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John, Yes it saves last layout on exit and will open with same layout. It's not just UI, the way it was done, it enhances workflow dramatically and it has proper room for expansion. With side panel you can create several views with different layouts and use them depending on situation. It is unrealistic to expect that PG team would turn around 30+ year old software with a single release, but this was a giant step forward. I am certain that some minor issues will be found, but overall it is ready for prime time. Also, this is one of most stable releases. Hopefully PG team will maintain the course.
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Marty, Thank you - that's very kind and appreciated by both of us. Bob
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Thanks, Mario. It's so encouraging, that you think I'm getting better producing these songs.
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Hi Andrew, Unless your Music Production Manager and Recording Engineer and Sound Director know something … AudioTrack, That would be moi! With my number of listeners, it doesn’t matter so I’m just going to do what feels right to me. Andrew
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Andrew, this is on outstanding masterpiece. This hit home for me … I have no idea why my wife wed me 58 years ago; yes we have had a ton of "that" moments. (Watch the original movie Grease and you will see our story.) Great vocals and harmonies. Super groove and mix. One of your best for sure - loved it. Thanks Mario! 58 years - well done to you both! Can I assume it’s been that long because (in reference to your sign-off joke this week) you haven’t yet built up the courage to admit that your wife was wrong?😑 Andrew
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Rob, Yes, I vote for the happy lyrics as well. I find it interesting that a more positive outlook seemed to make the music happier as well - at least it did for me. I wonder if that’s a mental trick? Andrew
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Superb song! Can't say "particularly lyrically" as all of the aspects are in perfect balance. "Waoist Adage #41: Here and now are our parameters in space and time for experiential reality." Future and past can only ever be conceptual. Interestingly, some scientists say that time isn't a dimension; plus a sage I once knew a long time ago said 'time' is the experience of eventuality. We witness sequences of events - 'time' flying by - yet we always view it in the cockpit of here and now. Yep, if we lived here and now, always in presence, we wouldn't need the answer/s as we'd be living it/them.
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Superb production, that’s a big sound. Very well sung. Most excellent.
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This guy grew up in the Bronx, right? \Haha. Cool story, and a great way to present it, Chay. It's really incredible how you manage so much in your instrumentals, and mix everything so well. You will be posting the one with vocals soon, right? Even in your vocal posts I listen intently to the instruments you chose. Always fun. I like how this one had the false ending, and the piano brought it back to a new rewarding life. Of course the drums and the rest of the band grabbed the new uplifting feeling, which eventually the sax couldn't resist. You're a sucker for happy endings, aren't ya? Thanks, Marty! I'll be uploading the vocal version of Venus Twinkles" to YouTube in the next few days. Lucy's doing the vocals again and the title will probably be "Venus Twinkles [Lady of Love]" to differentiate it from the instrumental. The lyrics will be in the video. Re happy endings, I realised a few decades ago that all of my fiction writing has been a form of compensation for either what doesn't come up to expected standards in my life, or for what is lacking. The 3 books I have out - the trilogy-length epic under my name and 2 novellas under a pseudonym - all have happy endings. Since the Year of My Snafu Catch 2022 in which everything that could go wrong did go wrong and I ended up in this way too small retirement flat with plasterboard walls separating me from the neighbouring flat - which prevents me playing guitar and ludicrously limits my own vocal recording - and which also turned out to be haunted, it's hard to have faith that there can be a happy ending. So expect more musical happy endings!  In the pipeline I've now got a rough/demo of a rock versions of "VT" with mine and Lucy's vocals together, but my vocals are from the demo I sent her and so need to be improved; plus I have a musically finished song from spring 2024 which just needs a better vocal track from me. I've been delayed getting a vocal demo of another song ready for Denisse (of "Flowing Lady Deya [rock version]") since the same period - all 3 latter have very happy endings - plus I've also got the BiaB music for the vocal version of my 1974 song "Baby Be Mine Tonight" (as in the above video) which is just happy throughout. So I'm very disappointed with where I live as for so long I've only managed to record 2 vocal demos which I've had to sing in hushed tones. I'm hoping my neighbour will be invited away for this Xmas as I could get so much done.
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A somewhat imposing, slightly spooky intro that resolves into a lovely melody. Cool bit of orchestration maestro.
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This is a new type of a Drum Stem Separator just for Drums. It separates the drums into their separate kick, snare, and so on. ReStem
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Sol, a classic 1960's country song. Great vocal and a positive end of life story. Super backing tracks and solo. I can relate to those needle lines, brilliant work on the lyrics; I'll be 80 next year. Great work on this one.
