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Man, that is a great genre mashup with those session guys. The reggae vibe is not hidden at all and shines all through for us. We were engaged from the get go and mesmerized by the wonderful video images. They were very supportive of the feel. And with your usual excellent mix soundstage we much enjoyed it all. J&B Thank you J&B! Had it not been for your previous reggae post this instrumental would never have been created!
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A definite city music sound. I'm continually amazed by both the storytelling and the poetic imagery in your songs. You're so prolific - "producing offspring or fruit in great abundance" American Heritage Dictionary) - yet the quality never fades.
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I have a Sennheiser 600, a HiFiMan Sundara, and a JDS Labs Atom 2 Headphone Amp and your waltz sounded incredible through my system! Really enjoyed the choices you made with the mix! I do think that Kontakt vocal you're using is a bit limiting, and I'd encourage you to try Synthesizer V by Dreamtonics. Some folks on here get incredible mileage out of it. Suno may also be an option. Thanks very much for the feedback and pointers. Glad the mix translated well on your high-end system. Re the vocals... think I'll skip Suno because AFAIK they own the right to output, but might explore competitors. I've seen some walkthroughs for Synth V and also heard some demos in this forum which are very impressive, although, having worked with similar tools in the past, I suspect it can take a lot tweaking sometimes. Which is sometimes OK. Having said that, I do enjoy working within self-imposed constraints sometimes, like Mimi's limited selection of per scale phrases, versus rolling my own and opening too many choices - I tend to over-explore possibilities sometimes, which can be fun but can also lead to a mountain of unfinished projects 
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That was creative and fun. Your vocals worked well for us ... all through it. LOVE the B3! Cool write, engaging arrangement, excellent mix and an enjoyable listen! J&B
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Bonjour, As tu vérifié si la piste n'est pas figée? La modification de volume est-elle tentée en cours de lecture ou à l'arrêt avant de lancer le morceau? Dans ce dernier cas ta piste contient peut-être un contrôleur de volume au début.
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Why do I hear "A Whiter Shade of Pale"?
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A couple of options: 2. Find that note in another section of the song and copy paste it. Or... the entire section. I do this . . . a lot . . .  Sometimes I'm just to lazy to re record a section andf copy the best section that matches to the problem area. Fairly quick and easy
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I like Bandcamp quite a lot for hosting my Music... It's clean and easy... and it's free.
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Herb and Patricia, this is how all country duets should sound; outstanding vocals with a lot of emotion, lyrics to match and an outstanding backing band. IMHO this is your best to date Loved it. Thanks Mario. Considering how long I've been here, saying this is my best is a good compliment. Thanks
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On Windows BinaB there's an option to do this on the menu there's a little icon- it changes the chordnames so the concert key is still played but the display is for a Bb instrument - this option is not there in the Mac BinaB 2026. Does anyone know where I can set this?
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… Good questions though... Thanks Ron - really surprising how much I am learning since joining these PF Music forums! A bit off topic but I would love to see a double blind study of music folks attempting to differentiate a .wav vs a high quality .mp3. Clearly, I can’t tell the difference!  Andrew, from your comments I believe you're confusing lossless versus lossy file formats with audio sample rates. I like to think of sample rate as a snapshot of audio at a particular moment in time. For example the audio CD standard sample rate is 44,100 Hertz per second, more commonly expressed as 44.1k, while the sample rate most commonly used with audio associated with video is 48,000 Hertz per second or 48k. Common lossless audio file formats include Wave, AFF and FLAC.. Some audio interfaces can be set to 96k or 192k. The key fact is all audio data gets used and none is discarded. MP3, WMA and MP4 are common lossy audio file formats. A compression algorithm examines the audio and discards some audio data. As you mentioned the file size will be smaller when compared against an equivalent lossless audio file. Thank you Jim – yes, I was confusing things. Your reply has sent me down a rabbit hole! I found the following website had some useful information… https://fileconvertlab.com/blog/mp3-vs-wav Wondering what bit depth people use to render their mix to .wav? I’m also wondering if I should render the mix at 48kHz for the purposes of video editing, but render at 44.1kHz for Soundcloud? Thanks also JohnJohnJohn and Mike regarding FLAC information. Andrew
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Hi, Andrew. Fun story! And some clever rhymes, too! I can tell the image you used is AI generated, because billiard balls aren't prefixed with a "0". 
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I should add that I had BIAB 2024 on a 2017 iMac and used a 2nd monitor all the time and NEVER had any issues like I'm having here.
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Hi Marty, I’d never delete your comments, they’re too highly regarded. I did reply to you on YouTube though. It is the same mp3 used in SC that was used inYT, so like Mr Dee perhaps I should use the wav file instead. Who knows what these platforms do to our newborns. There’s room for improvement, as there always should be, but I'm glad you enjoyed it and the mix was good for you. Cheers Marty.
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Ok, I will check with other songs/files with respect to drifting out of sync. The other issue with pause and exit program feels like a bug which corrupts the audio file, will you fix that one? Thanks
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I am going through and adding a bunch of these requests to our wishlist, thanks guys!
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Is is expected that there will be missing tracks and styles in order play the songs in the artist performance set 19 from the free bonus pak or is my installation not set up correctly ? Is there any information about what to expect to be missing from other content in the 2026 upgrade for $69 that will be required to utilize new content in the upgrade ? If indeed there are missing components needed to utilize the content in the upgrade from an earlier biab, I find that disappointing, especially if it is not stated somewhere on the website about this upgrade. I had not looked for such information since I didn't expect to have to. I purchased, downloaded and installed the upgrade today. Thanks -rick
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Well Izzy, your internal clock must have had a reset to the reggae “off” beat because your lyric is a perfect match for that. You very convincingly performed and produced a joyous reggae song. Our current forum song is also a reggae song. A genre we’ve loved for years. Janice said that your beat is still hanging around in her head, making her smile. 😊 Oh and Wao also has a reggae tune. What’s happening here mon? Well written, performed and produced - all around. Kudos and here’s to us old dogs with new tricks! J&B
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Almost 100% of the time my songwriting process is the same . . . Once I have the idea in my head I use a pad and pencil (not a pen) to get some basic lyrics down and I use the same acoustic guitar I've been using for over 40 years to compose the music. Once I have the basics down I will transfer to a Word doc and start working on tracks in my DAW. Not sure why but I can't seem to write using just the PC but put a pencil in my hand and the lyrics tend to flow much easier.
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