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I haven’t used the new button to reply to your question about it, but I'm wondering if this the free chord bloom by pentacom? And are you on windows? If so, I think it is a vst 3 instrument that is used as an instrument on its own not an effect. If this is the one you mean, after opening it as an instrument, in the gear at the top you can enable midi output and send its output to another instrument.

Hi Rik, yeah its listenable. Can you send some of the rain this way its so horribly hot and rainy season not happening. Nice playing and guitar tones. If you are going to work on this some more I would just suggest adding something to gel the parts together, strings/pad/ambient something or other underneath. You describe it as jazz/blues and I don’t listen to jazz so maybe this is a jazz type mix I'm not familiar with, just wanting more in there.

Hi Rik, Thanks for listening and your feedback. Nice!

Between the song, the lyrics, the instruments and the video, I really feel the sense of place. Enjoyed the visit. Re strings, for me, real strings sound like real strings and synthy/vst/inexpensive ones have a sound that is them, and I don’t mind that sound. Been used in many famous songs. Some expensive string vsts in the right hands probably sound fantastically real, I don’t think I could ever achieve that level of proficiency and I really dont mind the sound synthy strings make.

Really beautiful and moving. Excellent playing and tones. Nice to reconnect with your former bandmate and work together again. I think you succeeded in taking the Pink Floyd influence and making the song your own. Good that Sonar performed well for you with so many tracks and vsts. Listening I would not have guessed it had 50 tracks, its very clean and focused. Great job!

Sounds great. Important lyrics too. What could be better!

Nice duet. Fun to dig out and old song and play with the tools we have now! Sweet song. The mix sounds good to me. The sort of heavenly part is nice. Love the guitar lead part. Good move to put it up towards the end. Well written composition carried out very well.

Sounds good, nice range between the low end and the high stuff with your prominent vocals in the middle. Really like the low end. Nice.

Interesting and complex as usual. As you explained a lot of work went into all your adjustments, mutations and creativity. I like how your stuff has a pseudo-tribal vibe. The mix sounds good to me. Really enjoyed it.

Very well done. I like the concept of a worry boat too. Enjoyed the vocals and the guitar especially. Global Remotes a clever name too, good luck !

Devine as always ! Nice skull wall at the beginning of the video too.

After spending lots of time humbly downloading very slowly my humble bundle sampletank max, I wanted to explore it a bit so used this old song as a starting point. I didn’t use as many from there as I expected due to unfamiliarity. The drums are Addictive Drums 2. Used some synthmaster sounds, K8 conflux to try that out, Polymax that was recently free, Rigid Audio Metawave, the bass is Kontakt scarbee MM (not my favorite but needed something like this), Augmented Mallets, Proclythia, Massive X and Syntronik, my hagstrom electric guitar (old track and new stuff). A bit of this and that. It was fun. I used panning more than usual to separate out the parts so headphones might make the panning noticeable. I was trying to finish before bandlab ends tomorrow so maybe not an ideal mix ! Yes Everything changes…. Thanks for listening and any feedback, Treesha

Sounds great love the layering. Clean and dense, not easy to do ! Great playing. I did use headphones and will check out the post you mention. Talent and skill the only thing sticking out. Congrats on your first sonar song working out well !

Glad you were able to get your new preamp and are happy with it. Always nice when that works out. It sounds good to me. A few times I thought the vocals were a little out of tune when you went down to the lower phrase. I felt the kick was off beat here and there, like not where I expected a kick beat to be, or one lagged where I thought one would be, but maybe that’s intended in this style. Anyways, the mix sounds good, warm vocals and it has a mood so good work !

Yeah its true things sound different played on different things. I just try to be balanced best I can. Car stereo probably the most restrictive to go by. I use Izotope tonal balance control to get a look at how parts are measuring up. Lots of good stuff in this one! The guitar really stands out front and thats intended I'm sure and it deserves it, and it does cover up some of the other stuff a bit. Its not way out of balance to me as I listen, sounds guitar driven and heavy as you describe it. You could reduce the guitars a bit, you could use more eqing or something like Track Spacer to give things more of their own space. Excellent playing ! Enjoyed it

thanks for pointing it out ! I also used CoPilot, maybe before it had morning coffee...

According to ai, these are the products included - ai lied to me, imagine that, see @ZincT post for an accurate list !

It’s been surprising to me how many virtual instruments that begin as a perfect midi note, after rendering if I open them in melodyne the pitch is off and then sounds right if I correct it. I guess I expected midi to virtual instrument would be perfect. Then came melodyne. Yeah you probably hit a sweet spot blending the tracks.

If it blends in and sounds good that’s the main thing. I’m wondering why when you melodyned the vocal/low piano track, assuming that’s what you did, why didn’t you tune the piano when you tuned the vocals?

I like that an aux track can be placed right under the track it’s receiving.

Pleasant instrumental. Relaxing. Maybe just soften the incoming change a little as Nigel said just to make it smoother. Enjoyed it. Pretty sounds.

I think Im hearing a lot of resonances in the guitar only parts. Nice panning setting up the way in. Good guitar stuff. The vocals are pretty wavy so I wasn’t understanding them but they have a vibe. I like the chaotic-ness that comes in. I like the contrasting parts. Definitely has character. Enjoyed it.

I like it, I like your voice. I was going to suggest strings, but then some came in i think. I would add some high strings, add another verse to make it longer if you have more to say. Enjoyed it.

The flute is lovely but a bit ominous too. The harp delicate but with anxiety. It does give a prelude vibe. Interesting. Did you redo it or this is straight from x-1?

Very moody. Emotional with some drive popping in now and then. Rich layering. Intriguing. The mix is a bit mid heavy. Some sparkle and bass emphasis might broaden the atmosphere. Good work !