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More Cowbell #266183 10/20/14 01:08 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 21 J Jay Arnold OP Enthusiast
OP Jay Arnold Enthusiast J Joined: May 2014 Posts: 21	Hi I'm looking for an idea on how to add various percussion instruments that are not part of an existing real-drum track. I know I can play and record them in Real Band but was hoping there is a way they can be tied to the "clock" rather than count on my time to be perfect. Any suggestions?? Thanks in advance Jay Arnold Plainfield IN

Re: More Cowbell Jay Arnold #266184 10/20/14 01:15 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 323 San Diego County Frank Alves Journeyman
Frank Alves Journeyman Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 323 San Diego County	You can add various percussion sounds, including cowbell, as loops in BIAB. Frank

Re: More Cowbell Frank Alves #266185 10/20/14 01:18 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Jay Arnold Enthusiast J Joined: May 2014 Posts: 21	Thanks for your reply Frank. Can you please give me an idea where to begin. Would this be listed in one of the videos? Jay Arnold

Re: More Cowbell Jay Arnold #266199 10/20/14 04:02 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 21,659 Mi., USA rharv Veteran
rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 21,659 Mi., USA	Search "biab Loops youtube" at Google.com; plenty of videos. Even Bing has a decent list! Make your sound your own! .. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome

Re: More Cowbell rharv #266205 10/20/14 06:06 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Jay Arnold Enthusiast J Joined: May 2014 Posts: 21	OK Thanks Frank I appreciate your help ! Jay

Re: More Cowbell Jay Arnold #266263 10/21/14 07:04 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 323 San Diego County Frank Alves Journeyman
Frank Alves Journeyman Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 323 San Diego County	You can also, right click on any of the instruments in BIAB, and towards the bottom of the list is a choice to add loops. Frank

Re: More Cowbell Jay Arnold #268428 11/14/14 05:54 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 26 T tconnelly Enthusiast
tconnelly Enthusiast T Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 26	the drum kits in GM synths have a bunch of "alternative" percussion instruments. You can generate your sounds that way too perhaps?

Re: More Cowbell Jay Arnold #268432 11/14/14 06:12 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Pat Marr Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,074 Winston-Salem, NC	one very useful thing about the way that BIAB incorporates loops is that ANY snippet can be looped.. you aren't locked into using commercial loops with the right header. So, if you can... 1) record a few bars of a sound you want to use, 2) then hilite it and save it as an audio file 3) then copy the audio file to your LOOPS directory (assuming you have a version of BIAB that is new enough to include loops) 4) when you add a loop, select the snippet you made... the dialog box that appears will give you the opportunity to declare the info that would normally be embedded in a loop's header. Depending how you enter those values your results will vary.. so just play around with it Looping is an EXTREMELY powerful feature that hasn't gotten the exposure it deserves on the user showcase... but I think it's about to. I look forward to hearing what you come up with! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0

Re: More Cowbell Jay Arnold #268526 11/15/14 03:14 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 9,412 Middlesex, NC	While you might think you want or need the perfect timing of midi, the slight "off-time" inflections that are inherent in human playing are what gives a song it's "human feel" and groove. If you record with midi, you can use quantize to get the beat exactly on the mark or use it to create random variations in the beat. Some DAW's include a function called "audio snap" or some other name that does essentially the same thing with audio. 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: More Cowbell Jay Arnold #268857 11/18/14 06:24 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 26 T tconnelly Enthusiast
tconnelly Enthusiast T Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 26	Guitarhacker has this one nailed. "to loop or not to loop". There are ways to modify either audio or midi to tighten or loosen your timing. In addition to time, velocity is also flexible. Now the only remaining question is "do you have all the insruments that you want to record?"For that matter, you can do both!Example: lay down a bongo loop via audio and then write a part with midi instuments like agogo, etc. There are lots of GM percussion lists out there for reference. Just Google it. Last edited by tconnelly; 11/18/14 07:01 AM.

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