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where did you find them. I believe I purchased that years ago.
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Haven’t heard anything. Haven’t looked either. A quick question about playing tablature, if you don’t mind. I understand the theory and always wondered if there could be some mathematical analysis of playing a passage that would result in the least finger movement. My question is, are there cases where this is not what you want? Where finger patterns are better even if there is more total ‘reaching’? For example, you might look at a trumpet player and assume any of the three valves is equally easy to play. Any pro trumpet player who says they are is lying. The first and second are far easier than the third, and it’s a good thing the third is used less. However, I often use alternate fingerings in quick passages where the total movement is easier. Hard to explain unless you play. Woodwinds are a better example, with all the two pinky fingers are expected to do. Fourth finger is the worst. Anything like that in the string world? I don't know if there is any software that will do a mathematical analysis of the best position to play a solo note piece on the guitar for example, but when I do look at tab, I am always trying to figure out where it will fall more naturally under the fingers without jumping around the fretboard like a demented spider. Then there is the added thing to take into consideration where it will sound the best, as the same note but on different strings will sound somewhat different in tone Musical Timbre maybe. +1. Stringed instruments afford the ability to find a certain note (pitch) in more than one spot. Each selection provides a different timbre to the note and often different harmony options. On a guitar finding where a melody (and harmonization) lies "best" is both a great exploration and sometimes frustration. Learning to play an arrangement (especially with harmonies) in 2 or 3 different places is a capability on guitar that definitely separates the men from the boys. Sometimes when learning a guitar cover, you may have to fiddle with where you play it to more closely approximate how a particular artist played it. Just playing the notes correctly is, at some level, not enough. It's got to feel like Carlos Santana, albeit with your personal sauce.
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Hi Andrew, There is a file called data but it is not in the real tracks folder. should I rename this one. It has a lot of stuff in it, including a file called style pickers.
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Perhaps somebody has posted on this somewhere else in the forum. I fired up BIAB today on my Tahoe 26.5.2 Mac Mini. Got the "you will be dead and in a grave soon" message. Didn't realize 6 years had passed since AAPL promised to kill rosetta. Anyway, I'm sure the Apple Silicon version will soon be ready for Beta Testing?
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What a beautiful beautiful song!!! I am almost speechless. Congratulations on this wonderful song. Jona
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to OP... please read my tips in pg tips/triks forum re setting up a pc for music production. note the importance of various aspects re a pc. then... post back pics of your bb settings...your usb audio interface settings and your windows recording and playback settings includeing advanced tab. note there is a audio test signal in win. reason for above...its very difficult to help without getting info on your rig set up. happiness. om
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Thanks TuneMonger! I hear ya about the Tascam bringing back memories for you. The mic I'm using was the one used on stage 30 years ago! Talk about bringing back memories  You could say my "studio" is definitely not up-to-date - but functional 
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Hello musician17, Thanks so much for listening! Glad you love the song! Quibbles welcome! I'm always looking for input 
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Hi, David. Great build up of tension in this piece. Plenty of emotion. I get the message too. Sometimes I feel I've been abducted by aliens, but then I think, why would aliens want me in their world either. Roll on happy times, Vic
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I believe all you say, BD. I tried writing songs with a girl from Texas once or twice who insisted we fill up the verses and choruses with the words: "John Deere, cold beer, juke Box and fishing in the creek," etc. Writing in most genres has that element of taking a stroll through a cliche (how do you get that little tick over an e?) minefield. Good sound on that song btw. Vic
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David, I do see what you did there... LOL! Thank you so much from both of us.
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James, That's very kind and appreciated by both of us. Thank you. Bob
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Jona, Thank you - we appreciate the kind review. Bob
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This was out of the ordinary—in a good way. I don't know why, but it reminded me of some of Paul McCartney's old solo songs! Jona
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Groove nicely, pleasant to listen to! Jona
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I'm with Vic, this sounded like a game show theme song from long ago. I only listened twice - any more and it would've earwormed me, I'm sure.
