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Hi, The 2020 VST in my DAW was very easy to use. This was a random selection from BB. No mixing or anything. Played out with ezkeys, ezdrummer,ezbass, and dimension pro. This is just an example of first try in less than 10 min to figure it out. A few strange issues like track midi going away on it's on but easy to put back...most likely I am doing something.... https://soundcloud.com/planobilly/mixdown
“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
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I'm not sure what the 2020 VST is, but since you mentioned dimension pro I'm guessing you're a Sonar/Cakewalk user? I used to be until that fateful announcement. I'm also a fan of EZDrummer.
Take care.
Scott
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Hi Scott,
I most likely would still be using Sonar but got a little put off by the whole thing. Now I use Studio One Pro 4 which is like Sonar in many ways.
I just received the latest version of BIAB audiophile which comes on it's own USB drive. It has a VST that will come up in your DAW so you can run BIAB inside your DAW.
You can drag a real track into a audio track or a BIAB midi track into a midi track in your DAW.
It is super easy and super fast. It also for me had a very short learning curve. It is very helpful for me because in the past I would create stuff in BIAB and export the tracks to my DAW.
Here in the next few weeks I am going to try to create a polished song using BIAB as the basic starting point.
The stuff I posted was just an example of what could be done very quickly with zero learning curve. Well...if you have some experience with BIAB stand alone.
Billy
“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
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Gotcha'. Thanks. SO4 here also. These days I create the song in BIAB then use RB to generate multiple RT's and export them as wave files to a folder.
At one time I was using that WAV drop zone. Not sure why I stopped, but I feel more organized using a folder I guess.
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I hear ya. When Sonar was dying on the vine I tried Studio One Pro. I loved it and never looked back. I am now on version 5. I do miss some of Cakewalk's MIDI functions but not enough to DL the free Cakewalk as I can get by using Studio One Pro.
If you get stuck just let me know. I don't know everything about it but what you need help in may be something that I ran into in the past.
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Thanks Mario
I may take you up on that. I just upgraded to version 5. There are several simple things I have not figured out how to do. One is how to create a fade out. I read the instructions about clicking on the upper ? corner but have not got that to work yet.
Some things in Sonar were less trouble to find.
Thanks,
Billy
“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
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Love the backtrack. I had a little jam to it while I was listening. I also use Studio One 5 Pro. Using the BIAB vst with is a very cool tool. I have been converting my guitar tracks to midi with Melodyne as well and then flipping the midi files to Notion to create guitar tabs. The BIAB software just integrates so smoothly.
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The VST is a very cool function that I'm familiar with and should use more. I'm just so used to generating or regenning the tracks and rendering them to a folder from which I drag them to the DAW. I'm an old phart with old habits and all the baggage that accompanies it!  The tracks sound excellent. Bud
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Sounds like you found a new way to write music. I also use Studio One and once I tried out the vst thingie I was hooked. I still compose in BIB but the vst makes bringing it into S1 sooooo easy. I even upgraded just to get the latest version because they really upped their game this year on the capabilities of this little jewel.
Kudos to PG for a fine piece of code that works flawlessly in Studio One. BTW I listened to some of your other stuff and you are very good. I look forward to hearing you more.
Rick
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Hi Rick,
Thanks for the kind words. There is a lot of test and other things mixed in with recordings I have made. It is kind of a mess at the moment on my soundcloud account.
I have been away from the music thing for a while. I have had to deal with some health issues for my wife and myself. I also tried to use my boat and go fishing while I still thought I had the energy to do that.
There are advantages to both the VST and using the stand alone version. I have been a lot like Bud said....old and set in my ways...lol Also I tried the VST when it first came out and P G Music was still working the bugs out. Looks like it is working pretty well now.
Cheers,
Billy
“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
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