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2013/03/14 15:41:53 (permalink)

Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix

Thought it would be nice to share a story of Cakewalk employees using SONAR X2 to create a remix. As you may know, one of the cool things about Cakewalk is that many of its' employees are also musicians. In testing SONAR X2a, we used a track created by Cakewalk's Dan Kaplan for testing. Cakewalk QA Engineer Lance Riley ended up doing a remix of his song and it came out so well that we decided to share the remix techniques with our customers. We hope this story will give you some ideas for doing your own remixes. The CA-2A T-Type Leveling Amplifier is featured prominently on vocals. And of course, we used Z3TA+ 2 on this track which just goes to show how truly versatile this synth is for all types of music. Enjoy!  Read the blog 
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    ohgrant
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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/03/14 19:19:31 (permalink)
     Sorry I guess it isn't locked.

    A cool song, I can't use ARC on soundcloud but as I said in the Sonar forum, I'm hearing some not so pleasing tones from some of the synths. possibly just to loud. Could be my age and unfamiliarity with modern Pop sounds, and also could be my room. Also the vocals sound a bit muddy and in the background.

     My main interest in this is Lance said he mixed it with cans. I have that VRM box on the way and would like to have confidence that I will be able to do some mixing with cans when I'm away from my monitors.

      I'm afraid I'm still hearing a great song that sounds like it was mixed in cans. I'm very interested in what others are hearing for this.
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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/03/16 21:28:11 (permalink)
    [<font]I like the song a lot. I love the vocals on it. To me it seems the bass, bass drum and vocals dominate the mix. You can hear everything else but at times are stepped on by the forementioned.

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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/03/16 22:20:23 (permalink)
    Nice production. I think it needs an acoustic guitar as it all seems to have the same one dimension throughout.
    Love the kik in particular. 
    Vocals cut through just right for my taste.
    Tune is a little lacking IMO but probably doesn't matter.
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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/03/20 02:45:30 (permalink)
    Well, that is certainly an impressive bit of showcase work. I do so love Z3ta. Vocals are spacial and atmospheric. Right on boys and girls.

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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/03/26 12:02:50 (permalink)
    It's good to see the Cakewalk employees catching up to some of the members of this forum.  You will find many more examples of the power of X2 by listening to some of the songs here.  You have created the best mixing platform in your company's history, and we appreciate it.

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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/03/28 10:06:54 (permalink)
    How many listened to the original and compared it to the 'remix"? 

    To my ears, both mixes have strengths and weaknesses. 

    The original is much clearer but is lacking a nice bottom. It has a more present middle. 

    I like the vocals in the remix but the bottom is much to heavy.

    Both mixes need some work to get them "there".... IMHO



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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/04/03 11:59:07 (permalink)
     A very well refined and cutting edge mix showing the strengths of both the musician, the mixer and the software.

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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/04/11 08:44:18 (permalink)
    I appreciate the entire effort. From writing the song. To the Write up about the Remix. Displaying Dans original prominently allowing us to see how he is marketing his work.(important to me)

    I couldn't/Wouldn't suggest changing a thing 

    There is a time, when you have to say the best way to spend your time is to make another one.

    Do you guys ever do remix contests?

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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/05/06 23:16:42 (permalink)
    Personally, I'm with Herb and did listen to the original first, then the remix. Here is my thoughts on this. The original is the original, done in an original way with much thought going into it and was a great sounding song in itself. Then along comes the remix with new technology with different ideas in mind and so now the original is not an original any more in the remix piece, but a remake with new minds applying new technologies. They are both great for what they are and both versions show skill and talent in composition, arrangement, production and of course some great vocals. Very well done on both versions. Now, if you give the original to 25 other people, I'm sure we will have 25 new versions that most likely will sound pretty good as well. Music is like art in a sense, it is in the seeing for art and the hearing for the musician, and the composer, producer, arranger, etc. have their perspective as well. No matter what, it is always good to have great software to work with no matter what your taste in music is, it has to get the job done and done the way you like it. Great job by the Cakewalk employees.

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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/05/20 18:13:36 (permalink)

    I like it but it sounds too much like the song BROKEN By the Band called LIFEHOUSE .

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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/08/05 07:33:04 (permalink)
    thanks everyone...
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/09/14 19:56:59 (permalink)
    This is awesome! The concept and how this was done is mind blowing. There is no other words that I can say other than awesome, awesome. In addition, I must hurry and upgrade to Sonar- I thought I had it all in Music Creator 5 and 6, but I see I am missing out.
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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2013/12/28 11:55:25 (permalink)
    Enjoyed it. Looking forward to more collaborations like this... and blogs to give us more details on the mix and circumstances. Would like to see that done more regularly.

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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2014/01/05 04:53:29 (permalink)
    Happy to have discovered the Cakewalk World !!

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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2014/01/08 22:18:06 (permalink)
    Way cool.

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    Re:Cakewalk employees collaborate on a remix 2014/01/23 01:02:22 (permalink)
    Firstly, I'll say I really like this song and love what you've done with it, very classy.
    My first impression was, that the elements of the song didn't quite glue together, like every one wasn't playing in the same room at the same time (and of course they weren't). This is not necessarily a criticism as I find lots of songs, especially those created in a studio where songs are layered and dubbed as a matter of course, have "that" sound to them. It's a real skill to take multiple separate recordings and mix them into one homogenous track. I am so used to recording in a studios where the basis of the track is recorded at the same time, and only a few tracks are dubbed at a later stage.Having said that, I do believe though, that there are, not a few, mixers that have mastered the art of mixing a track so that it sounds like everyone is right there in the room with you playing together.
    My second impression was, that feeling almost disappeared as the groove really established itself at 1.22. Maybe this was a deliberate decision and I have no problem with that, like I said, it's just an impression.
    Maybe the tracks are so distinct and so well mixed, that the impression of separateness between the parts is just a testimony of your skill.
    Like I said, I do love what you ended up with, and it's a real classy mix.
    It's great to hear music created by the same people that create the software. I think the Cakewalk team are at the top of their game, and have been for some time.

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