You WILL let me sing this, right?  Right?! And with the telephone-ish effect?

Needs some Emu, but yeah, great start. 

I'm not quite sure how this will turn out yet, but I had Emu in mind for the verses (spoken word) and melodies (in style of the synth) in the chorus. Maybe duet by you and me? The title is "Run" and my idea is Emu as the evil himself speaks out his voodoo  on us. We run for our lives in the chorus.   

Maybe there will be a new "run"-part as well. Only in my mind so far...



Is your gear up and running again?
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Creepy Emu VooDoo on spoken verse? Running for our lives?   Yes, please.

New Scarlett 8i6 interface up and running...and I got a new microphone cord as. Mother's Day present from my kids.

Hi, boys!

W, this is really getting there-- I like the "breakdown" on verse two very much.  Nice to vary it a little.

I think the vox treatment is ummm.. Different for me... And I'm trying to decide if it's a pre-delay thing I am hearing or something else (I have no experience at all with eq'ing, and can't help, there).  There is a lot of sybillance (s's and t's) that sounds too strong for my ears.  It may also be compression?

I have such a strange voice -- so LOUD up high in the chorus and so soft down low on the verse-- very hard to deal with on your end, I'm sure!

Personally, I'd like to hear the chorus parts up a little, especially the higher ones.  I can barely hear them back there, and I think it might take some of the monotony away (not that I have issues with monotony-- you should hear my latest track.  Crazy boring).

Ok.  That being said... I really DO love where this is going.  And THANKS everyone for the nice things.  Nice to see you all!

God morgon, min vänner!

Yes, it's been a long time, hasn't it?  I've been very busy with other projects lately, but when Max sent this, I heard Gospel.  And while I'm not at all religious, I do love to sing gospel.  Very strange, i know, but there you are. And by the way, EQ... You should hear "I Shall Be Released" from the gospel choir Bob Dylan Tribute Album ("The Brothers and Sisters sing Bob Dylan", I think)--- it's amazing.

Thank you for all the kind comments, I will do this as Max instructs once I'm feeling better.  Must get this cold out of my nose and throat first, though.  Might be a week or so. This was the last thing I sang before the cold hit me.

Oh my goodness.. Asti, you didn't tell me all of this was going on... I feel that I should have kept an eye on this thread.  I haven't even sat down at my PC for days - very busy with the kids and house projects.

My input chain:  AT-2050 Unidirectional (with the Cardiod Pattern selected)--> M-Audio Fast Track Ultra --> Sonar Home Studio 6 XL --> No effects.

I DO have a a very treble-y voice.  I didn't eq it at all, I didn't try to mask anything...  and I sing very dynamically (I leave the highs and lows alone, and there are lots of them).  I think that if someone wants to compress it, that should be up to them... so I don't do it.  I know that others who have mixed my voice have eq'd it to dampen the harshness of it or to make it softer (more bass and mid) for certain effect.

But in all honesty, I didn't hear any problems at all with Asti's original version. On the other hand, listening to it side by side with AF's version, I think, "well... maybe a mix between the two would be lovely".  I actually like the softness that AF's version gives (cotton-y sort of... like clouds) - but it does lose a little definition of the guitars. It does come down to preference, I think.   

Asti, my sincere apologies for not getting in to listen before now...

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Åh herregud .. Asti, sa du inte mig allt detta pågick ... Jag känner att jag borde ha hållit ett öga på denna tråd. Jag har inte ens satt sig vid min dator i flera dagar - mycket upptagen med barnen och projekt hus.

 Min ingång kedjan: AT-2050 enkelriktad (med Cardiod Mönster vald) -> M-Audio Fast Track Ultra -> Sonar Home Studio 6 XL -> Inga effekter.

 Jag har en mycket diskant-y röst. Jag har inte EQ det alls, jag försökte inte dölja något ... och jag sjunger mycket dynamiskt (jag lämnar toppar och dalar ensam, och det finns massor av dem). Jag tror att om någon vill komprimera dem om det skulle vara upp till dem ... så jag gör inte det. Jag vet att andra som har blandat min röst har eq'd det att dämpa de hårda det eller att göra den mjukare (mer bas och mid) för viss effekt.

 Men i ärlighetens namn, det gjorde jag inte höra några problem alls med Asti ursprungliga version. Å andra sidan, lyssna på den sida vid sida med AF: s version, tror jag, "ja ... kanske en blandning mellan de två skulle vara vacker". Jag gillar faktiskt den mjukhet som AF: s version ger (bomull-y typ ... som moln) - men det förlorar lite definition av gitarrer. Det gör komma ner till företräde, tror jag.

 Asti, min uppriktiga ursäkt för att inte få in för att lyssna förrän nu ...

Wow!  Tack, everyone!

Asti, I posted the video, and the audio at the Sonar forum (I use Sonar)... There is some really really really nice feedback, if you are interested...
http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2189963

Ok, I lied.  It's midnight, and I'm uploading to youtube. 

It isn't much - just a little something to look at, really... but something is better than nothing, right?   

Anyway, the audio on this video is live, so it's a little different than what Asti has on the "real" version.  And, I'm sure the mix isn't as nice, not to mention that there are a few "pops" because I took down my pop-filter so you could see my face.  The worst one is in the very very beginning, so be warned.  The rest is better.   

