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I want to ask a question. Wonder if BIAB can do this now?
The situation is this:

This is a song in G major.
But there is an F at bar 9, giving a sense of rest
It didn't feel discordant, but it sounded good.
Is there any chord suggestion function in BIAB, for example, in a certain BAR position, I want to add a chord of what feeling, BIAB will give me suggestions, even in a position that already has a chord, BIAB will suggest me to change Em into Em7?

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i think the answer is no. otherwise BIAB would be writing your music for you. its an auto accompaniment program not an auto songwriting program although BIAB will generate complete songs. it won't 'help you out' when you want a suggestion at a point in writing a song.

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Originally Posted By: Bob Calver
i think the answer is no. otherwise BIAB would be writing your music for you. its an auto accompaniment program not an auto songwriting program although BIAB will generate complete songs. it won't 'help you out' when you want a suggestion at a point in writing a song.



thanks for the reply. That's a pity.
I'm going to try SCALER, which has a chord suggestion feature in it.


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Originally Posted By: swingbabymix

thanks for the reply. That's a pity.
I'm going to try SCALER, which has a chord suggestion feature in it.

Yes, that's an option, but it's possibly separate to the creative way we tend to use BiaB. Isn't it less satisfying when someone/something else is relied on the provide the creativity?


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I've posted my opinion before but 'push button A and get chords on Scaler, push button B on BIAB get complete song' is quite a depressing notion.

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Originally Posted By: Bob Calver
I've posted my opinion before but 'push button A and get chords on Scaler, push button B on BIAB get complete song' is quite a depressing notion.


I recognized this fact years ago. cry


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Originally Posted By: swingbabymix
Originally Posted By: Bob Calver
i think the answer is no. otherwise BIAB would be writing your music for you. its an auto accompaniment program not an auto songwriting program although BIAB will generate complete songs. it won't 'help you out' when you want a suggestion at a point in writing a song.



thanks for the reply. That's a pity.
I'm going to try SCALER, which has a chord suggestion feature in it.


Google/Bing either chord substitution or chord substitution chart and you will find a lot of data on this.


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Originally Posted By: Bob Calver
I've posted my opinion before but 'push button A and get chords on Scaler, push button B on BIAB get complete song' is quite a depressing notion.


I don't understand this sentence


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Originally Posted By: swingbabymix
Originally Posted By: Bob Calver
i think the answer is no. otherwise BIAB would be writing your music for you. its an auto accompaniment program not an auto songwriting program although BIAB will generate complete songs. it won't 'help you out' when you want a suggestion at a point in writing a song.



thanks for the reply. That's a pity.
I'm going to try SCALER, which has a chord suggestion feature in it.


Google/Bing either chord substitution or chord substitution chart and you will find a lot of data on this.


thanks.
These keywords help me a lot.
I will do a search.
Do you have any related websites to recommend, thank you very much


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Like this ? (RapidComposer will load as a VST in Biab and will import/export Biab chord track)

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Originally Posted By: Pipeline
Like this ? (RapidComposer will load as a VST in Biab and will import/export Biab chord track)


You mean there is a chord suggestion feature in RapidComposer?


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Yes, it is worth trying the trial version.

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Originally Posted By: Pipeline
Yes, it is worth trying the trial version.


Thanks for the recommendation, I just downloaded the 4.3 demo
i need to learn


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To get the Biab chords into RapidComposer:
In Preferences > OutputCH. (Output Chords)

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Or you can use the BBPlugin in the RapidCoposer Standalone.
Just drag the chords from the Plugin into RapidComposer Import Midi.


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Originally Posted By: Pipeline
Or you can use the BBPlugin in the RapidCoposer Standalone.
Just drag the chords from the Plugin into RapidComposer Import Midi.
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I don't understand one thing. You mean, drag and drop BIAB chords into RapidComposer to play?
Or drag and drop the chord progression of RapidComposer into BIAB to play?

There is another problem.
How to modify the display here to CDEFGAB?

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Right click Master Track

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Biab with RapidCompserVST


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The chord progression on this interface, click to play, is there no sound?

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That is interesting, ido own latest rapid composer and BIAB 22 so how do I use the BIAB chord track in Rapid Composer VST?

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