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Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #611404 08/20/20 07:10 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 25,931 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 25,931 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	+1 for Bob 'Notes' Norton and his 3rd party styles. I remember one of his early ads in a Recording magazine, and we had a nice chat. Kudos to Peter Gannon for recognizing the value Bob adds to BIAB, and to Bob for quality work. BIAB 2024 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 6.5 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6; Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus Studio 192, Presonus Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Matt Finley #611425 08/20/20 10:13 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 20,978 Hamlin NY MarioD Veteran
MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 20,978 Hamlin NY	Originally Posted By: Matt Finley +1 for Bob 'Notes' Norton and his 3rd party styles. I remember one of his early ads in a Recording magazine, and we had a nice chat. Kudos to Peter Gannon for recognizing the value Bob adds to BIAB, and to Bob for quality work. I totally agree. I have a number of Notes' styles and they are great! I just posted a selfie and all of the responses were get well soon! 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #611436 08/20/20 12:17 PM Off-Topic
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 21,657 Mi., USA rharv Veteran
rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 21,657 Mi., USA	I had my first version of BiaB floppy disks given to me after expressing an interest in it. If I recall, I was actually more interested in the Powertracks program that came with it. /there were benefits to having parents that owned a music store <grin>/ I too remember the old forum. The often mentioned (and missed) Mac and I were working on a website project when he mentioned to me that he had just registered on the new forum. So I went over & re-registered, becoming member number 32. Man that was a long time ago. Mac is member 11 and Peter is 12, I always found that humorous. Mac was all over everything. Hard to believe he ever slept. Make your sound your own! .. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #611446 08/20/20 01:57 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 2,532 Cow Country, Florida Planobilly OP Veteran
OP Planobilly Veteran Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 2,532 Cow Country, Florida	WoW...this is turning out to be a real BIAB history lesson. New location, new environment, new music coming soon Seize the moo-ment If you feel like you’ve herd all these cow puns before, you probably have deja-moo

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #611448 08/20/20 02:08 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 7,314 Akron, Oh eddie1261 Veteran
eddie1261 Veteran Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 7,314 Akron, Oh	I was wandering the internet looking for a backing track for Jobim's Wave. I followed a few links but they were awful tracks. Then I went to the next link, and there it was. A really good backing track. By Notes Norton! Got it. loaded it, played a sax melody line over it, and it worked out well. I still don't know what goes in to making a style, but I know he does good ones. I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines. 1. How much did you make in 2023? 2. Send it to us.

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #611457 08/20/20 02:54 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,574 Hong Kong L lambada Expert
lambada Expert L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,574 Hong Kong	To create backing tracks, but it's like a rabbit warren and I keep getting side tracked. Recently, I've spent more time on the forum than using it, but I can't help getting the full upgrade every year. I think I'm a BIAB addict.... Windows 10 Home 20H2 Build 19042.487 BIAB 2021 (Build 818) Intel(R) Core(TM), i3-4160, CPU @3.60 GHz RAM 16 GB, 64 Bit X64-based processor Zoom UAC-2 (USB 3 interface-built in midi) VoiceLive 3 Extreme, Sputnik Valve Condenser Mic

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #611469 08/20/20 05:34 PM Off-Topic
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,607 Sterling, Va raymb1 Veteran
raymb1 Veteran Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,607 Sterling, Va	I bought BIAB back in 1995. I needed bass and drums to accompany me on my solo hotel gig. Now-a-days I use it more to make lead sheets for the jazz group I work with, although we haven't had any gigs for months due to Covid-19. Asus Q500A i7 Win 10 64 bit 8GB ram 750 HD 15.5" touch screen, BIAB 2017, Casio PX 5s, Xw P1, Center Point Stereo SS V3 and EWI 4000s.

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #611542 08/21/20 09:45 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,140 Winston-Salem, NC USA Jim Fogle Veteran
Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,140 Winston-Salem, NC USA	The first time was when BiaB was all midi. I didn't like the audio results and didn't have the time to devote to thoroughly learn midi. The second time my wife gave me a 2011 BiaB ProPAK CD. The ability for RealTracks to follow song key signature changes hooked me. You know how someone starts a song in one key but that key doesn't work for the singer so everyone tries different keys until they find one that's better? That was amazing then and still amazes me. Once I settle on a chord progression and style I still enjoy cycling through keys. Some songs just sound better in a certain key. Band-in-a-Box is more than a one trick pony but that one trick was all it took for me. Jim Fogle - 2024 BiaB (1111) RB (5) Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #611591 08/21/20 03:43 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 9,382 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker Veteran
Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 9,382 Middlesex, NC	I bought it for the steel guitar. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #612010 08/24/20 08:11 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,705 USA Danny C. Veteran
Danny C. Veteran Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,705 USA	As per "Mac's" advice back in 2004 (I think) I bought it to get me out doing live gigs again. Best music move I have ever made as since then I have done many hundreds of shows I would never have done without BIAB. Thanks Again Mac! Danny C. www.dannycampo.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Danny-Campo/379776252109306?skip_nax_wizard=true The More You Drink The Better I Sound

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #612149 08/25/20 03:04 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 6,117 Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.A. Notes Norton Veteran
Notes Norton Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 6,117 Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.A.	I still miss good ol' Mac. He was a nice guy, and very generous and helpful contributor to our extended family here. But life goes on. Notes Bob "Notes" Norton Norton Music https://www.nortonmusic.com 100% MIDI Super-Styles recorded by live, pro, studio musicians for a live groove & Fake Disks for MIDI and/or RealTracks

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Notes Norton #612175 08/25/20 05:56 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,705 USA Danny C. Veteran
Danny C. Veteran Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,705 USA	Originally Posted By: Notes Norton I still miss good ol' Mac. He was a nice guy, and very generous and helpful contributor to our extended family here. But life goes on. Notes Yes sir Danny C. www.dannycampo.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Danny-Campo/379776252109306?skip_nax_wizard=true The More You Drink The Better I Sound

Re: Why did you buy BIAB in the first place? Planobilly #612218 08/25/20 01:02 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,102 Mobile, Alabama KeithS Expert
KeithS Expert Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,102 Mobile, Alabama	My introduction to BIAB was a bit bizarre. I didn't have any PRN radiology techs on staff in the TB clinic, so I had to rely on a temp manpower company to provide techs when my radiology tech called in sick or was on vacation. My tech took a 2 week vacation, and when she came back she found that the temp had downloaded a bunch of WAREZ that had infected the radiology department's main PC with a virus. Our IT department was less than helpful in getting the virus removed, so I stayed after work and tried to remove the virus and identify the source of infection. Turned out that the temp radiology tech was a part time musician and had downloaded a folder with several pirated versions of music software including BIAB 11 which was all MIDI at the time. Not being familiar with the program, I took a copy off the infected computer and took it back to my studio to see what it was. Impressed with what it sounded like through my Yamaha keyboard, and discovering that I could export MIDI from it and use it in Cakewalk, I looked the company up online and purchased version 12. I think at the time the PG Music was offering free demo downloads of their software so I'm not sure why the software Pirates were packaging it together with their Pirated stuff. I fired the temp. Keith 2024 Audiophile Windows 11 AMD RYZEN THREADRIPPER 3960X 4.5GHZ 128 GB RAM 2 Nvidia RTX 3090s, Vegas,Acid,SoundForge,Izotope Production,Melodyne Studio,Cakewalk,Raven Mti

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