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Thanks Jerry, it is very helpful and I appreciate all the detail. I have failed every time I've tried to do anything orchestral - never had the training and don't have the ear for it. You have both plus a wonderful composing ability, so it's nice to hear what a talented person can put together with midi and Cakewalk! Tim

This is an excellent piece of work Jerry. You've got an amazing talent for orchestral work! This is such a complicated piece to produce, can you tell us how you put it together? Timbo

Wow! Great tune, the whole song has a Zappa feel to it from I don't remember where or when and the snare is terrific. Yeah, there's some mixing issues, but the playing more than makes up for it! All you need is some xylophone and you've got a hit song for the geezers like me who saw him in the 70s. Thanks for sharing this song! Timbo

Thanks guys, sorry I've been out of touch in the British Isles. Thank you for the kind comments and I look forward to addressing the mix issues when I get home. Timbo

Hi folks, I don't often share my work these days but thought someone might enjoy this song. I've worked in my province's education system for years and have had the opportunity to work with our First Nations communities. One of the most difficult challenges Canada's First Nation folks face are dealing with the repercussions of Canada's residential school system where children were basically stolen from their parents and raised in church settings in an effort to assimilate them into our colonial and genocidal culture. You may have read in the news how the authorities continue to find mass graves on school grounds filled with the remains of children's bodies. The faces of the survivors set me on the path to recording this song: In a Poet's Eyes Timbo blood stains in a poet's eyes devil in black n white disguise his blessed hands thought to mold the clay what're they gonna wear to school today stolen moon and stolen sky lost treasures never knew why brother richard took the indian away sisters digging in the fields today alice is giggling, deep in her rabbit hole when will she come out to play alice is crying, saw it all in her looking glass when will she come out to pray blessed virgin watching from on high the grass is greener where the children lie alice tumbles back down the rabbit hole they've come for you now grab your things and go why can't it be a better today spoil the child when you spare the rod do what you need to do in the name of god we'd never hurt a single hair on their heads minesweepers still trynta count the dead no more witches left to burn blame lies on the saintly return springtime's here time for planting seeds but there's still brothers digging in the weeds alice is hiding, deep in the rabbit hole when will she come out to pray alice is crying, mad hatter can't fix the watch will she never come out to play the grass is greener where the children lie blessed virgin hides the reason why alice tumbles back down the rabbit hole they've come for you now grab your things and go

Terry, Sorry I'm late to the thread, and this may be a dumb answer, but I get that error when I have the output file open in another editor. What I mean is that if you have the exported file open elsewhere then you can't export over top of it because the file is locked by Windows. Is it possible in your situation? Tim

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You're such a great musician Jack, I do love your stuff and this doesn't disappoint. I like the counterpoint of perfect music with a voice that's slightly out of tune. It reminds me of a Bowie song, but I can't decide which. Timbo

I've had the same problem since using the original Melodyne that was bundled with CWB up to and including Melodyne 5 editor Version 5.2.0 that I'm using now. There are all kinds of niggling bugs in Melodyne but I continue to be mostly happy with the product.

Had no idea that Dylan had written that song ... I like the harmonies! Good job.

I've complained here before about envelopes and how they don't always work properly for me, but has anyone encountered this? For those interested, here is the progression: (and I don't remember how I did it!)

This was very helpful! Thanks, Timbo

I'm not sure but I think I solved my own problem by restarting Cakewalk. I can't get it to happen again. Sorry for the stupidity! Timbo

Hi, I've got a little bug in my ear with the new export. When the filename is empty (as I had it in my test preset) and the user clicks on Export, the program pops up with "an internal error" rather than taking the user to the Choose Export Filename dialog, which is the way Cakewalk used to work on the export (i.e. make your choices on what gets exported, THEN choose an export filename). As a longtime Cakewalk user (I have Home Studio 2004 on my shelf), it bothers me. Can you please add a couple of lines of code? I don't think it will mess up all the complicated templates. Thanks, Timbo

That's a terrific Strat sound! This is so Floyd'y, it's got a wonderful Gilmour feel without totally copying his setup. And your drummer Larry is way better than Mason! Terrific playing by both of you guitarists - that fricking riff at 6:29 made me forget about Gilmour altogether. And Dave flies on the C3! Wonderful work - I'm so jealous! Tim PS Listened to an old album this morning on my walk called "Atom Heart Mother" ...

That's a terrific Strat sound! This is so Floyd'y, it's got a wonderful Gilmour feel without totally copying his setup. And your drummer Larry is way better than Mason! Terrific playing by both of you guitarists - that fricking riff at 6:29 made me forget about Gilmour altogether. And Dave flies on the C3! Wonderful work - I'm so jealous! Tim PS Listened to an old album this morning on my walk called "Atom Heart Mother" ...

Nice job with the backing vocals - I always have trouble with them. I also like the arrangement, the bit at 2 minutes or so fit perfectly. The song builds beautifully from there. Timbo

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You can check to see if it's enabled as a synth: - start Cakewalk Plugin Manager under the Utilities menu - find your plug under the VST3 Instruments category and click on it then click on the Plug-in Properties button - if enable as plug-in or configure as synth are unchecked then check them and ok your way out - you may have to rescan your plugs at this point This has worked for me in the past with a synth here and there, Tim

Always fun stuff from jack c. ...! Reminds me a bit of Larry Wild Man Fischer and Frank's days with Captain Beefheart. Interesting lyrics throughout, thought provoking to my ears. I loved the intro and how the song ended with the click of something being turned off. Keep it up! Timbo

I agree with Mark, nice sound but the fade out didn't do it for me. I really liked the delays and your use of space. The simple drum track pulled it all together. Timbo

Thanks all for the ideas, I'll listen again and implement. Tim

Thanks Mark, you put into words what I was thinking about the vocals. I have never been happy with the song itself and my playing can't stand up to most, so I've tried to concentrate on the production, These 2 tips are very helpful! Thanks, Tim

Hi all, I'd appreciate your ears on this mix. It's a song that started with the idea of "what if a caveman had a cell phone". It grew to become a bleak comparison of Neandertal life with that of today where I attempt to show that we have lost the magic that our ancestors felt and even with all the social media connections we are alone compared to their way of life. I used Melodyne 5 Editor (it was on sale last month for $99 US) on the vox and guitars. It was worth the upgrade and works well in Cakewalk, not perfectly, but well. https://soundcloud.com/yellowdwarfband/cave-paintings Please comment if you can. Thanks, Timbo

Cool idea, but there's no modern way to program/write macros for Cakewalk. Copy and paste is your friend. Timbo