Larry T.

Greetings All. So, used Scarlett Solo audio interface to create an electric guitar track using TH3 for amp and cabinet....when i try to Volume Automate it in various ways (Clips box, box with up and down lines, Console W enabled) the TH3 wave simply doesn't respond to any automation put on it....i searched here but really could not find any solid info....is this a known issue or am i missing something?? TIA....???? EDIT:....so, sitting here at work thinking about this....i wonder that since the recording i made was done on the Scarlett's Right stereo track, which i have panned completely over to the left, and i am trying, iirc, to do the Volume Automation on the left side ( i really don't remember what CbB was showing me right now...the Left or Right or perhaps mono wave since i had to convert to mono at the console module), if that's why the Volume Automation isn't working....so, when i get home i will set the track back to stereo, pan to center and see if the Volume Automation will then work....i'll post the results later today....????

Hello Tom and Thank You for listening and comments....this is my third attempt at creation/arranging/production/engineering/mixing/mastering so, i really do need all the help i can get ?....i will give the eq's a second look...the bass part of the song was really a happy accident, one bass is a DI electric bass with no effects, playing the various bass lines all in the C ionian mode, the other bass is a synth from my arturia minilab mkII controller using the Nitzer Bass setting from Analog Lab 4 Lite and is just a one note (D iirc) repetition that, when combined with the DI bass, is bass chords....that's what gives the recording it's kind of orchestral low ends....currently working on the next song then will circle back to the others and apply the eq'ing and other mixing/mastering techniques that i have learned from you guys the last couple of months....Thanks again!!!! ????

Hi David....outstanding....i enjoyed all of the piece very much....Thank You....???? Edit: your Timing is....perfect, i'm pretty far away from that kind of polish and hard work....any advice you have time to post?? ....thanks again ????

my first guitar was a sears silvertone electric (no bigsby/whammy....see pic) with an amp as part of the case....worst.fretboard.action.i.have.ever.seen.....i sold it to a friend around 1970 and got a gibson melody maker which had some of the best fretboard action i've ever seen....here is a pic of what i had: edit: here is a pic of the melody maker:

Here is an answer instead of a question for a change (many thanks to the mods here and others that help us ??).... ....so, if you are just beginning to use SI Drums and are using, say, a 25 key keyboard and notice that not all of the pieces of the SI Drum kits are mapped to all of your 25 key keyboard....well, they are....you have to hit the Octive+ and Octive- buttons to access the rest of them. For more help on SI Drums and how to get the maximum use from them:

Hello John....Thank You for the detailed help. I play the drums myself, Ringo style not like Steve Gadd, and i have never had a problem with my timing when playing live or recording, but this........? lol!!!! Cheers!!!! ????

Greetings All. Haven't been able to locate an answer so here we go.... i am trying to use Piano Roll to position SI Drums snare drum hits, cymbal hits, etcetera....some of it is quite easy....but, for certain timings of my songs i just can't get the Piano Roll note positioned correctly, specifically, the kick drum, no matter where i drag it to it's not in time with the music...i even tried "doing the math" by right clicking the midi kick drum note and writing down its specifics (occurrence time based on the ruler, duration, velocity, pitch, etcetera) and comparing to another section of the song where the kick drum is in time....is that basically the answer??....using the ruler's time position and entering it into the midi kick drum notes???? Changing the Piano Roll from 1/16 notes to 1/32 or 1/64, perhaps?? TIA Cheers!!!!

Hello bjornpdx....Thank You for your comments....the song is kind of deliberately minimalist as a lot of ambient music is....i've been addicted to steve reich's "music for 18 musicians" and tried to incorporate some of that into "silver and gold", the concepts, not the music....the timing is something i am struggling with as my stuff does have dynamics and subtleties which SI Drums doesn't follow and I am still figuring out if SI Drums can be corrected....here is a link to a section of a recording of "music for 18 musicians" by Ensemble Signal in case anyone is interested .... cheers!!!! ????

