whoisp

8 hours ago, Larry T. said:

Well done, as usual. I like it but would have trimmed around a minute. The song builds and builds so i was hoping for an explosive lead guitar, synth, violin, whatever explosion/release around, say 2:08, but that's just  me.  You sort of do what i mean around 3:10. Nice production with a strong vision🎶🎶🎶🎶

Its funny you say that, i did go into a solo at 2:08 which is like the part at 3:10 but i didn't like it, it didn't sort of fit my theme. I then just wanted to then finish the song and move on to something else instead of leaving it unfished but it helped me finish my templates and updates 

Finished one of my little project ideas, i was messing with sound designs FX whish is pretty much consent all way through in the layers 

On 4/8/2023 at 6:01 PM, Larry T. said:

Interesting piece with a lot going on. Nice intro, doesn't really hint at what's coming next. The bass playing really stands out in a good way. The build up where the synth is playing the slow, melodic motif while everything else goes pretty much in the red is amazing. Well done 🎶🎶🎶🎶

Cheers Larry much apprenticed, just finishing a slightly mellower artist peace at the moment lol  

On 4/17/2023 at 9:24 PM, freddy j said:

   ---- and we are glad that you do.

Absoflippinlutely great!  Again you set a standard here. 

Thanx freddy i just go with i whatever mojo is happening, ive stepped back from writing the traditional sense of verse chorus etc i love experimenting with telling a story with sounds at the moment, less vocals 

1 hour ago, treesha said:

Hi P,

Wow thanks for the many production suggestions! I really enjoy your songs/productions and I get the good ideas for improvements you are sharing here. Those ten bobs had a lot to say. Yes I never stop singing ha. I really like dub reggae where things stop or come in and out, or only 2 or 3 elements play as some of your production ideas remind me of my dub days on the bass.  Love the classic stuff and Gaudi productions. Sounds like you had fun messing with this vocally, and got ideas that's great. I'm glad to know you loved it, and how you think it could be more interesting production-wise.  I always want to learn more. Thank you, respect, Treesha

Yes i really enjoyed it, I got the backing vocal ideas in two places and was screaming out to me lol Really adds to chouse and those two emphasis lines i was saying.  I do think you need some sort of break so it gives the listener chance to recalibrate the ears. Its like you race for start to finish, its not a big deal but i believe it needed it. 

23 hours ago, FreeEarCandy said:

Epic!

Glad you liked it... im chilling out for the next track 

With my production head on, here's my ten bobs worth....  

im singing a harmony "I’m a survivor, rrr rr   yeh!"  to that chorus up a octave 😁 it works.... I believe it makes the rest of the vocal better as makes the vocal more dynamic, its like having 3 backing singers doing a harmony is what i would attempt in parts, gives it the big band feeling ,i love the reggae ska vibe, its got my juices flowing . 

In the parts where you sing  "misunderstood" i sort of sing/shout a backing misunderstood straight after it and then you say "its never good" i do the same... its a voice repeat for the expression and works well, again breaks the song up. This you or anyone can do in areas to bring the production out. Honestly i was just messing with it and works real well.  Its one of those where you bounce of the vocal and reinforce the message, you wrote it well. 

i probably go bigger with the snare honk on it with some verb, especially in the intro.. That's more to do with production and getting ***** as it sound bit to processed when you start, even bit of noise could work. I maybe would try a engineered  synth string full sound in parts in the back very low too push it along and gel it together so it swishes in parts with some ambiance, i only would try in sections which gives the retro vibe more impact in areas when  you then take it out... like you did with the trumpets etc, maybe that's where the synth string full sound would sit. Maybe something to try... 

