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Andrew, love the groovy thang you have goin' on here. That opening guitar section is superb. Love the guitar-driven overall sound, too. Great vocals, and I'd agree that the gentle double tracking suits you very well. Great arrangement, and the bridge is quite tasty indeed. Yes, heavier, but still catchy and cool.
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Thanks Izzy - I used volume automation on the guitar (I didn't know this was called 'ducking') but obviously not enough! I was worried that the guitar might be up and down and this might be disorientating for the listener - anyway, I'll be a bit more bullish with my automation and see how it goes. I just need to have a breather so I have some fresh ears. Andrew Sorry to butt in  The easiest way to duck guitar with vox using Reaper, which I know you use, is to use the Reaper ReaComp plugin as the last effect on your guitar track. Feed it via the side chain input (3/4) from the vocal track. And then adjust the Threshold to get the level you want. Much faster than using automation. I learned how to do it from a Kenny Gioia video many years ago. Set up the compressor similar to this:
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G'day Andrew, Thanks for pointing me over here from the other sub forum. I think a certain Mr Garrett would be happy with the song, it's right in The Oils wheelhouse and I can imagine what it would sound like with Rob Hirst (RIP) driving it along. As for ducking, I use it from kick to bass to allow the beater hit to come through without competition from the bass and also to a bit less aggressively to give the lead vocal space from a dominant fill/backing instrument. I'm not sure in other DAWs but it's simple in Reaper using sidechain compression, for the kick I do a send from the kick to the bass to land as aux to the comp on the bass, I set the attack at zero and the release at 10ms with something around a 3db cut, I'm sure I'm preaching to the converted and highly skilled here but it could help those who don't understand the concept. Hi Dave! Glad you’ve popped over for a look and listen! I reckon you have a few songs with BIAB content you could post here and they’d have a lot of appeal. I’m still not sure enough about this side-chain thing but you’ve given me enough words to be able search for video tutorials. Second comment about the Oils so I must have added some unintended vibe that our Aussie members have picked up. Andrew
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I just learned that owners of Fender Studio Pro v8 get a free perpetual license for Tonalic Essential! Log into your Fender account and click on "View Details" for the Fender Studio Pro "New Release". Then click on the Celemony Tonalic product card. Swipe and copy the "Product Key" and then click on "Redeem". Now it gets a bit complicated. Clicking on Redeem just dumps you on the Tonalic home page. Then, click on "Buy" and choose any one of the subscription options. This will take you to a page where you create an account. Above the data entry fields, there's this line: If you already have an activation code for a product you can register it or add it to an existing account. Click on "register it". This will take you to another account creation page where you enter your details. After you confirm the email address, the next page (IIRC) let's you enter the Product Key. You can then download Tonalic Essential. I was surprised and pleased that it granted a perpetual license and not something like one free month. In Studio Pro v8, there's a Tonalic tab in the Browser between "Loops" and "Files" on the right side of the SP8 window. I don't know if this tab was there all along or got added after I installed Essential. Anyway, click on the Tonalic tab and log into the account you just created, and Bob's your uncle. Note that there's a standalone version that also get installed. On Windows, Tonalic.exe is located in: C:\Program Files\Celemony\Tonalic It also gives you up to $100 off of the first year subscription if you choose to upgrade. So for a year subscription to the standard version is only $49.
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Hi Dave and Chris! Three good things I like about this song … Chris’s vocals weaving with Dave’s licks, and great style choice - the latter reminding me of the vibe on Smash Mouth’s Astro Lounge album. This mix sounds great as well - I think that makes it four! Enjoyed listening. Andrew Thanks for all of that, Andrew, appreciated! I'll definitely buy one of your CDs, if only to hear Chris sing (sorry Dave and Marty. You now I love you guys too  ). I've never heard the original, but your remix/master sounds pretty good. This particular song was from our second CD, Blue Line, which we released in 2019. We did four CD's before deciding to concentrate on singles, and now we mostly concentrate on YouTube 'cause that's where we have the most success. They are all still available of Spotify, iTunes, etc. Really good and tasteful guitar playing, perfectly interwoven with the vocals. Is this called Rumba-Blues? Yes! Rumba Blues, you have a good ear. Basically Blues over a Rhumba groove. Anyway, I really enjoyed my listen. A lot Thanks!
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I read the comments before listening, which made me think I might not like this. But everything about it worked fine for me. I think you mixed it well and that is why it works. Your song had a lot of energy and attitude and that was very appealing to me. Whenever a songwriter chooses a political topic, there are bound to be some prosody issues. But you did a good job and there were only a few awkward phrases. … Hi Rob! To be honest, I wasn’t sure I was going to like this song either. That might sound odd, but I have wrestled with it for a few weeks before settling on this result. With the help of forum members, I can see where I can tweak it to improve it somewhat. I’m glad it worked for you as well, and thanks for the comments about the tricky subject content! Andrew
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Hi Torrey, Yes, we did a song called Goodbye many years ago. Very different than yours of course! Love your melody lines, and that bass line is fabulous. Not too shabby on the guitar either! Excellent vocal! Good song, enjoyed the listen!
