If you have any problems just install AutoHotKey then double click on the Biab Chord Picker beta 1.0 script.ahk and it will run without having to use the exe. If you open the Picker beta 1.0 script.ahk by dragging into Notepad you will send it is just simple text, OR instead of downloading you can copy the text below into Notepad then save as My Chord Tool.ahk and it will run when you double click it:
The top part creates the buttons and the bottom part sends those to Biab as keystrokes. This way you can add any other buttons for other Biab functions to the script.
Thanks for the updated version. Just had a quick go with it and like the newer functions. I notice that the rests shots and holds can be added after the chord name but if you do this with a 8th or 16th puch then the chord disappears. You have to click push first and then the chord. Is there a way of making this work like the others. It may well be that you want to add the push after you have named the chord.
Thanks for the feedback and letting me know, see if this is working any better.
Chord Picker beta 2.0b Fixed order Harmonic Major/Minor chords Added Set existing Chord to Rest, Shot or Hold Added Custom Actions Tool Tab To create your own Actions for the buttons rename "Action name"
Gui, Add, Button, x22 y100 w90 h20 gButtonCA1-1, Action Name
then go down the text or search for "ButtonCA1-1:"
ButtonCA1-1: winactivate,ahk_class TBandWindow Send C Return
it is sending c as default, change the keysend to what you like, save and run.
For example, if we want to make Custom Actions 1 Button 1 Unfold:
I like the fact that you can set-chord-rest etc afterwards so that makes it easy later to change your mind about settings. I still find that if you decide a chord and a 7th or whatever and then next afterwards 'Push 8th' (or 16th) then when you move onto the next chord the chord you've changed to a push just disappears. This doesn't happen with rest, shot and hold buttons which can be set after the chord entry.
It is a very useful tool overall and thanks for your ingenuity
After entering the chord do you move to the next cell so the chord has been entered then change it or do you click set push before the chord has been entered ?
I don't know if anyone else can try it and see what they get, just load a song demo select any chord and click the Set Chord Push 8th, it should change the existing chord to a push.
If you still have a problem I can add a bit more delay, Sleep 50 change to Sleep 100 in the button section:
I am entering a chord then after chord is entered I click 'push8th' from the top row of controls. I then click the right arrow to move onto next bar or 2nd half of bar and the chord disappears. If I do the same process with rest, hold or shot from the top row and follow the same procedure it all works. It is just the push8th and 16th on the top row that show the problem. Also if you enter the chord and then use the 'Set Push8th' before you've moved to the next chord then again the chord disappears. However if you make a chord move to a new one then return to the earlier chord and then use 'set push8th' then it works. The others work fine it is just the pushes that have this problem.
I also cannot get the chord picker to stay on top even if I have ticked the 'always on top'. It's not a problem as I have two monitors but wondered if this works OK for others
I am entering a chord then after chord is entered I click 'push8th' from the top row of controls. .....
I also cannot get the chord picker to stay on top even if I have ticked the 'always on top'. It's not a problem as I have two monitors but wondered if this works OK for others
Type the caret symbol ‘^’ before the chord,
so you get ^C7 , BB won't recognize C7^, it will recognize C7. C7.. C7... ^C7 ^^C7 ^C7. ^C7.. ^C7... and the Bass Drums Piano Guitar Strings after a Rest Shot Hold C7...d plays Drums over the hold, C7...bd plays Bass & Drums over the Hold. etc..
If you have BB in plugin mode BB will always be the one on top.
Try this, View-Small sets the window to 821 x 675 same size as plugin mode, the position is left top, the size and position can be changed like if you want to move the BB window to the second monitor.:
Just did another quick test. I called up a G chord then I clicked 'set-chord-hold' and this changed the G chord to a hold. I then clicked 'Play over shot, hold or rest' and chose Bass and drums. I then saw that my G chord had changed to B diminished. Other odd things happend when I called up another chord. I then made that one a hold and then I clicked 'Piano' and this time it move the bar with a blue fill marker and if I clicked piano again it turned it to a green marker.
Update Fixed C Major Chords Tab FMa7 > FMaj7 Added Set existing Rest Shot Hold to Bass Drums Piano Guitar Strings Added background image, use a custom jpg image rename to bb.jpg and keep in the same folder as BB Chord Picker.exe or BB Chord Picker.ahk
To keep your Custom Actions
copy & paste replace all the buttons under
;Custom Actions 1 (2,3,4)
"""""""""""""""""
and all the keysends under
;Custom Action Buttons 1 (2,3,4)
"""""""""""""""""
Then right click BB Chord Picker.ahk > Compile (to BB Chord Picker.exe)
Update Fixed copying and changing chords with pushes hold shot rest and long chords e.g ^^C13sus#5b9#11,G13sus#5b9#11...db so you can change the push from 16th to 8th or 8th to 16th, add/remove rest shot hold, add b,d,p,g or s to the rest shot or hold or remove without having to re-type the chords.
