OldCountry2's Profile

OldCountry2's real name is Steward Hollar. Steward is 76 years old, is located in Texas / USA and has been a SingSnap member since February 13, 2008. So far he has made a total of 105 recordings.

When I first joined SS it was good. You could go GOLD, change the key for the song up/down one key, and every thing was better. THEN THEY ADDED STERO WHICH "SOUNDS" LIKE IT WOULD BE GREAT. "WRONG" THEY ALSO PUT IN A MIXER. THAT MESSED UP EVERYTHING. I'M A SINGER = NOT A RECORDING ENGINEER. IF you get your singing in sync with the music you are lucky. If you are on cam and get the lip movement, singing and the music in sync - you have CREATED A "MIRACLE". Something YOU really had no control over = it just HAPPENED. Don't look for it to HAPPEN again, it won't. They tell you = OH, "MONO IS STILL THE SAME" - HORSE DROPPINGS. IT IS NOT. YOUR LIPS ARE OUT OF SYNC WITH THE MUSIC. I have recordings of SHAME SHAME ON YOU on my site that LOOKED PERFECT, UNTIL I SAVED THEM. NONE ARE THE SAME, AND ALL ARE OUT OF SYNC "AFTER" I SAVED THEM. THAT IS WHAT THE MIXER WAS SUPPOSED TO DO, GET EVERYTHING IN SYNC--HORSE DROPPINGS.
one place YOU tell me to CLOSE everything I can. NOW YOU TELL ME open another program. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT both ways. SO WHICH WAY IS RIGHT??? OH, YOU WANT "ME" TO PLAY WITH IT TILL I "FIND" SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK.
I'M NOT A RECORDING ENGINEER, come on now, I only have TODAY to get my song on the FEATURE page.

OK, so they finally put in a link BACK to the mixer. How many times do we have to run it through to TRY to get it in sync and take out all the SKIPS AND PAUSES? I've tryed everything from +13 to -13 and can't get my voice/music/CAM in sync. it sounds close, in remix, but still way off in save. CAM IS NO WHERE NEAR CLOSE. Singers get tired of mixing and remixing the remix. they give up the CAM and go MONO - still paying for GOLD. come renew time alot of us will DROP GOLD, AN'T WORTH THE HASSLE. You are gonna wish you had fixed it. I MISS SEEING MY FRIENDS SING. THEY STOPPED USEING THE CAM BECAUSE LIKE ME, THEY CAN'T GET IT RIGHT. SHAME ON YOU SS. MORE AND MORE WE END UP USEING MONO. IS THAT REALLY WHAT WE PAY $70.00 A YEAR FOR??
I DON'T THINK SOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. WHEN USEING STERO I HEAR THE STERO MUSIC AND SING TO IT. BUT MY RECORDER CAN ONLY HEAR AND RECORD MY VOICE - NOT THE MUSIC. NOW THATS REALLY DUMB, OR A VERRRRY SMART RECORDER.
IF IT COULD HEAR AND RECORD MY VOICE IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR AND RECORD THE STERO MUSIC AT THE SAME TIME. THEN YOU DON'T NEED A "MIXER" TO SCREW THINGS UP. IT WOULD ALL BE TOGETHER AND, ANY "OUT" OF SYNC TIME IS THE SINGERS FAULT. Is that simple? or is that simple? What part of record at the same time DON'T you understand?

I don't use a mixer on my site. I FOLLOWED EVERYTHING THEY SAID DO. (that I can KEEP UP WITH). SingSnaps ANSWER TO THE PROBLE IS = WE ARE SORRY NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. "WRONG - WRONG - WRONG" You can take the STERO AND MIXER OFF. SOMEBODY HAS SOLD YOU A PIG IN A POKE. YOU MADE A BAD DECISION TO PUT IT ON. "YOU" GOT TAKEN = NOW YOU ARE TAKING "US", TO GET EVEN WITH "THEM", AND "YOUR" REALLY BAD DECISION TO GOT STERO. Another out of sync song on my site is "WHITE LIGHTING". Looks like one of those movies trying to convert from one language to another but the lips don't move the same as the words.

NOW = IF YOU THINK I'M GOING TO TURN MY FIREWALL AND ANTI-VIRUS OFF - LEAVE MY COMPUTER OPEN TO GOD KNOWS WHAT, TO GET A SONG IN SYNC, CAUSE YOU HAVE A BAD PROGRAM =
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? YOU MUST BE TO ASK ME TO DO THAT.

WHAT IS THE DEAL: IF A SONG IS RECORDED IN THE ORGINAL KEY AND THE REMIXER IS USED, YOU "SAY" WE CAN GET IT IN SYNC . (IF WE REMIX ENOUGH)
"BUT", IF YOU ARE "GOLD" AND GO UP/DOWN A KEY AND USE MIXER, IT WILL "NOT" BE IN SYNC.

DIDN'T THAT JUST KILL THE "REASON" TO HAVE GOLD.

ALL WE "SHOULD" HAVE TO DO IS SING AND SAVE. WE ARE SINGERS:

NOT "RECORDING ENGINEERS" FOR GODS SAKE.

Has anyone stopped to look at ALL the INSTRUCTIONS, TIPS HINTS, DOES, DON'TS and CHANGES TO YOUR COMPUTER THEY WANT YOU TO MAKE JUST TO GET A SONG IN SYNC.
WHAT WILL THAT DO TO "MY" OTHER PROGRAMS. SOLUTION:

JUST GET A RECORDER THAT RECORDS MY SINGING, WITH THE MUSIC AND CAM (IF CHOSEN) AT THE SAME TIME. NO MIXER NEEDED. ANY OUT OF SYNC IS SINGERS FAULT. SING IT AGAIN OR LEAVE IT OUT. WE ARE NOT SELLING CD'S HERE.

Getting a song in sync gets more complicated each day

YOUR RULES CHANGE DAY TO DAY. HOW THE HECK ARE WE TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THEM??

I guess we need one MORE rule: BEFORE RECORDING, READ ALL THE RULES. (but it still won't get your song in sync)

LET ME GO OVER IT ONE MORE TIME FOR OLD TIMES SAKE.
I HEAR AND SING TO STERO MUSIC (THAT MY RECORDER CAN'T HEAR) MY RECORDER RECORDS ONLY MY SINGING BECAUSE (IT CAN'T HEAR THE MUSIC). NOW YOU WANT "ME" TO USE A MIXER TO MIX MY SINGING WITH THE STERO MUSIC I COULD HEAR BUT MY RECORDER COULD NOT HEAR. THAT IS DUMBER THAN DIRT. FIX THE RECORDER TO HEAR THE STERO MUSIC AND RECORD IT AT THE SAME TIME MY SINGING IS RECORDED. NO MIXER NEEDED. THEN ITS IN SYNC (IF I SING IT RIGHT). ANY OUT OF SYNC IS MY FAULT NOT SOME DUMB MACHINE.

MY ADVISE ABOUT THE STERO AND MIXER, BAD DOG = GO HOME BOY. TAKE'EM OFF. I AM NOT A HAPPY CAMPER. OC2