Tony,

I totally agree with you.

For me, BIAB is a tool. If I find myself in a situation, that I would like it to do something and BIAB doesn't seem to do it, I immediately start thinking about "what I have" from BIAB and "what I want" that to become. I then start trying to work out how I might massage the first so that it becomes the second. There's usually a way!

Recently, I wrote a song and I wanted to have more control over the bass. With BIAB's rendered track, I could use either Melodyne in Reaper or I could use the Reaper plugins: Reatune, ReaVoice or ReaPitch.

Alternative, I could take the Bass's notation from BIAB as a MIDI file and then load the MIDI into Reaper and, with a suitable soundfont, or 'Jazz and Big Band 3' (or some other synth) the bass could be generated.

Finally, another option was to create loops of BIAB bass notes for each of the chords and riffs an then use those to give me what I wanted. Loops can be created in BIAB, Realband and Reaper.

I tried the various options on short segments of the bass line to see which one was best for me in my situation. It was fun to play around.

I don't know if this is sufficiently diverse enough to be described as...



...but it's fun to stretch the brain cells -- well what's left of them anyway smile

Just my 2 cents worth.
Noel

P.S I read today that it seems that drinking tea can help stave off dementia. The statistics are amazing.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/alzheimers-and-dementia/regular-tea-drinking-linked-with-dementia-prevention

https://www.theseniorlist.com/blog/drinking-tea-may-lower-dementia-risk/

So I'm off to get a Twinings English Breakfast tea now. I need my brain cells to last a bit longer!

MY SONGS...
Audiophile BIAB 2025