Yeah I can vouch for RapidComposer! I have the full version and it is nothing short of amazing! Regular updates and a developer that is active in the forums and addresses all issues and most requests quickly! Very refreshing tool and dev!
anyone one can download the Beta versions at anytime, give feedback and request features.
RapidComposer Development Road Map Last updated 2016-11-12 FYI. NOTHING YOU READ HERE IS SET IN STONE. FEATURES CAN BE CHANGED, ADDED OR CANCELLED AT ANY TIME.
These features will be added in the coming months (years )
v3.2 (January 2017)
Improved phrase editor with timeline and playback position Drum maps, editing percussion, drum phrases New melody generator
v3.3 (April 2017)
Chord palette rewrite, circle of fifth, chord builder and other options Borrowed chords Chord progressions may contain chord lengths and scale Allow chord entry from MIDI keyboard everywhere Move progression editing into chord palette, remove Progression Editor tab
v3.4 and later
Scale and chord finder tool built in the scale and chord browsers Sharing custom phrases and using other users' shared phrases integrated into the phrase browser Phrases may contains MIDI controllers and pitch bending (editable in the phrase editor) New phrase generators (harp glissando, piano left hand pattern generator) New interactive melody generator Melody analysis from MIDI tracks, melody rules MIDI file browser showing detailed file info Lyrics track Audio import and display improvements Tracks may have own guide/master track MIDI controllers could be assigned to sliders on the UI Modulation Acoustic guitar chord shown on master track Editable acoustic guitar chords Project management Tunings UI scaling MIDI mapping phrases MIDI learn - use MIDI controllers for various sliders and operations Support for VST plug-ins for audio effects AU plug-in version for OS X
I am in love with (RC) RapidComposer LE. It has so many options that it was confusing (repeat confusing) at the beginning, I couldn't figure out how to use it. I watched all the tutorials on YouTube "many" times before it sunk in. I play instrumental music (on guitar - can't sing). Maybe I'll get back into writing songs again.
The manual is broken into chapters (PDF). However the hot keys in the tutorials are all outdated. But you can export the RC's Hot Keys into text and use a Word s/w to convert it into a PDF.
Still in the learning stage, and haven't tried to use it with BIAB. I have all of Pipeline's tip(s) which I'll get to later.
It's on sale and I would encourage you to give it a try. Do watch the videos, the Chapters are good (minus the Hot Keys).
Looking forward to the next BIAB.
Have a good day.
DE
Win 10, 64 bit, love my Lenovo T420, BIAB 2019 (613), RB 2019 (2)
I just about gave up on it when I first tried it but I soon learned the basics then I found out what it can do. It's good you can assign any shortcut key. You can go in the v3 Beta Feedback And Discussion (Bugs, Features, Suggestions) give feedback and suggest features. You can try the Betas just change your download link. /rapidcomposerinstallerx64betav3.php /rapidcomposerinstallerbetav3.php
RapidComposer is complex and the interface, while more modern than BIAB, is still quite quirky in my opinion. I was lost until I discovered the videos but honestly I don't find them to be that good because the guy who does them just clicks things and doesn't usually explain (or even know) why things work like they do. I found myself skipping over much of his commentary because I found it annoying!
But there are certainly things about RC that are great! The patterns and chord progression library are amazing. The prompts for what chord comes next is great. I believe that idea generator could be useful but so far I have not gotten anything good out of it.
It is a complex tool but one I am very glad to have in my toolkit!!! (I hope Pipeline keeps writing tutorials as I wanna use it more with BIAB!)
I agree Chris (who latched onto RC from the start) is not very good but it's really all there is. Which may explain why I had to view all of them many times. I searched on YouTube and found one guy who's done a few but doesn't speak, just uses Text prompts. He replied that his voice is worst than his text.
RC really needs to create updated vids and manual. Hope it's really soon.
Next step is BIAB & RC.
DE
Win 10, 64 bit, love my Lenovo T420, BIAB 2019 (613), RB 2019 (2)
Humor: I think he lives on YouTube, replied instantly to all my comments to about a dozen videos.
You need to scroll down a fair ways to get to RC section.
PS: says he'll slow down his actions on RC.
DE
Thanks for sharing this! Nice to have more options to learn about RC. I only watched one video so far (Chord Progressions) and seems like he repeats the actions a lot! I guess that's what the scrubber is for!
Can someone explain exactly what RC does? And what does it have to do with Biab?
I'm getting the impression this is something I might like but I also checked out a few of the vids and they told me nothing. I'm a musician and I need a musical example. Something like here is a song I did in Biab (put it on Soundcloud or wherever) and here's what I did with it in RC (also put it up somewhere).
Thanks JJJ. The phrases look like something similar to the midi phrases Biab generates or the Supertracks but with immediate control over them. Cool. It also means the same thing midi means with Biab. You need a good synth for the audio or those midi phrases will still sound like cheap crap.
The chords part looks pretty cool too. It looks like there is a lot of control there including selecting standard chord progressions and I guess RC will simply populate the song with them? That can save some time over manually entering chords in Biab although there are plenty of Biab demo songs using all those progressions too. I've started with those for the same reason, saving time from manually entering the chords.
I see what Pipeline is doing now, he's managed to link (or partially link) Biab and RC together. That sounds pretty cool too.
One question, what does it do for midi drum tracks?
I can't listen to the audio examples right now but I will check some out later.
You just need to import the BB Output Chords from Biab to get the same chord track and tempo map in each.
If you'd like to insert chord change on 1/8 or 1/16 or on any snapped positions, you can do that, if you enable "Use Snap For Chord Positions" in settings.
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