Hi Dan! I listened to both tracks. What a wonderful blessing it is for you to have a friend with things in common - your faith and your love of music. I pray that even though you experience the loss of Buddy, your times in collaboration and friendship are memories that will warm your heart and soften the loss. Andrew
Janice, Bud and Peter Firstly, happy 80th Bud! Well done to both for keeping active! I had never heard this Jackson Browne song - having grown up and immersed in the Britosphere, so I don’t have the historical ears. I listened to the original and your cover - Janice’s vocals superb as ever, and Peter’s guitar work and arrangement provides a wonderful backdrop that acknowledges the original but also provides something different. I thought the increase in BPM was an improvement also. Well done on your achievement - I gave it a spin on Spotify. Andrew
Hi Esa! Well played and sung! I agree with Marty about your mandolin playing. I’m always appreciative of your research and giving us the history of the song - that is why your addition of the wind effect was very good. I thought the pipes outro was a good touch as well. With this being 3/4 time, would it be fair to say that a higher proportion of traditional songs used that time signature compared to what is used today? Well done and enjoyed listening. Andrew
There is no rule against posting live (busking) tracks, the only rule is you use PGMusic products, which you do. Tell the member who told you that to get a life, and keep on posting your tracks, I enjoy them.
Here are some tips. - In the ChordSheet, click on the Layers button in the toolbar, and select Bar Settings. This will show you all the bar settings changes in your song just above where the chords are entered (if there ARE any) - In the Bar Settings dialog (F5) there are buttons at the bottom to reset the current bar or all bars to remove bar settings. If you want to temporarily remove bar settings in your song, you could just make a copy of your song to remove all the bar settings.
Your songs always bring a great vocal and this one is no different. Really good lyrics, too. Great effort all the way around here, far from a "rough demo."
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed your listen. Pete
Use the Set# column in the StylePicker (MultiPicker -> Styles) Any 'Set' that a style belongs to can be purchased individually, but with the exception of the Xtra and XPro styles, it's more common to get the style as part of a Band-in-a-Box package - Pro / Mega / Ultra / Audiophile e.g. 'RT 330' tells you this style is from RealTracks Set 330. All RealTracks Sets are included in the UltraPAK and higher packages. 'MIDI 40' tells you this style is from MIDI set 40. All MIDI styles up to 77 are included in the Mega and higher packages. 'XPro 2' tells you that the style is from XPro Styles Set 2. XPro and Xtra styles are not included in Band-in-a-Box packages mentioned.
Hi Parapente, The bug that you reported and helped diagnose was resolved in the patch released over a month ago on December 10, like we talked about. The issue was this:
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If I enable "write chords to track" (something really useful to import songs into Reaper using advanced scripts), the jukebox does not work. If I disable the option it works.
The way it was resolved was to issue a message if Jukebox play is started when this setting is enabled. This is because Jukebox play is not compatible with this setting. As you mentioned, the problem is not necessarily that you NEED the Jukebox to work while outputting chords, the problem is that it doesn't work if the setting happens to be enabled, and a user wouldn't know why.
[quote=Guitarhacker]I have a different approach. I don't worry about the volume of anything in BB. I know I plan to move everything out of BB and into my DAW. In the DAW I have absolute control over everything from the volume, to the panning and the inclusion of any and all FX for each track. I've been working this way since forever. I find it easier for me to do everything in the DAW and just let BB make the trac +1 Biab makes the tracks. The Daw does the rest. I use track level automation where necessary. It’s a quick easy to deal with a bar or two of a track you don’t want up front. I also like master level automation for the entire “band” for example, transitioning between intro, head, solos, outtro. Pushing the band up and down a db or two really helps give the song a little snap.
Yep. Could I do it all in BIAB? Certainly but I have far more control exporting the tracks to Digital Performer which I’d been using nearly 20 years before BIAB and going from there—faster, too.
Wrt. BIAB 2026 for Windows - I had a Live Chat where this was investigated and it is currently still not possible to do a bulk export of files where 'BB Output Chords' is the only track in each file. I asked that this request be passed over to Development and the rep agreed to mention it. I hope the "bump" does some good!
