Hi all, this is a post and link to my BIAB-produced song "Going Home" https://soundcloud.com/russell-moore-485872794/going-home

Back in about 2002/3 I had been 'out of music' for about 10 years or so - married, working a day job etc and was pretty settled with our 2 young kids. But I guess the 'itch' never really leaves so when I read about this thing called 'Band in a Box' - some crazy software that allowed you to have a band in your computer! (wow) - I bought a copy of version 11 'Pro+' (if any of you remember that?) and this song is pretty much the only surviving example of my playing with it.

Of course this was pre-Real Tracks so it's all generated by BIAB (using a Pat Metheny style) and the midi played through the old Roland VSC sound library, other than adding an extra drum loop, the vocals of course and playing in the main synth riff and strings parts. It was edited and mixed in an old and very basic version of Cubase.

I learned very quickly that the best thing to do is let BIAB generate whatever it thinks it should, load it track by track into the DAW and then cut it up - phrase by phrase or even by bar if necessary - to piece back the arrangement that you really want on the final record. The rhythm stuff is generally cool as-is, but things like solos, horn stabs and even drum fills can benefit from being jigged around a bit (some pieces repeated, others binned even) in the edit...

Ok, I KNOW the bass is too loud in the mix (I mixed it on headphones and cheap PC speakers, lol...) but I've long since lost the original project files so this is it I'm afraid, unless I re-record it using the new kit and Real Tracks etc?

As always, I hope you enjoy the song and hearing about its history and I look forward to reading your comments....

Cheers, Russell

Last edited by Russell Moore; 06/24/17 01:22 AM.