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Adding Solo To backing Trac #536655 05/14/19 05:14 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 19 S spiro13 OP Enthusiast
OP spiro13 Enthusiast S Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 19	Hi I'm new to BIB and it is a great program. A problem I have is adding a solo to a backing trac. I can get it to work where I want it but only if I allow Two choruses to play. In a song that repeats at the end back to Bar 1, one chorus is enough. I would appreciate any help to get a Solo to work after the repeat from Bar 1 to the Bridge, in a one chorus song. Thanks Tony Last edited by spiro13; 05/14/19 05:14 AM. Reason: Spelling

Re: Adding Solo To backing Trac spiro13 #536669 05/14/19 06:15 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,114 Cornwall UK Mike Head Expert
Mike Head Expert Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,114 Cornwall UK	Hi Tony You can mute any bars you don’t want the soloist to play, in chord settings by pressing F5 and them un muting the soloist when you do want to hear it. (you can select the choruses here as well) Or alternately you can unfold the song this makes one long non repeating song. Then just insert the notes for the soloist at the bars you want them. Mike Last edited by Mike Head; 05/14/19 06:17 AM. BIAB2021 UltraPlus,AsusN55S1Tbssd, W10/64,Akai EIEpro Yamaha CVP405,SquireStrat, CoolsoftVMidSynth Novatation Impulse61 Ctr kbd, Cwalk blab Kontakt http://mikesmusic.byethost16.com/

Re: Adding Solo To backing Trac Mike Head #536922 05/16/19 04:03 AM Beginners Forum
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OP spiro13 Enthusiast S Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 19	Thanks Mike. I'll give a try. Tony

Re: Adding Solo To backing Trac spiro13 #537015 05/16/19 03:48 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 11,031 Winston Salem, NC USA Jim Fogle Veteran
Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 11,031 Winston Salem, NC USA	Tony, Welcome to the forum and to Band-in-a-Box. Many people divides a song into segments like Intro, Verse, Bridge, Chorus, and Ending but Band-in-a-Box (BiaB) doesn't. Band-in-a-Box divides a song into three parts: Intro, Chorus and End; that's all. Intro and End are played one time each. Intro starts the song and End is the last part of the song. Intro can be as many bars as you want while End is either two or four bars in length. All the bars between the Intro and End make up the chorus. The chorus can be played as many times as you desire (up to a point). The maximum length that a song can be is 255 bars. Intro + (Chorus * Chorus repeats) + End = 255 bars max. 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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