Last year, I made a New Years resolution to try and record at least 1 song per week. I'd recently purchased my first MacBook Pro, Logic Pro, and Final Cut Pro. My plan was to get my original music recorded. And I've been able to do that. I do a fair amount of live dates... but so do my band mates. It's nearly impossible to find a good time to get everyone together. I was really frustrated.
I first used Band in a Box in the early 2000's. I heard a recording of someone using BIAB 2024 and was knocked out with how good the real tracks sounded. So... I bought a copy. And I recorded one of my original songs and posted it in the User Showcase. You guys were so encouraging with your comments. But I soon discovered that I wouldn't be able to get all the original music recorded on a "record 1 song per week" schedule I'd put on myself. So I started using Band in a Box to do covers of jazz standards and public domain songs.
I've since done more than 70 (close to 80 now) recordings utilizing BIAB 25 Ultra Pak (I upgraded... can't wait to see what will be in BIAB 26 for Mac). I also made videos to accompany the recordings.
I'm a big fan of BIAB. It delivers some fantastic backing tracks. Many of the musicians who recorded the real tracks are jazz legends. When I have a written part that I want played, for example a bass line, I can generate a midi file in Finale, export it, put it into Logic and assign a sound. I then use a BIAB generated rhythm section to fill out the other parts of the band. The results have been amazing.
I have a YouTube channel that has the entire collection of my New Years 2025 resolution.
"Have You Met Miss Jones" was one of my first attempts at recording a jazz standard with BIAB. It turned out great (though I did experiment with a 2 mic setup... not entirely happy with the outcome. But I learned a lot from it. Now I just used the Sennheiser 441 (much better results for the room I record in).
Memo: All Jazz 'Poll Winners' and all RealTracks playing fast jazz swing with Kenny Barron on piano, Ron Carter on acoustic bass and Lewis Nash on Drums. -Examples: Star Eyes, Autumn Leaves., Genre "Intensity" Score=30/100 _JAZFSKB.STY. Fast Jazz Swing Poll Winners All RealTracks. Trio. Tempo=190 (175-215) Instruments: Ac.Bass, Ac.Piano, Drums RD: JazzSwingLewis^04-a:Brushes Swirl, Busy Snare , b:Ride and Hihat :Lewis Nash RT752: Bass, Acoustic, Jazz BeBop Sw 190 , Neil Swainson RT2315: Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm JazzFastKenny Sw 190 , Kenny Barron
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .
Gordon Scott- Thanks. The Sennheiser MK 4 (condenser) mic just didn't match very well with the Sennheiser 441. Picked up way too much of the ambient room reverb on the saxophone. The 441 just works so much better with my saxophones. I use the MK 4 for flute now (works pretty well).
I liked the BIAB back track. Can't go wrong with Kenny Baron on keys.
BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.
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Band-in-a-Box 2026 Video: The Newly Designed Piano Roll Window
In this video, we explore the updated Piano Roll, complete with a modernized look and exciting new features. You’ll see new filtering options that make it easy to focus on specific note groups, smoother and more intuitive note entry and editing, and enhanced options for zooming, looping, and more.
Band-in-a-Box 2026 Video: AI Stems & Notes - split polyphonic audio into instruments and transcribe
This video demonstrates how to use the new AI-Notes feature together with the AI-Stems splitter, allowing you to select an audio file and have it separated into individual stems while transcribing each one to its own MIDI track. AI-Notes converts polyphonic audio—either full mixes or individual instruments—into MIDI that you can view in notation or play back instantly.
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