{"id":1021,"date":"2010-04-19T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T10:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/04\/19\/beyond\/"},"modified":"2017-02-08T05:52:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T05:52:29","slug":"beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/04\/19\/beyond","title":{"rendered":"Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I finally finished the &#8220;redo&#8221; of a song I&#8217;ve been meaning to overhaul.  Revised some words, added harmonies, changed <strong>all<\/strong> instrumentation.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/134722880&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p>This could be considered a milestone since there are a lot of &#8220;firsts&#8221; in (re)making this song.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It&#8217;s sequenced in Sonar 64-bit on Windows7.<\/li>\n<li>First time to use the BFD2 (drum software)<\/li>\n<li>First time to use <em>Trilian<\/em> for the bass track &#8211; and the different articulations are now done with one single instance <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1021_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1021_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1021_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1021_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1021_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1021_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">With Reason, I had to make different patches for different articulations.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1021_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1021_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>First time to use <em>Omnisphere<\/em> (synths)<\/li>\n<li>First time to try recording using the FastTrack Pro&#8230; which honestly, <strong>sucked balls.<\/strong> Probably the last time I&#8217;m going to use it for desktop recording <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1021_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1021_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1021_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1021_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1021_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1021_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">I&#8217;ll keep it around in case I need to record on the laptop though<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1021_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1021_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/li>\n<li>First time to try the jBridge VST wrapper &#8211; this allows me to use 32bit plugins which Sonar&#8217;s <em>BitBridge<\/em> tech couldn&#8217;t handle. So I was able to use my old <em>Waves<\/em> Plugins on 64bit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There are 2 drawbacks <em>AFAIK<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I lost the ability to use Reason for the meantime. But given I&#8217;m using a different synth and bass now, there really is no&#8230; er&#8230; <em>reason<\/em> to use Reason for now. There is one thing I kinda miss though; the old version had a sorta jet-engine-esque screeching sound effect, and that&#8217;s c\/o Reason.<\/li>\n<li>There isn&#8217;t a &#8220;DX wrapper&#8221; that I could find that would let me use <em>Antares Microphone Modeler.<\/em> This is the reason why the vocals don&#8217;t sound as &#8220;good&#8221; as they used to. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1021_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1021_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1021_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1021_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1021_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">3 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1021_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Not that they were good in the first place, but they sounded &#8220;better&#8221; before at least<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1021_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1021_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Right now the plugins I had to use couldn&#8217;t &#8220;shape&#8221; the sound as well as the Antares modeler did. Also doesn&#8217;t help that the product has been discontinued &#8211; so there&#8217;s no hope of getting an &#8220;updated&#8221; version that works natively with Sonar 64bit.<!--more--><!-- \/\/ --><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Beyond<\/h2>\n<p><strong>5:13 \/ 4.7MB<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>04\/19\/2010<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Carlo Santos<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Theme: Social hypocrisy<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>I<\/strong><br \/>\nHey, can you hear me? Are you restless inside and can&#8217;t seem to take anymore?<br \/>\nCan you feel me as I try to do what I can to open the door?<br \/>\nCan you see me when I spit in your eye as I shove back the lies down your throat.\nWon&#8217;t you greet me? &#8216;Cause I finally realized how wrong I was all along.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>REFRAIN<\/strong><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you dare say that you know how to fix this mess were in. I&#8217;ve heard it all before  <\/p>\n<p>We see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we&#8217;re wasting time with things we do not need.<br \/>\nAnd we think &#8211; we start to wonder if we could touch the sky while remaining in our places.<br \/>\nI am so sick of these words that we say, and this shit about &#8220;possibilities.&#8221;<br \/>\nWhy don&#8217;t\/not we just relax, step back, attack these problems that we see;<br \/>\ntrying not to overthink, but just get over ourselves.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t look above\/around. (Don&#8217;t look inside) Look beyond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>II<\/strong><br \/>\nHey, are you happy? Well then good for you! Have you tried making others the same?<br \/>\nAre you laughing? Well, it&#8217;s hilarious how your insincerity actually is!<br \/>\nAnd when you&#8217;re crying; do you realize that there so much more pain there outside?<br \/>\nYou wanna piece of me? Well, come and get it . . . at least then, you&#8217;ll finally show initiative!  <\/p>\n<p><strong>REFRAIN<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>OUTRO<\/strong><br \/>\nWe see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we&#8217;re wasting time with faces, places, and cases of futility.<br \/>\nThen we start to wonder if we could touch the sky while maintaining our paces.<br \/>\nI am so sick and tired of solutions we say and the sheer lack of follow-through.<br \/>\nWhy not we just relax, step back, attack these problems that we&#8217;ve made;<br \/>\nStop to think; shut the fuck up &#8211; and get over ourselves.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t look above. Don&#8217;t look inside. 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Revised some words, added harmonies, changed all instrumentation. This could be considered a milestone since there are a lot of &#8220;firsts&#8221; in (re)making this song. It&#8217;s sequenced in Sonar 64-bit on Windows7. 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