getting more traks from biab.
unlimited actually.
(until we get more channels in biab than the
current 8. also i find rb redrawing slows me down.)
(i use a seperate folder for each song with all my reaps
and biab audio etc in.)
lets say the song is called WOWSER ROCK lol.
the new folder is named WR + date + author.
eg WRmay20oldmuso lol.
in this folder i also add a text file describing
important song settings // notes .
1. after style picking // arranging your song in biab.
save it of course. so WRv01 gets saved in the WR folder.
PLUS an audio mix called WRbedsv01.
(for bed traks.)
so biab file saved contains your first up to 8 bed traks.
2. DONT CLOSE SCREEN after saveing.
KEEP IT OPEN.
3. now IMPORT stereo mix to audio track in biab and for
safety save this biab file as WRv02 for example.
thus you still have the original style up.
THIS WRv02 will now contain up 8 new instruments
selected via the picker. you now save of course to
biab WRv02 once happy with the new instruments.
at this point you now have in the wowser rock folder
2 biab files WRv01 and WRv02 plus the audio file
WRbeds01.
4. at this point i would drop the 16 traks into my
daw (in my case reaper) together with the rough
guide WRbeds01.
(note making sure that the daw tempo is the same as biab,
and i save all following traks recorded in reaps into the
same folder as biab , in this case WRmay20oldmuso .
you could carry on ad infinitum this way in biab and
then dropping into the daw.
i experiment often multiple times in biab with instruments
then dropping them into reaps and seeing how they work
with the rest of the mix. its really no different than working
in a big studio like people used to do and trying different
arrangements and instruments.
(i really wish that biab would have even just 6 more radio
buttons/channels as i dont like to over produce.
to quote an old producer i once knew ,"if you need a ton
of channels you might be putting lipstick on a pig."lol.
so in the daw rarely do i end up with more than 30 channels.
and even less if my original biab beds mix is attended to in terms
of sound picture and useing the biab mixer that floats often i
just need a few extra traks recorded in reaps plus my vocs.
and the song is done.
(think about this. twas a time when hits were done on 3 trak
studer tape machines. lol. well actually some did cheat by
bouncing tween 2 tape machines and even live adding while
mixing to the second machine. )

another little idea i use is if i have a complex song i use multiple
biab files. eg intro, verse, chorus, lead, verse , chorus, end etc.
so in this case 7 biab song files. and i dump the 8 traks from
each into reaps where i have markers set up for each song
section intro onwards to correspond to my 7 biab files.

ok gotta stop. need my lunch lol.
too many songs not enough time.
go make some music and dig dig dig into biab and create your own
methods.

my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)