Boots49

heres some little techniques i use in marrying biab and reaper..ymmv/hth.
(ive used reaps since v0.99 with biab and realband, and done approx 90 songs useing the combo.)
1. i ignore the biab count off. i just let it prattle on...before song starts i do 8 bars of my own (eg key of A...key dont really matter.)
ie...a.d times 8 bars at start of bb chord sheet. the .d signifying of course play drums only.
if i want drum solo start i muck around with lots of the blue/green markers in bb. if i want it straight i use the bb markers more sparsely.
note..later on after song finished i might decide in the mixing phase in reaps whether to use some of the drum intro, or none or whatever. but the 8 bars is there just in case...ie flexibility.
i urge you to experiment with the above cos you can get some interesting drum lead ins and solos for a song.
2. i make sure my markers in reaps eg intro/v1/ch1/v2/ch2/lead1/v3/ch3/outtro
(where v is verse and ch is chorus for example) match my biab song sections so i can correlate tween the two.
(of course bpm's must match.)
3. if the song is very very complex, in the past ive divided to conquer..let me explain with an example.
on one complex song like that i had 10 seperate biab files. labelled such as drum solo intro, verse one, chorus one with bass run, lead break sax solo, lead break guitar solo, verse two, chorus 2 ...etc
need i go on ?? see what i do ? this simplifies. then i export the traks from each bb file and line up the audio in reaps easy peasy cos the file names i use in bb match my markers in reaps.
(if you read my bb wishes ive been wanting a new bb bars view...maybe one day lol.)

i dont have time to get into every technique , but hope this gets you started.
for example think on this...you might ask well how do i do subtle drum breaks in my song ?
no probs. create a bb file called drum breaks and fill it full of dotD's ...meaning play drums only,
and colored markers etc etc . audition/regen till happy and save...now in reaps have 2 drum traks.
one called basic bed drums following basic guide beat and another called drum fills. so you export drum fills from
the dotD bb file to reaps and then you can decide where you want fills in the song.
in reaps you could move the different fills around via cut/paste. (same in rb.)
so many tricks...lol.
best
oldmuso

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 08/28/21 10:42 AM.
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.)