Maybe I didn't follow all of your details. The Yamaha PSR-175 does not have a direct USB port. To connect it to a computer, you would use a MIDI to USB interface cable (such as a Yamaha UX16 or a generic USB MIDI adapter) to connect the 5-pin MIDI OUT/IN ports on the back of the keyboard to a USB port on your computer. Then use the provided Focusrite ASIO driver with BIAB setup in the MIDI driver section for the appropriate input and outputs of the MIDI to USB cable. Jeff
Ouch, that doesn't sound good. I hope you get well soon and that you can enjoy a period of better health and peace of mind. I've always known you as someone who stays positive, despite all the setbacks. I admire how you handle all of this
Thanks, BD. I was lucky to have a mother who always managed to see the best in everything. Some of her attitude to life seems to have rubbed off on me. These days, even though there's now lots that I can't do, I can still write songs and that always brings me a few smiles The easiest way that I've found to deal with changing circumstances is simply to define a new 'normal' and move on. That seems to work for me, and it stops me thinking about the things that I used to be able to do. Life's too short to waste it on "what might have been" and "if only".
Hi Ember, My input is set to Focusrite USB I have tried output Focusrite USB and Microsoft GS wavetable, VST/DXi is unchecked as is midi thru to midi driver. Audio settings is set to ASIO, there is nothing about drivers so I assume I'm using the Focusrite drivers. nothing seems to make any difference. Thanks anyway,
Look at my image again. There most certainly is something about Divers! Maybe also explain as clearly as you can when you hear the latency; what are you trying to do and how.
I seem to remember that it was possible to permanently write the Melody track harmony to the Soloist track. I don't have that opeion in BB 2026 although the help details implies that I can. I don't want the Melody midi mixed with the harmony. Any ideas please?
Ouch, that doesn't sound good. I hope you get well soon and that you can enjoy a period of better health and peace of mind. I've always known you as someone who stays positive, despite all the setbacks. I admire how you handle all of this
I was under impression that you did want the styles to play Chord Sheet, but not loading / replacing tracks in the project. "Double-click (or Spacebar) plays Chord Sheet (not premade demo) The latter is checked." If I was wrong about that, please ignore my post.
Hi Ember, My input is set to Focusrite USB I have tried output Focusrite USB and Microsoft GS wavetable, VST/DXi is unchecked as is midi thru to midi driver. Audio settings is set to ASIO, there is nothing about drivers so I assume I'm using the Focusrite drivers. nothing seems to make any difference. Thanks anyway,
Sure it plays the style in the song header. However, when I press the green Play button, I want it to just play the style that is highlighted in the StylePicker. The 2026 manual says it does that, but in BIAB 2026 it doesn't do that. And that is the whole point of the StylePicker, to play styles that are highlighted when the Green Play button is clicked. I disagree that the Green Play button has always done this because it didn't. It worked just fine in BIAB 2024 (plus ALL the other versions of BIAB going back ten years). I miss this capability. I never use the demo, why would I? I put the all the chords into the bars in my song and want them to be played. I want to test/preview 20 to 30 different styles and not load any into my song unless I really like that particular style. Can't see why development doesn't consider this a problem. I can work around this issue, but having to quickly test styles in just the StylePicker with my song's chords is so, so much more helpful.
Thanks for your reply, I have ASIO installed but doesn't make any difference. I have followed instructions by other members but still no change. Thanks anyway.
AurealiusB 1) Demo playing - is like playing your pre recorded MP3 song - that is essentially what BIAB is doing 2) to play chord sheet, BIAB has to load that style. There is no way "around" that. Period. Technically, it could render or ghost load style in the background, but that would take a lot of time + extra steps and be limited to only a segment of composition. Imagine having 120 bar tune, but you want to audition last 5 bars. It would be impossible. The only 2 things that need "fixing" concerning playing chord sheet in my humble view, is to: A) explain in manual what exactly play chord sheet means to avoid confusion. B) Have a solid Undo history function, so you can revert to whatever style you had initially. Current method is a power feature, I would hate if PGM dumbs it down or make it more complex inviting extra steps. If you are not ready for it, use premade demos to audition.
Hi, Rob! You're a cool cat on this one because you sure know your Chicago blues! A terrific easy to follow melody and lots of rhythm. I liked it start to finish! John
Despite the synth vox it sounds like a Noel song - always a good thing in my book. Happiness is whatever works and any colour you like..Kermit would agree with you though. The solo was a cool idea too.