There's some nice character in your voice with the melody, however you never stop singing and this does not give the listener a break and time to breathe.  In parts for just 1 bar or more take the drums out "percussion break" maybe  and just you and the bass or instruments for a few split seconds, so you got some unsuspected element to break it up and bang, back in with everything or the kick is maybe something i would try.  I can hear 1 or 2 little separation places  adding a little silence to an abruptly bang back in... a

In keeping that in mind, i would put a 4 or 8 bar break after the chorus with just the bass and drums or start it off with "percussion break" brign everything in with maybe with the horns building up. Personally it always helps the listener to refresh the ears and brain why the majority of people need a lyrical break, its the illusion and space that adds more when there's less, its just how we work.  We tend to like structures which are often based around 4 8 12 bar

We all do things different and like you say, we over listen to our own creations, we get so entrenched in our work we can easy start missing the big picture. I loved it, gave me lots of ideas... big thumbs up

P   

On 4/13/2023 at 7:33 PM, batsbrew said:

dig this smooth slow groove

 

there IS some low end mud somewhere, that could be cleaned up a bit if you are going to keep working it..

just depends on the playback system, i guess,  if you put a spectrum meter on your bass track and find that one freq that sticks out most, you could put an active dynamic eq on it and probably solve that issue quick.

 

i'd like to the vox hotter in the first verse, just to get hooked in quicker.

dig the sustained guitar/synth parts in the backgrounds.

cool tune. good work!

Thanx man, been updating so much stuff, was a pain to mix 

On 4/8/2023 at 9:41 AM, Bajan Blue said:

Hi

Really like this and the Guitar solo is great - enjoyed that

Mix sounds pretty good to me

Cool

Nigel

 

 

Cheers Nigel 

On 4/10/2023 at 9:47 PM, treesha said:

Sounds great, I really love the low end. You manifested a good one here ha

Thanx T glad you liked it... 

3 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

Always enjoy your work P! Loved the integration of the Hendrix footage.

She did look to be enjoying herself...

so on final analysis; 👍's 👏

t

Listening on the DT990's here there is a lot of bass "buildup". Take this with a grain of salt though as these soon to be 71 year old ears are pretty knackered!
If I was enterprising I could route the audio thru Cake with the SonarWorks correction for the 990's on to see if that helps; but that would require "effort" 🙃.

Was using this track for updating my templates and admin on my machine after updates, been a long slog which put me off doing anymore to the track. Not sure whats next as ive been helping a couple of people which sort of interrupted  my workflow. 

On 4/8/2023 at 6:42 PM, Lynn Wilson said:

Exciting video and terrific song!  Just a question if you don't mind:  do you film your sequences?

Yes and she loved it 🤣

man i will be sending you tacks over to stick guitar on lol 

So you have  "SELECT ALL" all the tracks  from zero seconds to however long your track is, i then use "EXPORT" to "Bounce" export to wav as a 24 bit 48khz track so i don't loose all that work if i need to change something, then drag and drop to a track or import in....   

Had real fun with this one 😁 builds up all way through, a combination of vocals and rap with samples i created in the layers.  Was such a beast to mix the low end  with the guitar feedback coming in which was tricky when it hits the guitar section and a cheeky little solo. Had a bit of a cold and i think i could have done the vocals better and let go a bit more... 

The video does get a bit naughty as the track builds up..... but i have these ideas 

Do these free plugins come with a plugin that costs £15 a month 🤣

I wanted more Aliens and less Demons 🤣

2 hours ago, abacab said:

Actually, Scheps plugins are only available in the "Ultimate" tier, which costs a bit more monthly...

So its £25 a month for a £29 plugin haha That the only plugin i was interested in testing lol 

Waves Scheps Omni Channel was £29 but now of you want to buy it  £15 a month is the reality 😂 All this creative access nonsense, we just want to get on a create music not play with a million plugins

You can create pretty much ANYTHING with the cakewalk stock plugins and some very good free plugins. What is actually worth buying  apart from  Instruments like synth etc? Maybe Mastering like Ozone, correction like Melodyne and maybe some type of filter like FabFilter (fancy multiband and comp) even though you can do that in cakewalk stock like most of the FX. 

Waves Scheps Omni Channel was £30 now you got to pay £15 or £25 a month is bloody robbery.  Solid Sate Logic do the same £15 a month and i can see more following but they will suffer the wrath of the customers and plugin warehouses like plugin boutique that sold their products fore years making them popular. 

