Hi Digihound

Using midi you can right click on a bar and select Bar Settings - on this panel in the bottom right hand corner you can select bar 1 and the chorus you wish to be silent

Then in the dropdowns on the left you can set the various instruments to Mute

If you then select the Thru feature along the top and add Reverb and or Chorus to suit and this reduces the electronic feel

Also for more info - with BIAB open go to Help > choose Topics search and the scroll to Style Changes at any Bar

Regarding the Harmonies there is not all that much you can do but something that helps is to open Harmony Maker and then hit the Edit button and you will see a column on the right named V. Boost for velocity - if you take this number down 5 or 10 or even more it will soften the edge of the sound - if it shows 5 then take it down to 0 or -5 or -10 etc

jazzman