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  1. Hey Lynn!

    So you got a new toy! Track sounds pretty good, but I would consider dropping the ovox except in places where you want to emphasize a phrase. Like any effect, it can become tiresome after a bit, and you have a darn good voice, so why brutalize it?

    Love ya man! Glad to see you posting!

    Dan

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  2. Sounds like you're trying to do a "bluesier" remake. Is so, here are my thoughts:

    • Guitar sounds thin. I would certainly beef it up and double track it, one track to each side.
    • Organ isn't dirty enough
    • Bass needs more definition. it's way too mush sounding and doesn't carry the beat well enough.
    • Bring the kick up and make it bigger.

    I honestly don't think the vocals are bad, just needs more support from the "band".

     

    Dan

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  3. Generally speaking, if Fast Bounce is going to have a problem, it's going to be with a plugin that doesn't support it. Most do. You'll know when it happens because there is usually really weird stuff that happens, especially if you are still using active VSTi's when you mixdown.

    Here is my understanding of your numbered points:

    1. 64bit precision is not necessary, but it shouldn't hurt anything either. There is no audible difference that I've ever found.
    2. MMCSS gives Sonar higher CPU priority. Should have minimal effect during mixdowns, but is useful while tracking.
    3. Yes, set it to whatever gives you the best results. Every system is different.
    4. Yes
    5. I don't use dithering until I am rendering the final mixdown to 16/44.1, and I usually do it in the last plugin in the signal chain rather than at the app level. You only use dithering when down-converting, like if you record at 24/48 and want a CD mixdown, which is 16/44.1
    6. Not that I am aware of.

    Regards,

    Dan

     

  4. Excellent piece! You did a great job of keeping the theme going and keeping it interesting at the same time.  The mix on this is quite good as well.

    Dan

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  5. Your voice and that opening grabbed me and reminded me very much of Nik Kershaw. Really well done tune and the lyrics are fine. Sometimes wives just don't need to know just how dark we really are, lol.   These lyrics would have been fine 40 years ago.

    Agree completely with others that the mix is light on the bass, but otherwise this is a stellar mix.

    Dan

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    3 am

    Very nice! Funny, I was just catching up on a show called "Motive" that this would work well in, lol. Seems Gary and I think similarly.

    Dan

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  6. Nice chops!

    Three suggestions:

    1.  The opening strumming would be better, IMO, as an picked arpeggiated pattern
    2. The first guitar solo sounds just a tad fizzy. You might want to EQ that a little.
    3. The mix needs more bottom!!

    These are just my suggestions. Love the track overall!

    Dan

     

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  7. On 2/14/2020 at 4:01 PM, Johnbee58 said:

    Very majestic and lively.  Makes me want to go out and take a nice long hike in the mountains.

    😀John B

    Thanks John!

    Dan

    UTK

    Very nice piece Wookie! If it were me, I'd add some type of quick arpeggiated bursts, like "clouds" (wish I had a better description) at the end of a few of the melody phrases during the first 2/3. Glad to see you back on the keys.

    Dan

     

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  8. 3 hours ago, ZincT said:

    This is an excellent composition and recording Dan! Very professional sounding mix as with all of your recordings.

    You manage to keep it interesting throughout and it's like listening to an epic saga in music form.

    I can imagine playing this while journeying through the Fjords or some other mountainous locations.

    Thank you very much! I appreciate your comments!

    Dan

  9. EQ on the mix seems to be a bit mid heavy. I'd flatten it out more to open it up.

    The track itself is very nicely done. A bit sad and melancholy, but also pretty and delicate. Good job on this!

    Dan

     

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  10. My suggestion would be to EQ some of the "bite" off the hi hat. The level itself is fine as is.

    Really nice track and you've got a great voice!

    Dan

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  11. 22 hours ago, abacab said:

    I got the impression from the Korg website  that the VSTi is based on the original Triton. https://www.korg.com/us/products/software/korg_collection/triton.php

    • Including eight-part multi-timbre combis, abundant PCM samples, five IFX, and two MFX, the KORG Collection TRITON is a complete reproduction of TRITON’s HI (Hyper Integrated) synthesis system.
    • Supervised by original TRITON developers
    • Over 4,000 ready-to-go sound programs
    • Includes all of the expansion library EXB-PCM cards
    • Features a new sound browser for quickly searching by instrument/character
    • Includes an EASY mode that gives you instant access to important parameters
    • Full of ready-to-go phrases with 307 dual arpeggiator patterns
    • A free demo version is also available

    Agreed.

  12. Having never listened to the original, I can only comment on this version. I think you guys did a really good job pulling this together, with the odd rhythms and multiple instruments, I'm sure it was a huge endeavor.

    To my ears, the opening guitar seemed to be slightly out of tune, not horribly so though. The mix is good, nice and open. I might have compressed things more here and there to bring things in more, but that's me, and again, I haven't heard the original mix.

    Dan

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