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Goofy Newb Questions! #597156 05/12/20 02:32 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 36 IL T Teejay OP Enthusiast
OP Teejay Enthusiast T Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 36 IL	I've been using BB for years, actually... but I think I use maybe 1/100th of the features, because it just... WORKS, and after it works I dump everything into SONAR to edit, mix, and master. And when I go to peruse the BB Manual (yes, I'm a baby boomer, a generation that reads MANUALS!), I get lost, because they type is too small and the manual is simply too full of information I probably won't ever use. Oh, and it's non-linear. With those failings (mine), can / would anyone help me with a couple simple questions, please? 1. I want to start recording my own Real Tracks. I cannot find the template or chord sheet on the PG website. Where does one look, please? 2. After I have an arrangement ready (or the template ready to record), I would like to save the Chord Sheet as a PDF and send it to those musicians who are helping me. Just the Chord Sheet with the Chords, Bar Numbers, and Bar Markers ("Chorus", "Verse", etc). How do I do that? 3. Is there a "BB for Dummies", or other similar BOOK I could buy? If so, what's the ISBN, please? This self-isolation is making me nuts! I might as well be productive! Thank you, and stay safe in the second wave! We get 168 hours a week to be alive, for as many weeks as God lets us live. What shall you do with yours?

Re: Goofy Newb Questions! Teejay #597157 05/12/20 02:37 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 25,897 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 25,897 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	For #2, print your music to a PDF file. The print menu includes options of what to include on the printout. BIAB used to include a utility, PDF995. Install that and choose it instead of the name of your regular actual printer. I prefer Cute PDF but there are many good free utilities besides the two I mentioned. BIAB 2024 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 6.5 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6; Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus Studio 192, Presonus Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors

Re: Goofy Newb Questions! Teejay #597166 05/12/20 02:59 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,109 South Carolina C Charlie Fogle Veteran
Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,109 South Carolina	<<< 1. I want to start recording my own Real Tracks. I cannot find the template or chord sheet on the PG website. Where does one look, please? >>> https://www.pgmusic.com/usertracks1.htm BIAB Ultra Pak+ 2024:RB 2024, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: Goofy Newb Questions! Charlie Fogle #597171 05/12/20 03:07 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 36 IL T Teejay OP Enthusiast
OP Teejay Enthusiast T Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 36 IL	Thanks, Matt! That gets me part way there, but the print file is still 3 pages long for a measly 136 bars. Would that "Cute Print" (if I track it down) allow me to compress it into a page? I'm thinking maybe I should use Snip and do it that way... We get 168 hours a week to be alive, for as many weeks as God lets us live. What shall you do with yours?

Re: Goofy Newb Questions! Teejay #597172 05/12/20 03:13 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Rustyspoon# Veteran Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 5,799	To make own RealTracks, is called UserTracks. See tutorial video and link to templates for User Tracks here: https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=243569#Post243569 ----- There are plenty of video tutorials and overviews available for different aspects of BIAB here: https://www.pgmusic.com/videos.bbwin.htm There is actually a topic in the forum, where you can request a video on particular subject. Here is an example of video that I requested some time ago, dealing with general song structure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=Fo9sben5x1M&feature=emb_logo Musician Joan Cooper, offers nice video tutorials and ebooks on BIAB: https://www.joannecooper.co.za/ Hope that helps.

Re: Goofy Newb Questions! Teejay #597179 05/12/20 04:18 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 25,897 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 25,897 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	Originally Posted By: Teejay ... the print file is still 3 pages long for a measly 136 bars... On the Print Options, you could increase the number of staves per page. BIAB 2024 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 6.5 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6; Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus Studio 192, Presonus Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors

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