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Re: Blooming lingyai 15 minutes ago Forum: User Showcase
Originally Posted by B.D.Thomas
Beautiful, both sonically and visually. The vocals give the whole thing a cool world music vibe, which I really like. Very good [Linked Image]
Thanks B.D.! I also like that world favour. Plus, since it's a made up language, don't have to worry about the piece being let down by bad lyrics. The fewer things to get wrong, the better
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Re: David Allan Coe MarioD 26 minutes ago Forum: Off-Topic Jump to new postsJump to new posts
This is a big loss for country music. IMHO Coe was at his best during the outlaw years. What I didn't know about him was how many great songs he composed. He was and still is one of my favorite country musicians. RIP outlaw #1
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Re: BB 2026 Mac emailproblem Andrew - PG Music 33 minutes ago Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh Jump to new postsJump to new posts
When you select that menu item, does (1) nothing happen at all? Or (2) does the Email Song dialog open but nothing happens when you press [Send Mail]. I would expect it to launch Mail when you press Send Mail. If the problem is (2), then it could be some specific characters in the song or style file name that are messing it up. Try saving the song with a very simple filename like 'test.sgu' and see if it then works.
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Re: Metronome Andrew - PG Music 1 hour ago Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh Jump to new postsJump to new posts
To clarify:
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The style was HESIT8.STY and when I launched BIAB yes I heard the metronome (like a stick on the the snare). When I load the SATIORK4, I have no sound at all.
1 - Is it correct that you do not hear any MIDI at all? Also try ZZJAZZ.STY. 2 - When you load a RealStyle (_HESIT8.STY is only RealTracks, no MIDI), you hear a metronome click. Do you ALSO hear the other instruments playing or ONLY that "metronome" sound? (or whatever the drum click is). Maybe you have some unexpected plugin selected. Try this - close Band-in-a-Box, and open the "Plugin Settings" folder in your Band-in-a-Box folder. Find and delete any DefaultSynth*.tgs and plugin_list*.txt files you see there. Open Band-in-a-Box and see if that fixed it (Band-in-a-Box will re-create these files as needed). Also, in your other thread I had a request that you may not have seen. I'll repeat it here: With Band-in-a-Box closed, please find the intrface.bbm file in the 'Applications/Band-in-a-Box/Preferences' folder. Zip this file (right-click on it and compress), and then email this zip file as an attachment to support with a message to refer to this forum thread. You can then try renaming the file intrface_old.bbm and running Band-in-a-Box to see if the problem happens with default settings. (The intrface_old is a backup of your settings.)
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Re: Upgraded to BiaB Mac 2026 and Sets not showing as installed in Install Manager Andrew - PG Music 2 hours ago Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh Jump to new postsJump to new posts
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There were 4 files showing as N/A
Is that in the StylePicker (.STY files) or in the RealTracks Picker.. How about in the RT Picker specifically?
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Any news PG? KnightWare 2 hours ago Forum: Band-in-a-Box for iOS Jump to new postsJump to new posts
Anything for futures updates for this? Anything in the works, or has it been put to bed? Just curious.
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Re: I Never Touched Your Soul AurealiusB 2 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Hi Vic, Thanks for the feedback. Guess the old SNL line, "more cowbell" doesn't work in this song. grin AB
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Is This Funk MarioD 3 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Is This Funk Is this funk or is this a rhetorical question? BiaB style - Funkafy - Slow, Swing, 16 Bluesy Tempo 95 BPM I replaced the bass and piano track with these Supermiditracks: Bass - 3688 - Bass, synth, Funk Jeff - EV110 = sound source - Ample Bass - YinYang - Slap Bass Piano - 2160 - Piano, Electric, Rhythm = sound source - Kontakt - Clavinet - sterio auto wah I deleted the balance of the style tracks. The drum track is from Groovemonkee's funk MIDI loops sound source - SSD-5 - Deluxe Funk 01 I am playing, via my keyboard, the Hollywood Brass tracks (a B-day gift) Via my breath and keyboard controller the Swam rock flute. I am also playing the lead guitar track.
