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Hi Noel, thanks for replying. I muted the Audio track as you suggested and that has indeed solved the problem! Thank you so much.
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Thanks Dan, no problem. I took a listen to your version. Sounding good. Is that a mix of the original with the BIAB guitar solo or the whole thing done in BiaB?
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thanks for the comments from all you talented pg users. its a 'girlpower' song...lol. i thought i would post it as i dont have time for doing new songs just now because i had a recent minor surgery and the docs told me to lay off my guitar and songs for a few weeks....sigh...oh well. pg realtracks and realband used. purpose of the song was to show to people that pg apps will do songs in any genre...as people have said to me they are just for elevator music....which is silly. in my sig are songs ranging from bluegrass to mor...romantic and hard rock....which i show to people to hear the capabilities of rb and bb. it was done as a 'quickie demo'.... my wife was very shy re her comments...but i felt a womans touch was needed. thanks once again. om
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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. Thank you Ray. We are happy you agreed with the TJ vibe! J&B
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TuneMonger: Good song, good vox, good use of BIAB. FIvrr vocalist did well. I used to use Fivrr a lot before Suno. Suno at $10 a month and practically unlimited songs is much cheaper than the $50-100 or more per song fivrr vocalists want. But if you want to avoid AI on principle, I guess it's a good option. Thank you, TM. I've read a lot about Suno and it's still uncharted territory because of copyright issues. It looks like the difference is royalty-free vs. non royalty-free. Suno is attempting to gain royalty-free rights with Warner Bros. but I think things are still iffy. Band in a Box and some AI sites like Audimee have royalty-free databases where the artists who perform the notes are paid, and you provide your original words and music. Suno has a database of deconstructed but still registered copywritten music and that's where the legal problems are. When you put up your own original music, that too goes into its database. It's still the wild west out there in AI territory! I have read from a Broadjam member that another site, Ace Studio, may solve many of those issues but I'll have to look into that more.
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Beautiful lyrics, excellent musical writing. One of your best, I think. Well done.
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Superbly dark, darkly beautiful. Truth rarely is happy-clappy. Well done, Marty ... and good job, Dave, adding musical sauce and spice to the song alike the best chefs ... without being noticed too much  Bravi.
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Wow. Bob, you're extraordinary. Joliz just soars. And, last but not least at all, David ... this is what happens when three world-class musicians collaborate. Nostalgy at its saddest and finest. Hats off, lady and gentlemen.
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Another song from me, written with BiaB (backing track), MuseScore 4 (melody), NotePad (lyrics), and finished in Suno (arrangement). I wrote it well before December, ready to post it on here before Christmas, but ... life had other plans for me at the time ... so I'm posting it now, even though it's now March  Hope you enjoy it anyway, but all feedback is very much welcome SoundCloud link: Christmas (2025) CHRISTMAS (2025) Good morning, my Lord, it is Christmas, I hear John Lennon again, Who asks me what I've done with my year, And if war will now stop; if not, when. I walk midst the trees, in their splendour, And think of the children who've gone, The Christ holds them close in His arms For He was a child once, too, Your Son. A baby in arms; and born in strange lands, For there was no room at the inn ... Two thousand years on, I look at this world, And wonder where to begin. ^^^ Good morning, my Lord, if You're here, Please listen to their lonely cries, And help us to care, to love them, and wipe The shattering tears from their eyes. Good morning, my Lord, it is Christmas, A chance to start anew, it would seem, Imagine a world where no child must die ... For now, this is still but a dream. For now, this is still but a dream. ****** Song Summary ************* Title: Christmas 2025 File:Christmas 2025 - 20 October 2025.SGU Key=A , Tempo 50, Length (m:s)=2:48 No intro. 31 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 31. Repeat x1 chorus No Melody No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Style is _SADSACK.STY (Sad Sack 12-8 Country Pop Ballad) RealTracks in style: 533:Bass, Electric, 12-8 Crystal Sw 065 RealTracks in style: 627:Pedal Steel, Background 12-8 Crystal Sw 065 RealTracks in style: 3884:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm VintagePopArpSlow128 Sw 060 RealTracks in style: 3778:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm VintagePopArpSlow128 Sw 060 RealDrums in style:CountryShuffle128^5-a:Sidestick, Brushes , b:Snare, Ride *******************
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Good song, good vocal, good use of BIAB. Like Marty, I don't mind the rain one bit. It's good for things.
