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I use Coyote as softsynth in BIAB. If I want to use ADDITIONALLY another softsynth (for exemple Massive) to play and record with my MIDI-controller, how can I do that? I do not understand the manual completely.
If possible, a step-by-step explication would be helpful.
Further question:
I own native instruments Komplete. Is there a softsynth working/sounding better than Coyote (with BIAB)? How can I change the synths? Do the synths get the information which sounds to use, automatically?
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Hi
BIAB was designed to use standard creative midi synth`s which mean`t once a tune was loaded the program would sort out the instruments to use and you did not have to spend time messing about loading the right instruments,so you could not use more then one synth to play your tunes over the years PG has worked on other synth like Sampletank 2, garritan and other synth modules but you have to add each instrument seperatly which can take some time but it does work now,when you use a module like coyote you can run something like the jukebox and not have to touch it atall as the program will pick all the right instruments as the BIAB jukebox changes tunes, i think the best module is the Ketron SD2 wich is as good as any and plays like a basic midi synth
regards Dave Hoskins
Last edited by jazzband; 07/19/12 02:47 AM.
I always play the right notes but not always in the right order
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Alright, that answers my question nr. 2.
But is it possible to use one additional softsynth to record and play a melody with a MIDI-controller?
I have a breath controller and use some special softsynths.
If I can do it, how does it work?
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Not quite, Gonzo. The issue is General Midi or GM. Biab defaults to GM but a user has never been forced to use GM. GM is a no brainer convienence thing. The basic Wavetable synth in your PC that sounds mostly like a kazoo is GM. The Ketron SD2 that costs $400 also has a GM soundbank that sounds great. It's up to the company how good a GM soundbank sounds. GM has 128 patches and 39 of those are special effects like helicoptor and gunshot. That's very limiting. GM gives you one or two examples of each instrument, that's it. What about all the killer different types of keyboards, trumpets etc, etc that full blown synths have? My Kurzweil PC3 has just under 1,000 patches for example. Your Massive synth is probably similar. You can access all of those sounds with Biab but since they're not GM it doesn't happen automatically. That all this is. GM is simple, automatic but very limited. That may be good enough for you but if you want more then you need to set up your different instrument patches manually. To make this even more confusing a lot of synths don't bother with a GM soundbank because frankly most pro's don't care one whit about GM, they think it's for amateurs who know nothing about this stuff.
Biab 2012 now allows multiple synths to be used so yes you can play one yourself and use several more for other instruments if you want to. Older versions don't allow that.
Bob
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