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<< Could I get some ideas or suggestions and what to get and why. >>

First. You don't need to borrow your brothers copy of Band in a Box. It requires a computer and it would be useless to you. I'm not sure if it's even proper for him to loan the program. That may violate licensing agreements he's made when he purchased the program. Although PGMusic makes an IOS product, it works in conjunction with a copy of BIAB installed on a computer I think.

Your solution is to provide your brother a list of songs you'd like to play and sing along to and have him make a CD for you or alternately they can be loaded onto your iphone play list. You have everything else you need to record yourself singing and playing. Rustyspoon's suggestion to use an irig adaptor will provide a great interface for recording to your iphone. As Rustyspoon also said, it's not required or necessary to get excellent recordings. You can record the output of your amplifier speaker using the built in mic's of your iphone. The only obstacle is you will need some type of device to play the BIAB created backing tracks other than your iphone since it will be unable to play tracks and record at the same time. I suggest purchasing an inexpensive Olympus or Sony voice recorder available at Walmart, Target or any music store. They are less than $50 and your brother can put thousands of songs on the device. Most modern amplifiers have line inputs so you can connect the device directly to a line input on your amplifier. It may also be able to connect to your Roland Keyboard. Place the iphone very close to the amplifier speaker, make sure the input of the iphone is not set too high so it distorts, and your iphone can record the backing tracks, you playing your sax or singing along. If you record a backing track onto the voice recording and play the sax and record it using the microphone, you can play that recording back through your amplifier and sing along with that track that now consists of backing track + sax and add your vocals to that. Record and play that back using the same process and you can sing along and add a harmony vocal part.

You are using analog recording techniques to digital recording media.



If you want to get into recording and not be dependent on your brother to provide backing tracks for you or go to the expense of buying computers, software and other accessories you need to digitally record your singing and playing but still have BIAB to create accompaniment tracks, a Digitech Trio uses BIAB to create bass and drums accompaniment, loops and effects you can record yourself playing along with. No computer necessary. No internet necessary. You can also use it to play live solo gigs and for family and friends get togethers.


Last edited by Charlie Fogle; 01/26/19 01:44 AM.
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