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Is there some way during a live BIAB performance to cause all instruments to stop and then manually trigger (with a button or foot pedal) either a 4,8, or 12 bar drum or bass break (Real Drums sequence or a custom wav or midi break) and after the break is done to resume the BIAB file's playback ?
I am a piano player. During a live gig I'd LOVE to be able to do this.
If BIAB can't do this, how would I accomplish this ?
Thanks for any hints,
Bob
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Bob, it's a great idea, and one that has been asked for before, but I don't believe such a feature is currently available.
(Dare I suggest this), maybe it's a good one for the wishlist?
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If you really want to do this in BIAB, the best you could do is to program in a section of drum break in your BIAB file, and then use the "Conductor" feature to play that section by hitting the appropriate trigger key. Unfortunately, even though you can use a MIDI keyboard as the trigger, when you do this, you lose the MIDI Thru track and won't hear your keyboard in the BIAB mix. So you would have to do this using a computer keyboard.
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Thanks so much. I wasn't aware of the Conductor functionality.
And I can't seem to find the documentation for it.
Just so I understand: are you saying I could play in a 4 bar break and an 8 bar break of bass or drums somewhere in the BIAB file, designate those 4 or 8 bars with a computer key, and no matter where I am in the BIAB playback it will jump to that solo ?
And what happens when the 4 or 8 bars breaks are done ? Does playback automatically resume the full BIAB music at the point where I punched the break key ? If not how do I get back to the point where I invoked the break ?
And do I put the breaks, after the end of the normal BIAB tune ? I assume I don't put the breaks in the middle of the BIAB chords or they would automatically play every time I played the BIAB file, correct ?
Thanks for any clarification.
All the best, Newbie Bob
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If all else fails, you could put together what you want to do, then save the song as a WAV or MP3 file. The down side is that your arrangement will be the same whenever you play it.
Mike Laatz
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And I can't seem to find the documentation for it. Open up the BIAB 2017 PDF user manual and look at about page 134; you should see the section on how to use the Conductor feature. It's also listed in the table of contents towards the end of Chapter 5 as "THE CONDUCTOR".
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Although the conductor does seem to have a bug in the MODE section...even though "next bar" is selected, as soon as you then use one of the preset jump to locations (under Custom) the Mode radio button always jumps back to the Default.
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If you can't get Conductor to do what you want try here: http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=429633#Post429633You can try MIDI Hotkey Portable http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Audio/MIDI-Hotkey-Portable.shtmlRight click > Properties > Compatibility > XP > Run as Admin you can set it to the high C or low C to send the spacebar keystroke. Set other keys to any other keystroke or hotkeys. Converts signals from midi devices (e.g. epiano) to keystrokes MIDI Hotkey Portable is a handy and reliable utility designed to enable you to control your computer using a midi device like a piano. Not only can you configure the notes you can also configure the sustain pedal, play, stop, record buttons. There are many ways to use MIDI Hotkey Portable: You can use this software to make recording easier (e.g. control cubase, samplitude, using your electric piano). But also you are able to launch programs like firefox or even control the mouse.  For Mac you can try midiStroke http://charlie-roberts.com/midiStroke/to send midi notes from your midi keyboard to Keystroke. You can use it with Quicksilver https://qsapp.com/about.phpto work like Conductor in the Win version. So you can use the (Control+F) Play > Play Special > Play from Bar #...
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