Originally Posted By: ulrichburke
Dear Everyone.

I write instrumental music - or try to - it's usually gentle, New Agey stuff. So I start off with an oboe - for example - as my lead sound, mix the strings/everything else perfectly to fit the oboe. Then for the second half of the track I want a flute to be the lead sound for a bit of variety.

the backing sounds sounding OK with ONE instrument, is there any way I can keep the same backing sounds mix setup for both leads
Yours hopefully

Chris.


I'm going to offer a suggestion change the lead settings to fit the backing track. I do use different, Volume, Pan, EQ, Reverb,and other effects for each lead instrument. I think you can leave the backing track alone once you "get it where you want it" if you put the lead instruments on different tracks. One track for each lead instrument. With that done you will be able to adjust each lead instrument/track to fit your one backing track. The following steps outline the track splitting process with file saving precautions.

Save the BIAB file WITHOUT any effects, pan or volume settings I usually name this file SONGNAME_FLAT.SGU. Then, open it up in Real Band, Save this RB file as SONGNAME_FLAT.SEQ extension.

GO to your track with the different lead instruments and DUPLICATE this track 1 time if you have 2 lead instruments. ( 2 duplicates if you have 3).

On the original track SOLO the track turn up the volume to -3db, pan=0 and listen to the track until it changes instruments, rewind a little and listen again and decide the point where you want to switch the lead instrument. Select (mouse click) that point in this track Highlight (hold your mouse button and drag your mouse) to the end of the track. Then Delete that section of the track, using the delete button. Before you go to the next step listen to the tack again. Did you cut off a note too soon? If so go edit, undo erase. Go back and pick the correct point and re-due the deletion. Now save the file AS SONGNAME_SOLOEDIT1.SEQ.

Go to the first duplicated track Line up your mouse in that track at the point where you determined you were switching instruments on the previous track. Now erase everything on this second track from that point to the beginning of the song. Now save the file AS SONGNAME_SOLOEDIT2.SEQ. (If you save the song file in the manner I suggest you will end up with 3 files that allow you to go back and change something if you discover at a later time that you made a mistake.)

I can't do screen shots but look at the following graphic. _=erased data, O = Oboe, V=Violin

Track 1) OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO_____________________________
Track 2 )______________________________________________VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

So now you have 2 separate tracks with the solo instruments that you can tweak to match your one backing track. If you have 3 this method works fine, just duplicate another track in the beginning when you duplicate track 2 and on track 3 erase everything from when the 3rd instrument comes in till to the beginning. Then go back to track 2 and trim the end of that track so it does not play over track 3.

Your 3 tracks would look like this, where X=another lead instrument.


Track 1) OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO____________________________________________________
Track 2)_________________________VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV___________________________
Track 3)_________________________________________________XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Hope this helps.

Last edited by dga; 04/17/16 07:09 PM.
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