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a thread to document your impressions of

what's new



what's changed



a wish fulfilled



other thoughts


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OK, I'll start. Import and export Music XML is a huge one for me, and addresses a long-time Wishlist item. I can export a BIAB song to a dedicated music notation program and not have to re-enter the chords like I have to with MIDI.



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Just started "playing around" with 2016 and I really dig the new features in the Style Picker window. HUGE improvement to previous versions.


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these comments pertain to RB:

1) I like the new BAR SETTINGS button on RBs chord screen!

2) I like the fact that when recording, you now see real-time indications that data is being captured... AND its color coded so you can see if you're clipping!

3) I like the CAPO transpose option for the chord window

4) it will probably take me a while to warm up to the new style picker, but my initial response is favorable!

5) I REALLY like the intelligent style suggestion feature, where you type the name of a song and it suggests a good style for it! It also helps you zero in on real tracks that would work...

more later as I try stuff...

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I love the new "Layers"...

These are just great at adding text to the chord sheet.... bar based lyrics, notes, etc..... fantastic addition!



Here's what they look like (I've modified the colours to suit me)



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Another long time wish list item is we get to SEE what we're typing directly in the cell on the chord grid. That little box above is gone.

I really like that.

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Originally Posted By: Noel96
I love the new "Layers"...

These are just great at adding text to the chord sheet.... bar based lyrics, notes, etc..... fantastic addition!



Here's what they look like (I've modified the colours to suit me)


Do you know if all of that will print? I would love to have a simple printout with chords and lyrics lined up properly!

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also enjoying all the new styles! A little bit of everything there!

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Originally Posted By: JohnJohnJohn

Do you know if all of that will print? I would love to have a simple printout with chords and lyrics lined up properly!


Hi John,

I had a play around with it and, from what I can tell, this text does not print. It seems to be more for visual use. It's still early days with 2016, though.

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If not, there are several "print screen" programmes available on the internet free of charge.


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Originally Posted By: Mike Laatz
If not, there are several "print screen" programmes available on the internet free of charge.


If you have Win 7 or higher you can use the included snipping tool.


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For those with lowly XP, there is PrtScr, a neat free prog that was suggested to be by Noel.
Works well.
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Originally Posted By: jazzmammal
Another long time wish list item is we get to SEE what we're typing directly in the cell on the chord grid. That little box above is gone.

I really like that.

Bob


yeah! Me too!

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regarding the cool new way to add lyrics to the chord sheet:

A long requested feature has been the ability to paste a whole song's worth of lyrics at once. That's my preferred way of adding lyrics, and I've been waiting for it. (Thanks PG people!)

But the point I want to make is this:

Instead of rushing to add the feature, they thought about it (for as long as it took) and came up with an approach that is:

1) REALLY useful,
2) isn't just a lame spinoff of some other music program's way of entering lyrics
3) incorporates other new capability into the chord sheet

The end result is a completely unique solution that works perfectly in the paradigm of a chord sheet! Now THAT is what I like to see in software development!

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If you are serious about screen capture, check out TechSmith SnagIt (it's $49). It will also take capture videos, as well as still images. Once captured, the SnagIt editor lets you easily annotate the image with arrows, text boxes, and other video editing tools and effects.


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Inside Band-in-a-Box 2016, you can make a video of the chord sheet, which does include the chords sheet with lyrics. That's a video of course, and currently we don't have a print chordsheet function (there are notation print functions of course). We do plan on adding print chord sheet as a free patch in early 2016..


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Originally Posted By: jford
If you are serious about screen capture, check out TechSmith SnagIt (it's $49). It will also take capture videos, as well as still images. Once captured, the SnagIt editor lets you easily annotate the image with arrows, text boxes, and other video editing tools and effects.

Snagit is the best $49 I've ever spent on graphics capture & editing.


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Originally Posted By: jford
If you are serious about screen capture, check out TechSmith SnagIt (it's $49). It will also take capture videos, as well as still images. Once captured, the SnagIt editor lets you easily annotate the image with arrows, text boxes, and other video editing tools and effects.

Great point John...I've been using it for years!

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