Originally Posted By: jerrypettit
I LOVE the solos feature in BIAB/Realband--and we could always use more.

I get how you can make simple chord progression rhythmic tracks, etc.

But how the heck are you guys doing the solos and is that something you'd consider opening the source for as you have the User Styles?


It is totally doable. Just use Real band to do it.

I simply generate the guitar solo track 4 to 5 or more times. Every single time you regenerate it, it WILL be different in some manner. Just use a different track for each regeneration.

In this song...

The Best Christmas

... yeah ignore that it's out of season.... the piano fills are done with two or three generations of the same real track piano...and that cool guitar solo is FIVE generations of the same real track solo guitar.

I move everything to my DAW and after putting the 5 tracks stacked in the track view, I use volume envelopes to switch between the tracks as the song is playing. So the first guitar solo phrase might be from track 1, then it might jump to track 3 then track 4, back to track 1, now track 5....and so on to create the solo I want it to play.

Of course, I also use my own live playing for solo's as well most often. The solos in Whiskey for Breakfast is me playing the guitar parts live.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 02/24/17 12:23 PM.
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