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A new melody and lyrics #249146 05/07/14 03:47 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 213 San Francisco, California Sly Ruby OP Apprentice
OP Sly Ruby Apprentice Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 213 San Francisco, California	Hi, glad to be back from BiaB hiatus. I got side tracked and lost my momentum with my projects for a while. But I am glad I finally started working on it again. I already found some great chord progressions and styles to put together. And wow the tracks sound very good even without doing anything to them. They sound very good to me. I am astonished really at what BiaB can do for me. Now that I have some great tracks for a decent independent album I think I have to add some lyrics and my vocals. I really like my instrumentals though. But then I think I should put some original word and melody to them to truly make them my own. So the question is I want to get some help with creating my melody with BiaB's melody creation tool. I have written many great country songs years ago. But I am wanting this tool to give me some good ideas. So how do I delete the current lyrics? I took an existing song and I want to use that chord progression. And put my own style to it. Delete that melody and lyrics. Make it my own. How can I do this? I also would someday like to create some kind of karaoke for these songs so I can sing to it easily. Ok let me know if you can. If I can start recording a vocal track soon for my 13 songs that would be great.

Re: A new melody and lyrics Sly Ruby #249188 05/08/14 12:26 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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pghboemike Veteran P Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,740	Originally Posted By: Sly I already found some great chord progressions and styles to put together. And wow the tracks sound very good even without doing anything to them. They sound very good to me. I am astonished really at what BiaB can do for me.[/quote so you have a chord progression and style working the way you like it in biab?? Quote: Now that I have some great tracks for a decent independent album I think I have to add some lyrics and my vocals. I really like my instrumentals though. But then I think I should put some original word and melody to them to truly make them my own. So the question is I want to get some help with creating my melody with BiaB's melody creation tool. Melodist info at 11:00 in check out pg 297 in biab 2014 pdf manual, you will need the latest update Build 381, for info on the The Medley Maker & The Melodist [quote] So how do I delete the current lyrics? I took an existing song and I want to use that chord progression. And put my own style to it. Delete that melody and lyrics. Make it my own. How can I do this? use the audio chord wizard to get the chords and transfer them to biab then select an appropriate style pg 365 in the pdf Quote: I also would someday like to create some kind of karaoke for these songs so I can sing to it easily. welcome back have fun Last edited by pghboemike; 05/08/14 12:32 AM. Lenovo YOGA 900 Window s 10 Home 64bit M4 pro Mac mini 1tb HD 24GB mem casio wk7500 presonus audiobox i2 usb interface casio wk-7500 biab & realband 2025 everything pk both with Current builds

Re: A new melody and lyrics Sly Ruby #249307 05/09/14 04:48 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,857 Middlesex, NC	Call me different .... but I always use the LYRIC DOCUMENT window. I can add, edit, delete, cut, past, copy and print from it. For songwriting, IMHO, it's the best way to work. If I was playing live and using BB to do it, I might consider learning how to put the words in the music..... just my 2 cents Last edited by Guitarhacker; 05/09/14 04:49 AM. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: A new melody and lyrics pghboemike #249366 05/09/14 11:05 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Sly Ruby Apprentice Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 213 San Francisco, California	Thanks for all of that. Do you know where I can get the 2014 PDF file manual? I am looking for it. don't think I have it.

Re: A new melody and lyrics Guitarhacker #249367 05/09/14 11:20 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Sly Ruby Apprentice Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 213 San Francisco, California	I open the lyric document window and it is just blank. It has lines and columns. I will have to check into this more. I need that 2013 pdf. Maybe I can read up on this.

Re: A new melody and lyrics Sly Ruby #249401 05/10/14 10:45 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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pghboemike Veteran P Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,740	Band-in-a-Box Version 2014 Build 381 Update (40 MB) http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#381 after the update the 2014 pdf manual will be in your bb folder Lenovo YOGA 900 Window s 10 Home 64bit M4 pro Mac mini 1tb HD 24GB mem casio wk7500 presonus audiobox i2 usb interface casio wk-7500 biab & realband 2025 everything pk both with Current builds

Re: A new melody and lyrics pghboemike #249685 05/12/14 07:12 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Sly Ruby Apprentice Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 213 San Francisco, California	I would like the latest audiophile update. With the highest quality. I may have to ask them about it.

Re: A new melody and lyrics Sly Ruby #249730 05/13/14 08:23 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,088 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: Sly Ruby I would like the latest audiophile update. With the highest quality. I may have to ask them about it. Hi Sly I don't think there have been any updates the Audiophile data since 2014 was released, but there are program patches (e.g. 2014 Build 381) There have been Real Tracks patches though, again not affecting Audiophile data Hope this helps Cheers Trevor BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

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