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1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user #676320 10/04/21 10:50 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany MoveToGroove OP Apprentice
OP MoveToGroove Apprentice Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany	Just a short suggestion in regard to the menues ... What I would have found (and btw still would find) much more intuitive as a new user and in general more tidy/consistent (as well as probably even more flexible from the software developer's perspective) than exclusively what feels to me like a "here and there" priciple of the (respectively like a quite organically grown) current UI is at least one additional menu that is structured like the "Song Tools Menu" below - or even also a second menu in addition specifically made for new users, like the "Beginner's Menu" below: Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) Song Tools Menu.PNG (10.78 KB, 148 downloads) Beginner's Menu.PNG (16.51 KB, 149 downloads) BiaB Pro 2022; Windows 10 Bass: Intermediate; Piano: Beginner I came to this forum in order to suggest feature improvements for non-professional musicians like myself that use BiaB mainly as a playalong tool and as a learning tool

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676343 10/04/21 12:47 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
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Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,689 South Carolina	Plus 1... Great idea. I was discussing the Melody Maker with a long time user not long ago and they couldn't find the Melody Maker. BIAB 2025:RB 2025, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user Charlie Fogle #676348 10/04/21 01:46 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
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Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676372 10/04/21 03:52 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,745 Rustyspoon# Veteran
Rustyspoon# Veteran Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,745	+1 Definitely good and useful ideas! I had a couple of similar requests in the past. (Beginner / Advanced views) Now, reading your post, I think the best way and future proof way to tackle this would be a fully customizable quick access menu button that would load essential menus/functions. Meaning, PG can have several templates (Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced) or custom where users can select group things to suit their workflow. That way nothing is set in stone and can be changed as program develops with ease. MoveToGroove I am not sure if you are aware, there is a "custom" tabbed quick access item, which you can make use of. See attached. I wish there would be a way to add more specific/direct functions... Maybe that is the way to go... perhaps renaming "custom" to something else, add more functions / shortcuts and have it as default tab? Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) customquickaccess.jpg (83.38 KB, 126 downloads)

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676375 10/04/21 06:37 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
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babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	+1 This menu list is the style of today's software design. In fact, the list of realtrack, realdrum and style picker should also be included. However, band in a box also has its own characteristics. Some people call it "retro" When this retro feeling is in sharp contrast to powerful functions. So many people sigh: "BIAB is an undervalued software" For me, it doesn't matter whether to change the version or not. It took me a few months to get familiar with it. I hope others are as patient as I am WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676378 10/04/21 07:28 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany MoveToGroove OP Apprentice
OP MoveToGroove Apprentice Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany	Hey Rusty, how about: After the Install-Process such a "Beginner's Menu" does exist - but when the user opens BiaB for the first time he gets a Popup-Window which informs him that and how he can get rid of that menu if he wishes so. And if he does so and in case that there are any "slim versions" of the regular tools in the Beginner's Menu, those then get integrated into the regular "Song Tools" Menu (since they might still be useful, e.g. for a "quick-song-creation-process"). In regard to the Custom-item: I didn't know about that - thanks for letting me know! BiaB Pro 2022; Windows 10 Bass: Intermediate; Piano: Beginner I came to this forum in order to suggest feature improvements for non-professional musicians like myself that use BiaB mainly as a playalong tool and as a learning tool

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676379 10/04/21 07:44 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany MoveToGroove OP Apprentice
OP MoveToGroove Apprentice Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany	Hey swingbaby, I have meant the above suggestion just as a rough sketch, for sure. So there can be integrated more things, either in the first instance or in the second instances (or in even deeper instances), including such a "Further Song Tools" category. BiaB Pro 2022; Windows 10 Bass: Intermediate; Piano: Beginner I came to this forum in order to suggest feature improvements for non-professional musicians like myself that use BiaB mainly as a playalong tool and as a learning tool

