Amen! It's a focus that products, particularly software products, so often lose in the pursuit of features and tick-boxes. Focus first on a product that's easy and a pleasure to use and have a standard method to get to extended features. I've pretty much always taken the view that if something is technically logical to do, the product should do it, even if I can't at the start see a reason why anyone "would want to do that". Partly because, once the logic is established, it's quite often easier and partly because it's often turned out that there actually is a good reason why someone might want to do it.
Ezekiel, Wow, love the opening to this . . . that piano really resonates. And when it gets to that chorus . . . what a rich deep and emotional sound . . . your vocal sits right there . . . and then it quiets down . . . lovely production choices on this. Powerful emotionally . . . you nail the vocal in the chorus . . . compelling. Impressive tune . . . well done!! Deej
J&B and Peter, Well, those harmonies really take this over the top, along with some of the other more subtle BGVs. Which is not to diminish how stellar the lead vocal is . . . because it's a treat . . . as much as that slick lead solo. Wonderful mix! Yeah, like this one! Good stuff folks!! Deej
Marty, That's some smoky blues going on right there. That lead solo just slays . . . (maybe a bit too far in front of the mix? Dunno . . . see what others think). Cool rhythm and feel to this . . . good stuff! Deej
David, It's a wonderful write and terrific arrangement. In that regard, I like the build . . . starting simple and just adding along the way, which adds so much gravity to the tune as it moves on. From a production standpoint, I think the vocal is a bit too far out in front . . . I'd like it just a bit softer. Though that's an artistic preference . . . as always, go with what feels right to you. Deej
Waoband, Generally, I'm not a fan of instrumentals . . . so take my comments with a grain of salt in that regard. I think the intro is a bit too long . . . and it should get to that lead guitar more quickly. Had I not known It was an instrumental I would have expected a vocal to kick in sooner . .. so in the same spirit so should the solo . . . at least to my ear, which is just one guy's opinion, with less importance than what you think as an artist. I like a lot of what's going after that solo . . . particularly that thrash like guitar panned far left . . . and those heavier guitars thereafter. The sax is a bit too far out in front and a bit too shriek . . . it's the right instrument, I think--maybe more busy than it needs to be . . . but is just needs to sit a bit better in the mix. As it stands, it's a bit too harsh. Same with the harmonica later on. Again, personal opinion, but I think shorter instrumentals are better than longer . . . but that is more my bias against them generally I think. A lot of good stuff here. Nice work! Deej
Bob, I think what I like about this song the most is the percussion . . . it really pops and give some great accent to the tune. Your vocal is stellar on this . . . sits so well in the mix. But, boy, those drums sound so, so good. Deej
Ronnie, This song really grew on me the more I listened . . . that is, the opening seemed, well, OK lyrically . . . but as the song went on, the lyrics expanded a bit and that lovely, sincere vocal gave it just the right touch. Yeah . . . I think I'm digging this. I can see it sung at a wedding . . . well done! Deej
Donny, Yeah, this has a Willie Nelson type feel to it . . . From a production standpoint it could use some tweaking . . . the vocal (apart from the sibilance) is a bit high end . . . I'd like it a bit warmer . . . but, hey, that's all personal preference and subjective . . . but it doesn't sound like the singer is in the same room as the band . . . so maybe play with it a bit more. I like the tune a lot as is! Deej
James, DC Ron, Floyd, Bob, Alexander, Dewey, David, Ezekiel, Marty and Mario: Thanks so much for the listens. I can't tell you how guilty I felt letting this song sit around for as long as I did, particularly given that right from the start I told Christian I wanted to write the lyrics for it. It was such a wonderful tune, and I could hear the melody so easy . . . it's just that the words never seemed to come or fit. But sometimes letting a song sit is the best thing . . . and hopefully that's the case here. Glad you enjoyed it for what it is. My best to you all, Deej
You're right, DrDan, it is a workaround. But I'm always up for new ways of getting the job done. It would be great if we didn't have to work outside Biab. In theory, we should be able to do all this without having to use other software. By now, after all these decades of Band-in-a-box, still having to use workarounds is crazy. But I'm glad there are Biab users out there, still pushing the limits and finding new ways around certain problems, even if they are a tad clunky & quirky. I do hope PG iron out all of the issues surrounding 'Drum Stems', because it's quite obvious that people, overwhelmingly prefer to use drum stems over loops and drum mixes.
