Is there a way to create a pick note in Band-In-A-Box without having to change the time signature or muting the tracks? Would I be able to have the first measure start out as 4 and in 4/4?
Computer: Macbook Pro, 16 inch 2021 DAWs: Pro Tools, Logic, and Maschine plays drums, percussion, bass, steel pan, keyboard, music producer/engineer
EDIT: Further.. You can just get the guitar to play the note/s on 1-4 then all instruments come in on 2-1 1C.--,C.g 2C---
or bring the bass in on 2-1-4 then all on 3-1 1C.--,C.g 2C.gb--- 3C---
"Breaks" for only some instruments
You can specify that some instruments not be affected by the break.
The coded names for the instruments are:
B for Bass
D for Drums
P for Piano
G for Guitar
S for Strings
To type a rest for all instruments on a C chord type
C.
To exempt instruments, add their letters following the break. For example, typing
C.bd
will put a rest on all instruments EXCEPT the bass and drums, or to put a held chord for all instruments except the piano, type
C...p
Let’s say you’d like to do the following:
- For the first 4 bars of a tune, play just the drums. (Bars 1-4)
- For the next 4 bars, add in the bass. (Bars 5-8)
- For the next 8 bars, play all instruments. (Bars 9-17)
- On bar 18, play a shot. (Bar 18)
- On Bar 19 resume playing all instruments.
Let’s do this to an existing song. Load in any song.
Here’s how you do it (for all these examples, assume the chord is C).
1) On Bar 1 type the first chord as C.d This puts a rest for all instruments except the drums until the next chord on the Chord Sheet. Now you need to type all chords from bar 1 to 4 like this. There is an easy way to do that. Choose Edit | Copy Rests to copy the rests from Bar 1 Beat 1 for 4 bars to Bar 1.
2) On Bar 5, type C.bd This puts a rest on all instruments except the bass and drums. This has the effect of adding in the bass, since only the drums were playing at this point. Choose Edit | Copy Rests to copy these rests from Bar 5 to 9.
3) On Bar 9 to 17 we want chords with no rests, so you don’t have to make any changes. If you want to erase rests from that area, copy a chord with no rests to that area.
4) On Bar 18 we want a shot; type C.. This plays a shot on beat 1, and will then rest till the next chord on the Chord Sheet.
EDIT: Further. You can just get the guitar to play the note/s on 1-4 then all instruments come in on 2-1 1C.--,C.g 2C---
or bring the bass in on 2-1-4 then all on 3-1 1C.--,C.g 2C.gb--- 3C---
"Breaks" for only some instruments
You can specify that some instruments not be affected by the break.
The coded names for the instruments are:
B for Bass
D for Drums
P for Piano
G for Guitar
S for Strings
To type a rest for all instruments on a C chord type
C.
To exempt instruments, add their letters following the break. For example, typing
C.bd
will put a rest on all instruments EXCEPT the bass and drums, or to put a held chord for all instruments except the piano, type
C...p
Let’s say you’d like to do the following:
- For the first 4 bars of a tune, play just the drums. (Bars 1-4)
- For the next 4 bars, add in the bass. (Bars 5-8)
- For the next 8 bars, play all instruments. (Bars 9-17)
- On bar 18, play a shot. (Bar 18)
- On Bar 19 resume playing all instruments.
Let’s do this to an existing song. Load in any song.
Here’s how you do it (for all these examples, assume the chord is C).
1) On Bar 1 type the first chord as C.d This puts a rest for all instruments except the drums until the next chord on the Chord Sheet. Now you need to type all chords from bar 1 to 4 like this. There is an easy way to do that. Choose Edit | Copy Rests to copy the rests from Bar 1 Beat 1 for 4 bars to Bar 1.
2) On Bar 5, type C.bd This puts a rest on all instruments except the bass and drums. This has the effect of adding in the bass, since only the drums were playing at this point. Choose Edit | Copy Rests to copy these rests from Bar 5 to 9.
3) On Bar 9 to 17 we want chords with no rests, so you don’t have to make any changes. If you want to erase rests from that area, copy a chord with no rests to that area.
4) On Bar 18 we want a shot; type C.. This plays a shot on beat 1, and will then rest till the next chord on the Chord Sheet.
5) On Bar 19 we resume normal chords
Thanks, but let's take this one step further. Suppose I wanted the pick measure to start on the and of 4 before the song kicks in, and I play the full intro of the song which leads to the first verse or part "A". How would I go about doing that?
Computer: Macbook Pro, 16 inch 2021 DAWs: Pro Tools, Logic, and Maschine plays drums, percussion, bass, steel pan, keyboard, music producer/engineer
Generate all tracks Freeze all but guitar Set the chords to rest all instruments from 1-1 to 4-3 then bring the guitar in on 4-4 Generate, Generate again until you get what you like.
What I'm talking about is having a pickup note before the first measure. In my example, I would like to have the and of 4 played before the very first measure assuming that we are in 4/4 or common time.
Computer: Macbook Pro, 16 inch 2021 DAWs: Pro Tools, Logic, and Maschine plays drums, percussion, bass, steel pan, keyboard, music producer/engineer
The count-in bars -1 & 0 have no chord input, you would have to add them in the Audio Edit window by saving the RT as a Performance track then moving it to the Audio track, you can then set Snap, then highlight and copy the notes you need and paste on bar 0. If we had All RT as SFZ you could easily add any notes you need on a midi Sforzando track that will play the same SFZ RealTrack instrument, then soloing the midi and realtrack, then saving as a merged wav/aiff.
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