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B.D., My first impression was, "Wow, so you write lyrics like this, too?" It’s a really fun song that blends reggae and ska. Serious lyrics certainly wouldn't suit a track like this. Reggae has become popular in Japan lately. Personally, I prefer Latin music, so I feel a bit left out. Enjoyed my listen and watch a lot. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi
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This entire scene is fiction. This is Raphaël Froissart's YouTube channel. He's the one responsible for the title: He asks for the most difficult piece ever and SHOCKS everyone with his pan flute...🤯 Now, why are these people "shocked"? After all, Michel Tirabosco is a world-class player. The answer is because the the video is intentionally set up to mislead people. Michel says to Raphaël: "Can I play with you? I have my flute." This is - at best - intended to mislead, to give the impression that he just happened to meet Raphael. Michel then says: Vivaldi? Winter, you know? He's trying to give the impression that he's selected "Winter" at random. And he's pretending that he's not Raphael knows the piece. That's rubbish, because we know that they've already recorded it.. When the "mob of musicians" comes along, Raphael acts as if this is unexpected - even as if he doesn't even know who they are. At 0:52, Michel saws "Wow", as if he's surprised by all these people who have suddenly appeared. By this time, it's straining credulity that anyone would believe this wasn't fake. But that's not the point. If they simply wanted to give the impression of a live performance, that's one thing. That's not what they're doing here. They're intentionally misleading people - and that's what I object to.
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Two points that may help. I needed fewer steps by doubling the tempo of Noel's Chord Chart's measure 10 to 240; Equalizing the entire track to 120 bpm and that resulted in measure 10 performing two beats in 4/4 @ 120. Counting beats during playback went bar 9 4/4 1,2,3,4; bar 10 4/4 1,2; bar 11 4/4 1,2,3,4 This created the issue of needing artful editing or regeneration and careful phrasing for bar 10 to play a two beat phrase but the count was correct. Micro-Chords may help audio in measure 10. I didn't work on the audio portion. Secondly, since the audio for the equalization phase is temporary, it's faster to open the Master Channel and utilize the render/unrender to audio commands. It reduces the number of steps by eliminating WAV export and import then it also adds the ability to erase the track using this menu as well.
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Hmm, my first attempts with this seemed nearly OK apart from the abrupt ending. I'd done a slow rebuild of styles right after the install, selected _BULB then run it. I have a red line in the style box in bar 44, which I tried to remove by F5->Reset all bars, but it reappears. Tried an RTFS(MOST), but now I appear to have the extra chords playing again. I hope to try to repeat that more carefully tomorrow on a different PC. Another odd thing was that my audio volume seemed very low; I moved the "this song" volume up a bit and it jumped to much louder, but still low. Again I'll try to repeat the process and see if I can make sense of that.
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Hi, Chris. Very smooth - more smooth jazz than funk to my ears. Everything fits together well - especially the singer. It's one of those things where the vocals are so smooth it's almost hard to notice the lyrics.
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What a fun ride that was, Marty, and we both love trains and the West! You and the band created a delightful trip. And you got us reading more history on the railroad line and the Harvey Houses. We both remember our Mothers talking about their train travels. BTW, we LOVE steam engines. Your performances and the BiaB Wrecking Crew are all very nice. Enjoyed it! J&B
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I have Band-in-a-Box 2020 for Mac. I understand that's quite old in software years, but since I have no interest in "Real" stuff it serves pretty well. One problem I have with MIDI generation (my main use of the program) is that the plugin does a poor job when bar lengths change. I'm currently working on a 4/4 piece that has a few 2/4 bars and style changes. The result is that the VST inserts extra bars, ignores chord changes at times, or improperly silences instruments for a few beats (compared to playback within Band-n-a-Box directly). If I watch the bar highlight in the VST, it does not consistently follow the song and even indicates that it's playing bars beyond the song's end. Question: Have these bugs been found and fixed in newer versions?
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