Tobias and dga. (dga, you posted as I was writing this it should help you stay on track)

Since you know the key, chord progression and tempo, you may find it easy to run that scratch track from your friend through the Audio Chord Wizard. Knowing the above parameters, editing and correcting the chord chart would be simple and easy.

The ACW works with either BIAB or RB but I will concentrate on BB here.

Once a song has been taken through the ACW process and exported into BB, the key, number of bars, tempo and chord chart are set and ready to work with. The song has been named and also has a BB generated ending in place. I usually do a 'Save As' at this point.

The real benefit here is the BB generated syle will follow the ACW tempo map and the RealTracks follow the small variances the ACW picked up from the performance. This automatically gives a more live feel to the BB generated tracks. They speed up and down, start a fraction early or end a fraction late just like the live performance your friend sent you.

But, before I ever generate a BB style. I play the audio through to check the bar alignment and edit any incorrect chords. I also do shots, rests and holds before generating a style. I place my markers and do A Marker- B Marker settings. In other words, structure my song. I decide whether to use the BB ending, create a custom ending or fade and set the ending in Bar Settings.

This is easily done at this time because BB does not play any audio except for the imported audio track. There is an 'X' before the style in the style window indicating that Styles are 'Disabled"

Once my song is structured, I'm ready to generate BB tracks. It is my personal preference to use 'all midi' first. I've found several benefits to do it this way. I choose midi style that fit the time signature, tempo and less critically, the feel of the style. In other words I choose a Country, not funk if it's appropriate to the project. Midi generates almost instantly and the purpose is still song structure at this time. I'm ensuring that BB and the audio are closely synced.

With the scratch audio and BB chord chart correctly edited and synced. You are ready to audition and select RealStyles and RealTracks The BB tracks and audio should track together in correct tempo, key and chord progression.

The song is ready to erase the scratch track and overdub it and add other RealTracks and live instruments.

I enjoy finding and downloading vocal/acoustic songs from YouTube and Facebook and produce complete performances from them. I follow this process I outlined above fairly closely.


Last edited by Charlie Fogle; 06/10/16 07:05 AM.
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