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Biab Live Chord Input Playing #561237 10/28/19 01:28 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Biab should be able to be made to do this as it works with the conductor ok, but for now this can be done in Reaper by dragging the Biab master stereo track into Reaper, the chords are imported from BB musicXML or via the Biab Plugin. You just create up say 4 bars of all the chords you will be playing. Reaper uses a midi chord detection plugin for detecting what chords are being played on the midi keyboard. A script will send the play head smoothly to that region chord, the chords can be changed on the beat or bar. The script will also read keyswitches of this first octave or octave you set, these keyswitches will tell Reaper what section to play next, verse, chorus, solo, verse ending, chorus ending, count-in etc.. Different styles can be loaded into each track, temp changed and track soloed. You can also use another vst in front of it to use 1 finger chords. https://trackbout.com/ripchord https://www.codefn42.com/chordz/ http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=midiChords&id=1642 Insert Piz Midi VSTs Google Code Archive https://code.google.com/archive/p/pizmidi/downloads The video is just the prototype with a few chords example and live chord input, I just want to see if this is something that would be usable to enable users to play live chord input into BB styles ?? Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) BB-Live-Chord-Input.mp4 (8 MB, 215 downloads)

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #562856 11/06/19 06:02 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	If you could try this out, it still needs a bit of work but I just need some feedback. Right click Save Link/Target As ReaTrak_Region_Chord_Player.ReaperConfigZip I'll make a better guide if it's all working ok. After you have the Chord Player installed in Reaper from the guide below, run ReaTrak midi chord input to region chord player.lua from the Action window or from the "Chord Region Player" button. Create a Chord Input Track when asked "Yes" Options > Preferences > MIDI Devices > enable Input from your keyboard. On the Chord Input Midi track select your keyboard as Midi Input. To get a Chord Font in the display right click chords.ttf > Install in Options > Show REAPER Resource Path in finder/explorer Scripts\ReaTrak\chords.ttf Set the keyswitches to the notes in the pic or to your choice (these will be saved for next time) Set the Keyswitch Octave to 1 or your choice. You can also click the buttons on the GUI. The idea is to generate up the tracks you need in Biab or Biab Plugin. You generate up say 4 or more bars of the chords you will be using. You can have more than 1 of the same chord region to give more variety. Same with Endings. If you want Holds also you can have a maximum of 4 bars per hold. You can generate up solos that can be put into the other color regions. After you have generated up you track in BB or BB Plugin drag the stereo wav into a track under the Chord Input track. If the song is a different tempo than Reaper set Reaper to the bpm first. Edit the track name so it has the tempo in it "My Song 4 120bpm" this will allow you to have multiple tracks with different styles an tempos, as you select UP/Down it should solo the track and change the tempo.` You can also have all the individual instrument tracks in a track "Folder" if need be. To get the chords from BB into Reaper you can save as MusicXML, drag that into Reaper and hit the button "MusicXML Chords". But if you have the BB Plugin just open the My Song.SGU, Unfold down the bottom right, save the My Song - Plugin.SGU reopen it again in the BB Plugin then hit the "Biab Plugin Chords" button, try it without fill regions for now as I will try and add auto fills to it. You can add your own chord regions, just select the section, Shift+R and right click the region to edit name or color, but the easiest way is use the "GUI" "GUI 2" or "Circle of Fifths" buttons, you can then easily enter the chords or section color. If you have the cursor under a chord region you can change the section color by clicking the colored buttons on the main panel. Make sure you have Snap on and hit "Snap Chords to Grid" after. Full Screen Full Screen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1qcxM0Lnc EZ Install Guide For those new to Reaper this might be an easier way to install/update ReaTrak. 1. Reaper > Options > Preferences > General > Export Configuration check all boxes and Save as backup configuration !!!! 2. Reaper > Options > Preferences > General > Import Configuration ReaTrak_xxx.ReaperConfigZip 3. Reaper > Actions > Show Action List > Import > REAPER\KeyMaps\ReaTrak Scripts.ReaperKeyMap 4. Reaper > Actions > Show Action List > Import > REAPER\KeyMaps\ReaReaTrak Custom Actions Required (Main).ReaperKeyMap 5. Reaper > Actions > Show Action List Section> MIDI Editor > Import > REAPER\ReaTrak MIDI Editor.ReaperKeyMap 6. Reaper > View > Toolbar Docker add or change toolbar from REAPER\MenuSets\ 7. Make sure you have SWS Extensions installed. To Show Reaper Resource Path Options > Show REAPER Resource Path in finder/explorer