But it was a nice day, and the clouds were lovely, so I made some moving pictures.  Hope you like it!   

Note that I JUST finished uploading it, and it might take a few hours for youtube to get it all processed.  So, If you get an error message, that's probably why.  I'm going to bed and not waiting. 

And... what I'm sure is a hilarious Swedish Translation, courtesy of Google:

Ok, jag ljög. Det är midnatt, och jag är uppladdning till YouTube.

 Det är inte mycket - bara lite något att titta på, verkligen ... men något är bättre än ingenting, eller hur? : lol:

 Hur som helst, ljudet på den här videon är levande, så det är lite annorlunda än vad Asti har på den "riktiga" versionen. Och, jag är säker mixen är inte så trevligt, att inte nämna att det finns några "poppar" eftersom jag tog ner min pop-filter så du kunde se mitt ansikte. Det värsta man är i allra första början, så varnas. Resten är bättre. : osäker:

 Men det var en trevlig dag, och molnen var vackra, så jag gjorde några rörliga bilder. Hoppas ni gillar det!

 Notera att jag precis avslutat laddar upp den, och det kan ta några timmar för youtube att få det hela bearbetas. Så om du får ett felmeddelande, det är nog varför. Jag går till sängs och inte väntar.

 

 :wub:Grattis, Emlan!  Well done!

The votes from California are in!

5 poäng till Låt nr 11  Skäggi' Reggae - Morgonte
3 poäng till Låt nr  9  On the roof - Egghuvud
1 poäng till Låt nr  1  Du och jag farfar - Emlan


I'm a SUCKER for the Reggae, and Morgonte did a great job here... I'd seriously add this to my iPod Reggae mix.  No question.

Eggs did a great job making a song out of almost nothing, without being just acapella... and that's what I was looking for.  GREAT JOB.

Emlan, I really can't ignore your amazing talent.  Such a beautiful voice. 

Citat från: asti skrivet 01.12.2010, 09:21:18

Ja, på söndag är sista dan att rösta, så kom igen!
/Asti, festivalentreprenör

Då tycker jag inte det finns nån större anledning att lämna in sina röster förren på söndag. Men vill ju göra en korrekt röstning så man inte ångrar sig i efterhand. Vissa låtar vinner ju på att lyssnas på mer än ett par gånger. Att rösta på första "ögonkastet" är inte min grej riktigt 

SAME HERE!!    Plus, I've had a house full of visitors for over a week (American Thanksgiving)... and I want to listen at full volume.  So I'm waiting...

HA!  Eddi, I'd ride that thing ANY DAY. 

Hey, Max!  I'm actually a huge Bob Dylan fan.  And this is one of my favorite Dylan songs.  Some people don't like it when someone covers Dylan, but having seen the Man live 4 years in a row, I can tell you this... Bob Dylan covers HIMSELF these days...

As for you,  I think the song might want a little more anger in it... More hurt... It's almost happy the way you have played it.  Might be because of the chords, though.  On the other hand, it's mixed well, and there is always room for a new interpretation.  That's what it's all about anyway, isn't it?       

Thanks, Kornstad!  People either love the vibrato or hate it...    it is what it is.   

BaconMcMuffin
Yepp, Donovan wrote Mellow Yellow. (I heard that Mellow Yellow is dried threads from banana skins that you smoke, but it doesn't work. )

It does if you have enough banana threads... 

I was worried with my Donovan reference... I love him, but realize that not everyone else does.  Glad that you understood!  "Wear your love like heaven".... Lovely image...

Wow.  What a lovely lovely voice.  That minor note at 105 is just absolutely delicious.     Well worth a listen for even that single note.

Wow.  Very theatrical, but easy to listen to, even without the film to go along with it.  It doesn't need one.  I can already see it in my head... Bands of angry Horses and Riders are coming to my small, ancient village, looking for my father... I run for cover and hide in the woods...

I haven't heard Finnish in a very long time - it's lovely.  Kul that you used it!

I must admit that I hardly did anything on this... But, if the end result is nice... Then I'm completely happy!  Tack, all!

Efter att lyssnat på den 10 ggr nu så undrar jag över följande rad:

"we suffer in silent"

I originalversionen sjunger tomas "we suffer in silence".

I was listening to that very passage when I read this... Weird.  For what it's worth, I didn't question it until I read this.  There is a slight "t" sound at the end, but I think it can pass.  Might just be sibilance that you can fix, T? 

This song is like a tidal wave... It just washes over you and takes you completely.  The more I hear it, the more I want to listen.   

You know... now that I understand how you have arranged the ending... I could actually sing it that way and it would sound one hell of a lot better!!!    But, oh... of course, you probably just did it as an excuse to use your new Vocalign plug in... 

HA!  Hogge, I'm laughing at the lyrics... HA!... and someone had to say it!    

Drums are great... Guitars, too... but altogether, the mix sounds a little bit "ambient"?  Not the style of the song, obviously - but, where the song sits in the mix - and, by that I mean it the mix sounds kind of "far away"?  It doesn't sound "full" to my ears.  It's kind of "thin". 

But I think that overall, the song is "fun and funny, nothing serious" as an old college room mate used to say to me... and that was always a good thing.