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… What a great song, truly fantastic choruses, and a very funny video! The way you sing feels a bit like late 60ths, but I think I said that before. The way you sang the chorusses was super funny. Made me laugh out loud! (usually I don't do that on my own, surrounded by cats...) Yes, you really made a beautiful song out of it. I enjoyed it! Hans Thank you Hans! I’m glad you liked it. The video was fun to make, but took a bit of time - the effort is becoming a distant memory. Next week, I have to perform the song live (but privately), so it will be interesting to see how my breathing goes, and I’ve been practising the placing of my micro breath intakes to achieve it. Thanks for listening! Andrew
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Great effort by the Dynamic Duo, Suno and Band in a Box. That was a bleak period in music, IMHO, but you did a fine job recreating it. Horns were fabulous! Good job!
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That hit hard right from the start. Sounds top quality. Appreciate that, Herb! Get down! We love the funkiness and Blue Attitude is definitely alive! This is so true these days: "A neon sign advertise Selling you a dream in supersize" Chris’s vocals and that outro scat are great. We could imagine her dancing through those crowds in the video, which was also very cool. Excellent mix and that funk vibe is so cool. Your and Marty’s tracks nailed that feel. And that vintage wah-wah pedal? Wow! Loved it! J&B Thanks very much Janice and Bud!
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If you're just talking software then I guess it would be only one - Sonar Producer various versions over the years up to X3 and now using the "new" Cakewalk Sonar 'free' version. When it comes to hardware I'm on my 4th PC trying to keep up with the software and amount of recording I do. I tend to run my machines into the ground and only upgrade when I absolutely have to . . .  I only started digital recording in 1998 or 99 and before that it was a TASCAM Porta-One 4 Track Tape machine (Still have it in the box under my current DAW desk haha)
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We asked for that to be "Off" by default, but it seems someone thinks it should always be on
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Having just instyalled everything again, except the 2025 programs, everything else does now report as installed, except the 2026 49-pack, which resolutely stays as uninstalled. So probably Noel's observation is correct for the others. I've definitely downloaded the FLAC files more than once, but maybe they've had multiple updates? At the second tranche of download+installs, they also seemed to progress sequentially, though the first tranche definitely didn't.
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A beautiful ballad and excellent guitar work. Laurent
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Hi Ismo, Yes, we can determine which user style is causing this and then fix it, and if necessary temporarily remove it from your Styles folder so that it rebuilds. To start with, try to narrow it down a bit by moving half of the styles from your Band-in-a-Box | Styles folder to another location and trying to rebuild, and repeating a couple times. Or if you happen to know which ones are user styles (i.e. third party / non-PG Music) just remove those ones. Once you have narrowed it down a bit, send us a zip of the Styles which cause the error to happen when they are in the Styles folder. You can email the zip (if it's a reasonable size, otherwise we'll use a different method) to support@pgmusic.com and reference this forum thread.
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Build 903 was posted in the pre-release forum in early Feb. Hopefully it addresses many of the issues you reported. If not, post a bug report in that forum as a new thread.
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Oh, it sounds so good, Paul. You accepted the mixing challenge and thrived. Of course, it sure help being motivated by such a well written song. Love the vocals and the lyrics. I like how the drums come in later to bring a new lift to the already inspirational sounds. HA --just realized I'm listening to I AM... which I love. Oh, yes, Resuce Me is much more of mixing challenge. Still, you kept the magic of the write. On this one I especially like the lift in the Bridge. After listening to a few more here, I'm coming back to your SC channel.
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Just a lovely honest song, Herb. Chorus lifts from the verse. Everything sounds great. Vic Thanks man. I'm glad you enjoyed it
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Sounds great, Floyd. It sounds like you've been playing lead longer than you mentioned in earlier posts. The sound you get from that guitar is simultaneously smooth and screaming. Appreciate that, Scott.... Way cool, Floyd. You play very well. (I had to search AIO SC77 and S-Gear. Now you got me thinking about my telecaster and guitar software) Thanks, Scott....
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I just had a go at this out of curiosity. BIAB 2026 red highlights showing in notation window as normal and in the exported video. BIAB 2024 red highlights in notation window as normal but not showing in exported video. Trying to make the notation any kind of realistic viewable size within the exported video was such an unbearable experience, I just had to give it up.
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Very nice sound! Good for you mate. Extra points for the entire production quality.
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