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Hey John Bradley . . . always liked this song, and you made an amazing version of it here. I can hear a lot of work went into this production, some great guitar wizardry. Nice that you've detailed about how it was recorded. Fooled me, I thought I heard a twelve string, must be in my head. Thanks for posting ! It REALLY is a great listen.

Allan . . . enjoyed this one ! . . . perhaps reminiscent of Moody Blues, or a laid back lounge version of Nowhere Man by The Beatles ? The vocals are very out front and clearly recorded, well performed . . . myself, I want to hear the instruments you have accompanying this somewhat louder, as I hear them clearly on a headphone listen, but at lower volume on speakers I find their level too subtle, especially with the traffic going by my window on a summer day I like the way the piano gets jazzed up near then end, it adds to the relaxation of the piece. The harmony vocal and chord change ups are also pleasing . . . nicely done !

Hi Paul . . . yes, I still had to turn it down a bit to enjoy it . . . and I did enjoy it . . . dual harmony electric guitar solos ! Man I miss those so much in this modern stuff. The stereo guitar recording is classic. Great lyrics, if you hadn't mentioned "tribute to the eighties" I still would have recognized the lyrics as eighties, not sure why, but I'm old enough to remember I guess. It's also very well recorded, so much retro fun ! Muchos Contributatos !

Mark . . . on my small speakers (small speakers matter !), I can confirm the vocals on this new version are much clearer, upfront . . . what you've adjusted makes a noticeable difference from what I listened to last night (which wasn't too terrible mind you) . . . I wish you much luck with your shopping !

Hi David . . . I gave it another couple of listens with the ending in mind, and it seems to me near the end where it builds and gets higher pitched, there's an opportunity in the recording to get a fuller sound (ie. more low end frequency - give us some more lower cellos ?) The very end part sounds like it's intended to be a very quiet fade, I don't find it "strange" for that era. Overall, recording wise, if you could add some more extreme dynamics through the piece it would add a lot for the listening experience. So, you've taken a a guitar version of a romantic piano piece, and transcribed it for strings . . . quite the project. Much admiration for that, and I always like what you contribute here.

Mark . . . collaboration with "ex bandmate Rick Kimbrough" ?? . . . you're still very much together on this one, acoustic textures among the best I've heard recorded recently. This song is so easy to listen to, like all your others. Thanks for sharing here.

David . . . hopefully you're sipping some fine Pinot Noir (not that cheap other stuff) . . . it's a relaxing listen, introspective string piece. I tuned in late here, so I guess I never heard the ocean sounds you mention from an earlier mix . . . it sounds like you were trying to get more ambience or room to this mix, but I don't hear it here, and think it must be a very hard thing to do with just strings . . . ie. hard to know when too much ambience, or not enough . . . perhaps there is not enough percussiveness in a legato string piece to actually hear it . . . add too much and it would be swimming and distant. I think what you've done here sounds great on my speakers.

Well, I would never Pan something while in offset mode, I've only used it for adjusting the levels when everything gets too loud. The fact that it was left on is a problem . . . I believe it's a global effect, and doesn't save with the project ? . . . not really sure. Now I've noticed a few other tracks don't seem to Pan properly, so hopefully I can get the mix done without having to start again. In response to your question, I did trying adjusting Pan controls in a lot of combinations, Offset On and Offset Off, but some tracks seem to have got Pan corrupted, can't really figure it out . . . they just don't operate normally.

Thanks tonemangler . . . that's what I did just now, made a new track, moved the audio over . . . panning weirdness not included . . . the cursed tracks have been deleted . . . smack head, move on . . .

It's a great thought Blogospherianman . . . Offset mode was indeed on, who knows for how long, dang me . . . but turning it off didn't fix my mysterious panning issue.

Timothy . . . I have a similar system to yours, and sure, I did the upgrade to 32 GB ram . . . it helps to be able to load large and intricate sample libraries, but there's always a ceiling to how much CPU and a mere USB audio interface can actually do. A man has to know his limitations. From what I've seen, the most recent developments are the M.2 SSD drives that plug right on to the mother board, you just can't get that fast with those "older" motherboards. I also keep feeling I have to upgrade or get left behind, though, the Beatles did amazing things with no CPU and a 4 track reel to reel. So, I don't know much about your music, or your system set up . . . If you use large sample libraries just buy the ram while the computer stores still stock it for your "antiquated" system. If you live for the music, like me, buy the newest motherboard, lots of ram, and the best audio interface you can get for it.

Fascinating and scientific . . . I've got to try this to hear it for myself . . . thanks for posting it here on the forum !

