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.