Check these guy out.... https://www.ibuypower.com/ For years (decades) I was a Dell guy. Until I made the change. In retrospect I came to realize Dell was not a good music machine. My current Music Machine is an IbuyPowerPC. Essentially a gaming machine down to the fancy lights and clear cabinet. I have had this one for just over 3 years. It is a beast and I love it. I run three monitors and could hook up a fourth if I had a place to put it. I have bought two more over the past years and set them up for my boys. They love them. Just sayin.... Dan
Man, I really like the lyrics, Joe. And the chorus harmony is perfect both in pitch and feeling. Very clever write, and very enjoyable. I might've jazzed up the drums a bit, but this is fun from beginning to end, Joe. I searched for your original one, but couldn't find it.
I really like this, Andrew. It's a large and thoughtful production with hooky progressions, and I love those walk-downs and walk-ups behind the vocals, especially in the chorus. Well done!
Nearly happy R.W. Davis lyrics have the adverb removed when sung by such a happy vocalist. What a fun song, Ron, and I really like the vocals. Cool harmony. Good bouncey feel carrying a great band to the finish line. Excellent mix, too. I appreciate your consistencey, Ron, and have no doubt that you will resolve to do whatever needs done. Heck, you're already doing it.
Love it, Scott. And you sing it fro all of us. Sounds to me like you have no problem writing songs, man. Excellent relatable lyrics, sing-along melody, the perfect vocal, the best musicians and a pleasing mix. Keep writing, Scott.
Marty, WOW! This is AWESOME! What a band, what a singer, what a guitar player and WHAT A PRODUCTION! Bob
Thank you so much, Bob!
Originally Posted by laurent4114
The coordination of music and video is truly extraordinary. Impressive. Laurent
Thank you, Laurent. We're gettin' there.
Originally Posted by MarioD
Holy Moly Marty, Dave, and Bill you have just produced the best blues song of 2026! It is going to be harder than breaking a diamond to beat this one. This is better than most all of the blues songs at Alligator Records. Everything is perfect. Loved it! PS - Taking a short break for a long time? The best song ending ever!
Thanks, Mario. What a wonderful review. That ending was something my long-time friend, Steve, would always say.
Originally Posted by DC Ron
Yowzer! That's some snappy tune! LOVE the arrangement and your vocals really make this swing. Or shuffle. Whatever... Super human guitar work and harmonies, too. Ya'll sound GREAT together, as always. 2026 is looking MIGHTY good. FOR SURE!
Thanks, Ron. Swing or shuffle, yeah, our drummer never plays straight. ta-dum. Another drummer jokes.
Apologies if this has been mentioned before in the thread, as I have just looked in for the first time. I understand from reading on the net in the past regarding the Harmonics on a guitar, that the string vibrates in different sections along its length when plucked. So my understanding is (could well be wrong that the Harmonics for a C note would be E and G) So just wondering for anyone here who has gone into the very technical side of things, does that mean that when you pluck for example the C on the third fret of the fifth string on a guitar that the C is sounded, but in fact the E and G are played Harmonic wise as well but we don't really hear those Harmonic Overtones due to the loudness of the fundamental C note? If the above is correct wouldn't that be a good way of understanding why the chord of C major with its C E and G sound so nice together? Or am I totally wrong here?
Hallo, Rudolf, Du kannst mit dem Medley Maker mehrere Songs zu einem Medley zusammenstellen – im Support-Bereich dieser Webseite gibt es dazu zwei Erklärvideos. Das neuere ist dieses: Das geht gleichermaßen mit mgu- und sgu-Dateien (den Unterschied dieser beiden Dateiformate hat Alex schon beschrieben). Das Programm erzeugt dann einen (mehr oder weniger hübschen) Übergang zwischen den Songs und auch deren Stilen. Dieser Übergang wird aber komplett algorythmisch aus den in den Songs angegebenen Tonarten und Akkorden abgeleitet und bezieht nicht zusätzlich in den Songs vorhandene Audiospuren mit ein. So etwas geht technisch einfach nicht. Viel Erfolg!
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