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #562988 11/07/19 11:08 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	This is changing styles that have a different bpm, you just need "xxxbpm" in the track name. You can Edit the track name or have it in the wav file name you drag in. Just make sure to change Reaper to that tempo before dropping in the wav, or you can export the BB mix with ACID. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) chord-region-player-track-up-down.gif (426.28 KB, 423 downloads)

Update Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #563079 11/07/19 09:40 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Here's an update it now has a change on Bar or Beat setting. Right click Save Target/Link As ReaTrak midi chord input to region chord player.lua In Reaper > Option menu > Show Reaper resource path Scripts\ReaTrack\ and replace ReaTrak midi chord input to region chord player.lua

Re: Update Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #563197 11/08/19 12:50 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Update Endings colors now match: Right click Save Target/Link As ReaTrak midi chord input to region chord player.lua In Reaper > Option menu > Show Reaper resource path Scripts\ReaTrack\ and replace ReaTrak midi chord input to region chord player.lua

Re: Update Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #563246 11/08/19 05:12 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	I made a video demo, it only has a few chords and one 4 bar section for each. You can add a lot more to give more variety rather than playing the same 4 bar chord section. The video is a bit jerky in places as there are a lot of things running and screen recording at the same time. It will play smoothly from chord to chord normally. The clicking is the chord pad as I have no keyboards here at the moment, so if someone could try it with their keyboard that would help. It will also play direct from the BB Plugin without dragging any tracks in Reaper. You could have a BB Plugin on each track with a different style at a different bpm. Watch Demo Video BB Tracks Chord Player

Re: Update Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #563646 11/11/19 12:03 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Has anyone with Reaper and a keyboard tired this out yet ? I don't have a keyboard here at the moment as I lend them out. So if someone can give some feedback it would help.

Re: Update Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #563743 11/12/19 05:45 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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DeaconBlues09 Expert Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 877 Ashkelon, Israel	Originally Posted By: Pipeline Has anyone with Reaper and a keyboard tired this out yet ? I don't have a keyboard here at the moment as I lend them out. So if someone can give some feedback it would help. Hey Pipeline, I'd be thrilled to give it a shot. Thing is, I've got a fresh install of Reaper, and want to set up every chordpicker tool, utility, and script you've got on tap. Thing is, there are so many threads and posts you have scattered piecemeal all over the forums with all different dates, I have no idea what order and what versions I should install things in... Note that I've already got the SWS and Reascript extensions loaded. Is there any chance you can post a comprehensive list of all the latest versions of your goodies (along with a link to the videos that are most current) so I don't start reinstalling things over each other, or install things that are really only relevant pre-BiaB 2019 VST? BTW, you may want to post these in a new thread for others who may want to similarly avail themselves. Finally, once I'm all set up, I would be thrilled to plug in my MIDI keyboard and sort this other stuff out... Thanks again for all your amazing contributions!!! Band-in-a-Box 2024. Custom Build Desktop PC W/ Windows 10 Home 64-bit. CPU: Intel Core i5-9600k @ 3.7GHz (6 core x 6 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR4. Storage 238GB SSD + 2.7 TB HDD. GPU: ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB

Re: Update Biab Live Chord Input Playing DeaconBlues09 #563863 11/12/19 07:49 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	The website is down at the moment so here is the same file as above https://www.dropbox.com/s/ca06iq6xxgza20y/ReaTrak_Region_Chord_Player.ReaperConfigZip?dl=1 it has all the latest scripts the one in the forum ReaTrak_ver.46.ReaperConfigZip is the latest but without the chord player, once this is working ok I'll add it to the ReaTrak_ver.47.ReaperConfigZip release. Use the guide above to install into Reaper, there a youtube video as well.

