Originally Posted by JBran
Thanks for the explanations and advice. This is great help for me.
I guess I have to give up my arranger approach and adapt to The Biab system.

This a great program but there is so many options .

I wonder if anyone has come up with flow chart or a visual representation of style management in Biab ?

JBran,

When I'm looking for styles to use for a particular song, I ask myself the following questions...

1) What is the song's time signature?
2) Does the song have a swing-note feel or a even-note feel?
3) Is the song based around mostly 1/8th notes or mostly 1/16th notes?
4) What is the tempo of the song?

When I am clear in my mind regarding these aspects of the song, I then used the filters in Stylepicker to begin isolating suitable styles for me to look at.


1) Time signature
The time signature is the base of the song. From this dropdown menu I select the time appropriate time signature.

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2) and 3) Swing feel or Even feel based on 1/8th note or 1/16th note
Stylepicker lists styles as either sw or EV and in these listings there are sub-categories of 8 or 16. This means the following...

  • sw8 = swing styles based on 1/8th note rhythms.
  • sw16 = swing styles based on 1/16th note rhythms.
  • EV8 = even note styles based on 1/8th notes.
  • EV16 = even not styles based on 1/16th notes.


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3) Tempo
When I am not sure of a song's tempo, I use BIAB's ability to determine tempo by tapping the speed I want.
  • By tapping the "=" button (shown on the image below) four times with the mouse pointer at the beat of the song, BIAB will determine the average tempo at which you tapped the beats.
  • The difference between the "–" and "=" buttons is that while both will determine the beat when tapped 4 times, the "–" button sets the tempo in BIAB adn the "=" button only shows the tempo.


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Once the tempo has been determined, I then filter Stylepicker to show only those tempos.

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With Time Signature. Feel and Tempo filters now set, Stylepicker will have narrowed down the suitable style significantly.

I hope this helps.
--Noel

Last edited by Noel96; 09/02/24 05:02 PM.
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