Originally Posted By: flatfoot
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The Soloist part and the Soloist generator are 2 very different functions. It is unfortunate that they have the same name.

Think of it historically. Many years ago, BiaB had 6 players: Bass, Piano, Drums, Guitar, Strings and Melody. The Melody part was to be written by you, the user. All the other parts were generated by BiaB based on chords and other info.

Then they decided to add a second melody track. This was called the Soloist. Like the melody, it was meant to be written by the user.

Then, years later, they added a new function that would actually create a solo automatically based on chords and other info. This was a great addition. They gave it the same name as the Soloist part, which is confusing. The 'new' soloist generator is what you get when you click the yellow button with the "S" on it.


I know it's been stated before, but it kinda would be good if these were given a better naming convention.
Matter of fact I really thought this would have happened for 2014. These tracks should be able to have a user defined name, which is saved with the song. I can have Trombone playing on a track called "Piano", and Accordion playing on a Track called "Bass".

I know how it all started, but I'm sure this all still causes confusion, especially for new users.

I'll add this to the wish list, maybe 2015 (?)
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