Hans, I don't need to understand the vocal to know if it is a good song or not and this is a great song. Super arrangement and effects Great vocals I really liked this one
Hi Mario, you're right! You don't have to understand the language to enjoy a song. Although I'm always curious if there is a story in the lyrics or not. But luckily, not everyone is like that. Thanks for your compliments, Mario!
Originally Posted by B.D.Thomas
I listened to your song again and I like it even more. Of course, I don't understand the subtle nuances in your lyrics because my Dutch isn't that good, but with the English translation it works for me. You've added some cool sound effects that make the song much more interesting and work well. I agree with TuneMonger, your new studio is really paying off, your mixes are getting better and better with every song. Enjoyed my listens PS: It's always good to obey Marty. There was once a guy who didn't. He was never found
Hi Brain, I'll start with your last comment about Marty. You're absolutely right; even if you live far away from that man, you never know for sure. He has contacts all over the world. But the strangest thing is: everyone loves that man, even me!!! I'm really glad you were able to find the translation of the lyrics. I think you must have heard of him. He wants more AfD too. I hope you don't... I appreciate your compliments on the song. but I have to admit the new studio wasn't built when the song was made. The remix was, though. Singer Tamar has never been there yet. I don't have suitable tracks for her to sing on... yet...
Originally Posted by laurent4114
I loved the video and the song, which are very funny, and I think I recognize the far-right Dutch politician. Laurent
Hi Laurent, thank you very much! And great that you know of that man. In your country there is also a lot going on. When will you sing about it? Thanks for listening!
Hi Trapper, I really appreciate your questions and curiosity, so I'd like to share my perspective. Of course, I have to start with the past: I used to play guitar and compose my songs on it. But I had a stroke and was temporarily paralyzed, including my speech. Fortunately, that has healed. Playing guitar did become a lot more difficult. And then I discovered BiaB. With it, I could compose again and try out all kinds of instruments in my compositions! BiaB was, and still is, my foundation for composing and singing. From there, I edit or add things in my mixing software. I saw the rise of AI, especially for vocals. I tried it, but I didn't like it. Programs like Suno are interesting because they've gotten really good and work much faster and better than humans. Still, I prefer to continue composing and singing myself, because that way you can always come up with surprising musical ideas that you wouldn't otherwise think of. And that's why AI doesn't do that either. These days, I only use AI to check my English lyrics for grammatical errors. Therefore, I hope that "doing it yourself," with or without programs like BiaB, remains the primary way of making music here. Perhaps apart from AI voices. But I fear it will become increasingly difficult.
That intro is challenging...some sudden changes and no real indication of what was to come but it was an important entry point. Another HANSome piece. Not sure about the string solo though. GOOOOOD voice.
Andrew it's a cool thing. Occasionally your vocal pitch bothered me, but only very occasionally. The song, arrangement and mix are excellent. I'm a Sexsmith fan more than Smith but they are both fabulous and worthy reference points.
You're absolutely right! I even could sing that high, but that was some time ago... Now it's much lower as you might have noticed. But the love for the harmonies is still there! Hans
Typically, the use case is to import chords from a BIAB chord chart into the clips in Ableton or Bitwig's Clip Launcher view. In this view, you work by song section, not globally on the entire song. Personally, I struggle to understand why some things are possible in the plugin but not in the standalone version of BIAB (for example, using the C7 button to export basic chords only in the plugin), and vice versa (selection support only in the standalone version). Switching between the plugin and standalone tools isn't very smooth...
Herb, this one has a lot of heart and you really know how to put the pure emotion into a terrific song. Your arrangements are stunning and all instrumentation placed carefully and perfectly. The melody, which I consider to be most important, expresses the words and the theme wonderfully. Your use of Band in a Box is pro. John
With build 1237, my master inset is now at the top of the mixer panel. I don't hate it, but would like to be able to return to the bottom as previously located. Thanks, Shawn
MCity said that RB needs the new tracks view a couple post up. I reread that and noticed that in reality The tracks view in BiaB is lightyears behind the tracks view in RB. real copy paste and track comping. Yes it does partial regen, but not better, just different.
No need to apologize for powerpop! I feel like I'm back in college again. Great song and slick arrangement. And there is nothing wrong with your vocal. Fabulous bridge. I like the introduction of the ooos after the bridge.
The instrumentation is so lush and beautiful. This has a big stage, theatrical sound. A very majestic chorus. It's nice to hear a bass singe; you don't hear too many of them on most songs.
Thanks for your reply, Noel. I had a chance to try your suggestion today, and it didn't work. The Freeze Track From Generation selection through the menu system enabled the little snowflake icon on the track, and I tried that before from the track window by selecting the snowflake. I thought what the heck, maybe it would work when going through the menu, but no dice either. The recording with the snowflake active with the track number selected and in red just performed as a normal active recording take. Maybe my setup doesn't have something in the preferences selected or de-selected, or something. Thanks for the good suggestion, it was worth a try, and much appreciated. BluegrassPicker
Fixed: Opening MIDI Driver Setup from Prefs caused Lead Sheet window to open.
