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Congratulations to everyone! There are many names I recognize from their contributions to the forum outside the User Showcase.
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I don't know the original version, but this one sounds _really_ good. Vibey smooth soul with a pretty good singer, good choice of instruments, nicely arranged and well produced. I like it 
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Sinatra in Paris. Way cooler than in New York. Even though I normally don't listen to this kind of music, it's really well done, and you've found the perfect singer. Well done, Laurent ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif)
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Thanks, Marty. More infotainment coming soon.
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Have been trying to find a simple way (preferably no more than a mouse click or two) of listening to a melody produced in Melodist using the instrument associated with that chosen melody and then changing to piano for comparison. As an example, if I choose ‘Melody 91’ (Bossa Trumpet) to go to Melody track in the mixer it, of course, plays trumpet. Hoping to get it to change to piano easily, used a Kontakt piano instrument via ‘Plugins’ on the melody track. Had hoped, using melody track plugin’s ‘bypass‘ setting, (right click on VST name for associated menu) that it would switch the Kontakt piano out, returning to trumpet sound. However, it simply mutes the piano sound without enabling trumpet to be heard. Any thoughts please on if this can be achieved easily? I realise there are ways of changing instruments associated with any Melodist melody, but I’d like to be able to listen to melodies produced with intended instruments, then quickly swop to piano sound, and back again.
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Hi Hans. Yes, often a song flows from one word. You did well on this. Your vocal is sincere and the tracks are very appropriate for the lyrics. Mix is great. Good work. Vic
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Very cool, clever and enjoyable blues romp!
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That's very kind of you: ) As per your signature, I hope "it blooms for you"
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We’re able to duplicate it if the bottom monitor is the Primary one are working on a fix for this. Thanks.
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I almost will always create a backing track first, and then try to create a melody to fit. Once that's done, I try to - as David said - figure out what fits the "vibe". I imagine what person might be singing the lyrics, how they're feeling, what is causing that feeling. I'll often work out the "story" first in the verse, and then try to come up something that summarizes that in the chorus. And then it's time for endless rewrites to make it conform to a structure - moving lyrics about, discarding ideas that don't support the focus and replacing them with something that hopefully works better. It's a pretty backwards way of doing things, because I'll often start with no idea what the song will be about. It's a long process of discovery.
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B.D., We appreciate the kind words. Thank you so much. Bob
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Hi Soren. Nice sound you have here. Vic
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Hi folks, The winners are posted by Dr. Gannon on the showcase forum. Congrats to all! J&B
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I'm a delphi developer, and my opinion is that the native Apple Silicon Delphi compiler has a lot of bugs still. If Embarcadero fixes them, then it's possible for BIAB 2028 to exist on time. If not. well. I don't work for PG, I don't have inside info and if I did I wouldn't say, but my guess is, nobody knows. Dare I suggest a ClaudeCode assisted migration to freepascal, and a rebuild of the LCL to support BIAB? :-) W
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I never remember if the old 49er packs are included in the updates, either.
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Marty you struck gold again! A fantastic story set to music. Super vocal and backing band; how did you get that clarinet to fit into this song - brilliant. As usual everything was perfect. This country bumpkin loved it. Thanks, Mario. Yeah, that clarinet was an odd choice, but it worked out alright. Hi, Marty. Fun lyric! It seems you can take inspiration from anywhere - even BIAB Style titles!  You sound great in the low end. Thanks, David. THis is at least the 4th song i can think of where BiaB's Style was in the title. You know, it's like when you waiting for lyrics to come and there's a ketchup bottle on the table. The song could be something like "57 ways to love your lover." Hey Marty, You sure know how to tell a story and this works really well. This feeds well into the underdog wins out theme. Don't know why you wanted to hold this one back, it's fun on so many levels. Good choice of BIAB style, loved your bass and your vocal suited the theme perfectly. Don't tell Mr.Dee, but i'm struggling with the current challenge. I know what I want to do and that's a tragic or mysterious feel. Just can't come up with the right lyrics and and a little used progression or one that hasn't been used before. No pressure, 3 & 1/2 weeks to the next meet!! Might be a while till my next upload. Cheers Marty. Thanks, K-Dub Ya (don't know if that's what i should call ya now, but i like it). Seems (below) that Mr. Dee already suspects. Hey, i wasn't aware of the "unusual progression" part of the challenge. Guess i lose just using the old 1-4-5 with a dominate minor thrown in. Wow, love those low notes on the vocals! Good lyrics as always, good story. Clarinet was interesting. Good job overall. Thanks, Bob. That clarinet was and odd choice for sure. Interesting it is. The guy playing it was the only one at the county fair wearing a suit.
