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Can someone tell me if I can import an mp3 of myself playing guitar and singing into BIAB, and then add drums and bass to it? My attempts so far have been futile. I used the Automatic Chord Wizard, set the beat , and have been unsuccessful past that. Any input would be appreciated. Thank you.
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You can do it, but timing issues might crop up unless you recorded your guitar/vocals with a metronome. RealBand might be a better choice for this.
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Hi tunaboy,
Welcome to the forums.
As Barry said, it can be done. Under "Audio" on the top menu, there's an option to "Import Audio". You could load the file in via this. That being said, though, as Barry has pointed out, unless your timing is 100% accurate throughout the whole song, it will be very difficult (if not nearly impossible) to get your mp3 to exactly match added drums and bass, beat by beat. Because the bass and drums are electronically generated, they are 100% accurate with timing.
The option, again as Barry has said, is to use Realband. Matching tempos can be done by generating the bass and the drums and then slicing your mp3 into sections (if necessary) and stretch/shrink those sections to match the generated instruments. If you initially recorded your mp3 against a set rhythm, it may fit fairly easily.
In my experience, the best way to add bass and drums is to lay those lines down first and then record the other against them. That way, there will be no timing issues. It might turn out that it's a whole heap easier simply to lay down a chord progression, solo the bass and drums, and then record your guitar playing and singing on top of this.
All the best,
Noel
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The Audio Chord Wizard supports the generation of a tempo map. Importing some mp3 and sycing a BB arrangement should be a piece of cake.
Martin
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In my experience, the best way to add bass and drums is to lay those lines down first and then record the other against them. That way, there will be no timing issues. It might turn out that it's a whole heap easier simply to lay down a chord progression, solo the bass and drums, and then record your guitar playing and singing on top of this.
That has been my experience as well. Use BIAB to create the basic tracks first. I normally create my songs while playing my acoustic guitar. Once I get a cohesive chord progression for the various parts (verse, chorus, etc..) and a melody going (lyrics seem to always come last), I'll then input the tempo, time signature, chords, etc. into BIAB and play with various styles until I get something I like. Typically, once I get the arrangement the way I like it, I will drag & drop the tracks (using the DAW plug-in feature) into one of my preferred DAW's (either SONAR or REAPER) and record my extra bits there (acoustic guitar, vocals, etc). All subsequent recording, arranging, mixing , FX plug-in processing & exporting takes place in my preferred DAW's, at this point.
Cheers,
Billy Buck
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tuna,
Martin is right - automatic chord wizard can do exactly what you're asking. You say you've set the beat, then been unsuccessful beyond that. Typically when you import audio via ACW, the midi style is silenced. There's a checkbox to enable it. Can you give us a little more detail about the "unsuccessful past that". What steps have you taken, what's happened, when you play BIAB can you hear your MP3?
Bruce
Last edited by babarton; 01/02/11 11:15 AM.
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Thanks for all your imput. It was quite helpful. I ended up taking the path of least resistance. I found a BIAB file online of the song I was playing, and muted the guitar, then played my guitar and added my vocals over it. Thanks again.
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Once i open a file in Rb and set the tempo map, i tend to stay in Rb and not drag to another DAW since RB is the one that had the ability to make a tempo map out of a file that did not have one. Then add any tracks you want. and it should all run smoothly to the tempo mapped MP3 file.
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I tried opening the song in Real Band and adding tracks as you folks suggested and that worked perfectly for me. Thanks again, great info.
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