Improved: Audio file reader improved stability with invalid files
Updated: Stem splitter localization fixes
Changed: VST3 selector - removed Rescan button and changed 'testing' to 'scanning' during scan.
Fixed: [DAW Plugin] Changed "Selected host" to be read-only with improved handling for unknown hosts
Fixed: [DAW Plugin] Add G-7 as a valid chord input (Gm7)
Fixed: [DAW Plugin] Generates empty wav files if BIAB helper has not been initialized when generation starts
Fixed: [DAW Plugin] Occasional crash when using the plugin
Fixed: [DAW Plugin] Crash when generating wav instructions
Fixed: Count-in setting 'lead-in drum count if drums muted/disabled' did not always work for disabled drums.
Improved: Position info (Bar/Chorus) is always displayed on the status bar, including at bars that contain Bar Settings changes (helpful for screen readers).
Fixed: Could not audition RealDrums variations if the install only had flac files.
Fixed: Splitting stems might result in slower and lower pitch playback in some cases.
Fixed: Chord Builder dialog in MultiPicker becomes blank if enter or close pressed.
Improved: Display of scroll up/down buttons in Mixer window, and added tip for Ctrl+scroll to change track height.
Fixed: 'Save Track as WAV file' and 'Save Track as Performance File' would sometimes not show up in the Track Actions menu.
Fixed: Multi-view 'ChordSheet, Tracks' should not have the Mixer.
Fixed: In the Window menu | Notation Window submenu, the 'Note Insert Mode' (note/rest), 'Mono Entry Mode', and 'Clean Display Mode' menu items might not function properly or display the correct state.
Added: Window menu - added both Lead Sheet and Movable Lead Sheet Window menu items.
Fixed: Opening VST3 Selector would remove the previously loaded plugin even if you close the dialog without selecting a new one. Note: VST3 plugins saved in song files prior to this build will still have the old behaviour. The new behaviour is: If you select the SAME VST3 plugin as is currently selected in the track/slot this loads a new instance of the plugin with a clean state. If you close the VST3 selector without choosing a VST3, this preserves the currently loaded plugin/state.
Improved: Master volume controls (This Song and All Songs), and master mute/solo/freeze buttons have been added to top of the Tracks Window.
Changed: Master volume control area moved from the bottom to the top of the embedded and floating Mixer window.
Improved: Only relevant and functioning controls appear on the Default Synth panel and Master (Mix) panel (e.g. pan/rev/tone do not apply to Master, vol works as Master 'This Song' boost).
Improved: Default Synth track always displays the Plugin slots as the other views are not relevant.
Improved: Master Solo button toggles between all solo and none solo (previously only toggled off). Note: hold shift to select multipls tracks to solo.
Improved: The following Drums have improved transcriptions: ShuffleHalftimeSyncClassic^ FolkPopBrushes16ths^ FolkPopSlow16thsBrushes IndieFolkBrushesEv16
Changes for build 1224 (previous update, since 1220)
Improved - The Category menu in the StylePicker lists more accurately the styles found in each genre in your install vs. the total styles available for that genre (Note - requires StylePicker rebuild)
Changed - Enabling BigNotes mode in the Notation/Leadsheet no longer maximizes the window width.
Improved - Explanation of hotkeys in the Loop Section dialog.
Fixed - Google Search for info about song did not work in Titles dialog.
Improved - Styles using the Blank RealDrums style on the Drums track can still have a count-in now.
Fixed - With multiple embedded windows, certain keystrokes could go to the wrong window
Fixed - Exception could happen when Audio Edit window was very small.
Fixed - Various caption and hints improved. Localization support.
Added - Toolbar settings for font sizes (main and view toolbar button captions, side toolbar track selector, song/style)
Fixed - Toolbar Settings dialog Add/remove buttons checkbox list was cut off
Fixed - Right-click menu in Piano Roll does not exit properly
Fixed - Entering a note using the Piano Roll keyboard should play the note
Added - Track Label indicator for Notation/RealCharts on Tracks and Mixer windows. Half underline = notation available, full underline = notation plus accurate tab (for guitar and bass RealTracks).
Added - Setting to enable or disable the RealCharts track label underline (Mixer Preferences).
Fixed - When using a High Contrast theme in Windows, text was invisible in the Activation and About dialogs.
Added - Setting in Tracks Window Settings to enable 'Edit Phrases and Loops' mode. This is a specialized mode where boxes are drawn around RealTracks phrase segments, and they can be edited in a few ways (e.g. extended, shifted, copied).
