bd - Thanks! Yeh, she liked it a lot. We used this in my old ministry as a wedding song - couples seemed to like it a lot too. Just piano and soprano when we did that...
boyd - boy that's some long dialup...
Bill - can you be more specific? The bed for this (bass, percussion) got laid down a few years ago, when I first got my cpu setup. I added EP later, and then rhythm guitar loops and subbass about 6 months ago. Lead guitar and my vocs were just this week- there's a soprano vocal version floating around, too. So yeah, it's been in progress for years, but I was hoping it was close to done...
Anyhow, the lead guitar timing was exactly what I was hoping for (think Foreigner's
Hot Blooded), and the loops are sorta pretimed (maybe they're not all compatible with each other?), so the only stuff I actually played was the subbass and the EP, plus of course the vocs. So if you can help me figger out where the timing problems are, I can see if they're fixable. I've already got the slapback going on the vocs - I could try some verb, see if it helps.
As far as "not up to" my usual standard, I was really green when I set this up, but I still kinda liked it, and am not sure what I would change knowing what I know now. If you have suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Thanks for the listen.
Joe, my brother - what synth? Do you mean the EP? The voicing on the EP? Wanna make sure I understand. The bass - as I mentioned, I've got two bass tracks going, a subbass, and an acoustic bass loop. Acid doesn't handle repitching / retempoing real well on bass loops, so I got a lot of artifacts and lost a lot of bottom. So I added subbass to punch it up, but decided to use it for choruses only, after I played with it a little for verses and couldn't make it work. It is REALLY pushing the volume envelope though, so maybe I could pull it back a little to make it a less obvious difference. Thanks for your input - it means a lot.
Dougie - yeah, that was my thought too - really needs another vocal take. Emo content just wasn't there. It appears I need to work on my diction, too - the line is "Arise, Beloved..."
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I think I'm with you on the loopy stuff, too - maybe I'll play with the volume envelope a little, see if I can get it a bit more realistic. Those conga hits are right where the conga player put 'em, but they do sound late - mebbe I'll nudge 'em a little, if they're on their own track - I disremember. Thanks for chiming in.
That's two votes for background vocs, too. I'll see if I can come up with something - no promises.
Thanks again, all y'all. Probably no fixes til the weekend. Still waiting for boydrj's review, and anyone else who'd care to chime in.
Daf