Pipeline, I've been swamped with concerts and am just catching up with your very generous offer of this chord picker tool. It somewhat resembles my notation software.
I'm wondering, before I load and try it, is there some basic description of what it does and why, and where to use it? I must not have seen that. Thanks.
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Everything is done with one click, no typing long chords, no typing, you can add or remove shots, pushes, holds and rests without re-typing. In the Tools tab you can add your own custom actions to do complex things with one click without having to navigate through a tree of menus.
It is also helpful for those with a disability and can be used on a touch screen.
Can you help me? I have downloaded your Chord Picker Tool. I also downloaded and ran AutoHotkeys by clicking on the ahk file. I can get your Chord Picker Tool to open onscreen,but, it won't place the chords I click on onto Band an a Box. Am I doing something wrong? I have placed Chord Picker Tool into my documents folder, does it need to be installed somewhere else? Please help.
Thank you so much for adding the full screen button and the hide show button, Works a treat!
Can I ask (as a person who hears music rather than reads music) if you could place a button that would allow (for example) If my key was D, what are the chords that I could use (suggestions that would be appropriate) for that key in my song.
I don't understand the circle of 5ths so any help your program could give would be brilliant.
Thanks once again Pipeline.
George
P.S. I like that you have added a txt file so that people know about running as administrator.
Can I ask (as a person who hears music rather than reads music) if you could place a button that would allow (for example) If my key was D, what are the chords that I could use (suggestions that would be appropriate) for that key in my song.
I don't understand the circle of 5ths so any help your program could give would be brilliant.
This is already there! Click your key on the very top bar and it shows you the chords in that key, both major and minor!
Thanks a lot for this brilliant addition to BB Pipeline...
One question; If PG Music offered u a job in their company, would u say yes?
Will strongly recommend PG music to do that..;) I think BB would strongly benefit from it...
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.....One question; If PG Music offered u a job in their company, would u say yes?
Will strongly recommend PG music to do that..;) I think BB would strongly benefit from it...
The advice and ideas I post are free to be used, there is a bit of a time warp between PG and Me, the ideas might get used eventually but if so 10-15-20 years down the track.
hi pipeline this is some great work thanks for contributing time and talent it took several times for me to install right user error on my part now I have to update to the newest this excellent thanks eric
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This looks like a fabulous addition to BIAB. Well done on your part - it seems users are happy with it. I'm happy with my 2011Pro version - will this extension work with that version?
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
I get divide by zero errors when I run the old versions but it should work on any version, the current version of Chord Picker uses CTRL+F2 or right click Edit Chord, not sure when the Edit Chord option came in but if 2011 has that you should be right else you could modify it to use ALT+F5. Either way it will insert the chords but might not add remove rest, shots, holds or pushes.
EDIT: I found my old hard drives and ran BB from it, the only thing that needed changing was when you Edit the Chord in 2011 the chord is already highlighted but in 2018 it's not so i just took the highlight line out of the script.
For earlier versions of Biab the only thing that needed changing was when you Edit the Chord in 2011 the chord is already highlighted but in 2018 it's not so i just took the highlight line out of the script.
Small suggestion... Might be a good idea to add a version letter somewhere on the home screen. That way we call all see if we need to upgrade. I am using your address link to see if it is a new version or not.
(Create Button @ 22 in 70 down, 70 width 30 height, C Name ) Gui, Add, Button, x22 y70 w40 h30 , C
(Button function when clicked, send to Biab window "TBandWindow" (get name with WindowSpy.ahk)) ButtonC: winactivate,ahk_class TBandWindow Send C Return
Unzip Biab Chord Picker User Buttons.ahk & Biab Chord Picker User Functions.ahk keep them in the same folder as Biab Chord Picker xxx.ahk Edit them in notepad or any text editor, just drag in, edit and save. When you right click Biab Chord Picker.ahk > Compile, it will create Biab Chord Picker.exe with your custom action buttons.
!E = Alt+E brings up the Edit menu. User can upload and share their custom actions. If you have trouble let me know what action you need.
