back at it.
(plese note , been away cos of family bereavment
n other family matters.)
i mentioned before that i have a seperate folder
for fav styles seperate from the bb foldr.
now the next step..
at the end of the bb folder without going
into any sub dir are column after column of bb styles
n examples in lots of music genres.

i'm currently up to "C" in the alphabet gradually
working alphabetically thru the styles
BUT NOT CHANGEING ANYTHING IN THE BB DIR.
if i like a certain style or example once again i copy
it to my favs folder n muck about with it there.

tips 014
heres some further tips to try n experiment with.
lots of things are in key C.
at first listen on clicking with mouse , you might go
hmm.."cheesy" if you dont have a ton of outboard gear.
BUT WAIT..!! before you discard that style.
or example...and this has happened many times to me.
copy it to your favs folder. then muckabout with it.
1.CHANGE THE BLINKING KEY.
today i changed from C to a Gm n got something completely
diff after regeneration n putting in a bunch of chords.
EXPERIMENT !!
2. changeing the cheese.
you hear this sound plonking away in an example or style, n
ya go ugh !!..cos your useing a el cheapo
sound chip in an old laptop.
thats not bb's fault.
n you cant afford a sonic cell or other fancy outboard midi gear
or a thousand quid synth n plug ins etc...lol..
so whaddya do ??
bring up a style..notice at top left in bb..
INSTRUMENT PATCH..select an instrument n change the patch n see
if something you like better..eg in the coyote selection.
you can also muck around in your daw once youve exported
the bb trak to your daw..ie use a free plug in.
(eg...computer music mag from uk has a slew of free instrument plug ins
each month. just make sure you use lean plug ins resource wise,
if your puter isnt a power monster.)
for example..n maybe youll hate the song..but at my motagator site..
notice the plonky daft sound behind my vocal talk on the squat song at
1min25secs ?? the original style i used was modified heavily,
and the original on board sound chip patch for that section i didnt like,
so i changed it..
to get that da da da da, da da da da motif...
behind the daft brit talky.
cos i cant afford uber expensive gear.
that sound came from the coyote n on board sound chip if i remember.
as i said maybe others might hate the sound , but i felt at
the time it fitted the daftness of the song.
so i made a quick decision.
in summary...YOU CAN CHANGE THE CHEESE...
TO A LOVELY FRUITY RESULT...IF YOU EXPERIMENT WITH PATCHES N SOUNDS ETC.
3. eperiment withj real tracks.
this goes without saying.
as well as changeing midi patches of course you can also
experiment plug in with real instruments from bb.
eg i have real drums set as default..then i experiment with both real instruments n
midi alternate patches.
another thing to think about. n try.
you could drop two tracks of the same thing into your daw
from bb. one being midi that drives a plug in ,
and tother a real track ..
and then experiment with synergy between them.
for example you could audition several bass traks this way.
n see which you liked best.
drop one of bb's real bass players into your daw. as a track.
then drop the midi as another track n use a plug in kinda idea
n see which fits best.
IN SUMMARY..you hear a sound but dislike it...
experiment n change it. thats what i do.
a good example is tother day i brought up this old style country style..
prolly lots would discard it. i changed it completely to
a rockier approach. changed keys n chords, n midi patches n real traks ,
n it started to rock me.

SO..next time you bring up a style n see that lonesome
C chord..change it , add chords..
n muckabout with tempo , beat it up, try different instrument patches n real tracks..
etc etc.
all good fun. lol.
more ideas/tips to come.

ps..keebo..cheers mate.

retd puter engr.
daft songs at
www.motagator.net/bmanning
(songs no 9 n higher use new biab2011.)
what is the black art of audio engineering ?.
all puters get obsolete in the end..lol.