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Part of my not liking the product is the tone of most styles. Anything with all real tracks is pretty good, though.



Not trying to be a salesman here, this still may not be for you but for now lets get specific. This quote implies you don't like the sound of the non Real Tracks parts. That's midi. Understand Biab has no sounds of it's own. None. The quality of the midi tracks is dependent on the quality of the midi synth you're using. If all you're using is your built in sound chip on your PC, of course that is not going to sound even close to the $400 Ketron or a big name software package like Sampletank that can also cost several hundred. Before we start recommending software midi solutions, please describe in detail your computer system and what you're using for sound both internal midi and for monitoring. Also, give us the name of one song you particularly like that doesn't sound good with Biab and we'll come up with some suggestions or comments.
You mentioned some styles don't sound too good. True, a lot of them don't but understand you're not limited by the style when it comes to using RT/ RD's. John's demos sound great and show what can be done and here's another example of an instrumental by forum member Carlos Latin Cowboy What's really cool about this putting his good playing aside, is he explained exactly how he did this. John has done the same thing in a lot of his posts. Note Carlos used different RT/RD's that were not part of the original style. RT/RD's are audio files, you can plug them in with anything. Carlos used a bluegrass fiddle for a soloist in a latin style. He also used a Nashville 8 Real Drum track. Biab doesn't care what the style is when using RT/RD's, it's just a starting point. You can do the same thing in Real Band except there you can use multiple synths, you have 48 tracks and way more control over editing, mastering, plugins etc. John and Carlos are both pros, you could work with this stuff for the next year and maybe you can't do something as good as they did but it certainly shows the possibilities if you know your way around a home studio. Since we know nothing about your abilities, maybe once you get used to this stuff you will post something like this as well. Get cracking...

Bob

Last edited by jazzmammal; 10/01/10 09:02 AM.
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