Re: Update Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #563866 11/12/19 09:04 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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DeaconBlues09 Expert Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 877 Ashkelon, Israel	Thanks Pipeline! I'll get on this as soon as I free up some time today, and let you know if I have any questions :-) Band-in-a-Box 2024. Custom Build Desktop PC W/ Windows 10 Home 64-bit. CPU: Intel Core i5-9600k @ 3.7GHz (6 core x 6 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR4. Storage 238GB SSD + 2.7 TB HDD. GPU: ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #563879 11/12/19 11:23 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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DeaconBlues09 Expert Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 877 Ashkelon, Israel	Originally Posted By: Pipeline If you could try this out, it still needs a bit of work but I just need some feedback. Right click Save Link/Target As ReaTrak_Region_Chord_Player.ReaperConfigZip I'll make a better guide if it's all working ok. After you have the Chord Player installed in Reaper from the guide below, run ReaTrak midi chord input to region chord player.lua from the Action window or from the "Chord Region Player" button. Create a Chord Input Track when asked "Yes" Options > Preferences > MIDI Devices > enable Input from your keyboard. On the Chord Input Midi track select your keyboard as Midi Input. To get a Chord Font in the display right click chords.ttf > Install in Options > Show REAPER Resource Path in finder/explorer Scripts\ReaTrak\chords.ttf Set the keyswitches to the notes in the pic or to your choice (these will be saved for next time) Set the Keyswitch Octave to 1 or your choice. You can also click the buttons on the GUI. The idea is to generate up the tracks you need in Biab or Biab Plugin. You generate up say 4 or more bars of the chords you will be using. You can have more than 1 of the same chord region to give more variety. Same with Endings. If you want Holds also you can have a maximum of 4 bars per hold. You can generate up solos that can be put into the other color regions. After you have generated up you track in BB or BB Plugin drag the stereo wav into a track under the Chord Input track. If the song is a different tempo than Reaper set Reaper to the bpm first. Edit the track name so it has the tempo in it "My Song 4 120bpm" this will allow you to have multiple tracks with different styles an tempos, as you select UP/Down it should solo the track and change the tempo.` You can also have all the individual instrument tracks in a track "Folder" if need be. To get the chords from BB into Reaper you can save as MusicXML, drag that into Reaper and hit the button "MusicXML Chords". But if you have the BB Plugin just open the My Song.SGU, Unfold down the bottom right, save the My Song - Plugin.SGU reopen it again in the BB Plugin then hit the "Biab Plugin Chords" button, try it without fill regions for now as I will try and add auto fills to it. You can add your own chord regions, just select the section, Shift+R and right click the region to edit name or color, but the easiest way is use the "GUI" "GUI 2" or "Circle of Fifths" buttons, you can then easily enter the chords or section color. If you have the cursor under a chord region you can change the section color by clicking the colored buttons on the main panel. Make sure you have Snap on and hit "Snap Chords to Grid" after. Full Screen Full Screen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1qcxM0Lnc EZ Install Guide For those new to Reaper this might be an easier way to install/update ReaTrak. 1. Reaper > Options > Preferences > General > Export Configuration check all boxes and Save as backup configuration !!!! 2. Reaper > Options > Preferences > General > Import Configuration ReaTrak_xxx.ReaperConfigZip 3. Reaper > Actions > Show Action List > Import > REAPER\KeyMaps\ReaTrak Scripts.ReaperKeyMap 4. Reaper > Actions > Show Action List > Import > REAPER\KeyMaps\ReaReaTrak Custom Actions Required (Main).ReaperKeyMap 5. Reaper > Actions > Show Action List Section> MIDI Editor > Import > REAPER\ReaTrak MIDI Editor.ReaperKeyMap 6. Reaper > View > Toolbar Docker add or change toolbar from REAPER\MenuSets\ 7. Make sure you have SWS Extensions installed. To Show Reaper Resource Path Options > Show REAPER Resource Path in finder/explorer Hey Pipeline, I got through step 6, and I have SWS installed (see screenshot). Not sure what I'm supposed to do at this point. Within the context of this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1qcxM0Lnc), what should I do next? TIA! Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) Docker.PNG (87.01 KB, 262 downloads) Band-in-a-Box 2024. Custom Build Desktop PC W/ Windows 10 Home 64-bit. CPU: Intel Core i5-9600k @ 3.7GHz (6 core x 6 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR4. Storage 238GB SSD + 2.7 TB HDD. GPU: ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing DeaconBlues09 #563884 11/12/19 11:52 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Right click on Toolbar 1 tab > Customize toolbar... at the top left drop down Select > Floating toolbar 14, 15, or 16 at the bottom right > Import (this should take you to REAPER\MenuSets) you should see ReaTrak color icons toolbar 14 medium.ReaperMenu ReaTrak color icons toolbar 15 small.ReaperMenu ReaTrak color icons toolbar 16.ReaperMenu select the appropriate number (you can change the toolbar slot by dragging it into Notepad and change the number to another slot. Code: [Floating toolbar 16] title=ReaTrak Toolbar Large icon_0=ReaTrak-count-in.png icon_1=ReaTrak-intro-post-fill.png icon_2=ReaTrak-intro.png icon_3=ReaTrak-intro-fill. ........ ........

