Originally Posted by Noel96
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I have the Audiophile edition of the software and I had that running when I created the wav file. I think that piano is one of the Realtrack instruments that is noticeably better in the Audiophile edition of the software. I'm sorry. I should have used the wma version of the files. In this case, I'm guessing that the sound would have been very similar to yours.

PG Music do not compromise versions. The Audiophile version uses 16 bit, 44.100 kHz uncompressed wav files. In other words, these files are 'CD quality' audio created from the original recordings of the Realtrack artists. With the versions of BIAB beneath the Audiophile edition, the audio files are compressed wma. As a consequence, some audio information is lost during the compressing process. Depending on the instrument, this loss of fidelity may or may not be noticeable. Matt Finley has posted an article on the differences between the wav-version and wma-versions of the program at the below link.

Thanks Noel. Before I heard your audiophile version you sent with your link I didn't even know there was an 'audiophile' version and what it even meant.
For me it was always just BIAB and pay more for more RealTracks etc. etc.
I would pay the extra money to get a better sound, but disk space is a big issue for me (as I've mentioned in previous posts).
And I also explained that simply buying a bigger disk drive is not going to fix the problem for me.

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SECOND
Whenever I start a new song, this is my process...

  • Select "File >> New" before selecting a style. (This loads the default chordsheet and strips it of any left-over settings that may have been part of the previous song I was working on and that I've forgotten about.)
  • Go to Song Settings and disable "Natural Arrangments" for this song. (This stops BIAB from potentially changing any chords I entered.)
  • In Song Settings, set the option "Avoid transposition of Realtracks" (as this helps avoid audio artifacts).


After doing the above, I load a style and enter the chords. Once I started following this sequence, creating songs became much smoother and the need to solve problems reduced. (My process is the BIAB equivalent of starting with a "new" blank document in Word and setting the tabs and fonts to those that I want to use in this document.)

I hope these thoughts help.
--Noel

Thanks for this tip. I will try to use it myself in the future.
I'm surprised that you actually have to make those adjustments for every new song you start.
PGMusic hasn't found a way yet in all these years to allow users to set their song setting preferences? Set it and forget it?

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P.S. I was very lucky to have AudioTrack also working on the problem. He has a great understanding of the program, and that meant that we could try different things and cover the different possibilities faster. I'm glad everything is up and running for you now. If you are comfortable that this thread has reached the end of its journey, please click on the "Resolved" button in the original post that started the thread.

Yes we are lucky to also have had AudioTrack help out!
I will click on 'Resolved'.
I was just waiting for your comments first.

A BIAB user for more than 30 years (if you can believe it) !