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Nope ... ah, I see.

Apologies for my densitude, but isn't it the same as using, say, Melodyne to turn the audio into midi?

Treesha, This is my kind of song, not necessarily the Halloween theme, but the treatment. You did something very cool with the vox, sounds doubled somehow in a John Lennon sort of way. Regarding the video, I'm both amazed and frightened at what AI can pull off. Ten years down the road, I'll be scared sh$tless. Great work!

Cool tune, Wookie. I'm liking that snare!

Sounds cool! Any way to see or hear this in action? Timbo

Always been a fan of Michael's, and Fizzy Pickle has done an excellent cover! At this tempo I can actually understand the lyrics, like "there ain't no second chance against the thing with 40 eyes"! Plus, I never realized that there is a bit of reggae to this song. Great mix on this, the bass sounds most excellent. Nice singing job on the lead and backing vox, too. My sole complaint is a bit of sibilance on the lead vox, e.g. @ 40s. Props, Timbo

Thanks Kevin, are you referring to the rhythm guitar in the choruses or the distorted bass guitar in the verses and choruses? Timbo

Jeez Jonesy, you outdid yourself on this one! So the aux tracks go at the bottom with the busses, right?

And to FreeEarCandy, A love ballad this is not! That made me smile. I'm glad for the ears on this, I am looking into it. And to the Galtieri's: thanks for the listen! Timbo

Thanks for the listen, Tom. The song is ambiguously about hidden manipulators, ancient power, and the systemic rot of society. The farm is society — the people are livestock being worked and harvested and finally everything is salted and corrupted, including our bones. The crows cry “pain” as witnesses, laughing and mourning at the same time, I guess. Don't ask me where this stuff comes from. I agree with your brightening idea, I'll look into this Maag4 product, haven't heard of it before. Timbo

I was talking about all the good low end sounds in the first part of the track. I find it interesting that your template is based on the sound that gets the least negative reviews! As for percussion, your method requires an excellent memory of the sounds you have and the patience to reassemble them as you like. Kudos to you for that. And yeah, that's a heckuva lot of drum tracks! More than my little brain can handle, let alone my DAW. Thanks for sharing the details, Timbo PS What do the acronyms ES, OHBB mean?

Thanks, Daryl = stolen from Aqualung, I'm afraid

Treesha, FYI studio-central closed up shop a few years back when Tweak passed away. It was a special place. Some of the members here also post for review at homerecording.com ...

Wow, I don't know how you put your mind into doing the end titles, but you nailed it! I could close my eyes and see the credits roll. You got some great bass sounds going in this that were very well eq'd indeed. And I am enamored with the drum kit, what did you use? I liked how you mixed up the snares. No complaints anywhere else. Timbo

thanks to treesha and Amberwolf for your ears, First, I may have misconstrued what this sub-forum is about. The title says "Post links to your songs, share and discuss", and I shouldn't have expected mixing feedback since it is not intended to be a mixing clinic like on homerecording.com or Rich the Tweakhead's studio-central.com, where I originally came from. I'm hearing that the bass is crowding out the vocals and other instruments—thanks for pointing that out. That’s really helpful as I work on refining the mix. And Amberwolf, I had to smile when you mentioned that the song set off your tinnitus. I'm sorry to hear about your hearing issue, but I appreciate your honesty, and I’ll keep that in mind moving forward. Thanks again for your feedback—back to the drawing board! Best, Timbo

Thanks Makke for the listen! I was hoping to get some honest critiques of my mix, but it seems like people are asking if I’m happy with it instead of giving me their genuine feedback. I don't mind if folks don't like my song or genre but I do believe that even if a song isn’t in a popular genre, it still can be critiqued. I just want to improve and learn, so I hope this doesn’t upset anyone. As always, I'm looking forward to any honest, respectful feedback. Timbo

Wayne doesn't usually type in all uppercase, I wonder what happened.

Love this tune Markku! I really like the bass sound you got going on this one. In my humble opinion, the snare could use a little snap and come forward a touch. The kick fits nicely, as does the hi-hat and overheads, but the snare needs a bit of help. Nicely done!

Yup, but it still ticks me off. Even his "experts" that he hired couldn't help him.

It bothers me when an OP complains loudly and is helped by many good folks, in two separate threads no less, and goes radio silent. I'm left to assume that the problem was solved but would like to know how, as I invested time (in the other thread) to help. Can you give us an update Jake?

My mother used to ask me "What do you want for free?" Thanks to Alexei! Maybe if you buy him a bottle of wine or maybe some cheese (https://www.azslow.com/index.php/topic,107.msg121.html#msg121), he'll drop the price of cwpsynth.exe from free to $40!!

Alexei you are a genius!

Wow, Jake, you sound pretty upset. Maybe you could post the video that you mentioned of how your install works and the collective minds here could try to assist. I'm unable to understand what the problem is, do you have a working version and are trying to install an update, or are you trying a fresh installation, or ... Personally, I wouldn't install anything on One Drive as there is always a sync delay between files that have or are being transferred to the cloud and the host computer knowing for sure that they are there. Back when I was working as a programmer, I ran into a plethora of problems that generated very similar error messages to the two messages above. So I'd consider disabling One Drive and installing in such a way that everything is local. Timbo

Thanks for the furry words, Wookiee ... I suppose you could be right about the genre(s), I certainly don't listen to them. This song just happened and I tried to make things fit from there. I am happy with the way the drums fit in to the mix, and with the surrounding sounds I was able to put together. Lyrically, I'm happy with the strangeness of "and the crows cry pain, pain, pain", I don't know where that came from but it made the song. Timbo

Brilliant work Erik! Thanks Timbo PS Sorry for the thread hijack