For the geeks who may enjoy it, (I know Janet does) a picture of all of the midi in piano roll view, it's the piano and the drums and orchestra :-)



The two at the bottom are pedal (I'm using it as you can see...) and velocity above it.

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Loved it, I got that disney vibe off it wether you were lookin for that or not, but I love that s**t. I must say too the mix is so easy on the ear, which is cleary conveyed in your waveform.

Cian

Cian, it's a small world afterall? :-) Thanks!

Janet


Aren't you glad I showed you how to do that?  :)  I've never seen the velocity CC. I guess I should have known it was there though.  Why is it darker in the middle? 

Really enjoyed this listen, and I can see why everyone's comments are raving.  Love the piano and orchestrations.  I must have really crappy phones here at work cause the vocals came out all distorted and fuzzy.  But wanted Janet to see I also looked at the MIDI chart you showed and am looking at the pedals and velocity - with great interest.  Really an awesome job on this, I can see the tons of work that went into it!

Yes, this sounds much better than i last heard.  Everything is nicely balanced and clean. 
You're really getting the big arrangements down nicely.

Yes, this works much better.

Hey, Robby,

This is really great!  Well written and performed, the piano sounds fabulous, and the vocals are excellent, as always.

I really like the orchestration and it sounds really good, especially during the intro. My only extremely minor personal nitpick is the solo orchestral sound during the three note transitions before the pre-choruses. To be honest, I'm not sure why, but for some odd reason, it reminds me of the organist at a Major League Baseball game. Only on those three notes when they play by themselves, but then again, I'm probably just going crazy!

Anyway, the song is really fantastic and it sounds great, and you can sure tell that you put a ton of hard work into it. Really nice job, buddy!

Have a good one,
Bob

Hey Robby - every mix has been an improvement. I like the newest tweaks. Good job!

Robby,

I will post my comments (before reading others).
The vocals seem sonically dull.

All the instrumentation seems way too hot. The piano in the intro overpowers the vocals. 

That said, it's a great song and you arranged and sang it beautifully.

Ok, I tweaked it again... I upgraded to the new version of Voxengo GlissEQ and re-EQ'ed the vox, and changed the verb on the vox to a different setting (plate) brought the piano down a weence, actually drums up a bit, orchestra down a bit, changed the compressor on the main (a little tighter) and the limiter in Ozone, lots of little changes actually. I'm hoping the vocals aren't too wet now. I consider this to be my magnum opus, so I want to mix it as well as I can.

Thanks everyone!

Ok, I've been remixing on this? I took the breath part down on the vox. And made many other changes...   

I've had some problems w/my DAW crashing because I "load it up..." on big projects like this?  It's a quad core? But I mean, I load it up...

It's on the hairy edge here... I managed to get another remix, but it's crashing :-( I'd like to get a new Studiocat DAW this Spring/Summer God and other forces willing...

I did a lot more things to this mix...  "Again?" 

I think it's getting closer?  I think it's getting better? I am trying to get better at this aspect, it's not easy...

You people have been great, if you could listen again?  I'm listening now, and it's sounding better to me?

Again, it's an iterative process... Mostly changed the vocal envelope on this mix.  But I made other changes as well, I gave the snare a little more "sex?" It's easier to say that than go in to the details... It's just sexier...  Lot's of other changes, you people know how this goes? I used a lot "a lot" of input from people here, as well as listening over and over as we all do? But the things other people hear that I can't? That's the money shot that this forum gives, that's difficult to get elsewhere... So show me the money shot? 

Please comment on the mix, for better or worse? Thank you again :-) Damn I need a new daw! 

Thanks to the input of everyone, and my persistence, I think I'm getting close on this one...  If not there :-)

It's an iterative process for me... And fortunately I have OCD about it? 

Many changes... I didn't like the way the piano sounded? So I re-eqed it and gave it a little more verb. I did a lot of work with the envelopes... And the biggest changes are that I ran it through hairbal and inflated it a bit with the limiter there, and changed the harmonic balance/eq slightly. So it's a lot louder now. But I tried to retain the dynamics?

Here's the new wav. I think I'm done with it now, it's as good as I can make it :-) (unless one of the mix masters says I did something stupid, which is entirely possible?)

Individual thanks to follow, I really appreciate everyone's patience and input. 

epic indeed... definately worth the wait... as always your vocal sound is awesome... 

" I liked the last version a bunch but this new version is really a masterpiece, every instrument and vocal line is ear candy. That snare sound is about the best I've heard. Production sounds total pro my ears on my monitors. Masterpiece track here!"


Thanks Grant, it was a pig to work with because it was so freaking huge. I'm happy to be working a nice bluegrass tune now :-)


"I remember this.  Sounds like you put a lot of work into it.  Very nice!"


Thanks Warren. Yeah it's funny how we can hear the same song in different ways/different productions. This is actually the 3rd version I've done (not counting the original from back in the day)

Thanks Ian, that's the kind of FB I'm looking for, since others commented, I had run it through HB, and that can change things quite a bit? If others are hearing that as well, it's a pretty simple change in HB to grab the high and move them down a bit.

Hi Robby,

The arrangement and mix sound fantastic to me...

And your vocal, as always, is incredible.

Oh yea, I love the song, too

Great job, man.