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Wow, this is the 4th song and video I watched on YouTube and which I *know* I commented on - in fact I've checked and it was on 8th February - but all of my comments have vanished! I can't recall what wrote for this song, but what I do remember is resisting asking what you used for the video with the girl singing the song as I'd leave it until it was posted here. Anyway, it's a 100% freaking awesome song on all levels! Definitely one of my favourites of yours. Thank you for your _really_nice words, Chay. Made my day 
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Great song idea, beautifully executed in a song about a very contemporary subject. I don't entirely agree with the point about predictability, because we've seen the same thing happening in "normal" pop music over the last few decades. But you certainly have a point here. Something that no AI can ever create is your smile at the end when you realize, "I nailed this one". Enjoyed my listen!
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Having a compressor starting point is a great idea. My workflow and thoughts on compression are exactly like Herb's. I'll add that for short passages with loudness/softness issues I'll most often manually adjust the vocals note-by-note with Melodyne. It's more surgical and I generally like the results better than compressing the entire track.
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Hi, Drew. Evocative write, and your voice fits it well. I enjoyed the listen.
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Hi, Andrew. Clever write (*ding* and formatting).  Loved the combination at the end - very cool! Was I born this way, scrawling lists on the side of my bassinette? I doubt it I had not mastered speech yet Love it! Well done - really well done!
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Hi, Sol. In spite of the Billy Joel influence, I'm hearing Willie Nelson - and that's a high compliment! You sure know how to sing a story!
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Hi, floyd jane. This was a pleasure to listen to: great tone, confident articulations, interesting note choices and a solo done with intention.
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Hi, Bob. It's always good to hear your songs. You've got a storyteller's voice that just draws me in. You can Joliz make a great team.
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Hi, Drew. Nice song - simple and to the point, and well done. Yep, it's real.
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Hi, Izzy. Catchier than all get-out, and sticks in my ear. Excellent vocals, cool arrangement with all sorts of ear candy, plus cool lyrics. Everything about this works.
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Hi, Ron. Oh noes... another song I'll enjoy! Bright and poppy - clever rhymes and fun rhythms. Bubble gum pop at its best!
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More quality work from you, Noel. Delightful, pleasant, positive, uplifting and all encapsulated in a superb musical delivery. Great, really great, really really great .
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Definitely a most impressive delivery. Amazing skills from Ms Koike, no question. And some incredible equipment that she has performed on also.
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Nice song with some pretty good vocals, Donny. The selection of instruments is also good, but for better sound fidelity, I would consider replacing the MIDI sounds with RealTracks. Thank you B D Thomas Donny G
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It's BIAB all the way! I will rephrase what I saw was going on here when I joined PGM world. There are people who beg for change and a significantly smaller, but very vocal group who dig their toes and try to "prevent" or "obstruct" any type of progress. No finger pointing, just observation. Most of BIAB inherited issues that we experience now, in my opinion are result of "kindness" by PGM of trying to appeal to both camps. It seems that finally some good effort was made to stabilize and rework some of the obscure workflow implementations. Some. If they want to stay on top of their game or at least remain in the game in foreseeable future, they need to aggressively rework a lot of abnormalities and fix items that are long due to be fixed. Giving extreme attention to consistency and workflow. A workflow that doesn't require user to dig deep into thick manual, or use 250 workarounds that some push as "solutions". If five years ago BIAB was one step ahead of "competitors", now that distance had shortened. On the bright side, because of how much logic and content packed into BIAB, it could take many unwalked paths. The new UI incorporated many of the ideas discussed in the PGM pinned topics in wishlist. It still needs a lot of work, but came out much (!) better than expected. I hope a new set of pinned and curated topics will be rolled out in 2026. The sooner, the better. I also hope that everyone who cares about BIAB and knows its deeper corners will join the discussion so we can all help elevate it to the place it deserves. --- As far as Tonalic goes, personally I have no desire to touch anything subscription, but I fully agree with jpettit: "Is competition good? Yes, It could be the strongest driver for innovation in BIAB" +1
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Sorry it took a while to get to this. Yes, this has a swamp rock TJ White feel and is a great line in grit. LOVE the double vocals...a nice bonus given the time frame. Peter's trem guitar is ace.