20 hours ago, treesha said:

Fun piece, interesting vocal tones. I agree I would like to be hit with more low end, otherwise just enjoyed it! Hope you get your music feeling back ! Life does sometimes get in the way....

Thanx T, iv'e got something in the pipeline now, mojo is back for this one

P

On 3/9/2023 at 10:38 AM, Paul Bush said:

Hi Whoisp , this really isnt my bag man ..but that  said i can appreciate all the hard work youve put into this , this is just so complex and dam clever , I had to go back and listen three times ... and as for the video well just super ..a great piece of work.... cheers paul

Yes i been updating my templates and learning some tricks i wanted to try out. I do love a good experiment

FOUND THE ANNOY ING F**K !!!! 😂 Sorry for the language but its been a thorn in my *****

So i had a "reference track" in my project template which i also use in the mastering template! After deleting all the common plugins  in my project template and mastering template, still no change hmmmm

So, i opened a new project and had no issues.

So to make sure, i open couple of old projects and still no issues.

So hmmm the only different was my latest project and latest mastering project, what was different ha ha harrrrrr "reference track" i was using for  mixing and mastering.

The strangest issue ever! The reference track must have been 44khz but properties wouldn't tell me if it was 44khz and it had some sort of bug because it kept forcing my projects to 44Khz,  my UMC Control Panel  whats defaults at 48Khz and my project templates at 48Khz would switch to 44khz on first opening the project and crash or hang. I could hear the click in headphones and opened windows setting and then could see the switch in real time on sound properties switching.  Then on 2nd open i notice the project be only working at 44khz and windows sound properties be on 44Khz.  

Delete refence track and fixed! So for whatever reason  the "reference track" had a issue when i dragged and dropped it in given i did not add the track. 

30 minutes ago, Lord Tim said:

Yep, I agree with this - start with the plugins first. The first load could be taking a while because of that, and the next could be disc caching. Instruments with a lot of samples, or plugins that expose a lot of parameters are huge culprits for this.

The other thing could be waiting for a device (control surface, etc.) to initialise.

But start with your plugins. Pair them down until you get a consistently fast load (obviously don't save over your original project!) and, if that does turn out to be the problem, let us know which one so we can determine where the problem is - in the instrument/plugin itself, or how CbB is communicating with it. It may well be some kind of bug in CbB, but we need to work out where the issue is happening first.

55 minutes ago, John Vere said:

My experience is that it will be a misbehaving plug in. 
Easy to test if you are only using a few 3rd party plug ins. Remove or swap starting with each  until the issue is resolved. And once you find the culprit best to let both Cakewalk and the developers know about the issue. 

I have my own 50 track template with 12 buses and patch's. All my tracks and buses also have pro channel templates with plugins.  I best check the latest plugin updates and the latest installed plugins within the time it started (last couple of months). Last thing i want to be doing is starting a new project template. One guy had same problem and he can't remember how he fixed it, sods law

Hi guys, anyone know if this is a known problem to easy fix?  Please don't guess with telling me to reinstall or a audio driver issue or install NASA mainframe, unless you know what the issues is with all due respect i don't want to be wasting everyone's time with guessing. 

THE ISSUE:

When i am opening a new project it either hangs on Creating Ui........ which is the last stage of opening project or just disappears so i have to open project a second time.  HOWEVER, the second time i open the project, it always works without fail and then the system runs very well, maybe very rare dropout or crash which is not related to this problem but normally me running a million plugins and tracks/buses. 

I run windows 11 which runs better than win 10 on my system, faster anyway.  My system is a beast, its not the CPU or 32gb ram or my ADATA TB drives and fully up to date.

It could be something to do with a shortcut filing somewhere and finds it on the next load? The only difference since it started is a CW update, not sure if that caused it or maybe 1 of the 3 plugins i installed in that time or my Novation controller but i would suspect a bug somewhere. Its all happened within the last month or two and because mums been in hospital and ive not been using CW much I'm a bit unclear when it started because my head been stressed with mum hospital etc.   Before i start going looking into this myself  i was just wanted to know if anyone actually knew what it was so i am not wasting hrs myself or anyone's time 

kind regards 

P