Improved - About dialog easier to read.
Updated - Help file, PDF manuals, feature browser, help tips.
Fixed - _Commute, _valve, _gallows, Looming - some incorrect info in StylePicker.
Improved - Localization of all genres in the RD Picker.
Fixed - Play button may have remained green on some systems after pressing stop.
Fixed - RealStyles with RealTracks on the Drums track (no RealDrums) would not play a count-in.
Fixed - Meaningless _CRYSTAL flash message sometimes appeared (e.g. in Titles dialog).
Fixed - Keyboard accelerator underlines in Loop Section dialog now visible by default without pressing ALT.
Fixed - "Song Overview (Full) Bars BG Hover" and "... Bar BG Current" did not save in custom color scheme.
Fixed - RT5068 (Bass, Acoustic, Folk16ths ev16 90) did not generate.
Fixed - RD CymbalFillsSlowEv did not work.
Fixed - Notation window font size might become smaller or larger with each bootup.
Fixed - Wrong transcription for RD SoulJazzFunkySidestep.
Improved - The following Drums have improved transcriptions: BluesBrushesDrivin8ths, CoolJazzBrushes16ths, CoolJazzBrushesSw16, CymbalFillsWaltzEv DiscoFunkyStation, DiscoSoulSync, DiscoUptempoStraight. FunkDisco80s^, HardPopRock^ MetalGlamDriving8ths^, MetalGlamFast16ths^, ShuffleHalftimeSyncSlow^, SlowSwingFolkBrushSw SongwriterSlow8thsBrushes, SongwriterWaltzBrushesEv, SoulJazzFunkySidestep, SoulJazzFunkySidestepBrushes YachtRockAiryLAEv^, YachtRockBriskWindEv^, YachtRockCaliforniaAirEv^, YachtRockSeaBreezeEv16^, YachtRockSmoothOceanEv16^
Fixed - FolkPopSlow16thsBrushes possible missing text file error.
Fixed - MetalGlamFast16ths^ possible generation problem
Fixed - IndieFolkBrushesEv16 and FolkPopBrushes16ths^ might be missing RealChart
Changes for build 1220 (since 1217)
Added: Plugins button to set Plugin Options and Default Synth (optional button in the Top toolbar additional buttons group)
Added: Chord Display button (optional button in the Top toolbar additional buttons group, same function as button in ChordSheet toolbar)
Added: Full tooltip hints for the all the tabs in the MultiPicker Library
Added: Tooltip hints for List View columns in MultiPicker (StylePicker, RealDrums, RealTracks, Titles, SongPicker).
Added: Menu item on tracks menu
Added: Edit Midi | Rechannel back to generic channel (not guitar or piano channels)
Improved: Show Tracks (eye) popup menu on Tracks window and Mixer window is more intuitive and lets you 'force' show or hide individual tracks. These tracks will remain in the selected state and are saved for the current song.
Improved: Auto-show tracks works for frozen tracks also.
Fixed: ACW marker line colors could not be customized, and the 'user' marker line default color was too dark.
Fixed: If both Chords window and Tracks / Audio Edit / Piano Roll were open and embedded, pressing Delete key to delete a chord in the Chord Sheet didn't work.
Fixed: Some keystrokes / hotkeys may not work properly if multiple windows open.
Fixed: Erase button in the Track Settings and Actions dialog, and Erase menu item in Track context menu, were not erasing existing RT tracks
Fixed: If there were no buttons visible in the one of the button groups (Song Settings / File / Additional), the top toolbar would reserve too much empty space and not resize properly.
Changed: Dialog on bootup (file crashed, want to load auto-save song) changed to a green flash message
Changed: Default SongOverview position full width, below top toolbar
Changed: Transcribe and Stems audio menu items point to updated AI features
Added: Custom colors for (full) song overview bar hover and current bar, and default has more contrast
Added: Hint and flash message clarifying that the ACW button opens a multi-view of Chords and Audio Edit windows.
Added: Current View auto-saved and loaded at bootup. This is saved as 'Previous Session AutoSaved View' at the top of the Views menu.
Added: Menu item 'Save current view as Default'. This is saved as 'Default View' at the top of the Views menu.
Added: View menu item to set the function of the main (left-side) Views button. This will either load the most recent remembered view or load the default view.
Changed: The default behavior of the main Views button is to load the default view instead of the most recent multi-view.
Fixed: Piano Roll - Changing velocity by Ctrl-Dragging note does not work
Fixed: Piano Roll - String Range Filter always shows error message
Fixed: Piano Roll - When inserting a note, you should hear the note instantly and when dragging the note up/down
Fixed: Piano Roll - 'N' hotkey should add a new note at the tick cursor with the same pitch as the previous note before it
Improved: Piano Roll - adding/deleting/moving notes in PR now immediately redraws Notation/Leadsheet window
Fixed: Longer.sty should be assigned to MIDI set 92.
