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Thanks jack c . . . for your response, glad you found the mix "just right" . . . since getting the right mix is the hardest part of our process.

Thank you Nigel . . . I'm a fan of all you guys do, so this means a lot for me what you say.

Allan, this is a great little pop tune you've done here. It has a very catchy hook chorus, and I always like your vocals. I especially like how you used the triangle during the guitar lead instead of a cowbell, or was that my ears just ringing ? That Beatle harmony part does make an allusion to the 60's, but the rest of it is hard to categorize . . . I just like it, the overall way it sounds makes you feel good when you listen to it. Great work.

Nice pristine recorded bit of synthesizing here Wookiee . . . perhaps an homage to JS Bach, if only he had all those knobs and dials to manipulate back in the day. This is good positive music to listen to these days, thanks for that. BTW, my cat sends his regards . . . this one made his head tilt a few times when coming out of the living room speakers . . . high praise indeed !

Lynn . . . you're a real storyteller in this one . . . is that a vocal effect, or does you're finely aged voice have that purry and gurgly sound au naturelle ? So great to listen to, great guitar work, and as always the mixing really shines !

Hi John . . . very well performed and recorded. I identified a theme, that main guitar riff, nice nice nice, just wish you had got to it sooner, or alluded to it earlier somehow, but it's a soundtrack thing, so maybe it needs to unfold slowly . . . not like a pop song. It surely kept my interest all the way through, sounding very professional, there is a jazz element to it with the experiments you take the listener through, a grand blend of synths and guitars. Seems the covid "quarantine" is like the 1960's all over again, a sudden explosion of creativity in music circles, and it sounds like you kept busy.

KurtS . . . great of you to stop and listen and tap along ! Thanks.

Mr. Wookiee . . . thank you for the attention of those fur lined ears.

Thanks for the listen David . . . it was an emotional experience for me to record this. Ha ! Shaun Cassidy indeed.

Makke . . . It's some well played guitar . . . enjoyed it a lot, yes it will always have that James Bond association, but I like your version here. Gave me a smile.

Nice bit of fun in your thread here . . . I like the Irish piece a lot, surely you've researched Eileen Aroon . . . then you throw in your "first'" video ? Not sure the video and the music jive together seamlessly, nevertheless, it does give you something interesting to watch while appreciating your creative music approach.

Hi Everyone . . . been a while since I posted here, though, I always keep an ear tuned to all the great songs and mixes here on the Cakewalk Forum . . . it's like my favorite radio station. This one is a song I wrote 6 years ago, and yeah . . . still trying to get the mix right, and mess with the guitars etc. some more. Dedicated to my Dad, who left us in 2015.

Nicely done Treesha . . . sure, the levels of various things could use some tweaking, but I like your song idea a lot . . . especially had a chuckle at the end when you say "time plays tricks with my mind", and you mess with the drums and tempo, very cool.

RexRed . . . total respect for this one. the vocal talent really shines through on this one, again . . . you keep cranking out such great songs ! Ultimate love song, hope she appreciates it. On my headphones I hear a bit of over sibilance in a few places, but it never sounds too brash, nothing serious, and doesn't take away from the delivery of the song. I only say this to help in your mix . . . because this one really deserves to be "perfect"

As always, really interesting listen David . . . just the right touch of macabre. I especially like it when the clown starts smashing the cymbals randomly. (or, maybe that was you) Actually, the drum kit entrance totally took me by surprise. Is it a 1960's clown, hence the 60's organ sound ? Or, is that all part of the menace feel ? BTW, yes, I like this piece a lot ! If you hadn't mentioned "evil clown" I might have thought of it as a punk rock comedy, but definitely has a theatrical feel overall.

batsbrew . . . in my mind, as I'm listening, I'm hearing a classic . . . it's just so well done ! I'm hearing 12 string, (sadly) I still have one in the closet, used to play it a lot, and really love that sound, but the fingers all went soft, what can I say. Interesting ambient perc efx you've added here, very tastefully done. Maybe I'll dust her off.

Hi Jane . . . this is simply a gorgeous and heartfelt song, straight from your core, and let me tell you when I listened it went straight to my core. Loving the lyrics and the honesty, so well played on that new guitar of yours . . . thank you for sharing here !

It's a very strong song, and the video reflects and enhances the message the song speaks of . . . (almost) everyone remembers those foolish days, so it speaks to the listener with a very personalized message. Your vocalist is so amazing ! . . . and there are lots of synth and bg vocal treats as the song passes by. I'm still trying to figure out when I hear your mixes, how everything gets spread so wide and stays clear, and keeps separated, especially the drums. Well done. Always such quality. I saw this posted a while ago, so just savored it for a bit, yes a pleasure delayer . . . I just knew it would be great, and it was.

Mark, very interesting to listen to . . . so, playing live guitar into an efx box is how you got this sound ? It really sounds like guitar with added synth ambience, some incredible side effects from your process here. Musically, you've stated a melody, so it all works well, and washes out with the effect echoes playing a chord background. I really appreciate the experimentation here ! Yes, a few bits where the decay abruptly cuts off, but nothing to worry about, the overall feeling of the piece still shines through.

So, if nothing shows up there . . . did you install the Focusrite drivers properly ? . . . or, try replugging USB and restarting your system. Cakewalk needs to find the drivers.

Yes, you should see your device listed there, actually, under MIDI Devices ?

So, when you say nothing shows up on input and output, do you mean in the track and console views ? Does anything show up when you go to . . . Edit-Preferences-Devices ?

Very Interesting piece David . . . like this one a lot !! (yes, two exclamations from me) . . . so many great moments. So enjoyed the orchestral string section, and the gnat swatting. Well, you just never know what's coming along next here . . . a poem and a painting indeed. Your canvas is wildly creative, full of imagination. So, created 6 years ago you say, I'm curious, did you tweak this version ? ie. Are you endlessly tweaking older projects ? BTW, I'm not hearing any audio squashing here, sounds Au Naturelle to me.

Bjorn . . . very nice bit of ethereicity . . . didn't find it so dark, more relaxing and reflective, but maybe that's just me. Lol, "Leonard Cohen on helium" . . . my best laugh this week. It's very introspective . . . and kept my attention in that vein. Well done, once again !

Well, for me it's not really about "score" editing for the music I do . . . an improved staff view feature for me would be a more efficient way to compose and input notes and chords, and lyrics . . . that feels kind of clumsy right now when tried in staff view . . . but, I have a slick key command to continually switch between Staff and PRV, which works well enough. I recall reading somewhere here (years ago) that the staff view module was coded outside of Cakewalk, and incorporated into the existing program. Those folks are long gone, so re-coding or modifying staff module would become a real mega project . . . probably better to incorporate something else that's currently out there. Seems there's a bit of "catch up" happening recently at Cakewalk by BandLab . . . with additions of ARA2, Elastique Pro for Audio Snap, Articulation Maps, and Arranger . . . but not much mention of Staff. I agree, if they are trending towards the education market, Staff improvements would put them in the game big time, especially since education and free software go together well. Whatever is in the oven next, we never know until it's done . . . it's still got the best and most intuitive user interface of anything else I've tried out there.