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Oh dear, I think it's another 200 plus Real Tracks again. I can't bring myself to do it again. I was tempted with the little AI gesture to grab midi from wav but it's not really new is it? Have fun everyone. I'm definately not sold this time.
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Oh, man, you guys should be able to see my bright smile from there. What a terrific write and production. Really can't get enough o' you folks. Peter, special stuff. Janice, no one does it better. Bud, you are the glue, the inspiration, and the master mixer and writer. LOVED the video!!! And you brought bright smiles to us! Thank you for the generous review. J&B
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Yes, I'm seeing that too...
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Hello FHO, Unfortunately, I don't have an explanation or solution to offer, since my problem hasn't actually been resolved, except by using only limited MIDI functions of my Clavinova.. However, I do have two questions: - Are you experiencing your problem only with Band-in-a-Box 2025, or also with Band-in-a-Box 2022, 2023, and 2024? - If you're experiencing your problem with all these versions, would it be possible for you to test your Clavinova with the 2020 version of Band in a Box, which is the latest version without the 16 additional tracks ? In my case, I've never had a problem with this version.
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I'm just saying the language should be precise where there is a cost difference and the possibility of confusion. Remembering what was available last year, I think it matters how you got the content for the 2025 audiophile version. You might have ordered the downloadable update that was ONLY the FLAC files that were newly released. That left you with mostly WAV files and corresponding WMA files, with some newly added FLAC files. Or you might have ordered the higher priced update in 2025 that gave you ALL the PAST RealTracks as FLAC files AND the new 2025 ones too. Then what you have in your BIAB installation is ALL the pre-2025 RealTracks as all three formats: FLAC, WMA, and WAV, plus the 2025 RealTracks as just FLAC. Is that clear? And am I correct?
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Tom, Great, great track. You make some of the most interesting music around here. Excellent production as well. Very much enjoyed! Bob
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Fred, this is dark and moody song that fits into today's world perfectly. Loved the backing band. Outstanding vocal and lyrics. IMHO this is your best to date Loved it
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Hi Janice & Bud. Thank you for your assessment and kind comments. One would think this would be a popular P&W song. Is it on the streaming platforms? J&B To be honest, I had not even thought about it. I'm still waiting for our own worship team to pitch it to the congregation (the general pace here being adagio rather than allegro).
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I'm not aware of anything yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's very close indeed. It really is the marketing tool that allows users to get a much better understanding of the new features.
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What a cool lyric and cool vocal arrangement to match. Excellent group of session folks you gathered. The Praise and worship drums suit it well. No mix nits here. It sounds nice and airy (open) on the monitors. BTW we are both fond of Rumi. A good source to tilt the halo toward! Shine on! J&B
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The walls of copyright are falling, whether we like it or not. We can regret this and view it as wrong, but it’s here I don't believe this is the case. On platforms like YouTube, enforcement of copyright is often automatic and difficult to challenge. Music generating platforms like Suno have entered into licensing agreements with copyright holders. Problems with the commercial use of AI music - especially the lack of copyright - continues to be a major issue.
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Hmmm, I wonder if Anthony Amusia has a pathology of some kind affecting his inner ear, subcortical structures or hippocampus. Perhaps a brain worm, injury or other cognitive decline? Absent any pathology, he should easily be able to sing along to simple familiar songs. Children can do this at very early ages. You misunderstand. He's quite capable of singing on key. And he can sing tenor parts as well as the melody. But every now and then, I'll be on the piano playing a song written in Fm and think "Em is a much easier key to play this in.", and proceed to do just that without telling the choir. You've already made the case for relative pitch, and a half step isn't generally going to change much, especially for the tenors. But this singer has caught on to my ploy. So if he's got trouble singing his part, his first thought is that the problem is that the key has changed, rather than the more probable we're all getting older and he's not listening closely enough. In any event, I hope “Anthony” isn’t preventing you from grasping the underlying “Happy Birthday Concept”; that healthy humans are wired and capable of cooperatively singing with one another. What's this "cooperatively singing" thing? I thought the goal was to sing louder, so everyone would have to sing in the right key ( i.e.: the key I chose). As a youngster in church, I quickly figured out that my Dad and my Uncle Rich (seated a few pews back) weren't just singing loudly because they were into the hymn. No, each was trying to out-sing the other. To them, singing was a competitive sport. 
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