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Really cool Marty. I would have liked the intro to continue under the 1st vocal line for a few beats as it seemed to end abruptly BUT that's absolutely noting to worry about as it's just my expectations getting in the way. Fab song, fab vocal and a bass line that is all Marty: in the pocket, moving confidently and always in support of the song.
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The Mario performed pars are the best of this but it all works very well indeed.
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Excellent. Everything to love from origin story to mix n master. My only nit would be the clickiness of the kick BUT that's a person bugbear. TOP stuff.
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Dave,  Thank you. We truly appreciate the kind words. Bob
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Wow, Noel. What a great find. That made the grocery bill absolutely worth it 
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Mike, that a fantastic arrangement Although a lot of different instruments you made them blend into an outstanding instrumental. Loved it Thanks Mario. Coming from a fellow composer/arranger of instrumental music, your praise means a lot. Cheers, Mike
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Magnifique Laurent. I think picking a musical theme and building something enjoyable with it shows musical ambition and scope. Having lived through that era, while there was a lot of cubic zirconia, there were also some real musical gems (check out Donna Sommer, Earth Wind and Fire, Chaka Khan and even the Bee Gees). Bien Joue. Mick
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I love the arrangement of this energetic piece. It just build and builds. Those guitar solos are great. I'll have to check those RealTracks out. Production and mix is first class. I enjoyed the panning you used. Cheers, Mike
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Hi Catherine, Dan and Trevor. I'm glad you found it entertaining!
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https://on.soundcloud.com/UBEPa0nzZoUpLs7YP2 Hello Friends. This is a new take on a tune penned circa 2012. It's intended to be a swampy, rocky, bluesy number - see what you think. BIAB specs: Style: _MTSBAND.STYSaturday Night Funk Bass: 388 Electric Metal Ev120 Guit 1: 384 Electric, Rhythm Rock Southern Ev 120 Guit 2: 405 Acoustic, Strumming Ev120 Guit 3: 583 Electric Soloist Blues Roadhouse Ev120 Organ: 686 B3, Background Pop Ev 120 Drums: Nashville Even8 I do vocal with a little background singing from Jenny (free ReSing) and manage the odd live lick or two with some old arthritic fingers. Lyrics: I go down by the river Man that river runs fast I feel new like a baby but that feeling won’t last Everybody moving they move away from me I stare out in the distance to see what they can see I don't care anymore, I had my fill But if pride doesn’t get me, pure envy sure will There's a long line of trouble leading away from me Every day I think to myself "What's the next thing gonna be?" Trouble burns like a fever, It's burning in my blood Musta picked up something in that river-bottom mud I dunno know anymore, I’ve had my fill But if pride doesn’t get me, pure envy sure will I go down by the river Man that river runs fast I feel new like a baby but that feeling won’t last I don't care anymore, I’ve had my fill And if pride doesn’t get me, pure envy sure will (repeat) That's it. All insights gratefully received. 👍Cheers, Mick
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Herb, this one has a lot of heart and you really know how to put the pure emotion into a terrific song. Your arrangements are stunning and all instrumentation placed carefully and perfectly. The melody, which I consider to be most important, expresses the words and the theme wonderfully. Your use of Band in a Box is pro. John Thank you for mentioning the melody. I'm glad you liked the song
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Andrew, super guitar work and vocal The lyrics took it over the top for me; we need more smiles and laughter these days Super mix IMHO this is your best one to date Thank you Mario - yes, I think the theme is important. Personally, I'm not sure about lines like 'Grounded through my own noise, I come up for air and I’m lucid as hell'. I think that writing was stream-of-consciousness writing (if I recall correctly), but I liked the way it and other lines like it sounded, so I just went with the flow. The song and the vocals really give off a 60s vibe. Very well done! I watched your YouTube video and actually started laughing right away at what you were doing; getting all those gloomy people to smile! And you put a really fun text to it. How do you come to that? Enjoyable song, that's for sure! Thanks Hans - I like how the video reinforces the main point. There's something cool about looking at people's faces. Regarding the lyrics, there are a few key lines, like 'Will I have what it takes to make the whole world smile again?' while other lines are a bit oblique, as described in my reply to Mario above. I don't mind lyrics that skirt around the topic or are vague. I love guitar driven tunes like this one! You have a lot of clever little changes going on in the melody and chord structure! The chorus section really grabbed my attention. You also did an amazing job with the bass work! Lovely little Beatles/Stones sounding track! Thanks Torrey! Guitar driven songs are my default. I'll sometimes use keys, but that is usually just for effect. I'm not a keyboard player. Being a rhythm guitarist, I quite enjoy slightly syncopated strum styles and there's a bit of that in this guitar work. Regarding the bass, I am self-taught and can do enough to get by. I have a bit of imposter syndrome when it comes to bass because I really only have a handful of tricks/patterns that I reapply each time, and that's what I did here - but it worked so I'm happy. Thank you all for listening and commenting! Andrew
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Hans, I love the driving sound of this! Such a powerful groove. The real star of this production is the vocal work! I think is probably one of your very best! The harmonies sound so good! Great choices with the realtracks and the way you produced/mixed this! Thanks, TB
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Ron, no need for any apologies here! Man, everything you post kicks butt! Every instrument is clear and powerful! Powerful Pop/Rock! Great job on the vocals again! You remind me of the sound of the band from that movie "That Thing You Do" which is right down my alley! Great job all around! Thanks, TB
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Thanks everyone, much appreciated. Here's my plan for now until I get more of a chance to digest some of these good suggestions: #1 Keep my wits about me more and try to pay attention to what I'm doing at the moment (Ounce of prevention thing....) #2 Frequent file Save and Save As-1, 2, 3 etc. (incremental saves) as I've been doing in every program and project for years. #3 Rely on Undo as Plan B #4 Keep hoping for a "padlock" feature in a future build if it's possible to do. #5 Keep enjoying RB and BIAB, and of course , pickin' and grinnin'. Thanks all, BluegrassPicker
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Have you tried right click a track and Save Track to file? It defaults to WAV but you can change the file format, not sure if FLAC appears in the options, I assume it would.
