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Piano Roll Editor for Midi Style creator #139130 12/06/11 11:57 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 18 D David Simmons OP Enthusiast
OP David Simmons Enthusiast D Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 18	Please consider a new Style editor like a piano roll editor. I think it has be proven across the industry as the most creative way to input Midi. I think if your user community could create and share Midi styles the number of users would grow considerably.

Re: Piano Roll Editor for Midi Style creator David Simmons #139131 12/08/11 03:05 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,869 Bynar ZeroZero Expert
ZeroZero Expert Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,869 Bynar	Rsp I want to say I really like your original idea about a sample player of some kind. Win 11 64, Asus Rog Strix z390 mobo, 64 gig RAM, 8700k

Re: Piano Roll Editor for Midi Style creator David Simmons #139132 12/08/11 03:26 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,109 Winston-Salem, NC Pat Marr Veteran
Pat Marr Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,109 Winston-Salem, NC	Quote: Please consider a new Style editor like a piano roll editor. I think it has be proven across the industry as the most creative way to input Midi. I think if your user community could create and share Midi styles the number of users would grow considerably. users DO create and trade styles... this has been possible for years. Search the web for "free BIAB styles" here is one hit of many: http://www.mmissary.com/p21.htm Also, there is a Yahoo group for BIAB that has several download directories dedicated to songs and user created styles. Membership in 3 different groups is required to access ALL of the files Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Band-in-a-Box or: http://www.biabgroup.com/ File Archive1: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Band-in-a-Box/files File Archive2: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Band-in-a-Box-Files/files File Archive3: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Band-in-a-Box-Files2/files And if you want top notch pro styles, Bob (Notes) Norton, a member of this forum, sells them commercially at http://www.nortonmusic.com/ https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0

Re: Piano Roll Editor for Midi Style creator Pat Marr #139133 12/08/11 02:25 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 18 D David Simmons OP Enthusiast
OP David Simmons Enthusiast D Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 18	They are good. But All I am asking is BIAB create a better tool for creating and editing styles. By that I mean the Midi parts. To have to record realtime for a measure for each instrument and part A/B without the visual editor or without the capability to import for all the great Midi editors available, seems a wast.

Re: Piano Roll Editor for Midi Style creator David Simmons #139134 12/21/11 10:21 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8 C Clif Newbie
Clif Newbie C Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8	David, you can use the piano roll editor and in the melody create the different parts you need for a style and then save to a midi file. Then you can pull the different patterns for the style back in from the midi file. Inside the stylemaker you can select a pattern and instead of recording it, under the pull-down Pattern menu select the "Import Pattern from Midi file" option. Just saying.

Re: Piano Roll Editor for Midi Style creator Clif #139135 12/22/11 04:22 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,109 Winston-Salem, NC Pat Marr Veteran
Pat Marr Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,109 Winston-Salem, NC	Quote: David, you can use the piano roll editor and in the melody create the different parts you need for a style and then save to a midi file. Then you can pull the different patterns for the style back in from the midi file. Inside the stylemaker you can select a pattern and instead of recording it, under the pull-down Pattern menu select the "Import Pattern from Midi file" option. Just saying. I didn't know that! That is cool! Thanks for posting that Clif! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0

Re: Piano Roll Editor for Midi Style creator Pat Marr #139136 12/22/11 09:47 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8 C Clif Newbie
Clif Newbie C Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8	Quote: I didn't know that! That is cool! It's not really something you run into unless you're actively creating styles. Quote: Thanks for posting that Clif! Well, I really appreciate you posting on the Yahoo group about the the midi-specific thread, so we're good.

Re: Piano Roll Editor for Midi Style creator Clif #139137 12/28/11 02:06 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
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filkertom Veteran Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,449 Ann Arbor, MI	On the other hand, I definitely agree with David that the piano roll is due for a major overhaul. The dropdown menus reset at the darnedest times, and the commands are somewhat clumsy, especially the basic Create Note action (shift-ctrl-LMB). It's simply a pain to work with, compared to pretty much every other MIDI editor out there. Best, Tom Smith Win10/64 • i7-8700K • 24 GB RAM BIAB 2026 • Reaper 7.57 • Izotope MPS AKG C1000S • IK iRig I/O Pro

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