Interesting take on Styles Kevin. Interesting but not unique nor original. Joe, another forum member, posts over in another thread, that the same as you, he isn't going to update again until PGMusic cave's to his demands. Joe wants PGMusic staff to create a custom Style list with only the Styles he uses or likes. How can they possibly pull that off? I doubt they've ever heard Joe perform his music or the subset community of 'straight jazz' aficionados he assures PGMusic are out there in BIAB land that don't use the program for the single reason they don't have a custom Style list. There's another thread about BIAB not being worthy for some to upgrade because BIAB/RB isn't convenient to their particular workflow.

There seems to be a constant stream of threads for another button to automatically perform a favorite workflow function or for BIAB to be more like this or that favorite DAW someone uses. This includes a member starting a petition for PGMusic to sell their company to Yamaha Corporation. Nothing wrong with this and usually over time, much wanted features are added and deficiencies are corrected. But that doesn't directly address your issue. In the case of your issue, I think it's more that it hasn't happened than it is a question of can it happen with BIAB and it's current database of audio recordings and Styles.

The first of several flaws I see in your recommendation to PGMusic is when you say, "What I need is Styles that are selling on today's radio - it should be simple to do - monitor the Top Pop stuff on iTunes for the past couple years - (and I am not talking about Rap or Hip Hop). You need music styles that are current and hot."

1. "What I need... " This is similar to Joe's remarks above. It's a useless and unnecessary comment that will get you nowhere.
2. "I am not talking about Rap or Hip Hop" Why in the world would one skip a portion of the music industry that generates more than 10 billion dollars each year per NBC news?

Before you even get to the capability to include midi into projects for "today's current and hot hits", PGMusic' BIAB software has more than 6,900 Styles available with their program. BIAB has more than 2,700 instruments and approximately 3,000 hours of recorded audio. Each and every one of those styles is completely modifiable, one can add, detract or exchange instruments. In addition, to modify any of these styles, it's easy to create their own from scratch. It's also possible to audition all these styles and very likely to find useable components for "Today's Hits".

Using midi, live playing and/or pre-recorded audio and mixed with appropriate BIAB styles, loops and instruments, the instrumentation of any of today's style of current songs can be replicated. Today's instrumentation is comprised mostly from samples, loops, VSTi's and layer after layer of "in the box" instruments. BIAB accepts third party synths, has 808 loops, can play samples. In short, all the elements to create a contemporary, current, hot 'today's hit' is there. That means that it is also possible to create an original song that meets the criteria and elements of today's music instrumentation. The key is learning how to access, select and manipulate the data contained in BIAB software. Specific riffs and other unique elements not contained in the BIAB database, can easily be supplied by either live playing or inserting specific pre-recorded audio or midi. That an older, retired guy that doesn't listen to this type of music hasn't produced a song doesn't mean it can't be done. It only means someone hasn't done it yet.


Last edited by Charlie Fogle; 10/21/19 09:20 AM.
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