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How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? #762874 04/21/23 09:39 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k This song is in Gb major I don't know how to input the continuous chord rhythm in the fourth and eighth verses of singing in BIAB. 00:23 seconds 00:38 seconds I typed it many times. None of them worked. Can't find the right beat. WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? babymusic #762875 04/21/23 10:18 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,318 Melbourne, Australia	It essentially uses triplets (3 notes per beat) over the main 4/4 beat. Try using Pushes where you place a '^' in front of the chord name. <Alt><F5> opens the menu. You may have to experiment, and you may not get the result you want. Another idea is to change to a 12/8 or 6/8 style for that bar, but I'm not sure how that will sound. I presume not so great. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) 2023-04-22_18-10-22.jpg (47.6 KB, 205 downloads) BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #762876 04/21/23 10:37 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	Originally Posted By: AudioTrack It essentially uses triplets (3 notes per beat) over the main 4/4 beat. Try using Pushes where you place a '^' in front of the chord name. <Alt><F5> opens the menu. Is it convenient to write a SWG file and let me have a look? WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #762882 04/22/23 02:10 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Mark Hayes Expert Joined: Jun 2021 Posts: 1,689	Originally Posted By: AudioTrack It essentially uses triplets (3 notes per beat) over the main 4/4 beat. Try using Pushes where you place a '^' in front of the chord name. Not triplets. Regular eighth notes in groups of 3, which can indeed be done with pushes.

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? Mark Hayes #762970 04/22/23 03:55 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	Originally Posted By: Mark Hayes Originally Posted By: AudioTrack It essentially uses triplets (3 notes per beat) over the main 4/4 beat. Try using Pushes where you place a '^' in front of the chord name. Not triplets. Regular eighth notes in groups of 3, which can indeed be done with pushes. How do I distribute three chords in each bar? WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? babymusic #762977 04/22/23 04:49 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,318 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: swingbabymix How do I distribute three chords in each bar? You use 'Pushes' to move the beat earlier in the bar. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #763011 04/22/23 06:39 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	Originally Posted By: AudioTrack You use 'Pushes' to move the beat earlier in the bar. I put 8bar chords in 7bar, right? I tried many times, but without success. WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? babymusic #763014 04/22/23 08:18 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,318 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: swingbabymix Originally Posted By: AudioTrack You use 'Pushes' to move the beat earlier in the bar. I put 8bar chords in 7bar, right? I tried many times, but without success. Try this: Enter the chords in bar 7 & 8 as follows: Bar 7, Beats 1&2: D..bd Bar 7, Beats 3&4: ^C..bd Bar 8: Beats 1&2: ^Bm..d,^Am..d Bar 8: Beats 3&4: ^G..b,^D..b I used _FNKDNC2.Sty and added the two real drums as shown. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) YMCA_test.jpg (109.52 KB, 123 downloads) YMCA_drums.jpg (95.87 KB, 123 downloads) BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #763015 04/22/23 08:32 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,318 Melbourne, Australia	Also, in Song Settings, make sure to allow Pushes for RealTracks, like this: Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) 2023-04-23_16-29-55.jpg (90.87 KB, 119 downloads) BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #763016 04/22/23 08:40 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	Originally Posted By: AudioTrack Bar 8: Beats 1&2: ^Bm..d,^Am..d Bar 8: Beats 3&4: ^G..b,^D..b I used _FNKDNC2.Sty and added the two real drums as shown. thank you But it feels different. 8bar is a little slow to start WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #763018 04/22/23 08:45 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,318 Melbourne, Australia	Also, you might try this for bars 9, 10 & 11 Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) YMCA_test2.jpg (93.46 KB, 121 downloads) BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? babymusic #763021 04/22/23 09:31 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,318 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: swingbabymix Originally Posted By: AudioTrack Bar 8: Beats 1&2: ^Bm..d,^Am..d Bar 8: Beats 3&4: ^G..b,^D..b I used _FNKDNC2.Sty and added the two real drums as shown. thank you But it feels different. 8bar is a little slow to start It might depend on the style you are using. What style are you using? BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #763022 04/22/23 09:43 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	Originally Posted By: AudioTrack It might depend on the style you are using. What style are you using? To try it out, I used the same style as you. WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #763023 04/22/23 09:52 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	Originally Posted By: AudioTrack Also, in Song Settings, make sure to allow Pushes for RealTracks, like this: We have the same setup here. I never changed this place. WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? babymusic #763024 04/22/23 10:36 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,318 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: swingbabymix Originally Posted By: AudioTrack It might depend on the style you are using. What style are you using? To try it out, I used the same style as you. OK, well you might just need to experiment, like I did. I couldn't possibly guarantee that BiaB could deliver the exact same beat & rhythm sequence for that (or any) song. You also might need to consider to be a little flexible in what's acceptable. Try it with _FNKDANC.STY also. Remember, you are trying to get a program that creates 'backing tracks' to create the exact rhythmic features of a particular unique song melody. The program is not designed to do that. You can always experiment with MIDI and create your own backing track that is exactly what you want. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #763025 04/22/23 10:49 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,318 Melbourne, Australia	Also, have you tried micro-chords for bar 7? You may be able to push the first beat of bar 8 to be earlier by placing it somewhere in the 4th beat of bar 7 using micro-chords. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #763026 04/22/23 11:07 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	Originally Posted By: AudioTrack Also, have you tried micro-chords for bar 7? You may be able to push the first beat of bar 8 to be earlier by placing it somewhere in the 4th beat of bar 7 using micro-chords. yes. I've tried them all. But I didn't find the right spot. So, I came to the forum to post this post. If it's convenient, give me a screenshot and I'll copy it. It's mostly in English and I have a hard time understanding it. If each bar could input 8 or 16 chords directly, I think everything would be very simple. WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? babymusic #763034 04/23/23 12:32 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,318 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: swingbabymix If each bar could input 8 or 16 chords directly, I think everything would be very simple. Yes, I also wish this was the method they used instead of complicated patches and workarounds to achieve these results. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? AudioTrack #763057 04/23/23 01:59 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	Originally Posted By: AudioTrack Originally Posted By: swingbabymix If each bar could input 8 or 16 chords directly, I think everything would be very simple. Yes, I also wish this was the method they used instead of complicated patches and workarounds to achieve these results. Microchords are definitely not achievable. Now I want to know what the ^ means. Ha ha WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: How to quickly input chord rhythm accurately? babymusic #763059 04/23/23 02:16 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Mark Hayes Expert Joined: Jun 2021 Posts: 1,689	For the record, the 2 bar sung phrase in question — "need to be unhappy" — consists of 4 dotted quarter notes followed by 2 quarter notes.

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