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03-31-2008, 01:54 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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"Be Myself" - Recorded entirely in Reaper
Hi all,
Just wanted to share a bit of what I do with you all. This is one of my latest productions called "Be Myself." I tracked every single thing in Reaper. Total of 40 tracks.
The female vocalist's name is Misty Lane. She sung all the vocals and I played all the instruments.
Recording and mixing this song in Reaper was a total BLAST!!! Reaper has changed my recording life forever.
Hope you enjoy it.
Be Myself
Last edited by FunkyBeat; 03-31-2008 at 03:20 AM.
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03-31-2008, 02:23 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: London, UK
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Great stuff, FunkyBeat! Thanks for posting that... oh the joy of *ANYTHING* non-metal/hard rock!?!?
Like the horns... is that a played part (as in through a sampler/VSTi) or is it some sort of loop of real horns?
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03-31-2008, 02:58 AM
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Human being with feelings
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Thanks saulopv!
The horns and drums were arranged from sounds in FL Studio 7. The horns was a played part from a VSTi. Everything else came from my Motif ES. I appreciate the listen.
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03-31-2008, 03:19 AM
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Human being with feelings
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That's extra cool in that case. Everything else also sounds very well balanced/polished. Well done, mate!
PS: I don't suppose the horns would be available for sale as a separate product, would they? I've been looking for realistic sounding horns (but without costing hundreds) for a while...
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03-31-2008, 04:25 AM
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Human being with feelings
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The problem is finding which horns they were. I don't use FL that much. I remember I created the drum loop, put some horns on that and then sent that to 2 tracks in Reaper. I did not save what I did in FL. Sorry. Do they really sound realistic to you? Cuz they don't to me... lol. To me, my Motif horns sound way more realistic.
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03-31-2008, 10:40 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Nice one FunkyBeat, I really like it.
Pete
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03-31-2008, 11:13 AM
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Great stuff, man -- song, arrangement, mix, etc. The only thing I was missing was the kick. But then again I'm a rock guy (who happens to love funk), so the kick can never really hit hard enough ;-) Keep it comin'.
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03-31-2008, 11:35 AM
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Human being with feelings
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Thanks guys! Really appreciate it.
And jalan, I hear ya about the kick. Normally, I have really hard thumping kicks, but this song I just went with this loop I made as an experiment. It was a fun!
Thanks to anyone who took the time out to listen.
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03-31-2008, 09:54 PM
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Human being with feelings
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Hey jalan,
If you don't mind, can you take another listen? I just uploaded a new mix. I agree that it was missing bottom end and needed more kick, so I added a kick from my mpc and turned the bass up too. I also smoothed out the vocals some more too. Anyway, I replaced the old mix with the new one so just download from the same link.
Thanks for you comment man! It really helped!
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