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One of Julie's about a mother setting her daughter free into the wide & wild world. In mid 2025 we had a family holiday to celebrate my wife's 70th and this came up on the sound system by the pool, a couple of Scandinavian backpackers behind the bar had it in their Spotify playlist (weird) BIAB drums & strings, Max and I on guitars and bass Fly Pretty Little Bird
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I'd always wanted to write a song in Dm (the saddest of all keys) and put a basic backing together one night while having a beer and waiting for the footy to start, sent it off to Bob & Max to see what they might come up with and these are the words that Max wrote roughly six weeks after losing his wife of 51 years. Max & Bob on vocals and our mate Wes Grady on pedal steel, apart from the drums written in MIDI we play the rest, sorry no BIAB on this one Brown Bottle
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Hi Dan, Sorry about your loss, your Buddy certainly had a way with words and you guys made beautiful music together
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Happy New Year. Glad all is well with you. Always good to see you here on the forum. Best wishes, Charlie
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Welcome to Showcase, Dave. You start with two beautiful and really well-made songs. I listened to both songs and liked them very much. The three of you make some pretty good music ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif) Thanks for the kind comment BD. Of the three albums we have done so far, the first was Max Richards, Bob Browne (RIP) & myself and only a couple of tracks were built in BIAB as described above, the others were totally organic with simple drum parts written using MIDI piano roll, Max, Bob and I all played professionally either together or in separate bands from the late 60s through to the mid 80s when we drifted apart and only reconnected though FB in early 2009 to record our first single a tribute to Bob's parents Video for this one was done by Noel Sadler at Skip Films Bob passed in 2020 after a battle with the Big C but we had enough of his songs for him to appear on Volume 2 & 3 and still have a couple more that may make future albums Here's the only other one we have a vid for, music is mine and Julie wrote and sings the song and put the vid together about The Pangolin's Revenge
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Hi Monxto. I've been playing around with this issue since I first read your post. It seems that it applies to all tracks and not just the Audio track. I'm guessing that this was introduced when the stem splitter was added to BIAB because I'm pretty sure that in older days, audio on the Audio track and note-based lyrics were unaffected by inserting bars. I have not yet found any way around this issue. I'll report it to the developers and give them a link to this thread of yours. If they have any ideas, I'm sure that they will pass them on. The only work-around that I can think of is to reload the Audio track once you have finalised the chord track with ACW, and the chords are in place and the tempo is mapped. --Noel ★ my latest song using BIAB and Synth V: A World Of Wonder
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It's also available in your Fender Studio Pro account. I installed Tonalic Essential and then found an upgrade offer in my Tonalic account. 149 € per year vs. 249 € for Tonalic Studio and 49 € vs. 149 € for Tonalic Arranger. So, I sub'd Studio. There wasn't any small text saying that amount was only for the first year and then it would revert to 249 € per year next year. If it does, I'll cancel. If not, that's about what I spend on BiaB Ultra upgrades each year. That seems more reasonable to me, so I'll keep it. The tight integration with Studio Pro looks really interesting.
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G'day Andrew, Thanks for pointing me over here from the other sub forum. I think a certain Mr Garrett would be happy with the song, it's right in The Oils wheelhouse and I can imagine what it would sound like with Rob Hirst (RIP) driving it along. As for ducking, I use it from kick to bass to allow the beater hit to come through without competition from the bass and also to a bit less aggressively to give the lead vocal space from a dominant fill/backing instrument. I'm not sure in other DAWs but it's simple in Reaper using sidechain compression, for the kick I do a send from the kick to the bass to land as aux to the comp on the bass, I set the attack at zero and the release at 10ms with something around a 3db cut, I'm sure I'm preaching to the converted and highly skilled here but it could help those who don't understand the concept.
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I find 281 Tonalics patterns in the Essential version that I just have donloaded. I wonder if anyone knows how many patterns there are in the 1$-1Month version. And also if are they are kept so they may be be used in the Essential version after the subscription have ended.
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Beautiful!! "Write something...?" Is that an order???? No but seriously man, great song, and lovely pop. The production and mix are great. Very touching as well. Poignant. Happy Holidays. Thank you, David. Your feedback is, as always, much appreciated
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Very nice, there are some very attractive GUI features in there. Maybe something for PG to have a look at.
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My suggestion to the wish is if implemented, this setting would be optional. Yes, definitely the count-in would have to be optional, e.g. for the O/P's purposes as described.
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Welcome to Showcase, Dave. You start with two beautiful and really well-made songs. I listened to both songs and liked them very much. The three of you make some pretty good music
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Hello. Nobody have this problem? Regards.
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Rob, That's so kind. Thank you. Bob
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Torrey, You have a real touch with intricate and complex melodic lines. No one does it better. Love the playing, production and the way you frame the message for this excellent song. Your singing is really strong - one of your best vocals. GREAT! Bob
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Pretty good song, reminds me of someone, but I just can't figure out who. Although you claim that you still need to work a little more on the mixing, the song is already in pretty good shape. And your vocals and playing are really good. Minor things I would probably look at: - The intro is ace, but it doesn't relate to the rest of the song. I would remove it and save it for a song that it fits better with sonically. - The vocals have a slight but sometimes distracting distortion in the high frequency range. But, as I said, it's already very good and I like it
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Bonne année à vous utilisateurs de BIAB 2026 ! Une Mise à Jour de Band in a Box 2026 pour Windows vient de sortir (Build 1224). Cette Mise à Jour est gratuite. Je vous invite/incite donc à installer ce Build 1224 ; il corrige un certain nombre de bugs. Menu Aide -> Chercher les Mise à Jour -> Télécharger. Enjoy! Daniel
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