Thanks, for the moment I'm trying to make peace with 8.1. It has a W7-type desktop which I use so it's not too much of a hassle. My main cellphone (Nokia) is Windows 8.1, plus I have a HP touchscreen all-in-one in the guest room with 8.1 so I'm somewhat familiar with it. 8.1 is pretty fast (and stable) on this machine and besides, once you get into the program/app, it's transparent anyway. Keep that offer open, though. I may be singing a different tune a month from now .

chas

Chas nice work I enjoyed listening......
sax solos were way to low but overall nice job.

Thanks Donny, I probably recorded it after Diki told me my keyboard 'sax-playing' sucked .

chas

Diki Who?... if you recorded that song multitrack you might be able to go back in and pump up the sax track only?...
if not, time to rerecorded it that way again.....sometimes
second time around works out better,....good luck Chas!

Hey, hey, I luv Diki. He was brutally honest but you could learn a lot from him provided you had a really thick skin .

I'll do it again (for Tony) but on my KeyB in organ trio format. Maybe I'll try using one of those 'RealDrums' from BIAB or if not the BK7m drums if I can find a suitable drum pattern. I think the BK7m drums are quite realistic. Of course if my drummer comes over (he lives over 25 mi. away), naturally I'll go that way.

Yeah, it is multitracked and I could raise the 'sax' track but that would make the non-solo parts too loud. I would need to 'ride the faders' or edit the volume after the fact. I'm too lazy to do either, besides, it was just a 'throwaway' experiment in arranging anyway. But you're right; everyone should spend a little extra time for at least a rough mix after recording.

chas

Musicianship is one thing. Sometimes "feeling" is even more important.

The musicianship is outstanding, but the feeling that exudes from this piece is typical from Chas in everything he does and believes in.

One of my few regrets in life is that I didn't meet him many years ago.

However, I'm so glad we met here.

He's a person of real substance...a real Renaissance man.


R.

It's great Chas, if you like that sort of thing. And I do!

very nice Chas. The PA1X is still an amazing instrument and very intuitive. The piano cuts through the mix very well . and the drums and bass sound/programming are excellent.

Very nice bluesy feel.

Hi Chas

Don’t worry about changing your OS back to Win 7 as Win 10 is just round the corner and will be a free upgrade in the first year.

I have been using the Win 10 Technical Preview for some time and while it is not finished yet (Hence it’s called a Technical Preview) Microsoft has really cracked it this time, and it doesn’t matter whether you are a Desktop, Touch, Tablet or Phone user it all works seamlessly. (Vista was a cock-up that Win 7 put right and Win 10 puts right the cock-up that is Windows 8)

Regarding VST and vArranger (Or any 3rd party arranger) then to get the best out of styles you need to create a balanced sound set, which can be time consuming to create, however there has been one sound-set available for well over 20 years, and that is the GM sound set, (Standard) which can be found in both Halion Sonic from Steinberg and Goliath from East West, in addition unlike early versions of GM (Which just gave you basic sounds) they use top quality sounds (Way beyond your typical TOTL Arranger) so you will not be playing second fiddle to the professional market.

Hope this helps, and continue to enjoy your setup.

Bill

Thanks Bill, that's great information for all PC users. I guess my only concern would be, how backwards-compatible will '10' be? I have a lot of old, but good, equipment that only has drivers for up to Win 7 (although they seem to work fine under 8.1).

chas