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Hey. I'm late to this conversation but I bought a refurbished Surface Pro X with an ARM Snapdragon processor solely for Band in a Box. There was a splash screen issue with 2025 when it loaded that the staff helped me fix, but since then it's worked flawlessly. I set it on my music stand and connect it to a Yahama bluetooth speaker, or use a USB C cable to connect it to my audio interface to record my guitar. Just make sure you have an external keyboard and mouse. The icons are too small for a touch screen. Thanks, doogiet. That’s interesting and useful information... but too late for me: I bought a Lenovo Yoga 7i 16" and an Intel processor :-).
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Thanks, Ron. I used octave effect of my Vox ToneLab for guitar and Kontakt Kontrol - plugin Reggae Bass. Because I don't luckily have to earn my living producing these, I can adventure freely and have fun during my last years. Great that some others enjoy these too. The kantele (zither) sound was played with an Italian Luigi Emberger Concert Mandoline Nro 1 from year 1902 considered as a Stradivarius of mandolins. I used to as well have a genuine 6-string kantele, when my daughter was in music play school. Here they start to learn to play with that 6-string kantele, because tuned in open chord it's easy to play triads, called for children strawberry, blueberry and rasberry.
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Thanks so much guys. JJJ - here is a 20% off coupon for Master Writter, but only for the 1 or 2 year subscriptions. https://bit.ly/masterwriter20 Dave, Ya, I need some tools also. Thanks for the endorsement. Thanks Dan! Hey, do you know if they include both the songwriter edition and the creative writer edition with a single subscription? I have a bucket list item to write a story!
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I forgot to add that I really like the song and the harmonies were top-notch 
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+The organ is fabulous - tone, part & placement. The song is fabulous and the piano is the anchor. Lead parts - on point. Mix...blooody hell it's ace.
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I'm sorry. I misinterpreted what you were meaning. These are working fine for me. When BIAB stops doing things that it usually does, running the "Return to Factory Settings" and then selecting the MOST option often will solve the problem. This is located under the "Options" menu. Alternatively, I am running Build 1240 (which is being tested by selected users at the moment before public release). Andrew from PG Music posted a link to this a couple of days ago. https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=888106#Post888106 If you want to install that and see if it fixes your problem, simply download the file and then run it. You will need to double-check that the locations of your Realtracks and Realdrums are correct. I've been running the update for a week now without any issues. Regards, --Noel
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I agree with both David and Ray.
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Hi Rob! I love your vocal styling on this song - slightly raspy reflecting the character’s background and half spoken and sung. At first I wasn’t sure it was you. The band really suited as well - giving the musical backdrop without over shining the vocal storytelling. The only thing that confounds me - what was Floyd Patterson’s jaw like? Andrew Hi Andrew! Floyd Patterson was a very good heavyweight champion but he had the weakest jaw of all time: he couldn't take a punch. He got knocked down 20 times in his career. The blow-by-blow commentary that precedes the song is there to explain the conceit. So the character in the song is weak romantically: he has a heart like Floyd Patterson's jaw. It's a tricky concept but I think it works and I'm happy with it.
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"the balance between precision and spontaneity" --yeah, i get that too. Since function is always over fashion, i tend to spontaneity over precision. Precision is for Ai --and some classical players. What a fine song, Ron. I can see why you;d do it several ways, and it's so cool that BiaB helps so well with that. This is a great version, and the guitar seemed very presice to me. Probably cuz i was really enjoying the whole, especially the lyrics (you're the best R.W. Davis!) and the vocal. Terrific production. Powerful sound. Ha this is cool. As i was typing "powerful" Soundcloud loaded Mario's "Power." Thanks, Marty. Yeah, the more perfect I try to make a melodic guitar part the more stiff it seems to sound, so I usually just figure out a simple theme and then punch record. Sometimes it works...Glad you enjoyed the tune!
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Vic, That's very kind and appreciated. Thank you from both of us. Bob
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No embarrassment there Russell, that is an excellent composition. Your vocals are outstanding and the whole arrangement is perfect. Loved it. Kind regards Thank you for the kind words! Very much appreciated!
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@PG/Andrew Here's a setup that you can explore in finding the software issue. Any real style will do and no need for any user audio track. E.g. _ELECRK2.STY with default 120 bpm structure 1-8*1 with a 4 bar ending, i.e. in total 12 bars Bar settings meny: change bar 1a to 120 bpm change bar 8 to 60 bpm (an exaggerated tempo change in order to clearly see the problem ) Generate and let run with continuous looping. First run ok and problems start with the second run and changes with each consecutive run Bonus issue Top menu: to the right of the song title there is a field showing Length of song, this is only correct when all bars have the same tempo. With changing tempo in a song this means that different song lengths are displayed whilst running a song ... I noticed that the song length varied with the bar tempo and started some testing that led to the setup above. In fact I think this correlates very well with Jim Fogle's idea earlier on in this thread. Good thinking Jim!
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Hi, Dave. What they said - excellent lyrics, vocals, guitar, and complete production.
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Hi, Ken. A lovely bit of music. It sounds especially nice in my headphones.
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Hi, Mario. Ha!  You're a funny (and talented) guy.
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Well done all around. An excellent presentation of a tough subject ... one that is sadly on repeat. Nice mix and the whistle was a great addition. J&B
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Like I said, I have heard nothing but good about MasterWriter Don't forget I posted a 20% off coupon above. Here it is... a 20% off coupon for Master Writter, but only for the 1 or 2 year subscriptions. https://bit.ly/masterwriter20
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Well we could parse everything out but ... We enjoyed both versions. The new vocals were completely convincing. The video was well done and your vocals were very nice. Yeah, the versions are different but each one ad has a lot to enjoy. Nice solo too. J&B
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Hi, Chay. Cool - this is the first time I've heard you on vocals. Interesting update on the lyrics. For me, one of the main attractions of being able to use synthetic vocals is not worry about not having an ideal recording environment - like my wife trying to sleep, or my kids playing video games.
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Hi, Sol. Easy going, swinging tune. Pleasant listen - nice work on the vocals and guitar!
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Hi, Laurent. Excellent production, good write. I agree with others that the emphasis in some words "fell in the wrong spot", so to speak. But that's the risk you take when writing in a different language, I guess. Well done!
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I love the Stormy Monday chord progression (harmonica players usually hate it, but I love it) and it's in fine form here. Best I've heard Peter play. Janice's vox are nonpareil, nothing new about that. Everything sounds great. Excellent work, team!
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Janice & Bud, Thank you so much for the kind words and review. We both appreciate it. Bob
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Rob, I would love to play with this, but I am currently on an extended camping vacation since May 1st. I should be home mid-July, so if you still need help then, I'm happy to jump in.
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What a cool tune Laurent. What a pick me up tune. Had me tappin my toes right out of the gate. Super vocal and lyric and production was awesome. Wel done. Thank you very much, Scott. Laurent
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