Originally Posted By: Heine Svendsen - Indigo 2
I would like to have a list of standard songs in a songpicker window, that I could chose from, and have the chords imported into the chord window in Band-in-a-Box.
IReal Pro has this feature, and I see no reason why Band-in-a-Box should not have it?
http://www.irealpro.com/


Originally Posted By: MarioD
Note's site has BiaB discs that cover many fake books:

http://nortonmusic.com/

Just load a file and the chords are exactly like what is the fake book. It even uses a BiaB style that loads with the song.

You might want to look at them.


MarioD alludes to why Biab should not necessarily build a database of Biab sgu standard song files in a Songpicker window. A much more massive database than anything Biab could ever compile already exists. It is accessible and can be filtered by the User to their specific choice of genre or individual song choices. This huge, diverse database consists of nothing more than the lowly MIDI File...

Biab has an automatic feature that loading a MIDI File decodes the file and imports the Key signature, tempo and chord chart. It will also import lyrics and a Melody line if they exist in the file. It decodes and imports this information as quickly as doing a SongPicker search, selection and load of a Biab SGU file.

Imagine the years it would take to compile a list of Biab SGU songs that would equal the quantity of MIDI Files that exist. New MIDI Files are added to the internet daily and there are numerous sites that will create a MIDI File for whatever version of a commercial release you wish.

Charlie

Last edited by Charlie Fogle; 07/31/17 04:14 AM.
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