn't notice it until one day my wife asked me what all the little black specs were on my ears.  

     

    Jerry

    http://www.jerrygerber.com

     

     

    Slow Movement, 7th Symphony

    in Songs

    Posted · Edited by jsg

    1 hour ago, Jesse Screed said:

    that right there

    so jsg

    if I said heads and tails would that mean anything to you?

    Also, what is so cool about this, and most will miss, is that you included the sheet music!

    I have never seen that before this forum, or any forum

    I can't read music, but when I look at the score, it comes in waves, page by page, like a good painting

    The file wouldn't play for me, but I saw it with my eyes

    I don't know why the sound file isn't playing for you Jesse, it seems to be working for everyone else...

    Slow Movement, 7th Symphony

    in Songs

    Posted · Edited by jsg

    1 hour ago, bitflipper said:

    Good stuff as always, Jerry. Definitely could imagine this as a lost Gershwin piece, especially if it was played in double-time. That big string-ish wash patch reminds me of Tomita's fat and juicy Moog strings.

    Suggestion: take a look at a regenerative pitch-shifting reverb such as Valhalla Shimmer or tritik's Irid. With automation you can make a string phrase morph into a lush pad. I have been experimenting with the technique - here's my experiment. That big wash in the middle of the piano intro isn't a synth, it's a pitch-shifting reverb. At 1:36 you can hear the same effect on a solo violin. 

    I'm listening now.  It does give the violin an interesting and sustained quality, almost like a synth.  It's also a nice piece and well-recorded too.   I am enjoying listening, thanks for sharing it with me Dave.

    I sure love hearing well-produced and well-written music that is different than my own.   It calls to mind my idea that there's only one music in the entire cosmos, one ultimate source of meaning and beauty and each one of us in our own way is listening for it, listening to it and interpreting it.  Of course I could be wrong, but it's still a fun idea!

     

     

     

    Clarinet Concerto, 3rd movement

    in Songs

    Posted

    23 hours ago, garybrun said:

    I thought this was a clever composition.
    To me it had some overtones of an Arabic feel but thats just my take on it.

    Also regarding Bob Dylan,,,  I thought his songwriting skills where great...  but he couldn't sing for sahit!!

    One thing I have learned being a cake walk user.. think nearly three decades now!!   Is I have learnt to appreciate everyone paints different pictures.
    Some of the music posted on here in the songs forum I could never get my head around.
    Some I have learnt to appreciate the creative part and tried to listen with  "open ears"..  but others I have no chance!!

    Never be afraid to speak your mind and say things in honesty and courtesy!!
    I would love to have a part of the forum where people could actually rip my music to pieces.. as thats the way I learn.
    Sometimes I believe on here we can be too polite!  Its just finding the balance for us oldies and the new comers.

    Putting all that aside... @jsg
    Great peace of work!!!

    Thanks for listening Gary!  

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    Clarinet Concerto, 3rd movement

    in Songs

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, bjornpdx said:

    Another impressive orchestral piece from Jerry. So the clarinetist played along with the virtual instruments which must have been a different experience for him.

    I played clarinet in my high school marching band, mostly in the 3rd clarinet section which only plays whole notes every measure. But I looked good in the band uniform.

    It was, also the first time he recorded with a virtual ensemble.  Art's such a fine and experienced player that he took to it easily and enjoyed doing it. 

    Thanks for listening bjornpdx.

    Jerry

    2020.09 Feedback

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    7 hours ago, Helene Kolpakova said:

    Because we have different preferences? I've been using Cakewalk for roughly 25 years too, so what? My global snap is often around 1/4 or even 1/2 or 1 as I'm basically using the Smart Grid option and need a bigger perspective in TV. In SV, however I need higher precision to enter notes, therefore 1/32 has always been the best option for me in that editor. What you suggests implies enabling/disabling the snap every time I switch between SV and TV. This is inconvenient and a big workflow disturbance. And I know I'm not the only one.

    I mentioned my experience with the staff view because I know it so well and have produced 14 albums with it, not in order to make you defensive.   I don't need or use the snap function in track view, so it's not an issue for me.  Since Bandlab repaired the snap function in SV, it's far easier to use. 

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    2020.09 Feedback

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    14 hours ago, Helene Kolpakova said:

    First of all, thank you so much for the bugfix release, bakers! I also really appreciate the fact that you've heard my complains about the staff view and global snap.