Hello Makke....Thank You very much....i enjoy your music very much....if i may, about the guitar between 3:16 and 3:38, i am playing, at the position of the first fret, 5 chords in this order: A7, Amaj7, A, Amaj7, Fmaj7, so it's a deliberate dissonance that sounds acceptable to my ears....but, apparently, not everyone else's??....my thinking was to use the G string as the moving bass notes (G, G#, A, G# for 4 beats then to the Fmaj7 for the next 4 beats) as somewhat reflected by the bass guitar (the bass guitar couldn't get away with it, so to speak, too much dissonance and not enough harmony, so the bass is playing G, G, A, F / F, F, F, F more or less)....cheers!!!! ????

Hi Makke....Thank You for your response ????

hello batsbrew....perfect....this is the third song (including my own) I've heard today here on the site that uses whammy bar....love the 9th chords....takes me back to stanley clarke's "hot fun" ????

hello fred....ummmm....perfect in capturing the mood you wanted for halloween....you should be working in hollywood if you aren't already....are you danny elfman??....art zoyd lives!!!! ???? edit:....and, a big Thank You for the list of sources you employed in your writing and creation ??

ohh...ok...well, before i record any guitar or bass i always tune to correct pitch with my guitar tuner so as to not have pitch issues later....so, i am pretty sure all the guitars are correctly tuned, i did use a whammy bar a bit on both the left and right guitars ????

Well done....the intro, to me anyway, invokes the sweet's "ballroom blitz"....the arrangements of the horns are killer....enjoyed it ????

Extremely well done, enjoyed very much....echoes of mike oldfield, eno, tangerine dream....question if you have time, did you use Melodyne for the female opera voice?? ????

Well done bjornpdx....i used to listen to a lot of Celtic music a few years ago....Altan, Old Blind Dogs, Loreena McKennitt....and have a lot of love for that genre....your tune is great....enjoyed it very much ????

hello Makke....well done....love the whammy bar in this....i used it in my last song too....if you don't mind my asking, did you use a click track on this tune??....up until i started using a DAW i never used click tracks but now, if i don't the drums seem to have a mind of their own....enjoyed your song ????

nice job freddy j....such a timeless style of music....you have a very good voice....very cool song....and, for what it's worth....i have been to ft. meyers for work at the Army Base and experienced the weather in that part of the country and it's exactly like you sing about ????

hello jack c....this is a varied piece of sounds, indeed....as well as the lyrics....personally, i like cats, but i don't really trust them....anyway, the tempo and musical shifts are quirky and fit the mood of the song perfectly....the lyrics are a narrative of questions, answers, revelations and resolve....i am reminded of the work of zappa, they might be giants, tom waits....so, i think you did a great job of creating a piece of music that is not ordinary, has a special kind of charm and engages the listener....personally, i am a sucker for good melodies but i respect the sudden mood shifts you employ in parts of the song....by all means, carry on!!!! ?️???

Thank You freddy j....at some point during its creation i realized i had to keep the song relaxing, calm, slow and peaceful....but, as jack c. also said, i will sure think about more instruments and melodies to put it in a happier place ????

Thank You for listening jack c.....i don't know what you mean by "out of a 440"....please let me know, the echo you mean??....i will sure think about some additional instrumentation...and, you are correct, the bass guitar does need to be a bit louder....i'm being very careful with the bass as i don't want it to overpower the other instruments ????

Thank You very much jwnicholson78....i, too, am not sure what ambient pop music is but it seemed to be what i would call silver and cold...truth is i am having the hardest time getting used to the DAW drums....every day a little better....so, in the meantime just making songs with the tools that i can somewhat use ????

Extremely well done mark...really like this....i was just watching a video last week on nashville tuning and have to give it a go soon....i went through a phase of listening to a lot of Celtic artists like Altan, Old Blind Dogs and Loreena McKennitt...perhaps you may find them as inspiring as I did...or, you probably already have!!!! ????

so....here is my third attempt at creating a song with CbB....this is Silver and Gold....it's ambient pop music....by all means, carry on.... https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/silver-and-gold-ambient-pop-music CbB, pc: windows 10, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 8GB ram, electric guitar, bass guitar, focusrite scarlett solo, arturia minilab mkII, arturia analog lab lite, CbB effects.

yes, really liked that....music, video, concept....well done, indeed ????