Replaying here, but I will cover all the answers/questions... Nigel, Atte and Henry, thanks for listening and your comments! 2007/3/19, Ken Restivo <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>:> I like it. Very country-folky.>> What synth or soundfont/gigasample did you use for the string section? Also, is that a real violin playing that counterpoint melody, or is it a soundfont/gigasample? If I remember correctly the strings are from my Roland JV-880 or thepianists E-Piano... And yes, thats a real violin! She is a very gifted artist and playsseveral instruments (Bass, Violin, rythm things, piano and guitar(though not on that album))...
The bongos seem fine to me, but I agree that they'd sound better in stereo or center panned instead of hard left.
I don't think the bongos are out of place, maybe I need to adjust thealignment. And they shouldn't be left-panned. They are rather centerin the mix but on export something went wrong with that track :-( Ididn't want to fix that for a beta-version of the song. The finaldownload will be panned correctly.Maybe the out-of-place feeling comes from the shaker. Which is in facttwo shakers by two different people panned almost left-right...
But, why the hip-hop/techno TR-808 drumsound? Especialy that rap/hiphop cowbell seems really out of place to me.> I like the warm, woodsy, open, relaxed, folky mix with natural sounds: voice, fiddle, strings, guitar. A real drummer, or samples of a jazz drumkit (i.e. with brushes) might work better there than the mechanical snap of a Dr. Rhythm snare.
Well, we want to song to be on the net before the drum-sessions, so wedecided for some electronic beats with hydrogen.But I will try to play around with some jazzy sounds shortly. Thanksfor the idea. The lyrics will be published together with the official announcementof the song.Btw, Nigel, why are there German parts in there? Okay, it might be aGerman English, the writer didn't check the text with some Americanfriends here but we didn't record any German word. (At least itdoesn't get into any mix, except for the take-outs-of-the-cd :-) Have a nice week, Arnold-- visit http://www.arnoldarts.de/---Wenn man mit Raubkopien Bands wie Brosis oder Britney Spears wirklichverhindern könnte, würde ich mir noch heute einen Stapel Brenner undeinen Sack Rohlinge kaufen.