    I have tried to add this line in a number of places, restarting CbB after every change, but I still couldn't make it behave the desired way - staff snap keeps using the global snap resolution. I was probably doing something wrong, so any clarification on that would be helpful.

    What I did try:

    1. Add UseGlobalSnapForStaffView=0 to Cakewalk.ini, at the end of the file.
    2. Add UseGlobalSnapForStaffView=0 to Cakewalk.ini, to the [Staff View] section of the file.
    3. Add UseGlobalSnapForStaffView=0 to Aud.ini, to the [Aud] section of the file.
    4. Add UseGlobalSnapForStaffView=0 to Aud.ini, to the [Wave] section of the file.
    5. All of the above but with UseGlobalSnapForStaffView=1

    My steps for each attempt:

    1. Open the ini file in a text editor.
    2. Add the line to the file and save it.
    3. Close CbB.
    4. Launch CbB.
    5. Start a new project.
    6. Add a MIDI track.
    7. Open Staff View.
    8. Make sure Global Snap is switched on (and defaults to 1/8 in my case).
    9. Try to add notes with a hope of 1/32 resolution in the Staff view.

    Any suggestions?

    I am not clear on why this new option is even necessary.  If you DO want the notes in the staff view to snap to a given note value, turn on the Global Snap and choose the value.  If you DO NOT want the staff view to follow the the Global Snap settings, turn off Global Snap.  

    Another question I have is why would anyone not want the snap function to work properly in the staff view?  I've been using the staff view successfully for some 25 years and when the snap function became dysfunctional it was a real pain.   But now, since Bandlab has fixed it, I have no idea why someone would not just leave it alone and use the staff view with, or without, the global snap button turned on or off.  I myself just leave it on and leave it set to either an eighth or a sixteenth note.  If I need to enter triplets or 32nd notes I quickly change the snap value.  It's quick, it works.  What is the issue?

    Jerry

    www.jerrygerber.com

     

     

     

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    2020.09 Feedback

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    Cakewalk is the best!  I've been using it since Cakewalk for DOS (Yep, I'm getting old, it happens to us) and I'm really happy about what BandLab is doing for this incredibly powerful and ergonomically excellent DAW. 

    Thanks BandLab for making Cakewalk even better! 

    Jerry 

    www.jerrygerber.com 

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    Clarinet Concerto, 3rd movement

    in Songs

    Posted · Edited by jsg

    6 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

    I've mentioned this before, my wife's uncle was the Principal Clarinetist for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for many years.
    According to Dick, the Principal Clarinetist is the Stud Lead Guitarist of the Orchestra (my words not his).

    Does this have anything to do with 3rd movement, no not really, just an interesting anecdote regarding the mindset "legit" musicians.
    ("legit" is in Dick's words, I never pressed him to define "legit"...)

    Excellent as always Jerry!

    t

    When I was a kid and taking private jazz/rock guitar lessons, "legit" always meant classical music or classically-trained musicians.  A lot of unnecessary strive was probably created by making a division between "legit" and "illegit" (??) music.  I once asked a blind student of mine if he was legally blind, and he answered jokingly, "No, I am illegally blind"!

    When Bob Dylan came out on stage with an electric guitar for the first time, his fans felt "betrayed", they thought he was selling-out folk music.  It's both annoying and  amusing how people take their traditions so seriously that anything that happens outside of it is somehow wrong, or illegitimate, or less.   As a classically-trained composer who embraced MIDI and electronic music back in the 1980s, I've gotten some of the same bullshit from online critics and other not-so-creative small-minded people.  It comes with the territory of being in the arts.  I prefer to be joyful and do what I do and not judge what others are doing no matter how far or close it is to what I do.  I find myself happier with this attitude.

    Thanks for posting your story Tom!

    Jerry

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    2020.09 Feedback

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Noel Borthwick said:

    Starting from the next update yes.

    Oops, I forgot that I already learned how to save the installation file that is in the download folder before it gets deleted.   So I have the backup file.

    Thanks Noel!

    Jerry

    2020.09 Feedback

    in Cakewalk by BandLab

    Posted

    On 9/9/2020 at 8:53 AM, Morten Saether said:

    Hi all - please use this topic to post feedback specific to 2020.09. Release-specific feedback is valuable to us, and consolidating it in a single topic is extremely helpful. Thanks in advance!

    2020.09 Release Notes

    Thanks for the update!   Is there a way to download the Cakewalk.exe file so I have a locally-saved backup?

    Sincerely,

    Jerry

     

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