Send ^ = Ctrl Send ! = Alt Send + = Shift Send # = Win Key Press the Alt key the shortcuts will show underscores Send !E will open Edit menu Use the keys below to access menu items Send {Enter} enter key Send {Left} left cursor Send {Right} Send {Up} Send {Down} Send {Down 3} down 3 Sleep, 100 will slow the keystrokes
Update 2.1b beta Flat/Sharp #/b change Button added Middle Mouse Button (Mouse Wheel "Press Down") Set for Custom Action
Choose A Custom Action for the Middle Mouse Button from the droplist at the bottom (these are the Actions in the User Tab), to try this choose CA1-2, now when you select a chord in BB and press the Mouse Wheel or Middle Button down the chord will change from F# to Gb or Gb to F#
Unzip Biab Chord Picker User Buttons.ahk & Biab Chord Picker User Functions.ahk keep them in the same folder as Biab Chord Picker xxx.ahk Edit them in notepad or any text editor, just drag in, edit and save. When you right click Biab Chord Picker.ahk > Compile, it will create Biab Chord Picker.exe with your custom action buttons.
!E = Alt+E brings up the Edit menu. User can upload and share their custom actions. If you have trouble let me know what action you need.
Send ^ = Ctrl Send ! = Alt Send + = Shift Send # = Win Key Press the Alt key the shortcuts will show underscores Send !E will open Edit menu Use the keys below to access menu items Send {Enter} enter key Send {Left} left cursor Send {Right} Send {Up} Send {Down} Send {Down 3} down 3 Sleep, 100 will slow the keystrokes
Choose A Custom Action for the Middle Mouse Button from the droplist at the bottom (these are the Actions in the User Tab), to try this choose CA1-2, now when you select a chord in BB and press the Mouse Wheel or Middle Button down the chord will change from F# to Gb or Gb to F#
Unzip Biab Chord Picker User Buttons.ahk & Biab Chord Picker User Functions.ahk keep them in the same folder as Biab Chord Picker xxx.ahk Edit them in notepad or any text editor, just drag in, edit and save. When you right click Biab Chord Picker.ahk > Compile, it will create Biab Chord Picker.exe with your custom action buttons.
!E = Alt+E brings up the Edit menu. User can upload and share their custom actions. If you have trouble let me know what action you need.
Send ^ = Ctrl Send ! = Alt Send + = Shift Send # = Win Key Press the Alt key the shortcuts will show underscores Send !E will open Edit menu Use the keys below to access menu items Send {Enter} enter key Send {Left} left cursor Send {Right} Send {Up} Send {Down} Send {Down 3} down 3 Sleep, 100 will slow the keystrokes
Choose A Custom Action for the Middle Mouse Button from the droplist at the bottom (these are the Actions in the User Tab), to try this choose CA1-2, now when you select a chord in BB and press the Mouse Wheel or Middle Button down the chord will change from F# to Gb or Gb to F#
Unzip Biab Chord Picker User Buttons.ahk & Biab Chord Picker User Functions.ahk keep them in the same folder as Biab Chord Picker xxx.ahk Edit them in notepad or any text editor, just drag in, edit and save. When you right click Biab Chord Picker.ahk > Compile, it will create Biab Chord Picker.exe with your custom action buttons.
For Earlier Biab versions ONLY (if you can right click to edit the chord then it will work on your version, and it's already highlighted then use this version)
!E = Alt+E brings up the Edit menu. User can upload and share their custom actions. If you have trouble let me know what action you need.
Send ^ = Ctrl Send ! = Alt Send + = Shift Send # = Win Key Press the Alt key the shortcuts will show underscores Send !E will open Edit menu Use the keys below to access menu items Send {Enter} enter key Send {Left} left cursor Send {Right} Send {Up} Send {Down} Send {Down 3} down 3 Sleep, 100 will slow the keystrokes
Choose A Custom Action for the Middle Mouse Button from the droplist at the bottom (these are the Actions in the User Tab), to try this choose CA1-2, now when you select a chord in BB and press the Mouse Wheel or Middle Button down the chord will change from F# to Gb or Gb to F#
Unzip Biab Chord Picker User Buttons.ahk & Biab Chord Picker User Functions.ahk keep them in the same folder as Biab Chord Picker xxx.ahk Edit them in notepad or any text editor, just drag in, edit and save. When you right click Biab Chord Picker.ahk > Compile, it will create Biab Chord Picker.exe with your custom action buttons.
!E = Alt+E brings up the Edit menu. User can upload and share their custom actions. If you have trouble let me know what action you need.
Send ^ = Ctrl Send ! = Alt Send + = Shift Send # = Win Key Press the Alt key the shortcuts will show underscores Send !E will open Edit menu Use the keys below to access menu items Send {Enter} enter key Send {Left} left cursor Send {Right} Send {Up} Send {Down} Send {Down 3} down 3 Sleep, 100 will slow the keystrokes
Very minor suggestion: I noticed that using the rest, shot or hold buttons adds the dots but doesn’t recognize if you change your mind, so if you use more than one button it just adds more dots. Perhaps consider checking to see if one of these three already exists and if so, clear it and start the chord fresh.
