Castle Paradox

Setu_Firestorm

I decided for the hay of it to make an alternative rock album using the new virtual vocalist instrument I got. So enjoy the first track (it took 7 freaking hours to make this)

http://setu.castleparadox.com/exhiled/01-Confessions.mp3

and so you can understand the lyrics better, here they are:

Joe Man · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:54 pm Post subject:

Hmm... I expected your voice to be a tad deeper... :P

Anyway, very good. Maybe you'll finall get something else up on your shop (or even better, set up one that I could buy stuff from). I think my church would like this one, and it would likely become a regular part of 6:00 mass if the band got a hold of it.
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LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject:

Thoughts on the song: This really sounds professional. It's quite parallel to a lot of music that I listen to on my favorite rock station (89.7 "the river", bitches). You have mastered a lot of the effects, haven't you? :/

I enjoyed the bulk of the song. The voice is haunting, quite nice, but in some parts it seems to get off note a little. Maybe it's just a warp effect or something... It reminds me of a female singer I like...

Thoughts on the lyrics: Beautiful. I mean it. They are what I call the typical punk love song lyrics I am hearing a lot of these days, but you do them beautifully. I also like the "round" at around 4 minutes into the song. A very appropriate fit.

Keep wheelin' out these hits, Setu.

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Artimus Bena · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:44 pm Post subject:

I enjoyed very much playing a solo along with this; and that's a good sign Happy

Good work
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Squall · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:40 pm Post subject:

Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:13 am Post subject:

Yes, the vocals are all virtual. They're not even real. It's just another instrument that I have to use.

And LeRoy, the fact that she sounded a bit offkey in some areas is because the instrument allows you to freely add the factor of human error, and when I drew the Pitch Bend graph, I purposely had her wander slightly off without going too far off the deep end. However, I think I know which part of the song you're talking about. I might have accidentally plotted out the wrong note in the harmony (2nd half of the 2nd chorus "Maybe I'm just foolish" part).

Other than that, glad ya liked it!
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cabbageking · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:58 am Post subject:

This is a really great song, and i had no idea you could make a computer sing your songs!! Thats really quite something. Technology moves so fast these days...

The song's great as i said. The guitar bits are rocking man, and I like the lyrics too! Very well done!
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phyrfox · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject:

Alright. That's a true show of software as well as personal talent... What program/ tools are used in that? I've been wanting to write my own music, but a lack of being able to... vocalize without resorting to standard clips (I have no mike on this computer) and the fact that my voice only comes out in one tone anyway... Point me in the right direction, please?

~= phyrfox =~

Joe Man · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:08 pm Post subject:

Nuendo. Add a bunch of cool features, and you're good to go.
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Me · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:27 am Post subject:

http://www.steinberg.net/ProductPage_sb.asp?Product_ID=2444&Langue_ID=7

I think that's it. Setu says it's "extremely expensive," the fact that the price is not readily visible on the product page further supports this.
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phyrfox · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:47 am Post subject:

Moogle1 · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:21 am Post subject:

No, it's more around the $3000 range. Expensive.
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Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:20 pm Post subject:

Alrighty, feel free to try that link again!

http://setu.castleparadox.com/exhiled

Just last night I made the second song. I know that most rock bands won't do a mellow piece until at least track 4, but I figured I'd try something different.

Also, in the bridge, I added my voice for vocals in....along with a few metal screams. <.< >.>

Joe Man · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:25 pm Post subject:

*Note that I paid no attention to the quality of the actual lyrics for this review*

I like the actual music. As with all of you work that I've seen, the music is the strongest aspect, and it transitions well from instrumentals to the sung parts, taking little attention from the song.

However, you still have a lot of work to do with the virtual vocalist. It's too hard to understand WTF it's saying and you're going too far with the pitch bend. Also, your voice simply didn't sound right is an otherwise 100% synthetic rock song, and I also noticed a qualit difference (though that may have been intentional). Now, I didn't mind too much because I really don't care what the guy's saying as long as the music is good (Example: Rammenstein), but the quality was deteriorated somewhat by the virtual vocalist's poor pitch and the quality difference of your voice. Try to keep everything pretty much the same.

But I do like it. A lot. Keep it coming. Don't stop until you've filled up every byte of space you can. Then Keep it coming even more. Then give me free CDs. Then give me a free CD case to hold your CDs. Then convince yourself that I'll give you money. Then don't find out all of my money is in my college fund.

By the way, where will I be able to buy this CD when you're done? Will you be able to get a contract with Yahoo for your music to play on Launch or some similar service like Real's? That would be awesome. I hope you manage to get that big deal with some big company you've been waiting for all your life.
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