The last song I did with Eleanor Forte AI had her pitched high, and a lot of people commented that she sounded like an alto trying to sing a soprano’s part.
So I took her to the bottom of her range this time.
That caused some nasty metallic-sounding artifacts in her aspiration that required adjusting the Gender parameter.
Edit:spitfire31 suggested I add a modulation at the end, which gets her out of the mud for the final verse and gives the song a bit of needed lift.
I’ve also paired her with with a higher harmony, and done some (hopefully subtle) doubling of the primary vocal as well, to fatten the sound up a bit.
Feedback is welcome, as I’m still tweaking the vocals and mix.
Great song, with a very cool backing and perfect pacing!
My other immediate impression is that Eleanor sounds lovely in her husky register – except, some of her lowest words sound more or less out of her range. Maybe lift her a notch or two?
Finally, toward the end of the song I start wishing for a key change or why not eight bars of organ solo – I can feel a slight ‘monotony warning’.
Whatever some nitpicks – a very enjoyable song in its own right!
At this point, I’ve made most of my mixing changes, but if I go back, I’ll definitely give that some consideration. For my prior song, I’m thinking of changing the key as well - for the first half, anyway, since the second half fits the male register fairly well.
You’re also right about “monotony warning” here. I’d considered sticking in a solo instead of a third verse, but went with the full verse instead. It’s clocking in at 4:00, and adding a bridge would only make it longer.
So adding key change to relieve having to hear the same thing again is a great suggestion.
The only excuse I can give is that I was just relived to have gotten lyrics for all the verses, and wanted to get it mixed and out the door.
… Which is a terrible reason.
It’s good to get nitpicks - I do it all the time, and I asked for them.
