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Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
This tune is a bit like pop/classical mix. I tried to make just classical but something happened. Made with Sonar X1 and some halion sonic flutes. Comments most welcome. https://soundcloud.com/madrigal7/orc-pop
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/27 13:08:51
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Pretty melody, arranged well too. I could live without that 4-to-the-floor drum beat though, it seems disconnected from the track.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/27 13:15:13
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Pretty melody, arranged well too. I could live without that 4-to-the-floor drum beat though, it seems disconnected from the track.
Thank you James. It is my old problem the drums that haunt me with my old tunes. I should have tried to think things through before putting drums, especially bad drums into the tune. But Thanks again for your commment James.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/28 18:32:41
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A good listen -- instruments are laid out well in the mix and everything jells. I agree with James that the drums could use a little work (man, that's the bane of all of us, right?) but they also need to be up in the mix a bit. And, the bass could use some compression to tighten it in the mix and make it stand out more -- it's a bit muddy. Also, I was thinking that it would be interesting to change the sound of the lead instrument at various parts of the piece for some variety. :)
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/28 18:38:58
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Good advice from Allan there.
I always like your tracks, most uplifting and set in the happy major key. The key change in this one very real good, lov the melodies.
you must have posted 100 track over the last few days. Busy busy!
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/28 19:34:52
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ABull
A good listen -- instruments are laid out well in the mix and everything jells. I agree with James that the drums could use a little work (man, that's the bane of all of us, right?) but they also need to be up in the mix a bit. And, the bass could use some compression to tighten it in the mix and make it stand out more -- it's a bit muddy. Also, I was thinking that it would be interesting to change the sound of the lead instrument at various parts of the piece for some variety. :)
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You are right on all counts. Mix is horrible. Also I loved the flute sound so muchbi did not think of changing. I have still the projects so I can someday soon perhaps fix things. Last time I tried there was some drivers or settings problem do need to check that first but it is probably just a master of changing the audio output back to Realtek. Thanks for commenting.
post edited by kakku - 2015/12/28 19:57:59
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/28 19:43:18
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Good advice from Allan there.
I always like your tracks, most uplifting and set in the happy major key. The key change in this one very real good, lov the melodies.
you must have posted 100 track over the last few days. Busy busy!
Thanks for commenting. Yes, sorry went over board with the posting. I got a strange need to hear nice things from people about my music. I even play my music to half strangers who are too polite to refuse to listen. Also I like to just communicate with people. i am a bit strange.
post edited by kakku - 2015/12/28 20:09:46
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/29 11:13:01
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Kakku I don't think you need to backtrack into a different drum sound. I'd double down and make them louder. This reminds me of Scandinavia somehow. If you ever happen to watch tennis on TV, the Tennis Channel has stuff EXACTLY
like this for background music as they are reviewing highlights, scores, etc. I think it's great, and very marketable.
Plus it's a pleasant listen all by itself.
cheers,
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/29 11:20:37
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Kakku I don't think you need to backtrack into a different drum sound. I'd double down and make them louder. This reminds me of Scandinavia somehow. If you ever happen to watch tennis on TV, the Tennis Channel has stuff EXACTLY
like this for background music as they are reviewing highlights, scores, etc. I think it's great, and very marketable.
Plus it's a pleasant listen all by itself.
cheers,
-Tom
You are probably right about the drum thing. It is too softly. But I hope they do not play exactly the same music because then somebody has done a plagiate and it would probably BE me. On the other hand Robin Thicke did some plagiarism and still got good money from the song mmmm, was it Lines something. Thank you for the comment and analysis.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/30 09:13:42
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This reminded me of The Neverending Story. You have a good melody here that really drives the tune. I'm with Tom on bringing the drums and bass up. As you say, the mix could be greatly improved, but we all have old mixes that are like this... :)
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/30 09:47:49
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This reminded me of The Neverending Story. You have a good melody here that really drives the tune. I'm with Tom on bringing the drums and bass up. As you say, the mix could be greatly improved, but we all have old mixes that are like this... :)
Regards,
Dan
Never ending story, the song by Limahl? The mix is really bad. Maybe I will soon fix this. I have a problem with the project file which is probably just that outputs are sort of wrong I think. I made this tune with onboard audio and now I have external audio as default or maybe I deleted the realtek drivers. Anyway I played it briefly and it sounded bad. But probably there is an easy fix. When I return home for good i will improve it. Thanks for commenting.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/30 13:26:38
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kakku,
Sounds good! I like the melody and the groove of tempo synced synths. Nicely done, the mix sounds good on my system.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/30 13:57:44
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Thank you Tony. I wish I had your system because on my system the mix is not good.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/30 15:44:37
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Yup, you've got the composition with some nice chord changes and melodies. This seems worthwhile redoing with a fresh set of ears.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/30 15:57:11
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Yup, you've got the composition with some nice chord changes and melodies. This seems worthwhile redoing with a fresh set of ears.
Thank you Steve. Going to try to make it better at least mix wise.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/31 08:58:38
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Never ending story, the song by Limahl?
Yep, that's the one... No matter what you may think of Limahl, the movie theme was really quite the ear worm. As it happens, it was written by Giorgio Moroder... Regards, Dan
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2015/12/31 09:16:06
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kakku
Never ending story, the song by Limahl?
Yep, that's the one... No matter what you may think of Limahl, the movie theme was really quite the ear worm. As it happens, it was written by Giorgio Moroder...
Regards,
Dan
Ok, Thanks. I will check out that song better later.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2016/01/01 11:18:53
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Pleasant melody lines and chord progression...
rhythm section is too quiet.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2016/01/01 12:01:14
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Makke
Pleasant melody lines and chord progression...
rhythm section is too quiet.
Thank you Makke. Yes, I did a really bad job on the mixing. Will fix it when I have a chance.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2016/01/01 12:37:34
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You have received some excellent commentary on this above. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Orc pop, a classically influenced tune
2016/01/01 12:48:01
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You have received some excellent commentary on this above. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Wookiee for your comment. Yes I have received good tips and more and also received far Møre comments than I thought I would.
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