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Not so mysterious
Date: October 2020
Style: Pop/Rock
Composition and arrangement
This song was composed by Antoine van Kampen (AvK).
Lyrics
Lyrics were written by Aggie Hinskens.
Performance
Lead and background vocals were performed by Karlijn de Vries (NL; www.karlijndevries.com). Guitar parts were played by Bas van Kampen (NL; www.facebook.com/changingtidesband). Hammond XK5 and synthesizer (Nord Stage 2, Roland XP80) were performed by AvK. Drums and bass were virtual instruments.
Recording
Vocals recorded by Karlijn de Vries at her location using the Fame Vintage F47 microphone; a large-diaphragm condensor microphone.
Mixing and Mastering
Mixing was done in Cubase Pro 10.5. Mastering (only level normalization and rendering) was done using WaveLab Pro 10.0. By Antoine van Kampen
Composition notes:
This song is a derivative of Ever Mysterious. I initially composed and mixed Ever Mysterious without using most of the vocals of Karlijn De Vries. Therefore, I made a new version of this song that I dubbed Not So Mysterious. In this new version, I removed the strings and Fender Rhodes parts and I recorded new Hammond parts. The guitar parts are identical to the initial composition but I changed the sound of the guitar by using different effects. In addition, the overall balance was largely changed to have more power of the instruments.
Chord progression:
Ever Mysterious - Chord Progression (pdf) 96.83 KB 322 downloads
See also Ever Mysterious ...
Ever Mysterious - Chord Progression (Dorico) 985.98 KB 73 downloads
This file can be opened with the Steinberg Dorico music notation software See also Ever...Note that the Dorico/pdf files do not fully match the final composition/mix since at a late stage I decided to extend the bridge in Cubase.
- The bass line comes from Band-in-a-Box 2020 except for the bridge part, which was composed manually using a midi editor and using a Halion 6 (Steinberg) virtual bass instrument.
- I compiled the drum track in BFD3 (Acoustic drum software; FXpansion). I ensured that the drums matched the bass line, and added variations at various places in the composition. All individual drum tracks (kick, snare, hihat, etc) were exported to Cubase as dry wav files.
- All guitar parts were record dry (DI) Subsequently, the different guitar parts were run through Amplitube 4 (amplifier/speaker simulator; IKmultimedia) and other insert/send effects.
- The synthesizer solo was played on the Roland XP80.
Mix description
Mixing was done in Cubase Pro 10.5 using various virtual instruments and plugins (e.g., reverb, delay, eq, compressors).
Final mix
The final mix (wav, mp3) is available through Dropbox HERE.
SoundCloud
The final mix can be found at SoundCloud:
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Software
- Cubase (Steinberg)
- Wavelab (Steinberg)
- Dorico (Steinberg)
- Spectralayers (Steinberg)
