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In the past I've simply keyed in solos myself and created my own solo track. but I now need a smoky solo sax which would be beyond my capabilities. So I'm exploring the soloist in BIAB.
I was encouraged via this forum, when I started, to avoid worrying about repeats etc, and simply create my song as one long file with all the verses and choruses after each other.
But this seems to raise a problem with the soloist. The only options I can find are to apply the soloist to the first, second or last choruses. Since my file isn't divided into choruses, then how do I apply it to a particular section (My instrumental section - the third out of four verses+choruses [I use chorus here not in the BIAB sense, but as it would normally be applied to the chorus of a song])?
I suppose I could take the leap and use "fold" to make it work with BIAB's style, but I've never done this, and I'm not sure how I tell the program where my "choruses" are - and what do I do with my verses? Otherwise, there may be a workaround - perhaps a more experienced user knows how to apply the soloist just to a specific series of bars?
Help appreciated.
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Find where you want to shut him up. Press F5. You might want to choose a few bars ahead and start to reduce volumes on the solo track too, just so you don't get an abrupt stop.
John Conley
Musica est vita
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Hi Digihound,
If I understand your post correctly, you need to use the "Custom" option in the Soloist dialogue box.
I use an unfolded, single chorus in all my songs. Here's how I use the soloist.
1. In the Chord Sheet window, drag the mouse over the region of the song where you want the solo to be (this will select that region).
2. Click the yellow S to obtain the Soloist dialogue box.
3. Select the soloist.
3. In the horizontally in the middle of the dialogue box, vertically about 1/3 of the way up, there is a CUSTOM button. Select this.
4. A new dialogue box opens - "Generate solos for a specific range of bars". (Since you have pre-selected the region for the solo, you should find that the appropriate bar numbers are all filled in for you.)
5. Click "Generate Solo" and then "OK".
Regards,
Noel
MY SONGS...Audiophile BIAB 2024
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Thanks guys - sorry for delay in responding.
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I use the same technique as Noel. If I have recorded a vocal track, I will use the "custom" soloist to even fill short bar lengths between the vocal vocal lines. It's a great feature.
You can even hit the "edit" button on the soloist page and go one level deeper and select the range of notes you want the soloist to play - lots of timing features too.
Cheers
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