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Thanks Matt for feedback. You have Rest, Shot, Hold, Push that add to a new chord you just entered. You have Set-Chord-Rest(,Shot,Hold,Push) that changes an existing chord to. You have Remove-Pushes Remove-Shot-Hold-Rest that will remove existing ones from the chord.
Update 2.1e beta Transpose Chord /Slash (Transposes the /note only) Fixed Set-Chord-Hold Added Set-Chord-Rest(,Shot,Hold,Push) (Will remove any current Rest Shot Hold Push first)
Biab Chord Picker Tool 2015 to 2010 (if you can right click to edit the chord then it will work on your version, and if it's already highlighted then use this version) It will work on older versions below 2010 but most of the editing chords won't, it can be modified to edit the chord via Alt+F5 Chord Options window, it depends on how many users are still using the older than 2010 versions ????
Pipeline, Awesome! Lots of great features in there. Thanks Peter
Peter, I agree. Incidentally, are you looking for any new recruits for your development team? There does appear to be some very excellent potential close by.
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Pipeline, Awesome! Lots of great features in there. Thanks Peter
Peter, I agree. Incidentally, are you looking for any new recruits for your development team? There does appear to be some very excellent potential close by.
+1
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Thanks guys for the feedback. I got the 2009 or earlier worked out, just working out an ini file to store the BB version choice from the drop list and it will store the custom user actions buttons. So there will be just one version to download hopefully.
Update 2.1f beta Transpose Selection Edit/Transpose Beat All Biab versions in 1 32/64bit installer settings.ini to easily add/modify your Custom User Actions
The 2009-earlier should work on all versions as it uses the Chord Options dialog to edit the chords. In the 2017 & 2018 version the set to Bass Drums Piano Guitar Strings shortcuts were left out, this prevents the Chord Picker Tool from working correctly using 2009 mode in 2017 & 2018, however PG should have a fix out soon for both 2017 & 2018 to add the shortcuts back.
When you start the new version for the first time you will be asked to set the version in the bottom left, you can then change versions at anytime to try what suites you best.
After the version is set you can then also edit the settings.ini located in the install folder. This will let you easily add/modify the Custom User Actions keys in the User tab. Here's an example of adding an Unfold action to CA11 (Custom Actions 1 button 1) it's a simple matter of filling in name=*** and funct=*** of the buttons you need. Alt+E (Edit menu) Down 10 Right Down 5 and Enter !E,{Down 10},{Right},{Down 5},{Enter} ** Save a copy of your settings.ini !!! See Biab Chord Picker ReadMe.txt in the install folder for more details.
Unfold
!{e},{Down 10},{Right},{Down 5},{Enter}
Freeze All
!{p},{Down 13},{Enter}
UnFreeze All
!{p},{Down 14},{Enter}
Jazz Up Chords
!{e},{Down 14},{Right},{Down 4},{Enter 2}
Jazz Down Chords
!{e},{Down 14},{Right},{Down 5},{Enter 2}
Output Chords
^{e},{Tab 13},{Enter}
Hello Pipeline, I've just had a squiz at your wonderful offering. I have 2011 and have downloaded from the link you so generously supplied. Before I take it downstairs and have a go at installing the thing I thought I'd best ask...does it run well enough with XP? My DAW (Reaper) and BIAB computer is isolated from the net and all things too modern and runs happily on XP with all the old VSTs and so forth as well as an ancient version of Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.3 (I still have some old CW9 projects to export and rebuild in Reaper so have hung onto the prog). Thanks in anticipation of an answer.
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
Biab Plugin Chord Picker Tool Generic v1.1 for Most DAWs This should work with most DAWs.
The 2 DAWs I found so far that don't send the keystrokes to the Biab Plugin window are BandLab and Cubase, so to fix this issue use PluginFlipFlop if you already have JBridge. Just load PluginFlipFlop (instrument of FX) then load the Biab Plugin (instrument of FX) into it. Using PluginFlipFlop in Cubase will keep the VST window on top always. If the Biab the BiabVST window don't stay on top use Always On Top 1.3 Let me know what works and what don't. (the transport buttons up the top are not working) (the ^ ^^ Pushes still need implementing in the Plugin)
Yea same deal as BandLab and Cubase. Load PluginFlipFlop (FX or instrument) then load BBvst (FX or instrument) into it. If the BiabVst don't stay on top use an Always On Top app like the one in the link Always On Top 1.3 Joao from JBridge is going to make it stay on top.
why does the chord picker tool not allow the version to be set?
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