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I was late to the party so I saw this on page one. Loved the finished mix and master. Cool vocal and lyric. Loved the driving guitar on the right and the groove from the basslines. Really well done. Excellent video as well.. Thanks Scott...I seem to have a thing for driving guitars in my left ear at present.
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MacBook Pro 16", Apple M1 Pro, MacOS Tahoe 26.4.1 When the external monitor (Dell U2715H) is set to "main", everything seems OK. When the laptop screen is the "main" and external is extended, I get the problems. This also includes something I just tried: I can't have the notation window on my laptop with the default BIAB UI on the external. With the external monitor as main, I can have the windows on both screens. Again, this is only for notation or lead sheet. I CAN still have something like piano roll on the extra screen. Yes, I have the displays arranged vertically with laptop on the bottom. I just tried it with the screens arranged left-to-right and... interestingly... I can't have a floating separate notation window on one and the UI on the other, but I CAN show the notation window in the main UI (attached not floating) just fine. And one more test, if I arrange the external monitor below the laptop screen (opposite of physical position), this works the same - OK. Not exhaustive testing, but it seems it's only when the laptop is main and arranged below the external extended monitor. Let me know how you go
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Izzy, I'm glad you are getting together with your old band. I have had to replace a few of musicians in my wedding band because of egos. I hope you all can patch things up and have some fun together. Hopefully you will post some of your band's songs. The arrangement of this song is absolutely fantastic. Great vocal and lyrics. I really liked your backing band and mix. I think this is your best to date. Mario - Merry, Amiable, Reliable, Inspiring, Original Yeah it's fun to get together, play some blues, down a few ales and tell lies with some fellow old gits 🍺 ˚｡⋆｡🤔 I will record some of our practice on Thusrday and put it on Soundcloud so watch this space. gee willikers Mario, I just can't imagine you giving the boot to band members....you are too nice !! 😮 As always, Thank you kindly for your supportive and thoughtful remarks. cheers Izzy.
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Where's Mark O'Connor? Although the man can play anything with strings, his fiddle sawing away back and forth during the intro was ubiquitous to the point where I wondered if it wasn't required by law.
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I love TJW and this song could have been written for him. Take a bow, all. Vic Thanks Vic. Knowing you are a TJW fan makes your comment very special. J&B
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I'll be your friend Ron..... in a mate sense!! You have great songwriting sense, both lyrically and musically. And I've probably said on previous posts, I love your unique vocal quality. Great arrangement, you've always got a winner in your back pocket. Kind regards Thank you, Lee. For reasons that I don't pretend to understand, my brother and I each make exactly 1/2 of a decent songwriting team. Good genes, I guess. Has taken me a while to learn how to get the best out of my not-so-traditional voice, and how to listen to my vocals without cringing. I'm mostly there now. Some days anyway. THANKS for the kind review! Ah, you know i'm a toms fan, Ron, but yes, these drums sound much better for this song. And where you use them now adds to the dynamics. Marty, THANKS for the re-listen as well as for the production change advice. Much appreciated! DC Ron, Simply superb! Everything was great: instruments, vocals, lyrics and production. Cheers, AurealiusB THANKS, AurealiusB!
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