Hi Ray. It's good to see you. Thanks for visiting and commenting. I'm finally starting to feel very comfortable with Synth V. I spend quite a bit of time shaping the voices so that they sound as human as I can possibly make them I totally agree with you about 'happiness' and 'colour'. Green was the first colour that came to mind when I thought of happiness so I went with it. It would be an interesting challenge to write a couple of other songs where I choose a different colour for happiness and see where each choice leads me. Now that I sit here thinking about it, I might actually try that! Thank you for the idea. I hope things are going well for you up north! --Noel
Originally Posted by animarorecords
Noel, It's a very refreshing song with a beautiful melody. Your personality shines through. Using colors as song titles is quite hard to come up with. It makes me want to read "The Songwriters Idea Book." I can't read it all the way through in English, so I'll look for a translated version on Amazon. I enjoyed listening to this uplifting song again this time. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi
Hi Shigeki Adachi. It's always a pleasure to see that you have visited one of my songs. Thank you I appreciate your comments a great deal. Your English never ceases to amaze me. When I read your replies, everything is perfect. You sound like a native-born English speaker. My Japanese, on the other hand, it totally non-existent. My son studied Japanese for a number of years but I only know a few words here and there. I love watching Japanese series, though, on TV. The sound of your language sits very comfortably on my ears, and Japanese scriptwriters are very inventive. I'm presently watching a series on Apple TV called "Drops of God". It's a Japanese-French-English production and it's very, very entertaining. Thank you again for visiting --Noel
Liam’s vocal has a warm timbre and looseness that sounds very natural. We love the lyric and the bouncy, joyous feeling of the melody. While listening we were watching the daffodils in our yard blowing to and fro in the breeze and the new shoots of green popping out on the trees. 😊 The band sounds great and the fiddle solo and fiddle fills are extra special. And the mix perfectly supports the song. Open, airy and excellent subtle dynamics. This is wonderful: “Now sitting here beside you In this carefree country meadow Birds tweeting sweetly In the trees while you dream Nature’s joy is everywhere As far as I can see Yes, happiness is green” Cool concept and we loved it! J&B
Hi J&B. Thank you heaps for taking the time to travel over to Soundcloud and listen. I also greatly appreciate your comments. When I read your phrase about daffodils blowing to and fro in your yard, had I thought of that at the time, they would have been a perfect fit for my meadow scene Maybe something like
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“Now sitting here beside you In this carefree country meadow Daffodils are swaying In the breeze while you dream Nature’s joy is everywhere As far as I can see Yes, happiness is green”
I really appreciate your comments on the mix and the band. Putting a musical ensemble together is not a great strength of mine, and I often go through many combinations of instruments before I end up with something I like. That's the beauty of BIAB, though. There's always something suitable if you're patient and look carefully (and ignore genres). Thank you again and I hope that spring is looking really good for you both. --Noel
More quality work from you, Noel. Delightful, pleasant, positive, uplifting and all encapsulated in a superb musical delivery. Great, really great, really really great .
Hi Trevor. Thank you for dropping in. It's always good to see you. You sure know how to make a person smile lots! Sometimes I get lucky with my songs I appreciate all your kind words. You made my day when I first read them and then again as I wrote this reply. Thanks for that. All the best, --Noel
Originally Posted by jannesan
I have the same book, but I have read it only once... maybe I should read it again, because it seems to produce beautiful emeralds in your hands Yes, great lyrics, great subject, colorful images... and happiness is green, that's why I wait eagerly for spring which seems to be still very far away here, still snowing and freezing... your song is very good medicine until spring comes. Excellent chorus with lovely melody and uplifting banjo. And the band works perfectly for your vision, the fiddle and the acoustic guitars give this song tasteful earthy mood. Great work with the vocalist. Janne
Hi Janne. I've read through that book many times. It often gives me ideas and makes me see things in a new light. I can imagine for someone like yourself who lives in Finland, the first glimpse of spring must be extraordinary after having survived the blizzards, ice, frosts and snows of winter. In Australia, spring looks nice but our winters are very mild compared to Canada and northern Europe and Asia, so the change between winter and spring is not as dramatic. I seriously appreciate your comments. I'm not a musically creative or adventurous as you and it's uplifting for me to read your feedback. Thank for that Wishing you well. --Noel
Originally Posted by Ezekiel's Storm
It ain't easy being happy. You've hit all the marks. Your singing. The instrumentation. The melody, a fantastic melody. This reminds me of a McCartney song. Well done!!!
Hi ES. Thank you so much for having a listen. I really appreciate your thoughts, too. As much as I'd like to admit otherwise, any reminders in my music that give it a McCartney vibe are purely by chance! I would love to be as good as McCartney/Lennon, but I'm a realist Writing songs is a hobby for me and I'm perfectly happy that that's the case. Thanks again! --Noel
I write them on fledgling pad. Since my left arm became crippled, I now write on a Mac or iPad. I used to consult a rhyming dictionary and bought Barry DeVorzon’s MasterWriter to access its builtin rhyming dictionary and thesaurus tools but I haven’t used either in years. I started on the stand-alone version and apparently, I still have a subscription to the cloud version that I should cancel someday. I’ve played with AI lyric tools but have never generated anything I could stand.
Hi Noel, A very lovely song! I already liked the colour (Green), but since it's very cold here, I long to that colour more then ever. That would bring me happiness. There were two surprises in your song; first the banjo and then the violin. They are both doing a very good job in this song. Like that! Hans
Hi Hans. Green is also a colour that sits very well on my psyche. I went to a high school that had a uniform based around a green jumper and I've often wondered, over the years, if maybe that brainwashed me into liking green. Come to think of it, that's probably why I chose green as the colour for happiness! Thanks for your comment about the banjo and the violin They came about purely from a 'trial and error' approach. That's what I like most about BIAB. There are so many good sounds to choose from. I appreciate your visit and your time. Thank you. --Noel
Originally Posted by BabuMusic
Cool, Noel. I once did a lot of research on what color means to humans throughout time and cultures. Wrote a book about it. You got it, man. Happiness is green for sure, especially when it denotes Mother Nature. What a cool song. Good write, and the perfect production. Excellent vocal and mix. I like all the percussion you added and the banjo and fiddle added the right touch.
