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Me again... song endings.
When I select 'settings for this song', then select 'generate 2 bar ending for this song' it inserts the 2 measures but when the song plays, only the the first measure of the song ending plays... you are greeted with silence for the second measure of the generated ending.
I am trying to exercise patience... but if you view my posts since I purchases this software last weekend, I have yet to successfully play a song .... my frustration levels are about maxed out
IT Project Manager
Bluegrass mandolinist
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What style are you using? Endings are part of the style. Some of them may be more brief than others. Try another style and see if it makes a difference.
Bob Coy
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Song endings are 2 bars, but they are all based on the first chord of the 2 bar phrase only. So, if the ending is at bar 33, and you write a bunch of chords, only the first one gets used. This is because the endings have a 'built-in' chord progression, where the hold band is playing a certain progression for the 2 bars. 33) C Am7 | G7 | C would just play like this | C That is intentional. If you are only hearing one bar, please tell us one of our demo songs that plays that way, and we can be talking about the same song. The audio and MIDI demos are all available online, so you can compare them to what you are hearing. For example, the song demos for styles 65 are here... http://www.pgmusic.com/styles65.htmDo you hear 1 bar endings for any of them?
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.
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Hey Peter,
My 2 bar endings consist of only one chord. As stated previously, only the first measure produces any sound, the second measure is silent.
IT Project Manager
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The add a hold or put another chord in the second bar, the same as the first.
I've thousands of songs and all work well, sometimes it's setup that trips new users, sometimes it's just the learning curve, and other times it's something that's been done that makes it hard to diagnose the problem.
As with all software, I often sleep on it, eat, get my blood sugar levels stable, burn off the frustration, and go back at it.
At the moment that's where I'm at with GIMP. But it's free so I can't send it back. LOL
Another way is to find somewhere to post your song and let people figure it out, I've beta tested for years and use the software for an hour or two a day, many other have more or less exprience in different genres.
John Conley
Musica est vita
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>>> My 2 bar endings consist of only one chord. As stated previously, only the first measure produces any sound, the second measure is silent.
All MIDI styles have a 2 bar ending. Most (but not all) RealTracks in styles have a 2-bar ending. Perhaps you have found one of the RealTracks styles without a 2-bar ending.
For example _BG_BAND.sty is a full band bluegrass Real style, that has a 2 bar ending. Are you also hearing 2 bars on that, or 1?
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.
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>>> My 2 bar endings consist of only one chord. As stated previously, only the first measure produces any sound, the second measure is silent.
All MIDI styles have a 2 bar ending. Most (but not all) RealTracks in styles have a 2-bar ending. Perhaps you have found one of the RealTracks styles without a 2-bar ending.
For example _BG_BAND.sty is a full band bluegrass Real style, that has a 2 bar ending. Are you also hearing 2 bars on that, or 1?
_BG_BAND generates and displays a two bar ending, but sound only accompanies the first bar... the second bar is silent.
IT Project Manager
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Maybe you've set up a song in an unusual way, like you've turned off endings, or put a fade out in there.
Try loading our demo songs, and tell me if you hear 2 bars or 1.
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.
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_BG_BAND generates and displays a two bar ending, but sound only accompanies the first bar... the second bar is silent.
Dude, you're an IT manager. Someone calls you and says something's wrong with their computer station, you have them go down the list of possible things to try in order for you to fix it. As I know you know, 95% of anything to do with computers and networks is user error. I know some users will take exception to that by saying, "nobody told me about that!" but the point is there never was anything wrong with the system in most cases.
We need details of exactly what you're doing and your system configuration. Is this a new song that you created from scratch and inputted all the chords yourself, is it a biab song you downloaded, are you using all midi instruments, all Real Tracks, or both and what have you done to try to test and isolate this?
Don't just post a cryptic statement "it's not working, I'm so frustrated!!"
Since you're a computer pro, I'm sure you can find someplace to post a screenshot of the Biab chord grid and an Mp3 of the problem. This forum does not allow you to post pic's or soundclips directly. Use the "URL" tab located at the bottom of the window when you create your post and that will imbed the link.
Bob
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_BG_BAND generates and displays a two bar ending, but sound only accompanies the first bar... the second bar is silent.
Dude, you're an IT manager. Someone calls you and says something's wrong with their computer station, you have them go down the list of possible things to try in order for you to fix it. As I know you know, 95% of anything to do with computers and networks is user error. I know some users will take exception to that by saying, "nobody told me about that!" but the point is there never was anything wrong with the system in most cases.
We need details of exactly what you're doing and your system configuration. Is this a new song that you created from scratch and inputted all the chords yourself, is it a biab song you downloaded, are you using all midi instruments, all Real Tracks, or both and what have you done to try to test and isolate this?
Don't just post a cryptic statement "it's not working, I'm so frustrated!!"
Since you're a computer pro, I'm sure you can find someplace to post a screenshot of the Biab chord grid and an Mp3 of the problem. This forum does not allow you to post pic's or soundclips directly. Use the "URL" tab located at the bottom of the window when you create your post and that will imbed the link.
Bob
Well,Bob.
Thank you for that nice welcome to the forum. I will reserve my personal attacks for another day, but just to enlighten you, I am a project manager not a help desk manager who deals with work station and software issues as you describe.
Second, as a new BIAB user, learned individuals such as yourself give advice to "do this and that", failing to understand that as someone who has had this product for less than a week do not know where 'this and that' you refer to is.
So, Bob, it is frustrating.
IT Project Manager
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You got clear questions asked, it ain't difficult to post some file somewhere demoing the problem - and nothing happens ...
Martin
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You got clear questions asked, it ain't difficult to post some file somewhere demoing the problem - and nothing happens ...
Hey Martin, I'll be glad to post an MP3. Just let us who have not done it before know where to post it.
Thanks.
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You might accept the very first 'post files' google result -> www.quickfilepost.com. It would be good to post your MP3 file together with the pertinent BiaB file. In the meantime, you might try answering Peter's question.
Martin
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Hi,
Try putting in a simpler chord for the ending... e.g. maj, min, maj7, or m7
Andrew
PG Music Inc.
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Ok, I obviously don't know your job description but isn't an IT project manager still considered a computer pro? If not, fine but you still have not given us anything to go on, no answers of any kind in your response to me. Andrew's suggestions are merely shooting in the dark, we have no idea what chord types you used. If you've speny any time at all reading this forum then you know we actually are a very friendly and helpful bunch. I totally understand your frustration believe me, but when I had my share of problems years ago, I researched the forum and at least tried to gather some pertinent facts concerning exactly what I tried and what didn't seem to work, described my computer hardware and software and the audio midi/audio configuration and then posted an intelligent question. When you read others posts in the forum about any type of problem note how specific most people are in their descriptions and if they're not, then note what kind of information is then immediately asked for.
Bob
Biab/RB latest build, Win 11 Pro, Ryzen 5 5600 G, 512 Gig SSD, 16 Gigs Ram, Steinberg UR22 MkII, Roland Sonic Cell, Kurzweil PC3, Hammond SK1, Korg PA3XPro, Garritan JABB, Hypercanvas, Sampletank 3, more.
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