Originally Posted By: Dzjang
I used Band in a Box live from time to time. Truly enjoyed it.

Now that I want to use it again, I have trouble using it.
The commands (ctrl-Numpad-1) aren't usable on a laptop without numpad. Shiftlock and then pressing the number doesn't seem to translate well to Band in a box.
Result is, you have three different instances where you can use Band in a Box for live playing.
°The LOOP window
°The CONDUCTOR Window
°Key shortcuts
Oh: and in the Conductor window you can use MIDI notes to assign functions. Except, when you press "Show Midi Notes" you go to help, but not to a specific place in the helpfunction. And typing in the words "show midi notes", doesn't get you anywhere either.


I truly think, with touchscreens nowadays, BIAB should enable users to easily move in and out of tunes but in a uniform way: one set of loops and go-to's, accessible with some different methods. All this based either on chorus number, intro, ending, tag or based on chorus, verse or assignable letters AABAD structures... I don't know:
°MIDI notes (perhaps on a specific channel)
°Laptop-keyboard shortcuts
°Touchscreen buttons.
At the same time: the chord and notation window should show clearly that biab is looping. Not just once (a yellow post-it that pops up and then disappears, is what is used since 2012).

I remember playing once, and, either wrongly entering (numpad) 6 instead of 5: ending the song abruptly or forgetting to press Ctrl before entering (numpad) 2: causing the song to not loop nor start normally. It was a frustrating mess at times. And, well, sometimes it worked just fine.

I understand very well why people avoid using Band in a Box for live playing today. Personally, I don't know of anyone using it today. Not even here on the forum, so it seems.

And that's sad, because -however bad the notation window is- you can see the melody and chords like on a chart and play along... which is something other software is lacking completely.



I very much aggree with Dzjang.

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