Adam Compeau Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Song for 7th Anniversary of my wife and I yesterday... Thanks for listening! I started with Cakewalk when it was only midi and have used Samplitude for Audio back then..Samplitude for both for the last several years... I am enjoying this new Cakewalk! I was intrigued by the new Arranger section, since I a mostly a song writer... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daryl1968 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 very nice song Adam - obviously very personal to you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beagle Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 very nice guitar playing, Adam. are you using a delay on the acoustic to create the stereo space? Happy anniversary! lovely family! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Compeau Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 Oh, thanks!...I was quite worried about getting a good guitar sound and it worked thankfully. First off , I rediscovered my old original Zoom H2 recorder. I can just sit it on my desk right in front of the guitar. So, that records in stereo, which may help. I also did enough takes to have another complete one to run two of the same strum patterns together panned left and right. Kind of like doubling a vocal, anything other than a totally separate take sounds phased, so this was an entirely separate take doubled. I also added Waves CLA Unplugged VST using the Shiny Acoustic preset. I raised the bass and lowered the treble a bit, though. I lowered the delay also. Attachment shows my pan levels and Waves settings compared to the preset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Compeau Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) For better or for worse I used a Dunlop Nylon .46mm pic. That pretty thin, but good for strait smooth strumming I suppose. This is also my bargain basement Alvarez FD60CSB. Although they have been known to out perform their price as long as you don't use the bad sounding preamp. Edited August 6, 2020 by Adam Compeau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Very good vocal performance! In your song arrangement, I liked the part at the end of a verse? where other instruments fell away, leaving just the vocal. Nice choice there! Cheers, -Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I really like the melody and the sincere lyrics. You're going to have to top yourself every anniversary from now on you know. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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