Hi Richard . . . not sure I follow what you're saying. If I switch the track interleave to stereo, it still needs to play back panned 50% right to sound centered.

In a project I had a mono vocal track . . . I cloned the track, and panned one hard left and the other one hard right, cool, fake stereo. Then I changed their start times slightly to get a doubling effect. Anyways . . . weeks later I went back and listened, didn't like it, so I muted the right track, and went with just the left track, moved back to it's original time stamp. Only problem is . . . when I play this mono vocal track back panned center, it only plays back like still panned left. I have to pan it exactly 50% right for it to playback centered. I just don't get why this is happening ? The only other thing I remember doing was when I created the doubling effect, I also had them assigned to a separate vocal bus, then I changed it back to a Master bus. Am I in serious contravention of the panning laws ? Maybe something got saved, but can't be reverted back to the reality of panning a mono track centered ? Any suggestions, would be appreciated.

No bouncing to other tracks required . . . after you click export audio, there's a dialog box full of check boxes, so you can include the FX plugins, or not.

Thank you for clarifying scook, yes it's the sample rate that got reset.

I had this very issue after the latest Windows 10 update (v2004) . This was one of those major updates where it puts many of your defaults back to Windows own version of it's preferred defaults, regardless of your audio needs. Took me a while to find it, but like scook says, find that drop down menu where Windows audio driver displays the sample rate, make sure it's the same as your CbB. I am able to run CbB in Asio 24 bit . . . while Windows uses WDM 24 bit. (I believe Windows update 2004 put that back to 16 bit) Now, once again I can have CbB open, and still hear audio in browsers and media players.

Barry . . . I enjoyed this, you’re a great storyteller with your lyrics, and the guitar work is well played and recorded here.m, so easy to listen to.

Great tune, I especially like the drum recording, and how clear they remain throughout the mix. As usual , your video imagery is always exceptional, and reflective of the music, very tightly knitted together. Always look forward to more of your stuff here on the Cakewalk song forum.

Hey Bob, in Canada we liken this to Blue Rodeo, in USA maybe Bruce Springsteen (or Tom Petty, as commented before here) . . . either way a great piece of folk rock, and a catchy rememberable melody.. The mix seems radio friendly, though, my ears want to hear more low end bass / kick . . . but song wise so nicely done !

Bjorn, this really make me chuckle, love the lyrics and the subtle sense of humour here. I think I would like to perform this piece in front of a few old girlfriends. Really think you’re guitar playing has a future with lyrics and songs like this . . . Monday night, nothin’ on TV, so glad I tuned in here !

So glad to hear some Jerry Gerber here on the songs forum on a Saturday night . . . this is a great listen Jerry, I'm curious to know why it's one of you're own favourites ? It surely morphs through some classical, impressionist, and romantic gestures, and there is that hint of a phasing electronica sound that reappears a few times through the piece. I very much appreciate the detail that's gone into creating this, and enjoyed the dynamics and creativity all along.

Well emeraldsoul . . . eternal gratitudes for "dredging" this back up . . . never heard it last time, such a great piece. And WOW the video really jump starts the possibilities, and communicates the message loud and clear. I like how you play your piano here like it's the whole orchestra. I am inspired by this piece.

Well scook, that's an interesting question . . . Cakewalk projects are defaulted to 24 bit - 44.1K sample rate, and it appears that Window is set the same . . . as far as I can see . . . Line In Properties, Default Format = 2 channel,24 bit, 44100 Hz . . . and I've unchecked Exclusive mode (Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device) . . . . but you got me fishing through the many Windows sound settings + drop down menus and I think I found the correct setting to allow sharing of the drivers, it now appears to be working as before !, but I can't totally be sure which setting change actually fixed it . . . but damn, it's working again . . . until my next windows update when I may have to go menu fishing again. (I think it was Sound Control Panel - Line In Properties - Listen - Playback Through this Device . . . change from default playback device to M-Track Quad WDM) ??

Thanks for replying William . . . I have that option in Cakewalk preferences already checked, but it still doesn't allow ASIO and WDM drivers to be shared between Windows and Cakewalk. When a "major" Windows update happens, it basically resets, and re-enables all the audio settings, such as the Realtek onboard audio, the NVIDIA HD drivers . . . which I usually disable once again . . . I've had to go and tweak things after such an update before, but this time it seems to make no difference. Yes, your Audacity idea may be a possibility . . . If I could assign the Asio drivers . . . they might share nicely , or not . . . thanks I'll check it out