I am not versed enough to comment on any of the mixing but this song sure sounds good to me.

Freddy J

Kev--thank you, sir! ;-)

Robby--yep, I'm at the piano, and that's the best seat in the house for me!

Gary--thank you so much! I didn't know I had this much determination in me to keep at this. Must be the stubbornness coming out or something.

Thal--thank you too! I didn't add any vibrato and found out you can't. So I don't know how to reduce it. But I'm glad it sounds human! :-)

Mark--Garritan does actually have the panning built into the instruments but it can be changed. I'm still not sure about the piano. It's where it's supposed to be for an orchestra, but perhaps it should be out front with it soloing as much as it ended up doing. I'm sure this isn't the final mix yet...

Freddy--thank you!

Janet is a beautiful and special person, and her music is beautiful and special as well.

those distorted guitars just dont sound right? but i love that
banjo.

well you know im kidding.

janet you've done an exelant job with the re doing of things.
maybe before you were trying to widen things by panning
very strongly before. alltough you still have instruments to
the left and right here there is a balance.

if i may ill get off the subject of this tune for a moment ill
speak about something im thinking right now.

A piano's sound and how we here it.

sitting at the piano the lower notes are stronger in the left ear
and the higher notes are stronger in the right ear. and middle "C"
is of coures in the middle.

your piano work is your trademark and strings of coures are
another of your strong points. it seems your putting more
imphasis on strings more lately and thats good its giving your
work some more colors.

what i see happening is the strings are getting the "limelight"
and the piano is acompanying. so id guess you have acomplished
your goal and done it well.

however for my "own" personal taste id like to hear it the other
way around. id like to hear the piano like i was sitting right there
at it as if i was the player giving the piano a personal touch and
sound as well as perception.

the piano would be centered "but" it would be three demensional
as well. low notes stronger on the left and high notes stronger on
the right. depth from the middle.

of course this is in contrast to a stuiation such as live where
the listener is "not" at the piano.

i guess that means i have no crits. great work beutifull song
and work. i just got a request (you know the audeince does that
sometimes)

do a song where it sounds like im right there at the piano.
you know? like youve seen on tv where a piano player is being
inreveiwd or featured on a show and a person is sitting right
there on the bench with the player.

hum? and the string players are around that same area too.
surrounding the piano? jill is on the left bob is on the right
mandy is at the end and all those other players everywhere
in between.

you know i like this one as well as your others and ive lost
count as to how many times ive listened to this and the others
so i guess that says it all.

jimmy

Janet,

This is a beautifully creative song. Love the instrumentation. Very enjoyable.

Thanks for sharing,
Tom

Hey, Janet-

No crits from me as this isn't my area, however I did play it at a good, strong volume to hear "all of it", and once again, my totally impartial girlfriend came downstairs and said "what's this? This is really pretty."

So, You've got a fan in upstate new york that doesn't know JACK about recording, arranging, MIDI, or softsynths (besides me) that digs yer stuff solely on SOUND...

BTW, I have a younger brother in Missouri....Guitar player/songwriter.....Oh, nevermind...

Nice-
Rob

Tom--thank you very much!

Rob--thank you too! And tell your girlfriend I'm glad she enjoyed it. I love it when 'normal' people listen to my music and like it! (they're usually easier to impress!) Where's your brother live? Oh, nevermind--I have a few guitar-playing singing friends that live right here in the neighborhood and we never record either. But it's a nice thought...

Russell--Thank you for listening again! And go for it! Believe me--if I can do this stuff, anybody can!

Wow..you've really gotten the humanizing thing down pat!! This sounds really natural and flowing. Lots of interesting things going on. Like the timpany drums for accent....real nice. The strings add a nice mid-high end....wonder if there is a way to bring the vibrato down just a bit? I haven't found a way to do that with Garritan yet on my own stuff.

This is nice Janet...well done.

Thal

very well said. vibroto? and taming it? thats hard. at points you
want it at other times we need none. so janet did super with the
tools at hand

jimmy

BTW, I even like the strings in this one! Love the kettle drums at the end too!

You're a quick study!

Dave--thank you! I'll check out that violin. I added a solo violin with the section violins. It may be too loud.

Jimmy-- thanks.

Scott--thank you. I'll TRY to take that as a compliment. Wait--you even like the strings? Even YOU like the strings? Well, I'll be jiggered! And it only took me 594.345 hours to get them that good! LOL. Well, maybe not quite that much, but close. And yes, I know they still don't sound real, but maybe another song? Oh yeah, and I listened to that song you played on for me just to get the idea of what a real violin sounds like. That actually helped some when I was doing this. And made me realize how much farther these have to go!!

Dmax--thank you so much! I appreciate that. I also appreciate the fact that you're anxious for spring. Even down here in Missouri where trees are finally starting to bud--I'm still anxious for it to warm up (and stay warmed up!) Hang in there! (or move south!)

The conceit here is that the listener is actually in a concert hall, seventh row, center, and that is the panning effect you are employing.

Funny ... My ticket says Z-1239 ? I think that means I'm beyond the back row and sitting in the Denny's across the street?

Either way .... I just listened and yes this sounds very cohesive and real to me. Way to Mix Janet - This version definetly works for me.


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