Hi Mario, what a song, and so well sung. It rhymes, but not as well as what you did in your song! First of all: your singing is really good and funny. And your accompaniment with a washboard and harmonica was absolutely fantastic! That's quite different from composing a classic and conducting an orchestra...! And then the lyrics; I'm gonna play a song by Metallica On my brand new harmonica How could you even think of such lines ;-) Like others a smile came on my face when listening to your song. So, very well done!!! Hans
Thanx Hans. "How could you even think of such lines" well I like humor and I like to laugh. Lines like this just pop into my head, which I might add is a half a bubble of center
Hey, Mario, For a minute, I thought I was back in Germany, where I lived twelve years. I always love clicking onto your songs because I never know what to expect but know I won't be disappointed. Cool song - funny as heck. Take cre, Alan
Brilliant lyrics from the start, but "I'm a letter left unopened / On a table set for none" is an award winner! I really hope you record it again as it sounds like you have a sore throat. But truly an excellent song.
The Good News: The changes to the GUI in v2026 were wonderful, and allowed us to "see" our BIAB music in a whole new way. Now with Jeffs illustrations we can now envision the obvious next steps needed. I hope PGM looks long and hard at this vision. The Bad News: I am afraid these next steps may not get the priority they need. Fact is, some of us older guys don't have time to wait for yearly updates. So having these enhancement coming in a timely fashion would be much appreciated.
Hi, Ron. Quirky write set to a quirky arrangement. Vocal delivery excellent as usual. I loved the feeling of space in the song. You create excellent pop!
Jeff, you have clearly articulated multiple shortcomings in the design that really do need to be resolved. I hope that PGM Developers take action on these items as a matter of urgency. Thanks for your hard work and considerable efforts to not only improve the program, but to identify major shortcomings and make recommendations on how these should be resolved.
It's mind boggling how the designers think this kind of behaviour is OK. I think this year's upgrade has been overall quite a good one but one of the things I hate is click/menu/click/click for things that should be a very simple single click. Unfortunately, 2026 has added a few more to the list.
Once again an excellent song and great use of BiaB samples. The arrangement, mix and production are superb and those and your vocals create an unmistakeable style.
Your new multi‑view GUI is a great step forward, but it also exposes a deeper issue. Transport‑based apps rely on one global transport model. In BIAB, every view behaves differently — looping, cursor position, and transport state all break apart. Until there’s one consistent standard across views, I can’t stay in the program long enough to build real workflows. Please make this a priority, because a unified transport model would immediately improve usability for every customer. Thanks
Butterflies Earlier this month my cousin passed. Years ago she prayed for her son as he left for his ministry education. Right after her prayer a butterfly landed on her; she saw it was God's signal that everything will be OK. It was and now her son is a pastor. This is for you Maralee. BiaB style - Mortal Pop Soul Groove Tempo - 40BPM I deleted the drums and the bass I copied the guitar track 3 times: gtr1-Kontakt - Amadeus - Full String Ensemble gtr2-Kontakt - Solid State Orchestra - Strings gtr3-Kontakt - String Boutique - Dark & Rich and Mystery Strings gtr4-EastWest - Opus - Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra - Full Orchestra - Legato Full Utility - EastWest - Opus - Symphonic Choir - Full Choir Piano - Lounge Lizard - Tines - Stage Chorus Via my breath and keyboard controller I am playing the following Swam instruments: the double bass section, solo flute, solo violin, and the solo cello. Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks using my sound sources. All comments are welcomed.
A cool song on a hot theme! You're spot on regarding our need for co-operation, yet all we have in the world is more and more division as the 'holy economy' is primary and our elected dictators serve the banks and corporations - never the people who elected them as we're just economic units, not persons - thus as the 'holy economy' must forever expand there can never be an end to global warming. Equally as dangerous is the greed for others resources to keep the 'holy economy' growing, so it's heads or tails as to how our corporate masters bring our lack-of-civilisation to en end! … I obviously totally relate to your song!
Thanks for the original to download. I've replicated Dan's version adding Bass, Drums and Organ mixed with OM's guitar stem and Vocal Track and created a second version using just OM's vocal track with a very different BIAB Style and RT Guitar for the solo section I chose to fit the lyrical story line. Both versions were completed solely in BIAB. With permission, I'll be glad to post these versions to the User Showcase. Charlie
A pleasant mix, Wao. The ending is a bit of an anti climax but I assume you will sort that. Vic
Thanks for the response, Vic. Yep, as I wrote in the main blurb, I ended up with 2 guitar solos for the finale and the electric one was far the superior, but it really needed an acoustic solo to fit with the rest. Even then I couldn't find a suitable sample, so I had to 'cut and paste' form 5 regenerations of the only one that sounded half-right. If I wasn't living in a retirement flat where I can't make any loud noises without getting complaints I'd have played my own acoustic solo.
Lovely piece. I like the inclusion of the string quartet, which adds movement. All sections transition nicely and I like the gentle build to finish the composition.
It looked like the demand for it just wasn't there. As they said in their write-up, it was always more of a passion project for the developer, but the company had shifted focus to their music scanning software some time ago. With no new releases for years, they took advantage of the developer's passing to make it official.
This is likely to have more to do with debt load taken on from acquisitions of iZotope, Brainworkx, Plugin Alliance that didn't pan out. All these were merged in 2023 under the Native Instruments umbrella. Now, that doesn't mean that AI isn't indirectly to blame. But it's more likely that someone had overly optimistic predictions that didn't pan out. There's a really long thread on another forum, where someone with far more savvy than me pointed out this article: https://midnightrebels.com/the-end-of-an-era-native-instruments-private-equity-and-the-crisis-of-music-tech/
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So why the insolvency filing now? It appears to be a strategic step known as a “transfer restructuring.” By entering insolvency, the potential buyers (Bain/Bridgepoint) can negotiate to acquire the assets of NI—the code, the brands, and the team—without taking on the heavy debt load left by previous owners. It effectively cleans the business, allowing it to emerge as a new legal entity with a healthier balance sheet.
Just released yesterday. A few new features. I downloaded and installed in 5 minutes. Tried out the chord wizard with a BIAB created version of "Sunny". Admittedly not a tough song but it did get it correct Apparently you can export the chord chart to midi (not sure about xml). Anyway a new feature some may find useful. Plenty of other stuff in there d
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