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Re: One Day (we will know), a waltz laurent4114 4 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
I find the accompaniment, with the different instruments, very successful and very pleasant to listen to. A very good song. Laurent
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Re: Click Track keeps Falling Off the Beat in RB goofeyfoot 4 hours ago Forum: Beginners Forum Jump to new postsJump to new posts
Yes, there is a tempo change towards the end. Let’s say the song slows down from 155 to 100 for a measure. Immediately after that, the song goes back to the original 155 and ends about 6 measures later, still at 155. You’ve just highlighted one of the main reasons I wanted to use a click track in the first place. I.E. because I’ve got to come back in playing at the moment the song returns to the original tempo. Without the click, it’s pretty impossible for me to do that. I’m rhythmically inept even at a steady tempo! The program makes the tempo switch fine the first time through, but then as I try to polish the ending via punch-in looping, the click goes all over the place. The song loops back to the punch-in start point with the click all misaligned. I had to manually record the ending a few times without the use of punch-in looping.
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Re: FYI Google flow music creation MarioD 4 hours ago Forum: Songwriting Jump to new postsJump to new posts
Interesting. IF one could type something like (verse 1) add lyrics, (verse 2) add lyrics, (chorus) add lyrics, etc this could be very beneficial to songwriters, or as backing tracks for instrumentalist. However I can also see another group of all AI generated songs created by non-musicians coming our way. This software is not for me but I can see others may benefit from it. I am certainly not going to spend $6 a month let alone $250 a month to have fun with music. I have BiaB for that!
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Re: Should I Buy These Monitors? MarioD 5 hours ago Forum: Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production Jump to new postsJump to new posts
I have been using M-Audio Studiophile SP-5B near field monitors for years.
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Re: Lost in Space vicarn 7 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Hi Scott. Thank you for that. Vic
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Re: GREEN IS MEAN shlind 7 hours ago Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Windows Jump to new postsJump to new posts
Yes I have also tried to change the colors of the GUI using this dropdown list. Very time consuming one has to try to identify the name for each item in the gui and then change the color for it. Some items are easy to find other are very time consuming to find beacuse of the inconsistency in the naming of the items, especially the text of the various items in the top row eg the area taking in the SONG TITLE/STYLE/BPM/KEY etc. Problem is that other items in the gui with text parts often are named with "text" or similar but för the top row items they are named "readout xxxx" eg "readout song name", "read out style name" etc. And one has to pick them one by one. I also wanted to get rid of the "green color" it is very hard to read. I have now managed to change the colors of all items in the top row except for the up/down arrow beside the BPM it is still green but I leave it as is. I don't know how much time I have spent in the past trying to change the color of the gui. One has to pick and configure one item at a time and starting the process all over every time with open the preferences, open the display options, select the drop down list, try to identify the correct item from the namings, try if it worked, then retry or do the next item .... Why not just display the colors beside the names in the dropdown list. The good thing is that it is possible to configure the colors of the gui.
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Re: BLUNDER TOWN the video with mastered audio dcuny 14 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Hi, Ray. Listening to this made my ears happy. smile As you note, not the most cheerful of songs, but musical and well done!
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Re: Mando Bossa MarioD 18 hours ago Forum: User Showcase
Floyd you are a man of many talents. I think you could master any instrument you wanted to master. Great mandolin chops. Excellent job. PS I have a couple of >100 year old mandolins hanging on my wall; my uncle willed them to me. I also have a new mandolin hanging along side them. You gave me inspiration to attempt playing it again. I hope the frets are wider!
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Re: ***UPDATED*** Be My Friend (2026 RealStyle) MarioD Yesterday at 11:57 PM Forum: User Showcase
Ron, I'm so glad you retrieved this song from your archives. This is an outstanding song. Great lyrics and vocal. Super guitar tracks, backing band, and mix. Loved it!
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Re: Some Average Mojo (featuring Peter on guitar and harmonica) Janice & Bud Yesterday at 10:23 PM Forum: User Showcase
Originally Posted by Catherine
Hi Janice & Bud, This song is absolutely mesmerizing—it pulled me into another world. Loved the grit and overall tone throughout. Wow! Thanks so much for sharing. Catherine
Great to hear from you and thank you so much for the very kind and supportive comments. We appreciate the grit mention as we did focus on trying to achieve that. And we were excited to see that it was placed on the Hot Forum Topics list! Thanks for all and we’re glad you enjoyed that other world! J&B
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Re: Audtion and Using Midi Drums DC Ron Yesterday at 10:00 PM Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Windows Jump to new postsJump to new posts
Very cool, Charlie. Never looked at this tab before, but it's quite powerful. If one sorts by the Instrument column, the drum tracks are found at the top of the list as instrument <No Patch Change>.
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Re: Lead sheet does not show first notes [Resolved] Ukki Yesterday at 06:34 PM Forum: Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh Jump to new postsJump to new posts
I found this in "file">"print leadsheet">"more"> margins
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