This is an update to my original composition, and it moves the drumkit to top-center and adds some Timeless 2 (FabFilter Software Instruments) stereo echoes to the Discover Series “Cuba” Collection sassy trumpet. I also added some CSR Classik Studio Reverb (IK Multimedia) and used the Hall “Small Concert” preset, which is subtle but nice. The reverb is on everything, but the echoes are only on the sassy trumpet, where the echo repeat time is synchronized to the tempo and effectively makes it sound a bit like two sassy trumpets rather than just one. I also adjusted the panning of the MachFive 3 (MOTU) Mark 79 electric piano and ran it through the T-RackS (IK Multimedia) Vintage Compressor Model 670 with a modified “Lat Vert – Widener” preset, where for reference the original Fairchild Model 670 unit had the ability to control the lateral and vertical audio for stereo recordings, where “lateral” referred to the sides of grooves on vinyl records and “vertical” referred to the bottom portion of groves, with audio information being contained in both the lateral portions of grooves and the vertical portion, since the top of the stylus moved both (a) back and forth and (b) upward and downward within the grooves of a stereo vinyl record. This particular setting happens to enhance the sound of voices and some instruments, which is the reason it is used in recording studios, where for example it was used to enhance Beatles vocal tracks.

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