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As soon as he entered the door, Liu Yuan greeted everyone like an old child: "Let's go, go upstairs to see the new equipment I bought, Xiao Li, you are really in a hurry today, the equipment I just arrived last night." ”

What kind of equipment?

Li Zhifan was puzzled for a while, but he didn't ask much, and followed Liu Yuan and the others upstairs.

"Dad, you're back?"

An eight- or nine-year-old little Lori came out of a bedroom upstairs, wearing this little vest and little shorts, very cute.

But her name is Liu Yuan's father, but Li Zhifan was really shocked, his grandson should be this age, right?

But thinking about it in a blink of an eye, Liu Yuan eight or nine years ago was still in the prime of life, and it was normal to have a child at that time, and in Li Zhifan's memory, he seemed to have had a divorce incident in those years, but it didn't take long for it to pass.

went up to the third floor and followed Liu Yuan into a bedroom, which was full of recording equipment.

"Come, look, see!"

Liu Yuan said as if showing off, "It's all the latest research and development equipment, and it hasn't been listed yet, so I finally got a set." ”

For people who make music, seeing these devices can't move at all, and it will be a pity for a long time if you don't play them.

"From Stern?"

Song Song is behind the scenes, and his understanding of these devices is higher than anyone here, even more than Liu Yuan, which factory produces what equipment, which company develops what products, he knows everything well.

"Yes!"

Liu Yuan picked up the microphone, turned on the switch in turn, and then walked over and handed the microphone to Li Zhifan, "Try it?"

"Okay!

Li Zhifan didn't push, took the microphone, and hung the headphones around his neck.

Song Song directly pulled out a chair and sat down, studying these devices.

And Goofy is completely a spectator, helping out on the side or something, as a sports commentator, these things in front of him have no point at all.

This set of equipment is all intelligent, and compared with the mechanized recording equipment in many studios in China, it completely has the primary level of artificial intelligence.

After debugging for a while, Song Song called up a musical accompaniment by Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan beckoned Li Zhifan together, and the two of them finished singing and then played to listen to the effect.

"This set of equipment has a voice intelligent repair function, which is easier to operate for the average recording engineer. Ordinary singers can also record great vocals. Liu Yuan introduced, and sighed, "Alas, in the future, the singer's job will become more and more unpalatable, the equipment will be more and more advanced, and the singer himself will have less and less hard work." ”

"You can't say that!"

Li Zhifan praised slightly, "A big singer like Mr. Liu Yuan, how can it be accommodated in this small recording studio, your voice and singing skills are more suitable for outdoor live occasions." ”

"Don't say it!"

Liu Yuan said, "This set of equipment is placed outdoors, and it can also help those singers who are not very good at singing live, but the premise is that the singer is somewhat real, if there is no gas, the pitch and rhythm are a mess, and it is useless to use this equipment." ”

Gao Song said: "In fact, no one knows how to sing, just a music idiot, I really want to become a singer, put it in the recording studio and train it, and I can package it." Last time, we had a small piece of fresh meat in China, and there was no musicality at all, and finally a producer of our company found the Delex team and made up a song for him, which was electronic music and rap, and every sentence was sung, but the song became popular when it was launched, and it was a mess, and the fans bought it, and the company made a lot of money. ”

"What are you talking about...... Isn't that ......?"

Li Zhifan was about to say when Gao Song interrupted him, "Shhhh ”

Liu Yuan also changed the topic and returned to this set of equipment: "How about Zhifan, do you have any new songs to record recently, you can come to me, let's play some experimental works." ”

Although smart devices are convenient for recording, they also have different uses and results when placed in the hands of different people.

Liu Yuan definitely didn't think that recording was easier than before, compared to a singer like him, just use his mobile phone to record a song casually, and it can be called perfect without post-production.

High-tech also has other high-tech channels, such as keyboard synthesizers, which were originally invented to replace large pianos, and later developed a variety of timbres, a synthesizer can simulate various timbres, and later invented new century music and electronic music through synthesizers, until now, electronic music has become the mainstream of popular music in today's world, which is constantly experimenting and pondering by generations of musicians.

