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I dunno, I turn my Audio Interface off, but put computer to sleep. I sometimes get woken up at 3AM and have to get to work quick (emergency), so having the computer fire right up works for me. / I am so looking forward to retirement May I ask what you do for a living? I hope you have a great retirement when it comes.
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Howdy, is anyone aware of info regarding the absence of the User Showcase Awards this year? I know it has been a PG Music feature for at least the last 14 years and is typically announced in January or early February. Perhaps I missed a notice of its cancellation. Thanks. Bud
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Thanks for the update, I missed that post. Mac and I had spoken several times on the phone before he left the forum.
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hello, the size of the MICROCHORDS are wrong when these are displayed in the Chords window, LeadSheet window and printout. These appears Too SMALL. Any roundabout for this, please? Thanks
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… A very “life in review” song lyrically and set to a very mysterious tone that you wouldn’t normally associate with a reflective song. I hear what you’re saying about feeling a sense of loss that you won’t have those times again. It’s a period of life that flies by in retrospect and we wish we could have spent more time in the moment. But better to have had those times and the memories, than not at all. It was interesting and eye opening how each of us interpreted the progression in totally different ways, it makes you wonder how much mileage there is in just one chord progression. ... Thanks Lee. Sometimes I don’t want the memories to come back - particularly of things that I cringe at - stupid things said and done. But other memories - I can sometimes get quite emotional. I genuinely look forward to the ‘reveal’ when the three of us show what we’ve come up with - such differences, but such delights! Thank you my friend. I really like the song, which sometimes sounds like a lament, certainly linked to the harmonies that underpin it. Beautiful work. Thank you Laurent - ‘lament’ is an apt word because there certainly is that aspect to my memories, amongst other grateful emotions. Hi Andrew, these songs remind me of English pop songs from the 70s. I can't remember the names of the bands or singers anymore, only the feelings I had about them. They were special, their stories too, and the vocals were typical of that style. And you imitate that in an amazing way! Very well done, the lyrics too! You either love it or you hate it! Well, I love it... right now ❤ Hi Hans! I don’t set out to imitate those vocal styles, but having grown up in the 60s and 70s, I was immersed in it for so long that it probably comes of its own volition. And I’m appreciative that you love it right now! Thank you all for listening and commenting! Andrew
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Hi John! Oh yeah, I love that Cm7! The rest of the chord flow is pretty catchy as well. Bob does a good job on the vocals and guitar, as you do on the writing. Am I right in thinking you’ve told us you and Bob have collaborated on many songs? If this song is anything to go by, it sounds like a great partnership. Andrew
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Wow! Powerful voices! Jeff
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B.D., Thanks so much. Yes, Joliz really brought this song to life. We appreciate the great review. Bob
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I use a PC with Windows 11. After a recent update my songs are all going into a BB folder on OneDrive. It's not convenient as I can't easily see my recent history or quickly access my songs. I'd like my songs to be stored on my C file with an option to back up toOneDrive. Would appreciate, easiest route, step by step guide to sort. Thank you.
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Working backward … Every USB 2 interface introduced since 2020 is far superior to any FireWire interface, last built in 2012. The current ones are all using CL chipsets marketed under many different brand names with 192/24 or better performance with near zero RTL (round trip latency). Brand really doesn’t matter (shhhhh… don’t tell the marketing departments but it doesn’t) so buy on the feature sets. I regularly tear interfaces apart to see what’s under the hood for (oops, there’s an NDA). The ones I’ve kept are the Zoom UAC-232 (2 channel 32 bit float under $200), and an M•Audio AIR 192|14, my daily workhorse. The AT 2020 is pretty good. Not as sensitive to sibilance as that NT1. I have no love for microphones that require a de-esser plug on all vocal tracks. Zillions of folks making great vocal tracks without external mic preamps. I have some but use them only with my ribbon mics on acoustic upright bass.