> The problem I see is when rendering to audio, it takes "forever". I see that temp files always are using the location of BIAB's install as the temp file location. Jason, I assume you’re referring to BiaB, and not Realband, For BiaB, what temp files are you referring to? Normally, to save a mp3, the only files saved are going to be the master.wav and the master.mp3 and both of those get saved to the (fast c:\…) directory you choose, and not to the BB home directory. The .mp3 conversion gets done by a windows codec, so we don’t have any control over that, but I don’t recall it needing to use temp files to do that. So let me know what temp files you are seeing. ‘The slowness you are seeing is likely related to the slow USB connection to the hard drive you’re describing that contains BiaB as well as the RealTracks. That would affect generation time of the arrangement itself, which takes place in memory, not on disk. But to make the arrangement, it is reading (not writing) lots of files from the RealTracks and RealDrums folders in your (slow) USB drive.’ What is the time to just render to a .WAV file?
So you have the Win version running on Mac in a VM and you want to render to mp3 but it's too slow ? If you had Reaper running on Mac it would just instantly open the frozen Win SGU and could load the tracks in as mp3 or other formats.
If I can get any real time signature I like, any number of bars, any tempo map, instant easy nondestructive editing, as many tracks as I like, as many song tabs as I like, direct play of any audio format compressed/uncompressed/multichannel I like, a Win, Lin, Mac version at the same time with the same features, Live Arranging, and they have something called "VST3". What are you giving me with Biab that will turn me on ? Video: Reaper-Biab-BBVST-Vocal-Drum-Stems.mp4Full Screen
The guitar sounded mighty fine to me. Vocal is good too, but I would like it to be a bit louder in the mix.
I agree with ES on the vox in the mix. Really enjoyable tune and the production suits it well. You said this is not the final mix so I would try and get the ending more in sync. Dewey
Thanks Dewey, here is the next version of it with comments and a video. Thanks for all your love and help. Donny G Somethin' about You video version
This is a song that I wrote for my daughter when she was 10 years old, she's fixing to turn 35, but she'll always be a "Daddy's Girl"!! https://on.soundcloud.com/ZbWSYh8VvBqgrW7b9 Daddy's Girl From the moment that I saw her, I know that God had sent an angel my way, she's daddy's girl. They say she looks a lot like me, I know this is how God meant it to be, I praise him for, a daddy's girl. When I see her on her knees in prayer, praying to the Lord up in the air, I'm proud to say, she's daddy's girl, She writes with her left and her eyes are blue, but you know what mine are too, I thank my God for a daddy's girl. Chorus: I remember she'd say "Daddy Pray", I could always kiss the hurt away, I've found her love for God, so warm and true. And I know that every time she sings, her voice, up in heaven rings, I thank my God, for a daddy's girl. I remember she'd say "Daddy Pray", I could always kiss the hurt away, I've found her love for God, so warm and true. And I know that every time she sings, her voice, up in heaven rings, I thank my God, for a daddy's girl. Tascam DP32SD recorder, Shure SM 58 mic Lexicon Alpha Interface, Cakewalk by Bandlab
It's a bit spooky with the suggestion of stalking, missiles & bullets tinging the regret. I suppose regret & loss are often tinged with less generous emotions. Sounded great, read well and prompted me to ponder so ALL GOOD!
The images in this rock instrumental's video depict the progress of a new relationship in 4 stages. Will it succeed or fail? This is the first instrumental I've done in BiaB in which I couldn't find a single solo which was consistently good throughout, so the opening and closing guitar solos are hybrids of 2 solos and the middle harmonica solo is a hybrid of 3. Drums: 3 Guitar Country Rock ~ Brian Fullen Bass Guitar: Country Rock Guitar Solo, Pop Ba ~ Tobin Frank Organ: Country Rock Guitar Solo, Pop Ba ~ Gene Rabbai 1st Rhythm Guitar: Rock Guitar Solo, Pop Ba ~ Mike Durham 1st Guitar Solo: Jovian Divine Alt Rock Soloing ~ Brent Mason 2nd Rhythm Guitar: Centaur Gtr Solo Hard Rock Bal ~ Darin Favorite Harmonica Solo: hybrid of 2 parts Wounded Ev Fiery Harmonica Blues & 1 part Vicksburg Harmonica Even-8 Blues ~ L. D. Miller 3rd & 4th Rhythm Guitars: Jovian Divine Alt Rock Soloing ~ Mike Durham 5th & 6th Rhythm Guitars: Nashville Radio Power Bal Solo ~ Danny Rader 2nd Guitar Solo: Nashville Radio Power Bal Solo ~ Danny Rader
Two Chords? The right TWO chords. The superb rendering of "This a way..." is worth the price of admission alone. Then there's Peter's filigree and Bud's tracking & mixing. Absolute cool.
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Video: Making a Song with Band-in-a-Box®, ChatGPT, and Synth V
Take your Band-in-a-Box® project to a whole new level when you incorporate ChatGPT and Synth V to add lyrics and vocals to your song!
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