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The only question I would have, is this program geared at all to "non-musicians"? If you don't know what chords go with what, what 4/4 or 3/4 means, the concept of measures, choruses (I still like intro, verse, chorus, bridge, outro terminology), rests, shots, holds, pushes ...... how are you going to use BIAB effectively?

Kevin



I am a non musician, I love music but have a very hard time understanding music theory. The manual only helps after you start to grasp the structure of the program But.....
Yes it is geared to non musicians that want to learn something about music.
I will say again, for me, I learned by putting in randomly 4 to 10 chords and playing those in the style that first appeared in the program. I then learned how to change styles and trying that.
I then copied chords from a song I liked and found out that it sounded like crap til I saw what bars looked like in a Hymn book. I'm about as far from being a musican as possible But... I have learned much more than the cost of the program, that that in itself is worth it.
Do I understand it, No, But I can make a decent backing track for my wife to sing to.
If you import a midi file of a simple song, that will teach more than the manual. That's where I learned to turn off the style while the midi played.
This forum, will teach more than the manual, I think it would have been great to archive all the forum from years ago, but the storage space and cost would be greater than what Peter needs to support, I'm sure.
BTW, just last week I learned from others here about rest,pushes, shots, ETC.
Since I don't know music theory, I don't understand why a rest can't be programed for a certain duration, maybe it can, but I don't have a clue yet, but someone will tell us, maybe today and another puzzle piece will fit.
For me this has been a 2 year course in music and community, but that's just me
Wyndham