"I haven't written anything lately!"

Li Zhifan really couldn't remember what songs to record for a while, "Teacher Liu Yuan, do you want to record another work?" Forget it, it seems that you haven't released a new work for four or five years. ”

"I've been creating, but I'm just not publishing!"

Liu Yuan smiled and said, "At my level, it must be easy to release a song casually, but to have quality, but also to be able to lead the times, this is our responsibility to make music, at present, everything has not reached my ideal state, maybe it will be able to break through tomorrow, maybe it will take a long time." ”

His meaning is like a half-immortal who has entered the grandmaster, when he was young, he roamed the rivers and lakes, competed everywhere in order to experience and upgrade, and increased his experience and cultivation, but when he reached the position of grandmaster, he was no longer just for everyone, but wanted to understand higher martial arts attainments, he would retreat and practice, meditate hard, and wait for the day of great success.

Li Zhifan is still a beginner, but he also has a heart, to explore and seek the higher field of music, after all, the works he brings to the world are not his own, so he doesn't want everything to be fake, there must be some achievements in technology!

After playing with the new equipment in the morning, lunch was eaten at Liu Yuan's house, and at the stall of the meal, Liu Yuan casually said one thing: "Lilith is going to come over to record in the afternoon, Zhifan, don't be in a hurry to go back, I will introduce you two to each other." ”

"Lilith?" Li Zhifan was stunned, "Selene Lilith, the 7-time Grammy Best Pop Singer, 44-time nomination, 23-time award-winning Selene Lilith?"

"Yes!"

Liu Yuan was stunned when he saw Li Zhifan, but instead smiled lightly, "I have known her for many years, and I have made a lot of music for her, but unfortunately I can't do anything about her music style, otherwise I would have found a chance to sing with her." ”

Selene Lilith's music has always led the trend of American music, and she has also collaborated with many musicians across borders, from rock to rap, from rhythm and blues to electronic dance music, and can be said to be more than a dozen genres.

But Liu Yuan is different, he can't play the above, although he has good singing skills and amazing musicality, but for various reasons, many attempts have ended in failure.

Suddenly, Liu Yuan's eyes glanced at Li Zhifan and said, "By the way, you can? You are a young man, I listened to your works before, many of them are trend-setting works, maybe the collision between the two of you can produce some sparks!"

"I'll forget it!"

Li Zhifan waved his hand again and again, "Don't delay other people's recordings, just study next to me." ”

"Don't be modest!"

Song Song said, "Xiao Li, you are one of the few young musicians in our Chinese music circle with super high standards and musical literacy, and everything is counting on you for the future." ”

"Teacher Song praises me too much!"

Li Zhifan smiled modestly, "You will make me proud like this!"

"Haha!"

Several people couldn't help laughing, and the microphone chatted about the matter again.

Not long after the meal, Lilith came.

is not the same as the imaginary diva, Lilith came to Liu Yuan single-handedly, carrying a handbag, and gave each of the four a hug, and Li Zhifan was also honored to get one.

Lilith didn't wear makeup, but she was still beautiful without makeup, but she had more freckles on her face, but she could use very fluent Chinese to communicate with several people, but her accent was piggyback on some Wu Nong soft language.

"Lilith, introduce you to a new friend!"

Liu Yuan pulled Li Zhifan and introduced her, "This is the most popular young musician and singer in China, Li Zhifan!"

"Hello!"

Lilith blinked, stretching out her broad palm.

Li Zhifan shook it politely: "Hello!"

He didn't say much kind words, because what he knew about Lilith was only about the awards she had won and what she had done, and he didn't know anything about her music, or about her personally.

Lilith didn't care, she just thought that Li Zhifan was more taciturn, and chatted with Liu Yuan and Song Song.

"Mr. Liu, I have always wanted to make Chinese music, it is best to integrate with the music style I am familiar with, and I hope to cooperate with you, we have known each other for so long, if we can't cooperate, it's a pity!"

Lilith was like a student all the way, and she also treated Liu Yuan with that kind of pleading attitude.