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I fully support adding transpose functions. May I offer some advice as a life-long professional horn player? I wouldn’t go so far as to say the app is ‘useless’ for horn players as-is. There are many reasons why horn players should learn to work in concert pitch. Cheers.
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Thanks for taking time to document this. I've reported to devs.
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RealBand 2026 Build 10 update is available: https://update.pgmusic.com/support/patch/realband_2026_update_build10.exe Summary of fixes for build 10: - Fixed - When selecting File - Import Audio File to separate tracks (using Stem Splitter)... and then choosing an .mp3 file, and then pressing OK - Generate Stems, a yellow message would be displayed saying: "Error: Unable to extract audio from file" even when there wasn't actually any problem extracting audio.
- Fixed - when right clicking on a note in the Notation Window and choosing Edit Note..., then the Note edit dialog could have the wrong note time.
- Fixed - if having previously edited an event such as by right clicking on a Note in Notation, or pressing Change for an event in the Event List, and then later right-clicking on a node in the Tracks Window and choosing Edit, then there could be an exception that says "cannot focus a disabled or visible control" .
Summary of fixes for build 8: - Fixed - notation screen could go blank when doing edits involving the Ctrl key
- Fixed - OK, Cancel Help buttons in the preferences dialog slightly cut off
- Fixed - File - Import might not import .SEQ files correctly
- Fixed - In the AI Audio Transcriber window, the import button could result in distorted audio depending upon the file resolution.
- Fixed - Various issues in the AI Audio Transcriber window such as wrong messages showing up or 0 second estimation after loading the file.
- Fixed - In Notation Window, and the Key Signature of the song was set to a different key than C, entering certain drum notes might not work when entering drum notation.
- Fixed - Splitting stems might result in slower stem playback and lower pitch playback of the stems if the file was a 48K wave and the song resolution was 44.1.
Summary of fixes for build 7: - Fixed - Progress bar in the Notes (transcription) dialog might finish early.
- Added - Help button in Notes dialog.
- Fixed - Crash with build 5 when total monitor width is greater than 1920.
- Added - Track icons are now displayed in the track strips of the mixer.
- Updated - RealBand User's Guide and help file
Fixed in Build 4: - Fixed: Crash when using TTS-1 synth
Fixed in Build 3: - Fixed: Only able to record a very limited amount of bars at higher PPQ resolutions.
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PowerTracks Build 3 Update is available: https://update.pgmusic.com/support/patch/pt2026_build3_update.exe Summary of fixes in build 3: - Fixed - when right clicking on a note in the Notation Window and choosing Edit Note..., then the Note edit dialog could have the wrong note time.
- Fixed - if having previously edited an event such as by right clicking on a Note in Notation, or pressing Change for an event in the Event List, and then later right clicking on a node in the Tracks Window and choosing Edit, then there could be an exception that says "cannot focus a disabled or visible control" .
Fixed in Build 2: - Fixed - Crash when generating RealDrums
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What a history that song has; 47 years ago you wrote it and 37 years later you recorded it for the first time. I'm a bit curious why? Thanks for your nice words, I'm glad you like the song. Why I recorded it so late? Well, it's simple: because I didn't have the technical means to do it back then. When I was young, I had an acoustic guitar and a cassette recorder. You could record a song with them, but it just didn't sound like much. (Actually, I once recorded this song as well, but the recording got lost.) Later, I invested in a 4-track cassette recorder (FOSTEX), but every time I tried to produce a song really well, I was utterly disappointed with the end result—so much so that it always took me a long time before I tried again. Even when I finally bought an iMac and suddenly had GarageBand included for free, I couldn't get it to sound the way I wanted; the drums, in particular, were always a problem. The game-changer came in 2012 when I discovered Band-in-a-Box – I don't need to explain to any of you why. But then I still had to figure out how to use the audio interface, the effects, and so on, before I dared to record my first songs. Although the results were immediately much better than my previous attempts, my standards have risen along with it, and I’m basically still learning how to get it right (and I rarely pull myself together enough to keep going). In a nutshell: I’ve wasted a lot of time, growing old in the process. 
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Charlie, that's kind of gamechanger for me. Can you give a little more detail about how you did that guitar riff in the "Listen To The Music" track?
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Hi John, Swinging song with a very captivating rhythm and lovely vocals from Jenny. She really did a good job. Almost immediately you begin to swing along (had to be carefull with that, swinging in a wobbling chair), because of her vibe! And the lyrics looked so easy, but the way the words were sang made them very effective! Hans
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Great piece, Mario! Love the bassoon, and all of the synth textures! Bob Thanx Bob, I appreciate your kind review.
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