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676383 10/04/21 09:39 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
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babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	I see. In fact, a few days ago, I also wanted to draw such a picture. As a result, I drew for several days, but I didn't draw well. Now you draw it. I'm very happy WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676385 10/04/21 11:03 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,745 Rustyspoon# Veteran
Rustyspoon# Veteran Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,745	"how about: After the Install-Process such a "Beginner's Menu" does exist"..." Ha ha. I proposed nearly identical idea not too long ago. I think it is a big task and a problem for PG music to re-structure most menus. However, A Minimalistic GUI view (I forgot what is the official name for this) is fairly straight forward as far as main page goes. So looking at two things, your drawing /requests of this post and what is already on the plate - custom quick access menu from my screenshots that is available..I am thinking if a "custom" tab is set by default with a certain set of tools for beginner in mind, you would not have to go in deep menus for most tasks. As you would have 10 or so main functions of the program in one, visible and accessible from any point place. Of course, with ability to change / customize things at a later time as you see fit. More shortcuts with icons needed to be made... The only thing in this case, is purely esthetics is the position of access of quick panel, which is at the right corner of the screen now, while most people would expect main controls to be on the left. But that is minor and perhaps is fixable by making a distinct single "start here" button somewhere on the left side which would host beginner, intermediate or advanced set of tools and functions.

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user Rustyspoon# #676393 10/05/21 12:11 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany MoveToGroove OP Apprentice
OP MoveToGroove Apprentice Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany	Rusty, Originally Posted By: Rustyspoon# custom quick access menu from my screenshots that is available..I am thinking if a "custom" tab is set by default with a certain set of tools for beginner in mind, you would not have to go in deep menus for most tasks. As you would have 10 or so main functions of the program in one, visible and accessible from any point place. Of course, with ability to change / customize things at a later time as you see fit. More shortcuts with icons needed to be made... The only thing in this case, is purely esthetics is the position of access of quick panel, which is at the right corner of the screen now, while most people would expect main controls to be on the left. But that is minor and perhaps is fixable by making a distinct single "start here" button somewhere on the left side which would host beginner, intermediate or advanced set of tools and functions. that's also a good idea! Originally Posted By: Rustyspoon# I think it is a big task and a problem for PG music to re-structure most menus. I also have that impression. Essential would be in my opinion that there would be added an (at least temporarily parallel) structure which at first relieves the other menues from these song-element-makers. Let's say: For BiaB 2022 :-) Then (let's say: for BiaB 2023) the song-element-makers could be restructured easier, and the remaining parts of the old menues as well. The song-element-makers should definately be treated more strictly in a modular manner (why is the chord builder a part of the melody maker atm???), and as a whole they should be treated first of all as a bottom-up-songbuilding process. That would not only match the way a user/musician "mainly" thinks when he creates a song in BiaB, but it also would give quite a huge new freedom for further developments of the software. Top-down-options (breakdown/analyze/simplify a song and the like) are also important and therefore should be featured, too - but in another menu (resp. in other menues). It's just that I myself would like to concentrate on a bottom-up-approach currently, since I find that more urgent at the moment. Last edited by MoveToGroove; 10/05/21 02:15 AM. BiaB Pro 2022; Windows 10 Bass: Intermediate; Piano: Beginner I came to this forum in order to suggest feature improvements for non-professional musicians like myself that use BiaB mainly as a playalong tool and as a learning tool

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676394 10/05/21 12:12 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany MoveToGroove OP Apprentice
OP MoveToGroove Apprentice Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany	swingbaby, I have two more pictures to come (some time during this week, since they still need some finetuning). I'll most probably put them in extra-threads then, since although they are not totally independant from this topic here, they will mainly be meant as topics on their own. BiaB Pro 2022; Windows 10 Bass: Intermediate; Piano: Beginner I came to this forum in order to suggest feature improvements for non-professional musicians like myself that use BiaB mainly as a playalong tool and as a learning tool

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676401 10/05/21 02:12 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954 P Pipeline Veteran
Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	You can have your own custom floating always on top menu. Download https://www.autohotkey.com/ If you have Biab running As Administrator go to the install folder C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey and set AutoHotkey.exe to Run As Administrator. Remove the .mp4 from Biab Menu Clone.ahk.mp4 run Biab Menu Clone.ahk This is just a demo of the menu, the File, Open functions is set but not all the others Code: Menu FileMenu, Add, Open...`tF3 , Open... `````` `````` Open...: WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , File, Open... return So you can create any custom menu you like. I think you can modify the menu style. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) Biab Menu Clone.ahk.mp4 (55.31 KB, 21 downloads)