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Hi Rob! I ain’t no blues man, but gee, I liked this. Good choice of singer (excellent, in fact), and your harmonica sounds good to me. A real toe-tapper! Andrew Thanks, Andrew. Glad you found the vocal to be excellent. I concur.
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There's the 'individual' SongPicker, which you can open by shift-clicking the SongPicker button (the button that has an image of two eighth notes, to the left of the song title), and there's the SongPicker that's part of the 'MultiPicker' dialog, which you can open by ctrl-clicking the button. By default a click without a modifier key will open the MultiPicker, unless you've changed the default. The MultiPicker can also be opened several other ways. One way is by clicking (or ctrl+clicking) the Style button (the button directly below the SongPicker button). You can then click on the SongPicker tab in the MultiPicker dialog. -See if there is a difference opening the individual SongPicker vs. MultiPicker SongPicker. -Check if you can open it if the MultiPicker has already been opened, by switching from another tab like Styles or RealTracks. -It may be that there is some kind of error trying to open the folder you have set as the home folder (default is /Applications/Band-in-a-Box/MySongs). If there is no way for you to open the SongPicker, you could reset it by closing the program and renaming the file intrface.bbm in the Band-in-a-Box/Preferences folder. You could rename it intrface_old.bbm as a backup. This would return many program settings to defaults. Let us know what you find.
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Harumph. Nobody talks about Area 49 anymore. This is great, ROn. I love those lyrics. Kudos to R.W. Davis --and you for recognizing that talent. Speaking of talent... Terrific write. I know exactly what it's about. What a cool melody. Do you write the music AFTER having the lyrics? Either way, what a great match. THANKS, Marty! I write the music from his finished lyrics and don't change anything he's written. Well, much.  Sometimes I'll recycle a line or verse or chorus or song title lyric when it serves the song. Sometimes I'll accidentally mis-sing a lyric. I always hear about THAT. Ouch! Ron, what an outstanding song. Your vocal was spot on. Super backing band and mix. The lyrics took it over the top for me. Loved it PS - if "All the locks have been broken All the passcodes have been spoken" is actually true expect the F.B.I, C.I.A, and the G.A.Y men to come knocking on your door. Thank you, Mario! Crazy lyrics for sure, but much fun.
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BD, Amazing songwriting. Lyric and Melody. Killer production. Excellent mix. Incredible work on the video. Mesmerizing. Powerful. fj Powerful - that’s exactly what I wanted to convey. Thank you for listening and your comment, Floyd. Much appreciated ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif)
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At first, I had absolutely no idea what your song was about. But Marty's comment on YouTube helped me out: It's written from the bird's perspective. That's a pretty cool and unusual idea. I wonder what the birds thought when you looked up at them. You're giving me ideas A cool (and, for me, inspiring) song. Enjoyed my listen ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/markup_panel/default/smiley.gif)
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Hi Mario, One Thousand and One Nights? You? Although, I can certainly imagine you, riding a camel through the desert with a mini-piano while composing this song. I have ridden camels myself a few times in various deserts, but I never managed to compose a song about it. But look at you. Not even sitting on that camel, and yet making an Arabic-sounding song! But is it really Arabic, or Iranian...? (lame joke) You are very creative! This track proves that once again. How did you come up with this? I’ve tried a few of these Arabic loops in BiaB, but so far I haven't managed to turn them into a whole song. But what you’ve done is very beautiful. I admit, I don't fall in love with these sounds, but some exotic sounds are really nice to incorporate into a track. Just like the percussion... someday... Mario, you’ve done a really good job with this again. Hats off! Hans
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This is an answer to a different question, but may be useful to know. BiaB can import both MIDI and MusicXML, to if you have those from elsewhere, like from Score Cloud or Sibelius, you may well save yourself siome time. There's a bit of learning to get bars aligned and sometimes to route channels to tracks, but it's a useful feature.
