This is a sound test on a new Band in Box Xtra Style from the Singer Songwriter Pack. The style is SANDMAN.

https://soundcloud.com/david-snyder-mixing-lab/acoustic-alchemy

This style allows you to get that elusive "Acoustic Alchemy" Sound which I have been trying to imitate for years but never could quite nail. This style shows how it is done. This never even made it to the DAW. The entire thing was recorded and mixed in Band in a Box itself. Any acoustic artist could go to town with this one as a bed, adding in other instrumentation and going to a DAW. This isn't even really mixed yet.

I just laid down a quick guitar part of my own straight into Band in a Box, added some EQ and a dreamy guitar and hit render.

Not mixed. Never seen a DAW, just a sound test. Thought I would throw it out before I hit the road.

Not seeking comments, really, just wanted you to see what these Xtra Styles can do.

Wow is all I can say.

****** Song Summary *************

File:Acoustic Alchemy.SGU
Key=A , Tempo 120, Length (m:s)=2:16
No intro. 32 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 32. Repeat x2 choruses

Style is DALCHEMY.STY () (Originally SANDMAN, altered by David)

RealTracks in style: 1929:Synth, Bass, EuroDance VerseBass Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 2277:Synth, Rhythm DiscoElPianoLow Ev 120
RealTracks in style: ~1677:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking CountryBrent Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 1943:Synth, Rhythm, EuroDance Strings Ev 120
RealTracks in style: ~543:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Dreamy Ev 120
RealDrums in style: NashBrushBalDbKEv16^1-a: Snare, HiHat , b: QuarterHat, TripletSnare

David Snyder
Songwriter/Renaissance Man
Studio + Fingers

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