Interesting query, Mel.
What styles? - Brazilian jazz - Latin jazz
Covers or Originals? - Only originals
Fun or commercial (or somewhere in between!) - Both
What human instruments do you add to your Biab/RB arrangements? - Any horn part needed. Flugelhorn, flute, soprano or tenor sax, trumpet. Also vibes.
Do you port your tunes from BIAB into another DAW (eg. Sonar etc) to finish them? - Yes, SONAR. Then Adobe Audition for mastering the stereo file with Ozone.
Do you play live with Biab? - No. I use real people.
What are you currently working on? - Finishing compositions for another Brazilian jazz CD - Writing arrangements and scores for a client doing a Latin jazz CD - Beta testing Encore 5 for Windows, a notation program - Preparing programs for two upcoming Rio JAZZ concerts - Interrupting all that whenever the muse makes me compose something else
BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.
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