I'm struggling with this one. It was meant to be done for Christmas but something is bugging me about it which I can't quite put my finger on so I put off finishing it. So, I thought I'd throw it out to the folks in here to see if I can get some ideas as to what needs doing so I can finish it off and move on.
phpBB [audio] Composition / Mix / Instrument choice /any other suggestions feedback most welcome! Thanks
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The only thing that stands out to me, listening both on my AKG headphones and my not-very-good PC speakers, is that there's some resonance going on that builds up around the 3'15" mark. At reasonably high volume on my headphones, it gets a little painful. I'm guessing that it's only the piano, but it could be two or more channels adding on to each other.
Other than that, it's a beautiful piece, and I think the choir sounds like a good choice.
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Garry - Thank you for the listen and the feedback. My ears have obviously been saturated by working on this for too long, I missed that problem and now you have pointed it out it sticks out like a sore thumb! I was going for a louder more 'dramatic' ending and it seems I've turned something up a little too far I'll take a look at that!
Thanks again.
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maybe an unusual lead instrument or Celtic type vocal? I liked it very much. Floats along.
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Hi Jon,
aside from that issue at 3.15 i like it the way it is. It keeps my interest till the end and comes up with some nice changes of the chords. I would have added a warm and dark sounding pad in the last part to give the tune another colour on top, but that's just me....
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chrisharwood wrotemaybe an unusual lead instrument or Celtic type vocal? I liked it very much. Floats along. I'd love to add vocals to a lot of my pieces but sadly I lack a vocalist Thanks for the listen and the feedback
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oliver p. wroteHi Jon, Hi Oliver. Thanks for listening and for the feedback. It is a work in progress so I'll probably add a few more elements while I'm fixing the acoustic 'issues' so I'll bear your comment in mind
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Thank you Bacco for the listen and the feedback. (especially noting the F# )
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The mix had good clarity and separation on my Eris speakers, ipad and headphones. Really liked the sound choices. A very nice ambient composition imho.
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ksmason wroteThe mix had good clarity and separation on my Eris speakers, ipad and headphones. Really liked the sound choices. A very nice ambient composition imho. Thank you for the listen and the feedback. Glad you liked it Some details of instruments used as follows: Piano : The Grandeur with heavy processing from Replika Bass: UVI Workstation - Deep Vox Choir : XPand! - Big Ahh and Ooh Choir Arpeggio : Mai Tai - 3D World (modified) Lead : Massive - Sharp & Squeaky (Modified) Guitar : Scoring Gutars - Frozen Guitarmonics Strings : String Ensemble Symphony Series - String Ensemble Organ : Vintage Organs - Full Great (Modified) Flute : Presence - Concert Flute Vibrato Several instances of Replika are used throughout. Master processing is Binaural Pan, Multiband Dynamics, Pro EQ, Compressor and Limiter (All PreSonus) Hope that helps
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Thanks to everyone for the feedback on this I managed to get it finished. Basically some tweaks to levels and EQ to get rid of the 'harshness' that crept in throughout and particularly at the end.
phpBB [audio] I can move on to something else now
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Hey jpsbuk ! This is your best pierce by miles so far ! super nice ! Finished version.
Once again very, very nice !! Thanks for sharing
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Beautiful, Jon! And the mix sounds perfect. I especially love the 2nd-chords sung by the choir, and the cadence motif of the piano.
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klypeman wroteHey jpsbuk ! This is your best pierce by miles so far ! super nice ! Finished version. Klypeman - 'best piece' really? .. must be the organ that did it for you Thank you for the listen and the kind words. Glad you liked it.
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garryknight wroteBeautiful, Jon! And the mix sounds perfect. I especially love the 2nd-chords sung by the choir, and the cadence motif of the piano. Thank you Garry, and thank you for taking the time to listen to the second version after your feedback on the first.
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I think the spellchecker acted up again What I mean is that your composition is GREAT !!!
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I'd leave it just as it is (2nd mix). Even the crescendo part in the first was not audibly bad, and gave a feel of desperation (remember, we're following a star). Heard this on my HD-650's, and it was fine. The title is fitting to the music. Good work.
Heard the follow-up. Yes, very subtle fix, so nice job fixing. I didn't here it through my monitors at this time, but I'll give a follow up check there as well.
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Sound good. I would consider maybe you slowly fade in with some light percussion, then have some drums kick in later in the song. kind of like building as the song progresses. Overall, I think the sound is very good.
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Lokeyfly wroteI'd leave it just as it is (2nd mix). Even the crescendo part in the first was not audibly bad, and gave a feel of desperation (remember, we're following a star). Heard this on my HD-650's, and it was fine. The title is fitting to the music. Good work. Thank you Lokeyfly for the listen and the feedback. You're right, the tweaks were subtle but I think they were needed
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