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January blog post. The easy way to make backing tracks with from midi with Realtracks #392431 01/25/17 09:33 PM Off-Topic
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,936 South Africa JoanneCooper OP Veteran
OP JoanneCooper Veteran Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,936 South Africa	Hello All I hope you are having an amazing January. I am looking forward to FAWM (February Album Writing Month) that is starting shortly. Here is my January Blog post. The easy way to create backing tracks from a midi file using RealTracks The idea for using this method was kindly provided by Charlie Fogle. Thanks Charlie,it is an great method and one that I will be using often. Any comments and feedback is much appreciated and also let me know if it is okay for me to cross post your comment to my blog. LyricLab – Where words become music https://www.lyriclab.net/

Re: January blog post. The easy way to make backing tracks with from midi with Realtracks JoanneCooper #392434 01/25/17 10:15 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 3,924 J JohnJohnJohn Veteran
JohnJohnJohn Veteran J Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 3,924	Thanks Joanne! I read your post, downloaded a fav old rocker and was delighted at how nicely it all came together! Really appreciate the tips!

Re: January blog post. The easy way to make backing tracks with from midi with Realtracks JoanneCooper #392448 01/26/17 02:43 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,867 South Carolina C Charlie Fogle Veteran
Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,867 South Carolina	Great job Joanne. This should really give beginners a big boost. You are a wonderful ambassador for PGMusic and I think you are a huge blessing to people who love music and are willing to give BIAB a try. You're giving the gift to someone of "I can do that" confidence factor. Advanced users will likely know or quickly figure out to not delete all those unused tracks away and combine midi and RealTracks into very high quality and authentic backing tracks. Beginners will also learn that as they become more experienced and confident. Thanks for the nod here and in your blog post but you did the leg work and I think a lot of folks will benefit from your blog. Charlie BIAB 2026:RB 2026, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: January blog post. The easy way to make backing tracks with from midi with Realtracks Charlie Fogle #392469 01/26/17 04:16 AM Off-Topic
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Don Gaynor Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,987 Oklahoma, USA	Quote: You are a wonderful ambassador for PGMusic and I think you are a huge blessing to people who love music and are willing to give BIAB a try. You're giving the gift to someone of "I can do that" confidence factor. Great post Josie. Your boundless energy continues to amaze me. Above all else, you never forget your many friends. Thanks for allowing me in your life. Donny Donny SoundClick: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1209254&content=music SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/donald-gaynor BIAB 2021 w/current updates.

Re: January blog post. The easy way to make backing tracks with from midi with Realtracks JoanneCooper #392588 01/26/17 12:51 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,312 Victoria, BC Callie - PG Music PG Music Staff
Callie - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,312 Victoria, BC	Thank you for this great blog post Joanne! Callie Marketing Representative PG Music Inc.

Re: January blog post. The easy way to make backing tracks with from midi with Realtracks JoanneCooper #392618 01/26/17 04:22 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 470 Ireland H Hugh2 Journeyman
Hugh2 Journeyman H Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 470 Ireland	Hi Joanne, Took me ages to figure some of that stuff out but you have put it in order really simply and clearly, This blog should be really handy to anyone trying out Biab, The sequencer part I found tricky so I used to isolate the melody part of the midi on musescore before I sent it over to Biab. This way is simplier and less time consuming. Thanks Hugh

Re: January blog post. The easy way to make backing tracks with from midi with Realtracks JoanneCooper #393321 01/30/17 11:57 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 408 W Will B - PG Music PG Music Staff
Will B - PG Music PG Music Staff W Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 408	Great post, Joanne, and great job on the tip, Charlie! I'll definitely be sending customers towards this Will - PG Music

Re: January blog post. The easy way to make backing tracks with from midi with Realtracks JoanneCooper #393520 01/31/17 08:28 AM Off-Topic
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,936 South Africa JoanneCooper OP Veteran
OP JoanneCooper Veteran Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,936 South Africa	Thank you so much J * 3, Charlie, Don, Callie, Hugh and Will. Glad you enjoyed it. LyricLab – Where words become music https://www.lyriclab.net/

Re: January blog post. The easy way to make backing tracks with from midi with Realtracks JoanneCooper #393599 01/31/17 03:44 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 11,040 Winston Salem, NC USA Jim Fogle Veteran
Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 11,040 Winston Salem, NC USA	Joanne, Your blog has some very interesting topics. I can't imagine how you keep coming up with such good topics month-after-month-after-month. I was not aware of the Floyd Jane interview. Great interview and responses. Making backing tracks is a subject everyone seems to find interesting, especially this crowd! Jim Fogle - 2026 BiaB (Build 1224) RB (Build 8) - Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk Sonar - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home

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