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Thanks, Herb, appreciated! If you feel like writing like this again, sometime, all I can say is: go for it!!! I know it'll sound great, so ... don't let life stop you from writing music, without music (as Nietzsche wrote), life would be a mistake
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A belated Happy birthday Mario with many more to come. Glad to hear you had a great day.
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I really enjoyed the portraying of your personal paradise by words and music, it is very important to tell about nature (and for the love of it) we still have and which has not yet been destroyed by housing, traffic or industry. "Wind singing through the leaves/And this old heart beats steady where the sky and forest meet." lovely poetry. Great country band, the solo sounds especially nice, very good mix and your vocal is very expressive. Janne
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What a nice tune for the day of rest, no hurry, just calming afternoon while watching slowly transforming cloud shapes at sunset. The instrumentation is superb Mario quality, that ethereal piano sounds very sweet and smooth. The sax has very nice nostalgic tone. Your guitar playing is masterful. Magical chord progression. Jazz that is easy to receive, I just want to immerse myself in the carefree world of your music. Janne
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Wow, you have turned the old melody into your own unique style and it works beautifully, magic! Enjoyable playing and lovely guitar tones, the stars twinkle in different colors. Relaxing backing band. Janne
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"NO PAYMENTS, JUST PAVEMENT FOR ME SO LONG BABY" you surely know the spicy sauce of the blues, old standards meet Merritt high standard. Peter knows how to roast the strings of his guitar, amazing work! Bud takes care of the high quality of mixing the ingredients and Janice serves the meal with her charming self-confience - every time, not just once in a blue moon. Blues may not be my genre, but Janice & Bud & Peter is Janne
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In 3/4, adding real tracks doesn't work because they play too fast. I haven't seen or figured out a way to do "cut time" in 3/4, if that would even work if it was possible to do. In 6/8 the styles are just plain "wrong". I have had some success by running the RTs at half-time. I've done this too occasionally with pretty good results
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Hi Mario, Laurent, David, Janice and Bud and Scott, Thanks for your very nice comments and waitings for my replies... I think I nearly every time come with excuses, but you know? I must be too busy every day and before you know it's sleeping time. Life is too short for busy people... Or I can't organize very well... Hans, first you sent to the dictionary. Second you had me from the first measure. Super song with a great vocal, backing band, and mix. I forgot to mention those outstanding lyrics. IMHO this is your best to date. Loved it Hi Mario, my best one so far!!! It seems like you keep saying that to me lately. But I like that you say it. It gives me the feeling that I'm heading in the right direction. Thanks! This is a song that raises many questions and sounds very good. Laurent Hello Laurent, the way you say this sounds almost poetic... Thanks! Great song Hans! It kind of reminds me of the guy who wrote Year of the Cat. Your voice sounds very similar in places! Year of the Cat Hi David, well that sound more than ok for me. I liked that songs a lot (still!), although my favorites were the BeeGees. Better harmonies. Thanks for that compliment, because his voice is much higher than mine now, but you haven't noticed that ;-) You are channeling John Lennon again for us here. 😊. And that is wonderful. We loved the lyrics and could relate as life does seem more precious the older we get. You sound great, and the band supports you well. Your excellent use of BiaB tracks is a showcase within the User Showcase! We enjoyed the video, especially the sweet dog and cat scene and the chickadee at the ending. Great remake! J&B How sweet of you! Yes, and of course I have to do my very best not to let John be forgotten. Judging by your reaction, I’ve succeeded again! This is indeed the kind of writing you start writing as you get older. Then the future isn't the most important thing, but the memories are. And thanks for that BiaB compliment. I’ve never looked at it that way. Though little things like the dog, cat, and bird. Mine is just like a zoo too. Not always to my wife's delight... Very pretty song Hans. Cool chord progressions. Super vocal and lyric. Excellent mix. Well done Hi Scott! You are always present with my songs. Thanks for that. And thanks also for your kind compliments on this song! I can sleep well now, I can assure you!
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