May 10, 201610 yr Well we can keep a full version for distribution among ourselves, but right now I am concerned about the main version - the one in the video we will send to the band. Only one version will be made public, don't wanna have confusion there....The part we can cut out is about 34 secs, by the way. I feel this is a good idea in general, if it still sounds good, I'm all for it.
May 10, 201610 yr Author Okay everybody, a little throwback....the audio is not yet complete after all, I just discovered that for some reason I completely overlooked the contributions sent by @AlwaysInMyHead !! :shocked2: Sorry - I promise I will work your vocals in somehow ! Meanwhile, I did the edit and actually I think it sounds okay...but for you to decide ! Ladies and gentlemen, the first version of the I Ran Away Project (audio only) - which you all made possible. Please download and tell me what you think ! http://www.filedropper.com/iranawaytrackedit
May 10, 201610 yr You did a great job. But I have to say it's weird for me to hear my own voice in the recording. There are some moments where the voices don't match I'm not sure if you can fix that.
May 10, 201610 yr Author You did a great job. But I have to say it's weird for me to hear my own voice in the recording. There are some moments where the voices don't match I'm not sure if you can fix that. Thanks ! You did a great job with your singing, that's why I put it very prominently in the mix :) Do you mean the voices don't match sound-wise or timing-wise ? Is there a specific point which you would change ? Timing was unfortunately not homogeneous, especially int the last two lines of the choir part...
May 10, 201610 yr That is my only remark too, there are a few places where the timings are a bit awkward. Especially: The line "that's ... to play I Ran away Live on stage" --> the LIVE is lost The different timings of the words "So please Chris, Johnny Guy and Phil" is making it hard to understand what we are singing. But you did a great job. I can imagine that it is not easy to match everything. I even found it hard to sing it at the same way over and over again. [emoji4]
May 10, 201610 yr Great job! The only problem is that the vocals in the part we sang together seem to have different timings so sometimes it's a bit hard to understand... I guess that's the problem you'll always have when trying to sing together not being able to hear the other ones at the same time... Sent from my SM-N9005 using Coldplaying mobile app
May 10, 201610 yr Author That is my only remark too, there are a few places where the timings are a bit awkward. Especially: The line "that's ... to play I Ran away Live on stage" --> the LIVE is lost The different timings of the words "So please Chris, Johnny Guy and Phil" is making it hard to understand what we are singing. But you did a great job. I can imagine that it is not easy to match everything. I even found it hard to sing it at the same way over and over again. [emoji4] Agree, it bothers me too! Three different Chris and at least two different Will can be heard. I may need to work intensely on that part again, at the risk that the choir becomes thinner (some timings are just so off within a line that it is really hard to match them...by the way, I'm just saying this as a fact - I know it's difficult when you sing, and I am not criticiing anyone ! You all were amazing !!)
May 10, 201610 yr Author By the way, don't worry too much about the message being understood though. In my mind, I always had the lyrics of the additional chorus written out in the video and I guess I will really go on to do that...
May 10, 201610 yr By the way, don't worry too much about the message being understood though. In my mind, I always had the lyrics of the additional chorus written out in the video and I guess I will really go on to do that... It can fix the part of understanding the message and as others have said it's difficult to match the voices when we can't hear each other. But, overall it's really good, great job every one our voices are great :)
May 10, 201610 yr I know my timing was a bit off so if it helps, you can leave my vocals out. I'd rather have a good song than me making things sound out of line.
May 10, 201610 yr A suggestion: maybe for the Chris, Jonny, Guy and Phil you could do the same thing as you did with the 123 Will. So just 1 (or 2) voice. If that doesn't make things harder. [emoji3]
May 10, 201610 yr I really like this cut before the final chorus, you did such a great job! :) A suggestion: maybe for the Chris, Jonny, Guy and Phil you could do the same thing as you did with the 123 Will. So just 1 (or 2) voice. If that doesn't make things harder. [emoji3] That's a good idea
May 10, 201610 yr A suggestion: maybe for the Chris, Jonny, Guy and Phil you could do the same thing as you did with the 123 Will. So just 1 (or 2) voice. If that doesn't make things harder. [emoji3] I agree
May 10, 201610 yr By the way, I think the cut before the final chorus sounds great and really smooth, you should definitely leave it like this! Sent from my SM-N9005 using Coldplaying mobile app
May 10, 201610 yr Okay everybody, a little throwback....the audio is not yet complete after all, I just discovered that for some reason I completely overlooked the contributions sent by @AlwaysInMyHead !! :shocked2: Sorry - I promise I will work your vocals in somehow ! Meanwhile, I did the edit and actually I think it sounds okay...but for you to decide ! Ladies and gentlemen, the first version of the I Ran Away Project (audio only) - which you all made possible. Please download and tell me what you think ! http://www.filedropper.com/iranawaytrackedit First of all, it sounds better than expected xD I thought it'd be a complete mess. :D Only one little remark: I feel like the vocals are a little too loud and maybe there's a bit too much echo. I agree with the others that it would make sense to use less voices for the last part. And I think the cut betwee the final chorus was the right decision. As to the forgotten parts, just leave them out if you don't think they are fitting. Don't throw everything over just because of my crappy vocals.
May 10, 201610 yr Author Thanks all ! This evening I will attempt to rescue the chorus part and add in the missing vocals :) I kept adding reverb because it made the individual vocals sound better, but I also realized in the meantime that when you layer them it has too much total reverb now ! The only problem is, I don't know how to delete the reverb again...hm. Will try to make it less !
May 10, 201610 yr Author One more question - is in your opinion the first verse and chorus OK ? Cause its important that the first part sounds good, otherwise they might turn off the video at this point already.
May 10, 201610 yr One more question - is in your opinion the first verse and chorus OK ? Cause its important that the first part sounds good, otherwise they might turn off the video at this point already. I think the first verse and chorus sound good! But I agree with @AlwaysInMyHead that the vocals might be a little too loud... Sent from my SM-N9005 using Coldplaying mobile app
May 10, 201610 yr Author You mean too loud overall ? I wanted to put emphasis on them because the instrumental is not our work, it is just the stock instrumental of the song. The vocals are our work entirely. Thats why I mixed the instrumental in at a lower volume. But I can change that balance if people think the vocals are too prominent.
May 10, 201610 yr I didn't take part to the project, but I want to say that I'm glad of what you all are doing together. Congrats people :)
May 11, 201610 yr You mean too loud overall ? I wanted to put emphasis on them because the instrumental is not our work, it is just the stock instrumental of the song. The vocals are our work entirely. Thats why I mixed the instrumental in at a lower volume. But I can change that balance if people think the vocals are too prominent. Well, actually you're right, it's a good idea to emphazise our vocals, I didn't think of that yet! [emoji4] Sent from my SM-N9005 using Coldplaying mobile app
May 11, 201610 yr You mean too loud overall ? I wanted to put emphasis on them because the instrumental is not our work, it is just the stock instrumental of the song. The vocals are our work entirely. Thats why I mixed the instrumental in at a lower volume. But I can change that balance if people think the vocals are too prominent. I think it is a nice idea to emphasize our work, but if our vocals are too loud it just sounds less professional and unbalanced. Btw, don't worry, it already sounds nicely, and the first part is cool, too. I like the "1,2,3 - Will" a lot
May 11, 201610 yr Author Didn't get around to do the changes yet :-/ I set a deadline for myself - audio completed by May13, video completed by May 20 !
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