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Yes, they rapidly need to fix the searching i BIAB. To me everything else falls flat until they have fixed the searching. The huge content becomes more or less useless if you can't find what you are looking for. Even suggested new features as above become very limited unless I can't find what I am looking for.
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Hi, I like to work with my Lyrics document window open and located just below the mixer section so that I can easily jot down new lyric ideas while I am working on a song (Screenshot attached below). Unfortunately every time I close and reopen that song in BIAB the document lyric window gets blown up to full size and plonked on the right hand side of the screen, so that I have to shrink it back down to the right size and reposition it again. This is annoying interruption to my workflow. I would like BIAB to remember the size and location of the document lyrics screen and reopen it in the same place and size when the song is reopened. I am pretty sure that this would be a simple fix which would remove a significant irritant. Many thanks! Regards, Aubrey
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Bud, You are inspiration for many in PGM universe and beyond, including me! Happy Birthday my musical friend, and many more to come!
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Hello Andrew, Nice, relaxed song. It has a bit of an '80s vibe. The lyrics do evoke a different feeling than the song's atmosphere. Funny! The guitar playing underlines that relaxed feeling perfectly! And your vocals (and the BG vocals) also fit very well. And these lines in your lyrics I like very much: "You say it’s time for a revolution, But I say you gotta deserve it first" Have a nice day, Hans
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I absolutely love this song, and love the video you did for it too! Thanks to everyone that mentioned my bit.
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Hi Janice and Bud, Great song! Janice sounds fabulous as does Peter. I never heard the original so I had a listen after listening to yours. You certainly made it your own, which is what a good cover should do! 30,000 streams in a month?! Wow!
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Hi Dan, First of all very sorry for your loss! I listened to both of those songs, wonderful!
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Hi Dave, I always enjoy reading your stories about the songs you've created. You always describe your challenges as if they were voyages of discovery. I think you had to make even more adventurous choices in this story than in the previous one, but I'm not sure anymore. I enjoy all your stories. And about the song itself: it's a beautiful song with some really good duets in the AI vocals. Fantastic. The melody is also very nice, the instruments all sound clear. I do have some reservations about the kick drum, but that's not the point. I'd like to mention one "but": When I hear the song (I don't mean the – good – lyrics), I picture a happy, laughing couple, madly in love, in spring, among the beautiful flowers and the birds darting around them. There's nothing wrong with that, just a little too sweet for my taste. Nothing unexpected happens, while with a title like "After the Rain," I'd expect exciting twists and turns. Well, nobody always gets what they want. Hans
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Yeah! Excellent song, and excellent playing, Rodney is the real deal, great player! I missed it the first time around, I wasn't really that active here until I hooked up with Chris in 2015, so thanks for bringing it back!
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Pure perfection, Bob! Great start to 2026.
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To respond to the audio track, I'm using the _cpopbal style. Then I add a violin track (number 1593) to the Melody track. I also add a piano track (1728) to the Soloist track and a PGmusique accordion user-track to utility 1. On the chord sheet, when I enter, for example, am.ml, we should normally only hear the Melody and Soloist tracks, but both tracks remain silent; it doesn't generate the re-tracks. And if I enter, for example, am.U1, we should normally hear the accordion user-track, but it remains silent. I've tried several styles, and the problem is the same. If you encounter the same problem, I hope PGmusique can resolve it. Thank you for your help, and I wish you all a wonderful day. (biab 2026 1220)
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Hi Ron, Great song! Love the guitars. Also really like your vocal, especially the BGVs. Not so mad about the drums, too busy for my tastes. But yeah, great way to kick off 2026!
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I do hope that if/when someone actually subscribes that they will share their experiences here. Maybe even share an arrangement or two?
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An accomplished mix and arrangement, together with well-matched vocals and flute, made for a very enjoyable listening experience. Nice one, Chris. 
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...Anyway, this was meant to be about what’s out there right now and what people are hearing in it. I’d rather see it get back to talking about the tracks, the production, and what people are picking up from them, because that’s what made Floyd’s post worth the time in the first place. Thanks for posting it Floyd! I generally always listen to Floyd's contributions. It gives me the opportunity to appraise the song, the structure, the delivery, the lyrical value and much more. I do take note of what goes into each production. I haven't been able to locate any contributions I can compare to in any of these song sharing forums from others who seem to be indifferent to Floyd's presentations. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places or I haven't looked hard enough? Are there any online samples?
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AI isn't ever going away. I think that many can hold their hand on their heart and say "this was all my work". To the others, put your hand down. There will be more AI, much more, but we can hold our own if we want to believe and genuinely contribute with originality.
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Brian, ha! This songs makes me want to lean back in a hammock between two palm trees, sipping a fruit drink out of a cocoanut with a tiny paper umbrella or two leaning against the rim. Nice playing on and tone from the Takamine. super job!
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Nicely done, Pete. Exuberant band and super vocals. Like the stereo image of the rhythm guitars bouncing off of each other, and the lead lines fit in nicely , too. Excellent job all the way around.
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limeston, cool story, and happily not an isolated one. The PGMusic Live Help line is a great asset not found in any software package I have ever used. The kind folks handling handling support and the customer experience are also, in my experience, friendly, knowledgeable and most importantly HELPFUL. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks so much David - yes I've had a couple of piano accordions for a few years, pull them out occasionally when the mood takes me to have a play, super chuffed you approved of the tune and playing - appreciate your very nice comments, many thanks for listening! Best, Carl
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My PC is using a Creative Audigy FX internal sound card for playing music, playing videos and general stuff and only keep it because it has a sub out jack that I use for those purposes. It's been installed for a long time and working great. I don't rely on it for the other things that I do, so I started experimenting with the UMC204HD and using them in the same computer with the same windows 10 and the same BIAB and the same speakers (Reaper and Davinci Resolve and a few others also). I fought with the dual driver issues until I did the chat scenario and "they" walked me right through the correct settings to use and how to switch back and forth. Now everything works perfectly. One of the main solutions is I'm using a USB switch (suggested by chat) on the UMC and an A/B speaker switch (again suggested by chat) and let windows automatically choose which device to input from and output to. That seems to have solved my dual driver problems. The AI stuff is really getting kinda scary......
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I wonder if they'll announce anything at NAMM.. You'd think they would but I'm betting they already did with Monday's announcements. The last two years, Fender was in attendance at NAMM but in an area not open to general attendees. A company has to make an appointment for their buyer who partners with a salesperson with a clipboard prepared to take your dealer order. Being the Owner/Admin for my company, I could sign someone up but I've never been a Fender dealer and don't intend to start now. I don't need to occupy the same niche as my local Guitar Center. Like almost all attendees, I'm hoping that Fender is more visible at NAMM this year but I'm not holding my breath.
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I tried and got the same result as Andrew. I also tried with a D...d in the final bar, which produced (in my view) a slightly better sounding ending.
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Thank you David, I think I got the mix as best as possible by the time I got to v3, without starting over completely. There were a few fluffs in the vocals that were glossed over and I really should have gone back and re-recorded them. But I thought I’d worked it too much and leave them before the song lost its sheen with me. Thank you for your comments and feedback. Kind regards.
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