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676402 10/05/21 02:22 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany MoveToGroove OP Apprentice
OP MoveToGroove Apprentice Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany	Hey Pipeline, interesting! But this wouldn't help new users, for sure. Last edited by MoveToGroove; 10/05/21 02:22 AM. BiaB Pro 2022; Windows 10 Bass: Intermediate; Piano: Beginner I came to this forum in order to suggest feature improvements for non-professional musicians like myself that use BiaB mainly as a playalong tool and as a learning tool

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676405 10/05/21 02:54 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,745 Rustyspoon# Veteran
Rustyspoon# Veteran Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,745	MoveToGroove, I still encourage you to see custom bar. You can add 12 direct access items there. Without even the need to go to sub menus. And yes, some shortcut options (that you described above) are missing! But perhaps we would see a much faster progress, if we request particular shortcuts/icons that PG can make with mind to assist beginners. Think about this in these terms: If you have 12 main - beginner oriented menu options / functions visible upfront... Once you master them, you already more or less intermediate user Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) custom bar.jpg (83.3 KB, 71 downloads)

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676412 10/05/21 03:28 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany MoveToGroove OP Apprentice
OP MoveToGroove Apprentice Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 256 Germany	Hey Rusty, I have recognized that and I already answered - see above: "That's also a good idea!" The more good ideas, the better it is, and the programmers will have to choose then (including from their own ideas, which will probably win the race anyway haha). I didn't have the intention to persuade in regard to my suggestion, just wanted to add a couple of background thoughts. BiaB Pro 2022; Windows 10 Bass: Intermediate; Piano: Beginner I came to this forum in order to suggest feature improvements for non-professional musicians like myself that use BiaB mainly as a playalong tool and as a learning tool

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676495 10/05/21 01:01 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
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Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	I'll give a +1 for the idea, but while we are on the subject of menus, it needs a track menu to give access to the tracks right click menus that you can't get to by keyboard. There should also be a Custom menu that the user can have any functions just like the icon one but a choice of ALL functions. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) BB21-AHK-Menu.gif (166.08 KB, 54 downloads)

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676499 10/05/21 01:16 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,745 Rustyspoon# Veteran
Rustyspoon# Veteran Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,745	MoveToGroove, I fully support your ideas., especially "modular" approach. But that can only happen with what pipeline said above: "There should also be a Custom menu that the user can have any functions just like the icon one but a choice of ALL functions." Or at least more functions available... I guess my main concern is "placement" of these beginner menus you proposing. As I can see there is only single particular space left, which is that shortcut icon bar. There is room for 2-3 more tabs. Otherwise, I think any addition to other space will intrude on real estate of GUI, unless new items are fully collapsible as in BIAB plugin. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) space.jpg (59.63 KB, 51 downloads)

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676522 10/05/21 04:26 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308 B babymusic Veteran
babymusic Veteran B Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 2,308	the interface should be modified to be more concise and modern. WIN10 20H2, AMD R4800H ,16G , 2T ,FOCUSRITE 2i4 MKII，Studio One,FL STUDIO

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676525 10/05/21 04:55 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954 P Pipeline Veteran
Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	If Biab would allow you to run an external app/script from the Custom User Menu you could then run the ahk scripts with a command line C:\bb\Scripts\Autohotkey.exe myscript.ahk the scripts gui can be set to always on top.

Re: 1 or 2 Menues that would have helped me as a new user MoveToGroove #676527 10/05/21 05:02 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,745 Rustyspoon# Veteran
Rustyspoon# Veteran Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,745	Hmmm.. That is a bold statement. Can you please share thoughts on the minimalistic GUI, what you think can be changed for the better? Except for menu items you have listed. I am just talking about front page of minimalistic screen, not menu structures or older GUI that looks like arcade... I am curious, because I was thinking about this for some time... to suggest something useful to PG team. I think customized quick access items, as explained above could potentially solve many "first" time users frustrations. Of course not all, but a good start. I could not find anything negative that I would change in the front page graphically or ergonomically, with single exception of having option to hide thin bar at the very top with "dots". It just bothers me visually and something that I have no use for. I do think there has to be a streamlined picker, a single picker for all content, and quite a bit work done on menus. Condense, sort, group etc. But front of minimalistic GUI overall looks good to me.

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All the Xtra Styles PAKs 1 - 20 are on special for only $29 each (reg $49), or get all 209 PAKs for $199 (reg $399)! Order now!

Learn more and listen to demos of the Xtra Styles PAK 20.

Video: Xtra Styles PAK 20 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!

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