steve@baselines.com

If you are satisfied with mp3 reference tracks, you will be neglecting the higher frequencies. I don't remember for sure, but I think the same thing holds for ripped versions from CDs. Most people won't notice, particularly if you only supply mp3 versions to distribution points. But the more your ear progresses over time, the more you will notice the difference between mp3 and wav.

Time to lighten up a bit Duncan. The material he is looking for can be found for free anyway. This is not the 'piracy' that is causing the losses. Better to concentrate on other major offenses.

The vocals sound fine to me. It's a good sounding song. The one thing I heard in my head was something similar to the harmonica in the beginning of Sprinsteen's The River. Not necessarily on harmonica - I actually heard it in my head as a single note (rather than chords) pattern going on in the background with a bunch of reverb on it. I like the song and the production. What do you think of the new Sonar (I wasn't aware that it had been released) - do you like it, is it worth getting? Steve

Another high quality creation. I had to look up a bunch of the references - wow! Steve

Thanks for the comments Mark. The panning keyboard was part of Z3TA, which I think was a part of Cakewalk before Bandlab.

Thanks a lot Jack!

Ha! That's awesome - love it. Thanks for letting me know!

Thanks Nigel - I've been convinced to leave this as it is.

Hi KS - thank you - that seems to be what most people think, so the song will stay as an instrumental.

I really tried to add a vocal to this - had some good lyrics, but it just didn't work. Seems as if this will stay an instrumental after all. https://baselines.com/?p=7113 On June 20 2024 I added a video link for this song.

Thank you! It's not often I break out the ukulele, but when I do, it's a lot of fun!

HA! Wish I was, it looked like such a cool scene when I was younger, those big eyes and miniskirts!

Thanks Wookiee - she never asks me where I've been all night.

Thank you Nigel!

It's also advisable to keep your 70 pound Windows 95 server running, so that older versions will continue to work on the hardware. ?

I quite agree Treesha - it's an excellent tool when used correctly.

I use it sometimes on Bass and Guitar...mainly to lengthen a not here or there, to get rid of unwanted noise, and to create rises or falls of notes. You can really surprise yourself with what it can do. You can also ruin things fairly quickly ?

A tongue-in-cheek/cheeky look at the human condition of a young guy who is going through something or other. https://baselines.com/?p=7110

Hi Nigel - thank you for listening!

You are absolutely right - I put that through the Mixea mastering that distrokid uses - I think it was a mistake. Doing a side by side makes my original master sound muddy but I think it might have been better. I think I replaced the audio link. Does that sound better? I haven't updated the video yet. Thank you for the feedback.

When I first installed CbB, it kept all of my old Sonar stuff offered over the years. I can't remember for sure whether it was stuff that Cakewalk made available on their site or whether it was kept during install of CbB, but I still have everything. Every update of my main computer throughout the CbB period kept all of the extras. That's why I am worried about installing the new stuff.

I am leery about uninstalling CbB - it has all the stuff that Cakewalk included throughout its history. Surely some of that is now missing in the new version. (I know, Don't call me Shirley).

A Remix/Master and new bass guitar part. I worked on Darren Garrett's vocals as well. https://baselines.com/?p=7097 There's both the video and just the audio here, and some info on the series as well. It's shaping up to be a great summer day here, sunny and 70s (F) - enjoy your day / night wherever you are! UPDATE: The audio for the song and for the video has been updated thanks to bats brew. The previous version had a final Mixea master done on it which kind of wrecked the drums. I removed that and replaced it with my original master. I hope that made it better. Mixea really brightens things up which is good sometimes, but I need to be really careful when making the final decision.

Hi Steve - very nice heartfelt song - great vocal. Most of us have been in that position and it kills. This song really captures it.

Nice work Bjorn - I think Wookiee has a good point - I think it is a tabla that helps with those percussion fills.