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I've been a BIAB customer now for decades!
I don't use the program very often but do value it
when I need to use it.

I would like to know what are the BIAB 'Game Changers'
that have been added to the program over the years?

Of course each person will have different slightly different opinions for this, but I'd like to get some kind of consensus on this.

For example the addition of Audio tracks to Midi tracks, way back was certainly one.

Real Tracks would certainly be another.

I'm curious to know about the real biggies?

I know that each year 50 new features are added to BIAB.
It's a tradition. But which ones are the real Game Changers in your estimate?

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Just RealTracks. They are the single reason I keep buying the upgrades.

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In the order of importance to my workflow:

Many additional mixer tracks (Utility tracks)
2021 Multiriff feature
Microchords
Node / string audio edit for volume automation

And of course RT /RD and midi, but you already mentioned them smile

P.S. 64 bit program version. That is more technical thing, just a confidence/comfort item that program will work for years ahead, knowing there will not be headaches as with some of software titles.

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Yes all of the above, but true 'Game Changers' will be Play Direct Prototype for Biab, RealBand & BBVst, and Live Arranger Mode (coming soon before Yamaha I hope).

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The addition of the modern interface while retaining the classic interface is a biggie from customer satisfaction and user workflow standpoints. I use Ctrl+T to move between the two interfaces because both have advantages.

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I know I'm a broken record (if that analogy is even understood anymore) but BIAB's MIDI Chord Detection was an early game changer for me. The ability to play a chord into BIAB and have it give four possible names has helped me professionally countless times. I compose, arrange and transcribe Brazilian jazz, a genre that has complex chords.


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Of all of the features, I feel that the new Stems feature sticks out in my mind. Being able to mix the drum stems can really take songs to a whole new level (thought the stereo mixes available are really good)!

https://youtu.be/ht-qBm3zogQ


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Originally Posted By: JohnJohnJohn
Just RealTracks. They are the single reason I keep buying the upgrades.


Yes same for me! smile


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Originally Posted By: Jim Fogle
The addition of the modern interface while retaining the classic interface is a biggie from customer satisfaction and user workflow standpoints. I use Ctrl+T to move between the two interfaces because both have advantages.


It shows I haven't been using BIAB much recently as I didn't even know about these two nuances. smile

For me I breathed a big sigh of relief when that huge piano scroll finally disappeared from the main screen!
I never used it and it was taking up so much real estate.
It must have hung around there for at least 20 years!


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Thanks guys for all your replies, I'd be curious to hear from others as well.


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Kudos to the BiaB user who encouraged the developers to come up with the more modern screen layout, which is selected either by Control-T, or these two buttons:

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Originally Posted By: AudioTrack
... the more modern screen layout ...

I probably wouldn't be a BiaB user if they hadn't. The earlier layout was, for me at least, unusable on the notepad PC for which I bought it ... there was just too little screen left for the chords.


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... the more modern screen layout ...

I probably wouldn't be a BiaB user if they hadn't. The earlier layout was, for me at least, unusable on the notepad PC for which I bought it ... there was just too little screen left for the chords.

Yes, an excellent point. I struggled with the older layout also. It was always too busy and distracting. There was a bit of boat rocking involved (maybe even capsizing at one point), but the end result was definitely worth it. It paved the way for inclusion of many more features, and retained the 'less cluttered' presentation.


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Hands down the BIAB-VST. grin


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Originally Posted By: AudioTrack
There was a bit of boat rocking involved ...

As I use that laptop on my boat, that seems fairly appropriate.
Capsizing Galatea would be quite a challenge though :-)


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Originally Posted By: AudioTrack
Kudos to the BiaB user who encouraged the developers to come up with the more modern screen layout, which is selected either by Control-T, or these two buttons:


This AudioTrack video gave a lot of ideas and JJJ's original BIAB-VST idea.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYd6XMJZKVo

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Originally Posted By: MusicStudent
Hands down the BIAB-VST. grin


Are you referring to the BIAB-VST DAW plugin?
I wasn't aware of it until now, if that's what you mean.

I just watched a brief video on the plugin.

What advantages are there to using it in the DAW as opposed to what I have always done?

1. Prepared the backing tracks in BIAB
2. Imported them into my DAW (Reaper) and recorded the rest in
Reaper.

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