Fixed: Erase Track button in the Track Settings and Actions dialog did not affect types of tracks that contain audio (e.g. RealTracks)
Fixed: RT's 4734, 4735, 4736, 4737, and 4882 don't show any tablature when in notation view.
Fixed: RT4815 shows in wrong RT set or may be n/a
Fixed: _COMMUTE style shows incorrect RealDrums in stylepicker/multipicker
Fixed: _LARK demo references a drum variation that doesn't exist in F5 style change
Fixed: There are no styles that use RT5033.
Fixed: _CINCH.STY showed wrong tempo RT for BackgroundSoloing track in StylePicker.
Added: Several new styles (.STY) (6 for the bonus 49PAK + 2 more)
Fixed: Some newer Playable RealTracks and PRT demos weren't working and have been added/fixed.
Fixed: Some newer Shots and holds that were missing have been added/fixed.
Changes for build 1217 (since 1213)
Fixed: Spurious messages such as 'invalid filename' when trying to save a multi-view with one window.
Fixed: Incorrect message that 'view was saved' when the save was cancelled.
Fixed: Saving a single window as a multi-view didn't work. You can now save a View that has a single main window.
Improved: Mixer window size, position, and status (floating/embedded) are all saved with Views.
Improved: Lead Sheet window toolbar now has the same theme as the other main toolbars.
Fixed: Toggling the MultiPicker closed would also close the current multi-view and display the Chord sheet.
Fixed: Closing the MultiPicker would sometimes switch the main window to the Chord Sheet.
Fixed: MultiPicker might not remember size and position if toggled from the Side toolbar.
Fixed: Error when playing the Jukebox from the main screen after playing from Favorites dialog.
Fixed: Message added that 'Output chords' should be disabled when starting JukeBox Play.
Fixed: Custom track label set in the Tracks window or Mixer might not stick when selecting a new track.
Improved: For Drag and drop, DropStation, 'Simple' filenames now use custom track label if it exists.
Improved: For Drag and drop to DropStation, 'Simple' long and short filenames now include track label instead of just the Drums name (for 'short' it uses track label only).
Updated: Feature Browser updated with new images and features consistent with 2026 GUI design.
Added: Help - Tutorials... link to new AI Notes and 2026 features tutorials.
Updated: PDF User Guides.
Updated: Help file.
Fixed: Crash when using TTS-1 DXi Synth.
Fixed: Panels in the tracks window could become the wrong width after resizing when hidden.
Changes for build 1213
Fixed - Error could occur after visiting the Jukebox from the SongPicker.
Fixed - Could not play favorite songs list in the Jukebox.
Fixed - Three MIDI Supertracks would show as missing (e.g. =Rust)
Fixed - Full Song Overview might not default to the correct color
Fixed - AI button lyrics menu item didn't open the AI lyrics dialog.
Fixed - Unnecessary messages displayed when creating views.
Fixed - Added a few sample Views which will display when selecting Views button - Choose View.
Hi, everyone, thank you for your kind words. Yes, the right amount of reverb is always tricky. At the time, I had an add-on named Valhalla Supermassive Reverb, which was awesome with long reverb – in its most extreme position, you could hit the snare once, and it would fade out over several minutes. Maybe I felt the need to at least imagine a large room while being confined to our house … Unfortunately, it would be difficult to remix the song because, as I mentioned, I lost some of the instruments due to Apple dropping support for 32-bit software. It would sound very different. I sure will post other songs here. Actually, I am surprised how encouraging it is to be heard and commented on by folks who clearly have a lot of experience under their belts – it not only encourages me, but even more importantly, it changes my view on what I did and gives me already ideas what I could do better. Thank you again!
Hi Mario, What I especially appreciate, whether it's "Butterflies," a complete classic, or just a jam session, is that you always manage to make highly creative music. And you always manage to weave the most exotic instruments with what I would call "classical" instruments. That's a very creative quality of yours. I'm sure it takes quite a bit of time to make it all cohesive. Like in this song; it started more or less as a classical, orchestral piece, and then the bass/synth and other instruments came in. And the most amazing thing is that you always manage to capture me with your music until the very end! Well done, Mario!
Hi James, To start, I'd like to quote Ray: when the piano started, I knew immediately: this is the chord progression, typical of James. I had that feeling right away too. And then the singing started, which took some getting used to, because no, this wasn't you. But it was a beautiful voice that could sing your beautiful lyrics with great feeling. That was truly amazing. Still, I always have to get used to working with Suno, among others. But that's because I always want to do it myself, and luckily, I still can. Let me leave it at that for now... You've created a truly beautiful song, James. Kudos!!! Hans
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