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Always fun stuff from jack c. ...! Reminds me a bit of Larry Wild Man Fischer and Frank's days with Captain Beefheart.

Interesting lyrics throughout, thought provoking to my ears. I loved the intro and how the song ended with the click of something being turned off.

Keep it up!

Timbo

I agree with Mark, nice sound but the fade out didn't do it for me.

I really liked the delays and your use of space. The simple drum track pulled it all together.

Timbo

Thanks all for the ideas, I'll listen again and implement.

Tim

Thanks Mark, you put into words what I was thinking about the vocals.

I have never been happy with the song itself and my playing can't stand up to most, so I've tried to concentrate on the production, These 2 tips are very helpful!

Thanks, Tim

Hi all,

I'd appreciate your ears on this mix. 

It's a song that started with the idea of "what if a caveman had a cell phone". It grew to become a bleak comparison of Neandertal life with that of today where I attempt to show that we have lost the magic that our ancestors felt and even with all the social media connections we are alone compared to their way of life.

I used Melodyne 5 Editor (it was on sale last month for $99 US) on the vox and guitars. It was worth the upgrade and works well in Cakewalk, not perfectly, but well.

https://soundcloud.com/yellowdwarfband/cave-paintings

Please comment if you can. Thanks,

Timbo

Cool idea, but there's no modern way to program/write macros for Cakewalk. Copy and paste is your friend.

Timbo

On 6/10/2021 at 12:36 AM, Starship Krupa said:

I have no problem whatsoever with the idea that the appearance of the tools one uses to create music (or anything else) is important. If it weren't, all solidbody electric guitars would look just like Telecasters.

The appearance of my music-making tools should be as stimulating as possible, for my definition of "stimulating." That's why I've put so many hours into custom Cakewalk themes. I spend more time looking at Cakewalk than anything else on a screen, so looks are a consideration.

Exactly. I love going down to my studio with the lights off and seeing all those (mostly blue) lights reflecting off my guitars and gear. But my working DAW theme has to be easy on my eyes.

Nice, couldn't help but to be reminded of our IT guys at work doing a live, full-lyric changed cover that started with "Blackberries Ringing in the Dead of Night" ...

Timbo

PS Love when robins feign that they're dead so as to lead you away from the nest. How did that behaviour evolve?

I enjoyed this track.

Reminds me of Roger-less Floyd, which wasn't Floyd but the vibe in this song is definitely there.

Nice work. A nice compressed solo would help kick it towards Total Floydism!

Thanks for sharin,

Timbo

Wow, this is terrific work! Excellent job on the video as well. Perfect.

Had it happen twice this week, I didn't have time to look at the possible weirdnesses. 

The topic, the topic ...!

Scook, when they released 5 there was an upgrade path from 4 but not any more.

John, that's a pretty nice sale on Assistant (which I use on my vox) and Editor (which I'd like to be able to afford). So for $29 you can go from Essential to a way better product.

Just sayin' ...

Timbo

I've had it happen if 1) samples haven't finished loading and I close the project or 2) a misbehaving plug-in and just right click on Cakewalk in Task Manager and close it manually.

Seriously, try Mr. Anderton's mid/side processing. 

An easy way is to find yourself an EQ plug in that does m/s (mid-side) and eq out all your side on the bass instrument(s) ...

Voila you've got a tighter mix with room on the side for instruments, reverb, delays and the like.

Genius!

So much fun! Thanks to you, my ears are now in my shoes ... I can't hear my wife unless I undo my laces. Seriously considering wearing my Nikes to bed.

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Genius work on this, guys!

The tempo inspector looks incredible and the envelope work is what I need.

Thanks!

Timbo

Had to give this a bump so it's back on Page 1, where it belongs.

I had to listen because the physics I took in university a couple of light years ago taught me that nothing goes faster than light, even if you're on a train travelling at light speed and throw something 102 times faster. But I digress. Thanks for showing me that my whole university education was full of shit.

I do love electronica! And this was sooo early-Floyd-into-2021!

Timbo

Hi Anders,

I can imagine my voice if I put 2 pitch correction plugs on it - it'd be nothing but pure gold!

I guess it's not such a good idea to process your voice in that way, unless you are using these 2 on instrument tracks?

Timbo

PS = I enjoy your music, by the way.

Great song! Love the bass sound! And the horns!

Three things in my opinion:

1) the ez keys are a little too forward in the first verse

2) the kick has too much top end and not enough thump at 100 Hz or so

3) the mix is a little too wide IMO

Excellent job on the guitar, it's hummin! And I love your voice in this one, really do.

Timbo

That Mark is a pretty song! Sweeeet playing too - when I hear a guitarist like you I'm embarrassed to put my own playing up here.

From a mix perspective, I was a bit overwhelmed by some of  the acoustic in the intro, maybe you'd turned up the volume, but my ears told me it was a bit bassy.  

I think the snare could use a touch of a something to cut through the guitars and the bass drum could definitely use a boost because I'm not hearing it that well.

But that is being nitpicky in the extreme because this was a lovely song.

Tim

Yeah, that's Frank-like but better sounding than Frank's stuff, IMO! Thanks for sharing this.