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Well, this is my response to a washed out holiday in the middle 1990s. This was in England where we are experts on rain  |
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If you have a poem, I have a tune, and we exchange these, we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2007, 10:31:40 AM » |
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Hi Foderol,
I think this is a beautiful depressive song. Only the reverb is a bit too much.
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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2007, 01:33:19 AM » |
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Hey Folderol,
I agree with Andreas,the song does have a nice melody,but a bit too much reverb,as there was some slight distortion I heard through my monitors.
About a quarter of the way through the song,I was hoping for a bass & drum track,but nothing heavy,just something to give more structure to the song-as I think it would really dress the song up nicely.
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« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2007, 06:35:40 PM » |
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Thanks for your comments guys. It is actually quite a long time since I listened to this critically, and I must agree that there is too much reverb, certainly on the first part.
->elwood blues
I'm surprised about your comment about bass. There is a bass line that comes in quite early. It is a very smooth instrument so maybe it is too indistinct. It would probably disappear on headphones.
I will have to look at this again.
So much to do... So little time...
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If you have a poem, I have a tune, and we exchange these, we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2007, 04:12:14 PM » |
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Ok. I've just completed a whole remix of this. I've changes some of the instruments, made the bass more prominent and dropped the reverb level.
So do you think it is an improvement?
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« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2007, 08:45:15 PM » |
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I'm a bit disappointed that nobody has commented on the changes. It doesn't even look as if anyone has downloaded this remix  |
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« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2007, 09:59:20 PM » |
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"nobody has commented on the changes"  I think our other members are 'not English' so do not recognise the nuances of our particular type of rain!  Personally, I think you have nailed the atmosphere quite perfectly. This is a wonderful piece of music, and yet another one which I will be squirrelling away to, someday, play my real instruments over (if I can ever find the time) Keep up the good work! James |
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« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2007, 10:43:55 PM » |
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Thanks very much.
Unfortunately the weather seems to agree with you. It woke me up (otherwise i wouldn't be here this time of night!)
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If you have a poem, I have a tune, and we exchange these, we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2007, 11:24:50 PM » |
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Ok. I've just completed a whole remix of this. I've changes some of the instruments, made the bass more prominent and dropped the reverb level.
So do you think it is an improvement?
I did not listen to the first posting so I can’t comment on if this is an improvement or not. But I will say this was EXCELLENT! You have a very nice blend of sounds and melodies. If I may ask what were your sound sources for this? This was top shelf - MarioD |
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« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2007, 06:08:19 AM » |
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It is an improvement, mix sounds very clean now
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« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2007, 01:17:49 PM » |
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The new mix does indeed sound cleaner, but I liked the first version better for some reason.
Great melody
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« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2007, 06:38:07 PM » |
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Thanks a lot for all your comments guys. -> MarioD The Vibraphone (2nd lead) and the piano at the end come from a SoundCanvas (original 1991 model) all the rerst are produced by ZynAddSubFX. Recently I posted a zip file of the instrument patches I created, and some of these are used in 'Rain' A sequencer was used purely as a free-form MIDI recording device and no timing correction or quantisation was used anywhere. I just kept recording new tracks against the old until I got it right, then deleted the crap However, in this latest version I slightly shortened two gaps between 'verses'. -> elv Sometimes you just can't win Ah well. Just keep whichever version you like. I'm a born squirrel so can recreate either quite easily |
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« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2007, 10:48:33 PM » |
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A sequencer was used purely as a free-form MIDI recording device and no timing correction or quantisation was used anywhere. I just kept recording new tracks against the old until I got it right, then deleted the crap However, in this latest version I slightly shortened two gaps between 'verses'. VERY impressive - MarioD |
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