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #563885 11/12/19 11:57 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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DeaconBlues09 Expert Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 877 Ashkelon, Israel	Originally Posted By: Pipeline Right click on Toolbar 1 tab > Customize toolbar... at the top left drop down Select > Floating toolbar 14, 15, or 16 at the bottom right > Import (this should take you to REAPER\MenuSets) you should see ReaTrak color icons toolbar 14 medium.ReaperMenu ReaTrak color icons toolbar 15 small.ReaperMenu ReaTrak color icons toolbar 16.ReaperMenu select the appropriate number (you can change the toolbar slot by dragging it into Notepad and change the number to another slot. Code: [Floating toolbar 16] title=ReaTrak Toolbar Large icon_0=ReaTrak-count-in.png icon_1=ReaTrak-intro-post-fill.png icon_2=ReaTrak-intro.png icon_3=ReaTrak-intro-fill. ........ ........ Thanks for the prompt reply! One more thing though, What's with the code in quotes? Is that something I need to copy-paste somewhere? Band-in-a-Box 2024. Custom Build Desktop PC W/ Windows 10 Home 64-bit. CPU: Intel Core i5-9600k @ 3.7GHz (6 core x 6 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR4. Storage 238GB SSD + 2.7 TB HDD. GPU: ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing DeaconBlues09 #563886 11/13/19 12:04 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	No that's if you open a ReaTrak color icons toolbar 16.ReaperMenu in notepad. You can drag the tab of the toolbar and drop it where you like on the Main GUI.

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing DeaconBlues09 #563887 11/13/19 12:05 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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DeaconBlues09 Expert Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 877 Ashkelon, Israel	Never mind, I got them installed! :-) Now how should I run the region player script to test it out with my MIDI keyboard? (Sorry for all these dumb questions...computers and code are not really my thing and I'm afraid I need some hand-holding here, lol) Band-in-a-Box 2024. Custom Build Desktop PC W/ Windows 10 Home 64-bit. CPU: Intel Core i5-9600k @ 3.7GHz (6 core x 6 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR4. Storage 238GB SSD + 2.7 TB HDD. GPU: ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #563888 11/13/19 12:08 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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DeaconBlues09 Expert Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 877 Ashkelon, Israel	Originally Posted By: Pipeline No that's if you open a ReaTrak color icons toolbar 16.ReaperMenu in notepad. You can drag the tab of the toolbar and drop it where you like on the Main GUI. Fantastic! Do you know of any shortcuts to switch between toolbars (preferably closing the one before, or even binding each shortcut to a key combination switchable by, say, a digit?) You're the best, Pipeline! Band-in-a-Box 2024. Custom Build Desktop PC W/ Windows 10 Home 64-bit. CPU: Intel Core i5-9600k @ 3.7GHz (6 core x 6 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR4. Storage 238GB SSD + 2.7 TB HDD. GPU: ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing DeaconBlues09 #563889 11/13/19 12:13 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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DeaconBlues09 Expert Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 877 Ashkelon, Israel	Originally Posted By: DeaconBlues09 Never mind, I got them installed! :-) Now how should I run the region player script to test it out with my MIDI keyboard? (Sorry for all these dumb questions...computers and code are not really my thing and I'm afraid I need some hand-holding here, lol) Never mind, I see the answer to my Q is further up in this thread (I think)... Will update shortly. Band-in-a-Box 2024. Custom Build Desktop PC W/ Windows 10 Home 64-bit. CPU: Intel Core i5-9600k @ 3.7GHz (6 core x 6 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR4. Storage 238GB SSD + 2.7 TB HDD. GPU: ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing DeaconBlues09 #563890 11/13/19 12:14 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Here's an update for the chord player it will set the beat or bar change at startup: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ulm7mu6xszds4qe/ReaTrak%20midi%20chord%20input%20to%20region%20chord%20player.lua?dl=1 Action menu > Show action list add whatever hotkey you like: Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) Reaper-Toolbar-Shortcuts.png (28.59 KB, 254 downloads)

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing Pipeline #563891 11/13/19 12:20 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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DeaconBlues09 Expert Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 877 Ashkelon, Israel	Originally Posted By: Pipeline Here's an update for the chord player it will set the beat or bar change at startup: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ulm7mu6xszds4qe/ReaTrak%20midi%20chord%20input%20to%20region%20chord%20player.lua?dl=1 Action menu > Show action list add whatever hotkey you like: OK, I downloaded the script, but I'm not sure how to import it. Please advise. Thanks! Band-in-a-Box 2024. Custom Build Desktop PC W/ Windows 10 Home 64-bit. CPU: Intel Core i5-9600k @ 3.7GHz (6 core x 6 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR4. Storage 238GB SSD + 2.7 TB HDD. GPU: ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB

Re: Biab Live Chord Input Playing DeaconBlues09 #563892 11/13/19 12:26 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Options > Show REAPER Resource Path in finder/explorer Scripts\ReaTrak\

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March 24, 2026

Update to Build 10 of RealBand® 2026 for Windows®!

If you're already using RealBand 2026 for Windows, download build 10 to get all the latest additions and enhancements.

March 12, 2026

Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac® users: Build 904 now available!

If you're already using Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®, make sure to grab the latest update! Build 904 is now available for download and includes the newest additions and enhancements from our team.

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