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[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1392940419' post='2374618'] Yeah very big sound, like it Lurksalot [/quote] Cheers Steven , If anyone gets it , it will do for me

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1392940632' post='2374620'] They should have come to you for the The Vicar of Dibley theme. Which orchestra plugins are you using? [/quote] I thought the vicar of dibley was a bit more uplifting than mine I didn't use plugins as such , they were just sounds off a midi piano .( I didnt see the question posted , only when I quoted it ) I have listened to the others now and there are some lovely pieces and all really well produced , but I may have seen this one differently to everyone else , I saw the picture as a derelict temple to consumerism and a bit of an end game to the lack of inherent sustainability, thus my approach was always going to be a bit on the dour side . but it was supposed to be operatic until opera escaped my vocal expertise . Funny really , most things vocally seem just a bit more based on confidence than ability when you get to record it and play it back , FFS even your own voice on the message on your phone sounds bad when you hear it back

DOH a FPPSAPC why didnt you say so

OK , I'm in , this is not like the vision it started out with , and I heard dudes saying that before , but yeah I know what it means now https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/requiem-in-somnium

I was trying with Chrome , so now I am giving IE a go and it seems to be working v e r y s l o w l y , but working

I am struggling to get soundcloud to upload mine , I tried last night and still no joy tonight . I dont have a clue how to get past the upload screen doing either nothing , or instantly announcing it is fully uploaded but refusing to do anything further

well it kind of depends really , I can dial some lovely tone and sounds through it and wind it up to sound sweet , but I do try to sharpen it up with the band , it does punch nicely , it can clang nicely aswell , I don't normally have too much trouble either way to be honest , every room you play affects the sound at different volumes , so I guess if you get used to fiddling with the thing you will get to feel how to make it sing .

Well done buddy , I too am a Schroeder user , it seems to make all the noises I want to get out of it

I use a 2i2 with a Rode , and occassionally seem to have output issues from the Mic , I can use the Mic with other preamps no problem but have intermittenet issues with the 2i2 , However I also get the odd issue if I have the 2i2 plugged in on the computer start up , the sound is pants on playback , but as long as I plug it in after I turn the computer on it seems OK , I just put it down to electrickery and stuff .

Well done , I watched it the other night , it was very good

Brilliant James , just brilliant, well done dude .

I guess the crap is still there , you just have fewer extension leads

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1392571793' post='2370169'] I've tried playing it and it's too much for me, though I like to kid myself that I haven't persevered enough [/quote] I am not quite there yet , I mean the point of admitting its too much, I just need to persevere a touch more ed , though if I was in a band that I thought would play it , it would get some serious attention.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1392562662' post='2370034'] We usually play 2 x 90 minute sets with a 30 minute break. I personally think that is reasonable break for 3 hours of music. Seems to be the done thing in our neck of the woods. [/quote] Streuth , that is commitment , we do around 50mins first set then get back on around 10.45 to finish at midnight , the break depends on how close to 9.30 we start , the end time is normally the clincher .

we have just found the need for a new desk , so took the opportunity of having a good think of the set up we wanted , and have gone active , overall our kit is smaller, lighter, louder, with more sound options, we went with new EV tops and second hand powered monitors , I will grant that the extra cabling is an extra 5mins set up/breakdown , but not an issue really as we can daisy chain the power from the lights. Overall the sound has been recieved well as a noticeable improvement .

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1392562946' post='2370036'] No....... But you can come close if you dress up as a m***er. Borrow your wife's bra and stuff it with two footballs, wear a Viking helmet and scream while you stand to the left hand side of your living room. [/quote] You know waaaaayy toooo much about my wifes undergarments .. ed to add ..... I willl have to wait until late evening when all the neighbours are indoors with their TVs on , its a nice day at the moment and if any are out walking their dogs, I fear if they hear my opera, the dogs would scare me with the mess they might leave on the pavement

Alas , my search for a beautiful voice has not come to fruition , so the question is , can I sing opera

I have a few friends that reckon I wrote the book on cheating , however, most think I plagiarised it

I started from scratch and after a few false starts , settled on Reaper . I dont really think any of them are intuititve when you start to use them , you have to get into the habit of doing certain beginner stuff so that the initial stumbling blocks become less frustrating. Some people remember menus and where to find the bits you need easily , I didnt until I used it repetetively , then the penny drops and you know what to do next , and just as importantly you know where you went wrong . Reaper has great tutaorials online , you tube etc , OK some versions might differ , but the idea is normally still valid. When you get a block , use them , set links in your favourites to them , it will save hours of head scratching , and it is sooooooo much easier if someone shows you how to do it rather than just try to explain it . Good luck

As Douglas has done I will try to explain what I did with regard to Mikes Mix notes . [b]MIX 2[/b] I tried to do a lot of seperation using EQ and panning , with so much detail in the vocals , synths and keys I thought narrowing the spectrum of each and pulling them apart sonically would give each a bit more space to be heard , but then I reckon I was probably spending to much time trying to extract all this detail and lost the drive of the song . The bottom end just got lost when it got busy and really was noticeable when I listened to Ironsides mix . It is funny , but the idea of referencing others and even the original , somehow seems 'cheating' ,I have got to get past that and use that as a tool rather seeing it as not cricket , IYSWIM . The panning was mostly done by hand , though as Mike noticed I did use M autopan (Melda productions) on a few parts including some Bvs, using different modes it seemed to help show up some detail. I guess most of mixes are 'non-standard' but then, just as I think I am learning one trick , I let some of the fundamentals slip by Thanks again guys .

Cheers Paul , a duck for me them Not to worry , I'm still learning , and I do reckon I was quite close on this one . The disappearance of the bottom end when it got busy really fluffed it I reckon . Well done Ironside top job , my vote was in your total ! Also well done to Dad and Vasdim .

BBc4 , just finished , and thought of this thread , though a follow up show is now on, but Neil Sedaka ,King of Song will be on the iplayer I guess , but what a fantastic story , reallly well told and boy does it bring his songs to life , he comes across as a decent bloke aswell as it happens, I enjoyed the show , worth it if you can get to see it.

WOW Superb analysis , thank you very much , I read the the notes on my mix , and to be honest I think I did better now than I thought I had before There is one obvious thing I picked up on as soon as I heard the others , and that has been duly observed , but I am quite pleased overall , Cheers Mike . Just to add, Paul is it time to name and shame do you think ED to add , I just saw the rules , Friday evening for the last votes

I think this is a quality album dude , excellent , I love it

Superb !!