@Jim Dunleavy -   

I can't imagine how you can make this any better! 

IT'S AMAZING! 

Really grand playing for this last video! 

I remember the first few video's and I love seeing how much you have benefited from the whole process.  

Really appreciate you let us watch! 

...curious to find out how you'll top it! 

- Emily

@Jim Dunleavy -

I'm probably over-stepping the line here, but the honest truth is I feel the previous version sounded better than this last one. 

If no one else hears the difference, then I apologize and just chalk it up to my inexperience. 

Either version, it's a HUGE accomplishment! 

EXCELLENT WORK, Jim! 

Thank you so much, for sharing your inspiring progress throughout this endeavor! 

...btw, you can start a Party specifically for Morrison's, or you can start a general "Jig" Party - totally up to you. 

You can count me in! 

- Emily

@Jim Dunleavy - 

Thanks, again, for putting up with me while I try to learn what I'm hearing and how to interpret it. (lol) 

I think I finally figured out what was bugging me. 

The overall quality of the music IS overall better in your final presentation, but feels dislocated from your video.  It's like when I've seen professional musicians playing outdoors, but can tell it was really recorded in a studio. 

Not sure if I'm explaining it very well - it's more of a directional/location in space thing. 

In your video prior to the final, I could watch you and could tell you were actually playing in that room by what I heard.  So, it seemed more natural to me - like I'm right there watching/listening while you play. 😊 

Is there any way to edit what you wanted, without losing sound localization? 

Or, you didn't want it?

@Jim Dunleavy - 

...first of all, other than playing my instruments, appreciating a good home stereo system or live performance... I barely have a little experience adjusting an equalizer.  I don't use headphones and try to focus on general 1st impressions, which I know can be hard to do once I listen to something multiple times. 

I liked hearing less reverb in the last video, but felt you might have pushed your violin too far back into the room - with a veil/dullness over primarily the violin, but also the piano.  I understand wanting to lessen scratches or squeaks, but I hear a loss of your violin's beautiful "tonal color" (sorry for the catch-all phrase) in this last video - compared to what I hear in your "almost finished" video. 

I try to keep in mind things like: how do I expect a type of instrument to sound, e.g., student violin vs. hardanger fiddle or Stradivarius (or type of upright piano vs. a baby grand) - how would I expect it to sound in the video setting (outdoors, a small room, auditorium or Cathedral), and then where am I supposed to be viewing/listening from? 

So then, my next question is... if the video is meant to be believable - should volume change, along with change of instrument location, if the visual change in the video is sustained more than a couple seconds?  

Got curious about all this, myself - and I probably shouldn't be searching 'sound mixing' videos, because I have enough problems just dealing with bowing and intonation!  But, I did take a peek - saw just enough to understand why people pay sound engineers. 🤣 

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