Originally Posted By: major7th
Using _PJONPB2.... simple country ballad.

I used Melodist to generate a quick song. I noticed that some notes just cut off randomly, especially at the beginning of a new chord change. Is this normal?

The Lead Sheet/notation shows say, it's supposed to be two half notes... but they play staccato.

Don't know if this is normal (this is with a RealTrack, piano)... but it certainly does not sound very professional, as advertised.

Been messing with the program all night... trying to figure it out better.

Thanks!



It will take a lot more than a night to figure this program out. Really! it is that complex.

I did listened to the RT you mentioned. When I added a new track via melodist, I remembered immediately the strengths and limitations of this feature of BIAB. Never actually used it much.

The melodist creates a midi file (computer generated) with a patch (distorted guitar) which I didn't bother to figure out where it was coming from. That would explain the "sound quality". The notation to the midi track was interesting but I did notice the staccato which was not surprising given the midi source.

Were you expecting to make you next song based on a computer generated midi melody track? Then you likely have heard enough from the Melodist.

But, If you were interested in seeing how phrasing and styles could be adjusted to create ideas for your melodies than you will want to spend more time in the Melodist feature.

Either way, good luck.





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