I recall there is a setting to ignore pushes in middle choruses. Is that possibly what you are hearing? EDIT: I take that back; I think that might be a Wishlist item.
I have not come across what you are describing, but I only work in jazz and Latin genres. How about giving us some RealTrack numbers so we can reproduce what you are getting?
Also, are you sure you have a full installation? The pushes, shots and holds are separate files. Without them, it might sound like what you hear.
Last edited by Matt Finley; 08/07/1810:29 AM.
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I did not know that. Thank you. It makes sense, but do you have a source for this info?
Just > Soloist > Open Soloist Dialog > All RealTracks > Choose track number > Soloist Maker Edit > More > change hold number (remember the original number !) Now add some pushes and generate.
As long as a RealTrack supports holds (most do now), pushes really should work. If you run into a RealTrack that supports holds (there'll be a number in the Holds column) but won't push, feel free to freeze the tracks in the song file and send it to support@pgmusic.com for testing.
I'm quite new to BIAB (Windows) so still learning the ropes, but I'm also having some trouble with pushes/holds.
In some styles, they seem to work pretty much perfectly e.g. I made a backing track for "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" using _JFREDMD.STY and all the pushes for the head sound great.
However, other styles don't seem to work very well - I'm trying to make a backing track for "Sweet Home Chicago" using _SHAKIN.STY. This tune has a push to the dominant chord (B7) at the end of each section, but these pushes sound pretty awful. I've also tried changing each RealTrack to the following:
386: Bass, Electric, Blues chuck 1584: guitar, electric, rhythm texasbluesrockshufflebrent 1591: piano acoustic rhythm texasbluesrockshuffle RealDrums=BluesRockShuffle^2-a:stare, hihat, b: snare, ride
Unfortunately, these also did not handle the pushes well.
My settings for both tracks (Don't Get Around Much Anymore & Sweet Home Chicago) are the same, so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if the pushes on some styles just aren't that great?
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