Hi Marty. While I didn't set out to write this song around nature, the words and the colour eventually led me there. I'm really pleased they did because Mother Nature really does highlight the importance of 'green'. Thanks for your comments, especially your comment about production. I struggle with production. It never seems to get any easier. Eventually, I just get to place where everything sounds reasonable and I'm ready to move on to another song Thank you for dropping by. --Noel
Originally Posted by John Walradt
Very nice casual folk/bluegrass styled song. The melody is one of those that's as comfortable as sitting in the front room of a cottage. You're right, it's interesting to put a color into the title and make it a theme. It's an easy good feeling song to follow. John
Hi John, Thank you for taking the time to listen and for your kind comments. I will never listen to this song again without imagining that I'm sitting in the front room of a cottage. In fact, your comment reminded me of a cottage in Tasmania that I used to live in. It was built in the 1890s and had a really warm, comfortable atmosphere. Your words filled my mind with lots of great past memories Thanks for those! --Noel
Hi, Noel. Nice! I Iiked the lyric choices - callbacks to older styles: I recall when first I saw you On that warm Jamaican morn Oh and the day we vowed our lifetimes ‘Neath.... Sometimes cliches are the right choices. I've very much got your style, and I enjoyed the listen.
Hi David, Thanks for noticing the lyrics. I spend a lot of time listening to old songs, and I think the language has rubbed off onto me a bit. My favourite period of music is Tin Pan Alley from 1920 – 1950. I have no idea how my brain ended up feeling comfortable with songs from that period because I grew up with my parents listening to Australian Country music. I must have been rebellious, I guess. Thanks for dropping in. It's always good to see you. --Noel
Originally Posted by floyd jane
Noel, Nice. Joyful. Good job of writing to your title. Excellent use of BIAB. Good mix. Some really interesting rhymes! A happy listen. fj
Hi floyd. It's always a pleasure to see you. Thank you for taking the time to visit and listen. Also, thanks for mentioning the rhymes. When I wrote these lyrics, I didn't worry too much about obvious rhymes. I set out trying to find sounds that linked words together and to see if I could put them into a story of some kind. For these reasons, assonance, consonance and rhymes were the main tools I worked with. Everything else was just massaged into place to try and get something coherent. Thanks again, --Noel
Originally Posted by musician17
You are officially a genius What. A. Pure. Joy.
Hi James, It is always terrific to see you. I hate to disillusion you, but I've been called many things over the years and "genius" is definitely not one of them I'm really glad that you liked the song. Thank you for passing through and staying long enough to have a listen and comment. Very much appreciated. --Noel
Great song, Noel, so inviting on so many levels. Kermit the Frog would approve, of course. Not to bring politics into it, but I am a proud Green Party member, so you got that angle, too. JK. Terrific work, you set a high musical standard!
Hi Rob. Thanks for taking the time to visit. I actually (probably unsurprisingly) thought of Kermit more than once as I wrote these lyrics! Like you, I'm also a supporter of the environment. We only have a single Earth and there are a lot of people so busy making money from the planet that they disregard the need to treat our world with respect and consideration. Unfortunately, a lot of damage that has been done cannot be undone. All we can do now is mitigate it. Maybe one day, people will learn. --Noel
Originally Posted by laurent4114
A very beautiful song, the voice is excellent. Laurent
Hi Laurent, Thank you so much for listening. I sincerely appreciate it. --Noel
Dear everyone, I apologise that it has taken me a while to thank each of you for having a listen to my song. I've had a few health issues in addition to a computer failure. Honestly, I don't wish that combination of things on anyone. I've now improved a bit and I have a new computer, so I can finish off what I started before everything went a bit haywire for me. --Noel P.S. If anyone wants to know about acute kidney failure, ureteric stents, prostatectomies or radiation therapy, please feel free to privately message me. I'm more than happy to share the knowledge that I've picked up over recent years.
Hi James, This is really beautiful to listen to. I love that nylon guitar lead. It fits so perfectly with the reminiscent and nostalgic mood of the song. Waltzes always capture my attention and my imagination. I simply sat back in my chair, closed my eyes and let your musical imagery guide me on this calm, reflective musical journey. It was a very satisfying journey. --Noel
That's a great tune! And excellent performance! The lyrics and your vocals just suit each other. I love songs that make me feel something and this one took me right back to the dirt road and creek in the town I grew up in. Very nicely done!
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The easiest way that I've found to deal with changing circumstances is simply to define a new 'normal' and move on. That seems to work for me, and it stops me thinking about the things that I used to be able to do. Life's too short to waste it on "what might have been" and "if only".
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