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I'm brand new to BIAB and the interface and options are a little overwhelming at first. Is there a way to tell BIAB to play my chords with alternate bass picking? (i.e.) On a G chord the four beats in a measure should be pick 6th, strum, pick 4th, strum.
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Welcome to the forum. I'm not a guitarist and don't know a specific answer, but if you know the name of a popular artist or song in the style you want, you can search the styles by that name. Audition the styles and see if they work.
If there are none, you can put in a request on the Styles Wishlist thread.
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I'm brand new to BIAB and the interface and options are a little overwhelming at first. Is there a way to tell BIAB to play my chords with alternate bass picking? (i.e.) On a G chord the four beats in a measure should be pick 6th, strum, pick 4th, strum.
Sounds like you are not really referring to the Bass instrument track here, as in Electric or Acoustic BASS, you are talking about the use of standard Guitar picking and which strings are used to create a bass pattern between strums.
We don't really have control over that in Band in a Box in a custom fashion. BUT, you may find a Style in which the guitar is picked in that fashion at times, or something near to it. Making a note of which actual Realtrack is used to invoke that desired picking style, you can then try invoking it on an empty track to play along with any of the other autoaccompaniment styles, or by itself. This would require auditioning styles inside the Stylepicker, with an ear towards the particular pattern, feel and tempo you are looking for.
Band in a Box accompaniments aren't designed to be able to nail exact notations, for the most part, although certain styles and instrument tracks will follow conventions commonly used that might be useful in more than one particular song situation. Those requiring custom patterns, hooks, etc. should resort to use of MIDI note entry methods to obtain an exact playing situation. That said, it may not be as necessary to have an exact replication in order to create a stunning sounding accompaniment for a particular song, for the reason that the RealTracks players used are pros at what they do and we can often find an accompaniment that will indeed work with a particular song very well indeed, but without nailing the exact picking or playing pattern that is in that song.
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I'm not a Bass player but one of the "tricks" in BIAB when laying out chords is to put a / after a chord with the particular Bass note you want at that point. It doesnt always give you what you are looking for but I use it a lot and I hit 50/50.
For example, if you have the chord of G and want the Bass notes to be G and D in the bar try inputting G in the first half of the bar and then G/D in the second half. Its a bit of a Ball ache but if that works you might have to copy that concept into every bar, changing the / note as you want it, to force the note.
It might also be a good idea to check the RealTrack Bass track you are using to see if it has a "simple" flag available as that might make it easlier to "force" the note you want.
Worth a Try??
cheers
Ian
Last edited by sixchannel; 02/27/13 08:02 AM.
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You might try the style _BG_BAND. Isolate the guitar using the mixer/volume solo function.
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If you're looking for the "boom-chic" type of fingerpicking, made popular by Merle Travis you should try out these... http://www.pgmusic.com/realtracks.artists.php?os=win&a=36
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
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Peter,What Surly Guitar may be asking for is a simple flat top type style patterned after early Merl Haggard songs. To be exact (Today I Started Loving You Again). I would order 2013.5 today if you would see to that request.  -----Leon
Last edited by Leon Carpenter; 02/27/13 01:34 PM.
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Hmmm. I don't see that style when I list all styles. I have BIAB 2013.
I'll play around some more. It appears that to get what I am looking for I may have to record my own guitar parts.
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Sounds like you are not really referring to the Bass instrument track here, as in Electric or Acoustic BASS, you are talking about the use of standard Guitar picking and which strings are used to create a bass pattern between strums.
Mac is correct.
What Surley is referring to is the "alternate bass string" or "boom-chick" style of guitar playing.
See this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhhDEdujoRo
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Surly Guitar, No you will not find a style like the one used so often in country music from the 20's thru present,because it is not included so far. My version of BIAB has 3,363 styles. I use maybe 20 or 30 of those. But that's just me. Nothing fancy is required to create a simple pick,strum pick,strum. A strong voice, such Merl Haggard has can be up front in a recording, not colored by too much of this and that.  But like I said , that is just me.---------Leon
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You must have bought extra styles? BIAB 2013 only has 677, or at least that is the number listed after "All Styles".
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I have the 2013 UltraPlus pak which includes a total of 3363 styles. The guitar in style _BG_BAND has the 6th-strum-4th-strum typical of bluegrass rhythm guitar and even includes some believable runs. Sorry I can't tell you what extra pak you need to obtain this style. Maybe someone else can assist?...cheers!
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Try realtrack #604: "Guitar, Electric, Chet."
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