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Ever hear that recording of Miles cussing out his drummer for screwing up the ending of a song? I'm too fond of BIAB to cuss it out, but... I'm considering a mild rebuke. Same problem - bass plays a nice ending but the real drummer comes on strong with a fill at the end, as if there is going to be another chorus, then stops dead. The really strange thing is that if I play the same file over and over, sometimes the drumming ends as it should, and sometimes it doesn't.

Any idea how to overcome this?

BTW, I have BIAB 2007.

Thanks for any advice.

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I fight with endings all the time. I just finished, as much as I'm going to do tonite, with a song. . . and I bet I spent a good hour trying everything I could within BB to get a good ending. There has been much discussion here on endings. Most everyone that gets a good one usually imports it into Real Band or something, and fiddles, and edits. The best I can do is do a tag, or repeat, and then do a 4-6 bar FADE. Then at least I don't hear those annoying clashes.

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...if I play the same file over and over, sometimes the drumming ends as it should, and sometimes it doesn't.





Hitting the Play button regenerates the song and thus different choices can be taken from the Stylemaker.

You could edit the Style, play back each ending block and find the offending ones, delete them, leaving only the ones you want. Save under new name so you don't overwrite the original Style.

If not using a MIDI style at all, the RealDrum file can be edited via its accompanying .txt file with a text editor. Find the line that has the offending ending part and comment it out. More on this in the BIAB FAQ.


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Hello Ed,

Specifically, which RealDrums style and tempo? It should tell you at the top of the screen as the song is playing. It's quite possible you can solve the problem by installing the lastest update patch for 2007 and/or the latest RealDrums patches...


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Andrew,

Here's what it says:

Realdrums=jazzbrushes_100, Dexter, bopw/brushes Style

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

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Hello,

Download the latest patch for 2007 if you don't have it already.
http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#242

Then, download and install the RealDrums 1-3 update patch and this should fix the problem.
http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windows_realdrums.htm#RealDrums1-3


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Fixed!!!!!!!!!

Thank you very much.

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