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Janice’s brother-in-law, Steve Davidowski, played keys/sax with DAC for a while but more notably he played with the Dixie Dregs (featuring the ace guitar player Steve Morse). He also played with Vassar Clements and a host of notable N'ville artists. Nowadays he's still at it and does wonderful charitable work. Steve is a serious peace and love guy so his DAC tenure must have been tough. 😀 Bud
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We’ve had two sets of Rokits but ultimately settled in with Kalis. Reasonable price and an 8” woofer. Thanks! I guess I'd be unwilling to part with $500 for a pair! Those M-Audios were quite tempting for $220 though. Our Kali LP 8 version 1 monitors were $350 for the pair 4 years ago. They are self powered and allow many settings for the room and proximity to walls etc. It certainly seems that the latest models have gone way up in price. Along with a zillion other things. FWIW if we like a mix on the Kalis we also like it on our living room system (Polk Audio / Yamaha subwoofer / Yamaha amp), on the Bose Audio in the Subaru and on Janice’s AirPods. Bud
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I have recently upgraded to BIAB 2026 and included the 49pak. My question is about the 2023 49pak which I did not order at the time I upgraded to BIAB 2023, and I am unable to order it now(website doesn't let me do it). I am wondering what is in 2023 49pak which I may or may not have already now? I have upgraded to BIAB 2024 2025 and 2026 all including 49pak. , when I got into BIAB and show add ons, it says I have all real tracks...but since I never ordered 2023 49pak...that report must not be complete...either its not showing the 2023 real tracks that that came in 49pak at that time...or those real tracks have since been included in later upgrades to BIAB that I did. and other stuff that was in that 2023 49pak..?? Have I sense gotten them through other upgrades or were they only in that 49pak and since we can't order it now, they are basically not available? so what is that situation? Do I have everything from that 49pak or are those items simply not available now and never shown in the tool that displays what I have and don't have? Is it fair to say that 49paks are kind of like early access to content which will most likely end up being included in the BIAB upgrade in some future year? Please clarify about 49paks, thanks.
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I love TJW and this song could have been written for him. Take a bow, all. Vic
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Janne, Thanks so much - Joliz and I really appreciate the kind words and review. Bob
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Couple of quick reactions: Is this the new Mac version of BIAB 2026? or the Windows version? Since the Mac version was just released, that could be something missed. I first thought about Frozen tracks, but you checked that. Good. Is there an Audio track playing along? Look on your mixer and mute it. When you say 'sounds pretty weird over the new sections', what do you mean by that? If the tracks are changing, doesn't that mean the tracks are regenerating? Please tell us more.
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Well Noel, what can I say except, thank you for having a good listen. Vic
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I've recently got the new version of BIAB, and I'm confused about a lot of the changes. Which I'll be asking you folks about a bit, I'm sure...but the current problem is that a song I'm working on is not regenerating properly. I've added new sections, and the old lead track is still playing exactly what it did before, which of course sounds pretty weird over the new sections. There may be other instruments not regenerating, either...when I hit the "Regenerate" button on the top taskbar, nothing seems to happen except the song starting (Usually it takes a few seconds to regenerate, at least with my older version). None of the tracks appear to be frozen. What's going on?
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It's really not so much about which monitors you should buy as it is to spend the time to learn your particular monitors. Makes sense. But there must be some minimum requirement for decent monitors, right? The $23 gaming speakers (Creative Labs Pebble 2.0) I'm using won't cut it! You should read the (Part 1) first 4 chapters in the book by Mike Senior called Mixing Secrets for the small Studio. Every single one of those chapters deal with the monitors and the listening environment. One of the highlighted quotes is: " The less you're going to spend on monitors, the more you should approach ported models armed with holy water and cloves of garlic." Practically every single low cost monitor is a ported model to deal with the low end. I've got the Mackie MR-5 ported monitors myself. Yeah, I would definitely upgrade to the monitors you pointed out if I was using anything from Creative Labs. So you;re making a good move. However, if you don't currently have the Mike Senior book I referenced, buy it. It's a very good investment and read on better studio practices and you will lean a lot of useful information.