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Hi Mario. This definitely has late 1950's overtones. I've never heard of a sock hop, before, but the name (along with your explanation) is so visually engaging that I could very easily imagine school kids in a gym dancing around. I enjoyed where you took me --Noel Thanx Noel. I'm glad you liked it.
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Excellent songwriting, Chris (along with a magnificent vocal). The terrific trio has left their mark on this song! Melodic guitar solo with no overplaying. Well done.
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RealBand 2026 Build 8 update is available: https://update.pgmusic.com/support/patch/realband_2026_update_build8.exe Summary of fixes for build 8: - Fixed - notation screen could go blank when doing edits involving the Ctrl key
- Fixed - OK, Cancel Help buttons in the preferences dialog slightly cut off
- Fixed - File - Import might not import .SEQ files correctly
- Fixed - In the AI Audio Transcriber window, the import button could result in distorted audio depending upon the file resolution.
- Fixed - Various issues in the AI Audio Transcriber window such as wrong messages showing up or 0 second estimation after loading the file.
- Fixed - In Notation Window, and the Key Signature of the song was set to a different key than C, entering certain drum notes might not work when entering drum notation.
- Fixed - Splitting stems might result in slower stem playback and lower pitch playback of the stems if the file was a 48K wave and the song resolution was 44.1.
Summary of fixes for build 7: - Fixed - Progress bar in the Notes (transcription) dialog might finish early.
- Added - Help button in Notes dialog.
- Fixed - Crash with build 5 when total monitor width is greater than 1920.
- Added - Track icons are now displayed in the track strips of the mixer.
- Updated - RealBand User's Guide and help file
Fixed in Build 4: - Fixed: Crash when using TTS-1 synth
Fixed in Build 3: - Fixed: Only able to record a very limited amount of bars at higher PPQ resolutions.
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If it is a blank space rather than greyed out measures, then it would be as Ray said that a part marker is forcing a new line. However if it is actual grey measures, then it is either 1) Most likely the bars are beyond the end of the song chorus --- increase the End bar of the chorus at the top of the screen --- default is 32. 2) The song has a Repeat/1st/2nd/Ending defined and the grey bars represent the repeated section. They will be hidden in FakeSheet mode is turned on.
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Yes, this file is called toolbarsettings.ini It will be located within the Preferences folder inside your bb folder.
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As a GarageBand user, I ran into the following message while trying to open the Band-in-a-Box DAW plugin. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32332&filename=garageband-hoststatemessage.png) I found a quick and simple fix within GarageBand’s settings. If you click GarageBand at the top of your window and then click Settings | General, you will want to ensure that under accessibility the ‘Open plug-ins in Controls view by default’ is unchecked. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32331&filename=garageband-settinglocation.png)
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In the preferences section of RB and in the Audio tab there is a setting for the "Audio Temp Directory". My RB and BIAB installation is on my I drive, but my Audio Temp Directory setting is C:\Users\1\AppData\Local\Temp\. Perhaps if you looked at your setting, you might want to experiment with yours and see if changing the temp directory to a drive with more space - and preferably a fast SSD - helps with your problem. Just a thought.
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That was a very welcome comment, Noel. Thank you. Vic
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Thumper. fyi i'm looking to use FSP due to its range of guitar features.. and its orientation towards guitar players etc....big market of guitar players. then i'll use rb to generate guitar and bass tracks as well as midi tracks and drop them into FSP and take advantage of FSP's guitar features. this was a smart move by Fender imho appealing to guitar players...and really ups the daw ante eg reaper and others. i'm impressed from what i see so far. om
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PowerTracks Pro 2026 for Windows is Here!
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Another exciting new addition is the new AI-Notes feature, which can transcribe polyphonic audio into MIDI. You can view the results in notation or play them back as MIDI, and choose whether to process an entire track or focus on specific parts like drums, bass, guitars/piano, or vocals. There's over 100 new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®.
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Band-in-a-Box 2026 Video: AI Stems & Notes - split polyphonic audio into instruments and transcribe
This video demonstrates how to use the new AI-Notes feature together with the AI-Stems splitter, allowing you to select an audio file and have it separated into individual stems while transcribing each one to its own MIDI track. AI-Notes converts polyphonic audio—either full mixes or individual instruments—into MIDI that you can view in notation or play back instantly.
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You can see all the 2026 videos on our forum!
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