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Feature Request: Drop Block chords on Plugin to import progression from DAWs and Progression Tools #668627 08/15/21 07:52 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,427 Oregon jpettit OP Veteran
OP jpettit Veteran Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,427 Oregon	Feature Request: Drop Block chords on Plugin to import progression from DAWs and Progression Tools I have noticed that Plugin does not support one of the most obvious flows for a songwriter. Most of the things in BIAB assume you are using BIAB and exporting to other tools later. (That is a bit old school) The plugin offers a much more natural flow for songwriting where the ideas are developed in a DAW or Progression building tool and then fleshed out with backing tracks from BIAB Plugin inside the DAW. By the plugin accepting block chords nothing proprietary like markers used as chord name placeholders are needed. It only needs to know how to recognize universally available block chords from an external source. Since BIAB can already do this with the real-time input recognition software this should be easy to implement within the plugin. Please support this idea. Studio One (latest version), Win 11 23H2 , i9 -10940X 3.3 GHz, 32GB Mem, a 4K 40" monitor, PreSonus Studio Live III Console as interface/controller. secondarily test on Reaper, Cakewalk, and S1 on Surface Pro 3 Win 10 (latest versions).

Re: Feature Request: Drop Block chords on Plugin to import progression from DAWs and Progression Tools jpettit #668643 08/15/21 11:07 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,498 Wauconda	I have now read this several times and believe I understand what is being requested and could not agree more! This actually describes my evolving workflow. Meaning this is what I do. But to integrate BIAB in this approach is currently a bit of a manual workaround. This is an excellent feature to add to the BIAB-VST to make it work well with other music apps. Dan, BIAB2024, SoundCloud Win11, i7(12thGen), 32GB, 1TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD), 2TB Libraries, 1 TB(WD-Black), 2TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD)Data, Motu Audio Express, Keystation 61, SL88 Studio, Reaper

Re: Feature Request: Drop Block chords on Plugin to import progression from DAWs and Progression Tools jpettit #668682 08/15/21 03:54 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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Trucky Apprentice Joined: Jul 2021 Posts: 146 Mpls. MN	I agree. This needs to be supported. Windows 11 Pro 64-bit (23H2), BiaB and Realband 2023, Studio One 6 Pro (latest release), Reason 11, Live 10, StudioLive Series III 32, Intel NUC 13 (Intel i5-1340P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD)

Re: Feature Request: Drop Block chords on Plugin to import progression from DAWs and Progression Tools jpettit #668853 08/17/21 09:17 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,498 Wauconda	All of this chord info transfer behave a little better in Reaper with the BIAB-VST and other Music apps then in other DAWs. This was a pretty simple example and the fact that only one chord was missing, left me a bit speechless at the end of the video. So it turns out, in my workflow, using Reaper, I don't really need any more. I don't expect the chord midi data (voicings) to carry over into BIAB since the Style will adjust all of that. Having the chords directly from Scaler, where they were composed, is a big help. But since BIAB is apparently using only the midi chord label, this leads to a problem when the chords get more complex than triads. The syntax of the naming convention often confuses BIAB-VST. But BIAB-VST styles messes so much with chord extensions and voicing, that much of that is lost in translation anyway. Dan, BIAB2024, SoundCloud Win11, i7(12thGen), 32GB, 1TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD), 2TB Libraries, 1 TB(WD-Black), 2TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD)Data, Motu Audio Express, Keystation 61, SL88 Studio, Reaper

Re: Feature Request: Drop Block chords on Plugin to import progression from DAWs and Progression Tools jpettit #668875 08/17/21 01:08 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,427 Oregon jpettit OP Veteran
OP jpettit Veteran Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,427 Oregon	Thanks, Dan, glad it works in Reaper, it does not in Studio One. :-( Studio One (latest version), Win 11 23H2 , i9 -10940X 3.3 GHz, 32GB Mem, a 4K 40" monitor, PreSonus Studio Live III Console as interface/controller. secondarily test on Reaper, Cakewalk, and S1 on Surface Pro 3 Win 10 (latest versions).

Re: Feature Request: Drop Block chords on Plugin to import progression from DAWs and Progression Tools jpettit #668885 08/17/21 02:10 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,498 Wauconda	OK, just for the record - I still fully support the recommendation for d&d of the midi block chords. Just because we have a workaround when using Reaper doesn't mean other DAWs should miss out on this capability. Dan, BIAB2024, SoundCloud Win11, i7(12thGen), 32GB, 1TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD), 2TB Libraries, 1 TB(WD-Black), 2TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD)Data, Motu Audio Express, Keystation 61, SL88 Studio, Reaper

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