I open the chord/melody generator, to auto-create a new song...
If I want to achieve something like the video (not mine) how should I go about it (which style(s) should I choose, settings, a step-by-step detailed walk-through would really be helpful )
Basically any type of song, but played on a solo-piano. I'm probably missing the obvious (because I'm used to making standard pop/rock rhythmic music with it), but I can't seem to get BIAB to do this.
Any and all hints, tips, tricks are welcome Thanks
I managed to get a piano solo... but only 1-finger style.
I still can't figure out if it's possible to get the full song to sound like it's a single person playing it on a piano.
The full songs I get now have bass and melody played by, well, the other virtual band-members and not the piano-player (if my explanation makes sense )
The solo sound very thin when it's 1-finger, and without the bass and melody being present. And if I un-mute bass and melody, the full song is more complex than what a single person with 2 hands can physically play.
I guess I'm looking for a way to translate the full arrangement into one a single person can play on a piano, rather than one that is played by several people each on their respective instrument.
Yeah... I was going to suggest the solo accompaniment styles as well.
The one down side to BB/RB is that you can not get it to play a specific melody as was shown in your video. BB/RB will play the chords you direct it to play but the melody it plays will be a "hit or miss" and usually, it's on the "miss" side of things.
All is not lost though. If you have some basic piano keyboard skills, or even midi programming skills, you can easily find a midi piano that sounds similar in tone and character, and insert those parts yourself.
By using a good DAW that allows audio editing that's easy to do.... you can create just about anything you need.
In this song... Fools Errand The intro was actually created by BB/RB and I simply faked the playing of that part in the video. The section I created was further into the song. My part starts at 3:34 thru 4:03. This part is a midi piano playing a sampled piano adjusted to match the tone of the BB/RB piano.
All of the piano solo accompaniment styles will provide a usable solo piano part for a vocalist to sing against. If you're looking to create original melodies, that may take a bit of thinking "outside the box" but I have discovered that with BB/RB, you are generally only limited in what you want to accomplish, by your imagination.
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The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
Yeah... I was going to suggest the solo accompaniment styles as well.
The one down side to BB/RB is that you can not get it to play a specific melody as was shown in your video. BB/RB will play the chords you direct it to play but the melody it plays will be a "hit or miss" and usually, it's on the "miss" side of things.
All is not lost though. If you have some basic piano keyboard skills, or even midi programming skills, you can easily find a midi piano that sounds similar in tone and character, and insert those parts yourself.
By using a good DAW that allows audio editing that's easy to do.... you can create just about anything you need.
In this song... Fools Errand The intro was actually created by BB/RB and I simply faked the playing of that part in the video. The section I created was further into the song. My part starts at 3:34 thru 4:03. This part is a midi piano playing a sampled piano adjusted to match the tone of the BB/RB piano.
All of the piano solo accompaniment styles will provide a usable solo piano part for a vocalist to sing against. If you're looking to create original melodies, that may take a bit of thinking "outside the box" but I have discovered that with BB/RB, you are generally only limited in what you want to accomplish, by your imagination.
I've experimented a bit with it for the last half to full hour now (time flies once things start moving ) and I see what you mean.
I can get great... 'strumming along', for lack of a better word, but it's true it's only the chords (and some embellishment) and the 'right hand' never really plays the actual melody.
I can live with it for now, for what I need, but a more dedicated 'single man piano' full-song sound would definitely be more ideal. Anything a single person can realistically do on a piano (and which I can't do myself since I sadly have very little skills in this direction)
Thanks for the help! I'm definitely getting much better results now than before I asked this question BIAB is almost like an instrument itself; learn it, master it, and then it will reward you with good sounding music
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