But Liu Yuan said bitterly: "I've always wanted to, but I can't sing your music, and the music that I am suitable for can't highlight your characteristics, haven't we studied it many times before?"

"So that's it?"

Lilith pouted, hugged Liu Yuan's arm, and spoke in a coquettish tone.

"Isn't that a new friend for you to meet?"

Liu Yuan turned the topic to Li Zhifan, "Xiao Li came over today, I just arranged a cooperation for the two of you, his singing skills, musicality, and musical literacy are very high, I don't know if you have heard the songs he wrote, almost every one of them is a masterpiece of high quality." ”

"Really?"

Lilith glanced at Li Zhifan curiously, then turned her head to chat with Liu Yuan, "If you recommend it, of course I want to cooperate with more Chinese musicians, but this is another matter, what I just said is mainly to cooperate with you." ”

"Let's find another chance!"

Liu Yuan was vague, maybe he was really forced by Lilith's music style, so there was still some bitterness on his face.

Today's recording work is mainly Song Song, and Liu Yuan is only responsible for some vocal processing problems.

Although Song Song can't sing, he is all-round in music production, from Chinese pop music in the late 80s to American pop music now, he has served six generations of singers in the domestic entertainment industry, and often cooperates with various types of musicians abroad.

So today's production is not a problem for him at all.

Lilith's album is mainly produced in the Chinese Oriental style.

For musicians like them, the overall style of making an album is the same.

The whole album will not abruptly appear a piece of music that does not match the style of other songs, even if it can only include five songs, these five songs must be unified in style.

Lilith took out a USB flash drive from her bag and handed it to Song Song: "How many songs can you record today?"

Song Song said casually: "If it goes well, you can record two songs, after all, you have participated in the preliminary work, and you must have learned these songs a long time ago!"

The production of accompaniment music in the early stage was also done by Song Song and Liu Yuan together, and I don't know where it is, but until now, only vocal recording and post-processing work needs to be completed.

Everyone imagined that it was going well, but the first song was a little problematic.

This is an electronic music with an oriental style, with a simulated key and timbre, with the shadow of Chinese music, but when Lilith recorded it, the feeling of singing it could not be close.

It's not that she doesn't sing well enough, but the melody and accompaniment are completely two tracks, as if the characteristics of Western pop music are forcibly added to the accompaniment of Chinese music.

"No, no!"

Liu Yuan stopped for the Nth time, "You sing softer, I'll change a few notes of the melody, and you can try again." ”

Lilith didn't get tired of it, nodding her head and waiting for Liu Yuan to come up with the results of the changes.

After the change, Lilith pondered it a few more times, and then continued to record directly, but this time as soon as she sang two sentences, Liu Yuan stopped, and then said to herself: "No, why is there still a sense of disharmony?"

Li Zhifan has been listening to it, music can give people a sense of picture, I listened to Lilith's singing just now, not only did not have the beauty of the Western goddess entering the Eastern fantasy world, but there was a feeling that the Western witch was fighting with the Eastern Immortal Array.

The reason was not Lilith's timbre and melody, but as for where, he couldn't tell for a while.

The recording was at an impasse and could not move any further.

Liu Yuan even took out the manuscript and began to play music about the problems with the song.

The song was written by Liu Yuan, the lyrics were written by someone else, and the accompanying music was also written by Liu Yuan and Song Song according to the melodic harmony and Lilith's style.

But I didn't expect it to be recorded, but I was surprised.

The reason why the song is good is that it is in the word "and", harmonious music can be good, discord is noise, and discordant intervals in the recording will produce a sense of separation.

Just when Liu Yuan was scratching his ears and cheeks for a while, Li Zhifan suddenly thought of something, can you change a Chinese minor key and integrate it into the song to replace the discordant melody of the original song?

But if this is the case, the harmony in the accompaniment music will also have to be changed.

Li Zhifan walked up to Song Song and asked, "Teacher Song, can you still change the harmony of the accompaniment now?"

"Yes, I have the original engineering here, what are you going to do?"

Song Song looked at Li Zhifan suspiciously, and suddenly his eyes lit up with hope, "Ahh......h Is there a place where the harmony is out of harmony?"