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Creative and mystic combination of Eastern and Western music, hypnotic rhythm from the snake charmer of our forum. Great selection of instruments work magically together. I'm enchanted, no one else seems to be having as much fun with BIAB as you are, there are no limits to your toolbox. Could be played in a James Bond movie when he tries to survive in an oriental bazaar. Janne
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“Up in the lookout tree countless hours determined to see that patience would pay the morning buffet for the bird of prey.” Patience is assuredly a virtue for raptors! We were immediately hooked by the lyric subject. We often enjoy seeing our local hawks, eagles and osprey. Your lyric certain does them justice! Very cool video Th BiaB band sounds great with the Liam synth. And the mix is excellent. The soaring guitar is perfect for the birds in flight. Enjoyed it! J&B Thanks Janice & Bud for your pleasant review  Glad to read that you enjoy seeing your own majestic birds. Janne
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Lovely song, I can imagine hearing it on the radio late night somewhere in the middle of nowhere, through old Walkman headphones. The acoustic guitar and the pedal steel create a calming mood. Your voices and harmonies fill the airwaves like sparks from campfire. Nice story, giving sort of a meta feeling when people all over the world are listening to this one, you certainly know how to write nostalgic songs, even about the songs themselves. Janne
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Here is a link. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fbbMBh5i8i01sVQQe26HvW_thW6cqnJf?usp=sharing The festivities are between measure 75 and the end. Song slows down for dramatic effect, a tacet occurs, and then everything goes back to the song's default tempo which is 155. Song ends at that tempo. Problem 1. If you are trying to "punch-in" the end via looping, say within a punch-in window from measure 70 or so through the end, the first time through, no problem. But when the loop back happens, the timing of the click track is way out of whack. Problem 2. The click doesn't play through the tacet. Where the slowdown occurs, the click leaves you hanging. There is no timekeeping happening. And of course, my whole intent in doing this with a click is to ensure that I know when to start playing again after the tacet. But the click doesn't play during the tacet.
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Hello, If you minimize the Band-in-a-Box window, do you happen to see the dialog box for sending the email? Thank you, Catherine
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It's really not so much about which monitors you should buy as it is to spend the time to learn your particular monitors. Makes sense. But there must be some minimum requirement for decent monitors, right? The $23 gaming speakers (Creative Labs Pebble 2.0) I'm using won't cut it!
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Hi fellow headphone mixer. While I have an "OK" pair of Roland monitors, I mainly mix in headphones for several legitimate reasons. I am very happy with alternative I've found, which is VST reference emulator by dSONIQ Realphones 2 https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/dsoniq-realphones-2 I believe they do have demo. Usually you can find it with a decent discount. Thanks for that advice! I actually bought something like this several years ago but never used it much and had forgotten about it. Next time I'm mixing I'll have to check what I already own then maybe look further into your recommendation!
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It's really not so much about which monitors you should buy as it is to spend the time to learn your particular monitors.
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B.D, That's an incredible hard rock song. It's also full of protest spirit. From gentle love songs to hard protest songs, I'm amazed by the richness of your talent. And it's definitely a song that requires parental advice. As always, the video was fantastic. Enjoyed my listen and watch a lot. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi Thank you for your really nice and encouraging words, Shigeki Adachi. As always, much appreciated
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Just like Herb, I’d classify this as Funk-lite. Like Jethro Tull accidentally taking the wrong turn and ending up at a disco. But there's nothing wrong with that, I actually really like your genre-mix. Cool stuff ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif)
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I started a new song. Than I choose send email file with song as attachement, BB asks me to save the song first and than creates the email correct. Everything OK thus. I open an other songfile, choose send email ect. works, it prepares the email. THAN.... I open an other song file, choose send email, nothing happens.
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Hi fellow headphone mixer. While I have an "OK" pair of Roland monitors, I mainly mix in headphones for several legitimate reasons. I am very happy with alternative I've found, which is VST reference emulator by dSONIQ Realphones 2 https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/dsoniq-realphones-2 I believe they do have demo. Usually you can find it with a decent discount.
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Hi Andrew. What an interesting songwriting challenge. That chord progression is certainly something that would never had occurred to me, but you made it work very, very well. There is a lot of musical creativity on display here in the writing and the arranging. It's great. The backing, the mix, your vocals and guitar work (bass & rhythm) were excellent. Thanks for the detailed notes and graphics, too. They were very interesting to read through. --Noel Thank you Noel! The song turned out better than expected - acknowledging what is an acceptable quality range for me - particularly as I thought the chord progression would be too distinctive to use. Forgetting the original song the progression came from was half the challenge. Andrew
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Okay, if it's just complaining about those few sets, and you don't want to download the large files, you could contact the live chat and ask for just those individual sets that you listed to be added to your account.
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