So I have started the recording process for a new song and I'm running into a brick wall trying to get the right style for the song to render it the way I hear it and play it on the acoustic.

So it's a lazy 6/8 time sig which is problematic since BB doesn't really cater to the 6/8 music world. A list of the 6/8 (all) styles shows contradance, jigs, nashville swing, and celtic options.

The funny thing is, in my attempts to use BB ACW to facilitate this, It is countable in 4/4, 3/4, or 6/8, but nothing has the groove. In 4/4, neither the swing or the even styles are close enough to "squeeze by". In 3/4, adding real tracks doesn't work because they play too fast. I haven't seen or figured out a way to do "cut time" in 3/4, if that would even work if it was possible to do. In 6/8 the styles are just plain "wrong".

As much as I try, I keep hitting that wall and have deleted this project several time and restarted it to end up stymied again.


A previous attempt to record a 6/8 song also ended in frustration and that song is still languishing in the byte encrusted hard drive on my computer until I figure this out.

Maybe it's simply time to pull out the stops and record all the instruments live to a click and let the chips fall where they may, without any assistance from the BB RT's.

One thing has occurred to me and I will watch the tutorial video on this to see it is feasible. Creating my own original User Style from scratch. I know what instruments I want to use in this style but then the individual RT's are all recorded in a particular style.... even/swing.... so that might be a spectacular crash and burn effort.

Any thoughts on options, solutions, or work arounds are appreciated.

Note: the Keith Urban song Blue Ain't Your Color is kind of the feel I'm looking for. It's countable in a lilting 6/8 but charted as 4/4. There's several other songs that are similar, for reference to what I'm trying to do.

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