Gethsemane
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My son Johann did another song pretty much by himself: https://sanderson.band/2021/08/22/gethsemane-2021/
It is a Christian children's song which he learned in his church class a few years ago. When he was about 10 he did his first solo recording of this song using Ardour. I basically logging him in to the studio computer, told him to knock himself out, and when I came back a couple of hours later he had done this amazing a capella arrangement without a metronome or pitch reference.
This year he decided to revisit the song and do a better recording, and he really delivered! This version includes a piano and strings, and the vocal arrangement is ten times better than his old version. I made a few coaching suggestions to the arrangement and mastering here and there, but I can't take much credit for this song other than as a mentor.
It is a Christian children's song which he learned in his church class a few years ago. When he was about 10 he did his first solo recording of this song using Ardour. I basically logging him in to the studio computer, told him to knock himself out, and when I came back a couple of hours later he had done this amazing a capella arrangement without a metronome or pitch reference.
This year he decided to revisit the song and do a better recording, and he really delivered! This version includes a piano and strings, and the vocal arrangement is ten times better than his old version. I made a few coaching suggestions to the arrangement and mastering here and there, but I can't take much credit for this song other than as a mentor.
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Wow, beautifully done. On the production side, I liked how panning was used to distinguish the different vocal tracks. I was surprised to see x42-Autotune in the list, I didn't notice the usual robotic sound often associated with autotune. What SFZ samples did he use? I would guess Virtual Playing Orchestra, but I'm not sure.
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Yes, Virtual Playing Orchestra and Salamander piano. I'm not sure why he needed autotune, because I thought it sounded pretty good without it, but he had it on all of the backing vocal tracks.
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I'm not familiar with the source material, but the song is beautiful and I enjoyed it! Curious about the autotune plugin, especially considering that, as Michael wrote, it really isn't noticeable: if it's providing some benefit, I'll have to give it a try.
I'd only suggest using something different for strings, as I don't think VPO was 100% suited here: for slow strings as they're written in this piece, I'd recommend KBH Ultima Strings instead, as I've used them in similar contexts (e.g., Lies, Out of the void) and I think they're quite effective despite being a small-ish soundfont. In case you decide to give it a try, just beware that it sounds one octave below what you play/write, as it was originally meant as as a violas/cellos ensemble even though it can go higher than that.
I'd only suggest using something different for strings, as I don't think VPO was 100% suited here: for slow strings as they're written in this piece, I'd recommend KBH Ultima Strings instead, as I've used them in similar contexts (e.g., Lies, Out of the void) and I think they're quite effective despite being a small-ish soundfont. In case you decide to give it a try, just beware that it sounds one octave below what you play/write, as it was originally meant as as a violas/cellos ensemble even though it can go higher than that.
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Thanks. I will check out KBH Ultima strings.
I asked him about the autotune, and he just shrugged his shoulders. "It was to keep everything in tune," he said. Whatever.
I asked him about the autotune, and he just shrugged his shoulders. "It was to keep everything in tune," he said. Whatever.
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WOW!
Great work Johann! Just excellent vocals, vocal processing and mixing, I was blown away by the quality of this production, keep up the excellent work young feller!!
Great work Johann! Just excellent vocals, vocal processing and mixing, I was blown away by the quality of this production, keep up the excellent work young feller!!
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You have good reason to be proud of him. This really is first class!
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You have a musical family. Very well done, especially considering that it was written on the spot. Johann has a nice voice!
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Angelic song. Blessed life in music. Respect for your dynasty!
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