mark skinner

Sound Click. A little harder to navigate but worth the effort. They also let you replace your wav file without having to go thru everything again. Handy for a WIP. They also stream at a higher bit rate than Soundcloud.

Looks like your 1st screenshot was with an audio track selected. The 2nd one looks like a midi track. There is a selection at the bottom where you can bring the audio screen back in focus. (if you can see it) I think it's a down arrow and "midi" is probably showing up now where your master was before.

Ross , this was Totally Amazing ! I think you are blowing the sides out of the box you create in .. Truly a Great listening experience. Loved the primal emotion . ms

@T Boog , Thanks for the comment. Yep , at my age my voice is pretty weathered , but I do adjust it depending on the song I'm doing. I Really enjoy playing mandolin , but honestly I know hardly "anything" about correctly playing one. The Only time I pick one up is when I'm recording a song that could use one. I'm editing now and will look very closely at what I recorded and look for spots I can improve. Thanx @KSband , I appreciate that , but you know I will have to mess with it for a while .. @Ray T , Thanks for the listen and suggestion. I'm trying out some different things on the reverb. I'm not quite happy with it either. I keep getting a slapback sound when I boost it and don't like that. I think I need a Long predelay with the right reverb. Thank You , a remix and better master is in the works .. mark

Hello , I'm finishing up a song we used to play in my acoustic band. It's a lot harder now being by myself to keep the energy up. I think it's pretty close but , really wondering about the bottom end and the vocal levels. I fought the break with several guitars and cello. I Finally picked up my dusty neglected mandolin and felt better. Thanks for the listen and for any crits or suggestions for improvement.. mark https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14881195

Very Nice ! She has a Great voice and knows how to use it. I thought the performance as well as the mix/master were both Top shelf. I do think it was Very unusual and risky , but Creative to slow the tempo at the choruses.. I Liked it. Congrats to you both .. Enjoyed it .. mark

Fantastic Creative production ! Earbud listen so .. I won't even attempt to give any mix suggestions. Vox didn't seem to hot to me though. I Really like the "depth" you got in this one. I For Sure enjoyed it .. mark

SubVibe , I Love how "immersive" this mix is ! I fell like I'm "In it" instead of listening from the outside. Great intro and Really liked the fade out. The little break part around 0:54 was Very nice and the song flowed into it Perfectly. Very impressive Mix/Master. Loved it .. mark

@treesha I still have not found the "clips follow selection" screen. I've looked in DAW preferences and on the melodyne screen. Maybe it isn't available to me , only using the "essentials" version .. ?

Found this .. Noel Borthwick Staff 5k Posted May 23, 2019 Try turning on the option for clips following selection. I posted a screenshot here. (The screenshot link didn't follow the paste ) I also read that clicking the orange Blob icon while in the Melodyne screen helps if the "clips follow selection" is set. mark

@treesha , I've been concentrating so hard to find the blobs , I never looked up to the top of the Melodyne page to actually see where It is on the timeline. This still doesn't explain why the notes instantly show up when I hit "play" on occasion. I had also not seen this in Melodyne 4. mark PS. Hope you are doing well , been waiting for a new song from you ..

@Max Arwood , I just went into my project and did some tests. Yes it is a timeline issue. I went to bar 38 on a mandolin track. I cut about a bar of the track. Put my timeline exactly on the first clip cut. Highlited the clip and used region effect melodyne. The Melodyne screen opened up and I double clicked it to get it full screen. My timeline then jumped back to bar 1 (the beginning of the song) . I then scrolled to bar 38 and the blobs were there. This is intermittent. I hit "undo" , closed Cakewalk and repeated it several times turning off FX , puttting my timeline off by a few bars etc.. Sometimes the timeline stays where it's supposed to and every thing works as it should. I'd say 75% of the time it doesn't. I'm still at a loss but at least now I know to look at the timeline on the Melodyne screen. There was acouple of times it wouldn't let me scroll forward past bar 14 ?? I'm "almost" done with this project , hopefully I can get it finished without further problems. I have not checked this problem out yet in a different project. Thanks .. mark

I have scrolled full page each time.

I recently got an update from Melodyne Essentials 4 to 5 . The first few times I used it everything worked as expected. I'm doing short sections (8 bars max) as a region effect. The blobs aren't drawn until I hit play. Sometimes I have to do it several times or get out then back in the screen. Ocassionally they are present as soon as I expand the screen. I was just wondering if anyone else has seen this ? All of my other waveforms draw correctly when opening a project or bouncing clips. Thanks .. mark

Hey David , first impressions .. I quickly hit pause and got my good headphones knowing this was a Fantastic song. I love what you are doing on the acoustic and the energy of it. Vocals were Great with plenty of punch but still very smooth. I think you've written and performed this one Very well. If I were mixing this .. I would very slightly pan the snare a little further to the right if you can . I Really liked the acoustic guitar in the intro section . The tone was Great being on the edge of almoste "brittle" . I would just do an automated EQ reduction on the highs and reduce the volume a little when the other instruments come in. I thought the outro section with the acoustic sounded nice as it is . With my headphones the lead vocals also seemed to need some highs reduced. They were on the edge of needing some de-essing. That .. coupled with the acoustic got a little peircing. I don't know for sure what I would do to the lead guitar in the break but , I think it needs "something". I would for sure pan it a little more towards center and add a little more reverb to give it some more depth. Just my honest opinions after a couple of listens. Super Fantastic song and capture . I absolutely Love it .. mark