[linux-audio-user] RFC: There is not much

[Ken Restivo]

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On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 11:12:17PM +0100, Arnold Krille wrote:
> Hi all,
> I know everybody is busy planning their trip to Berlin (I will be theguy 
> with a lot of beard and a bald head with a pony-tail :-) but I askfor your 
> comments on the following song:
> http://www.bloomingdesert.de/files/files/there_is_not_much-beta-2007-03-15-24bit.ogg
> The bandleader says he needs to rerecord his voice but I doubt thatthat 
> will improve the quality any more. What do you think? Are thereparts where 
> a rerecording is badly needed?
> Btw, we will release to song for public download on the website shortly.
> Thanks for listening,
> Arnold

I like it. Very country-folky. 

What synth or soundfont/gigasample did you use for the string section? Also, is that a real violin playing that counterpoint melody, or is it a soundfont/gigasample?

The bongos seem fine to me, but I agree that they'd sound better in stereo or center panned instead of hard left.

But, why the hip-hop/techno TR-808 drumsound? Especialy that rap/hiphop cowbell seems really out of place to me.  

I like the warm, woodsy, open, relaxed, folky mix with natural sounds: voice, fiddle, strings, guitar. A real drummer, or samples of a jazz drumkit (i.e. with brushes) might work better there than the mechanical snap of a Dr. Rhythm snare.

- -ken
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