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I have BIAB 2010
I want to have 8 bars play 3 times then a 4 bar ending. Pretty simple I would have thought but I am damned if i can work it out.
Can anyone help please.
Thank you
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Join the club Mike.
I have posted the problem (for me) and the kind users on this forum gave me many suggestions, all of which I've tried follow, but it all comes down to trial and error as far as I can see.
Al
BIAB 2017 Everything, RB 2017 Lenovo All-in-One. i5, 8gb Ram, 1 TB SHDD, Windows 10 Presonus AudioBox,Studio One 3, Behringer Xenyx302, M-Audio Axiom 61, Samson Graphite 49. Lenove Flex 15, i3,Windows 10
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Mike, Simply lay the song out in a linear form of 28 bars. Then use part markers to define the sections. The part markers are obtained by clicking on the bar numbers. A green part marker has more movement in the backing than a blue one. To do this, set the "End" at 26 and the "Choruses" to 1. The reason that the ending is 26 is because BIAB will add a 2 bar ending and 26 + 2 = 28. The below image shows how I'd set out a 28 bar song. Bars 1 - 8 = section 1 Bars 9 - 16 = section 2 Bars 17 - 24 = section 3 (with an interrupted cadence for a bit of musical variation) Bars 25 - 28 = 4 bar ending with bars 27 and 28 automatically provided by BIAB Laying a song in linear format gives maximum control over the final sound of the backing by allowing drum and instrumental breaks to be added at selected bars (they will occur in the bar before the part marker). For a comparison, below is how I instructed BIAB to create a 50 bar song of mine (in a linear layout). I never use repeats and endings because I don't like the lack of control. Regards, Noel
MY SONGS...Audiophile BIAB 2024
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Noel, that's the way I do it, having given up on the repeats/codas/endings thing, but I still wish I could master the repeat etc. functions. If for nothing else, just to say I can do it.
Foe me, I think one of the problems is mastering the terminology, must be an age thing or just thick !!
BIAB 2017 Everything, RB 2017 Lenovo All-in-One. i5, 8gb Ram, 1 TB SHDD, Windows 10 Presonus AudioBox,Studio One 3, Behringer Xenyx302, M-Audio Axiom 61, Samson Graphite 49. Lenove Flex 15, i3,Windows 10
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The repeat feature is useless. The end of the last repeat is the end of the song. You have no control over that.
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Win 10, 64 bit, love my Lenovo T420, BIAB 2019 (613), RB 2019 (2)
Short term memory is getting shorter.
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Click on the top bar EDIT....scroll down to UNFOLD.... and do what they said up above.
That's how I do ALL my songs. It's easier to see and work with.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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UNFOLD OR LINEAR BUILD is, for now, the best way to build a song. You can then add repeats, codas, endings etc., as needed. They are essentially print functions anyway. If the song plays through as you expect, you can clean up the presentation with a little patience.
It does work every time. You can use the copy-from-to, add bars, as needed without too much trouble. Just set the number of repeats to 1, and the number of bars to a largish number to start.
BIAB for Windows Version 2019 (643) Windows 10 (1909)
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When I UNFOLD the song to one chorus as PG calls it... it's rare that I ever have to add measures. Most of the time, I find myself deleting measures to make it work and end properly.
Most often the number of measures in a song varies from around 70 to 130...depends greatly on the tempo.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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