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An audio file playing along was my first guess above. Noel has explained why it happened. MGU and SGU are the two most common BIAB song extensions. S means song with no melody; M means song with a Melody track.
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TuneMonger, Very nice song. Cool jazzy, bluesy and swing rhythm drums. Really good vocal. Nice blues harp solo with good tone.Other instruments, especially the bass, were great. AB Thanks, AB! Yeah, that walking bass really kicked in on the bridge.
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I bought that book in 2012 along with my first pair of Sony MDR7506 cans (maybe on your recommendation!) I read most of the book but then promptly forgot most everything I "learned"!...... I already missed the deal on those monitors but there will be more deals! Yep, I have recommended those Sony headphones a few times. You'd be surprised just how many songs I have mixed on mine. I'm with you on the "read it, forgot it" thing. Regarding missing the deal, you can call one of the agents and ask for the deal.... Give them a sob story if necessary about how your pet turtle died and you've been wracked with grief, curled up in the fetal position crying and missed the deadline...... If they tell you to pay up or pound sand, well it was worth a phone call.
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I won't add anything more than what others have said about the high quality of the song, the vocals, and the mixing. As you pointed out in your introduction, the drums might not be to everyone's taste. Personally, I would have kept them for the more energetic parts of the song and used a softer drum sound for the quieter sections; this would add contrast to the track, which often revitalizes the song. This is just my opinion and doesn't detract from the overall quality. Laurent Laurent, thanks for your input, which (with others) resulted in a new version of the song being posted with a new drum track with a greater dynamic range. APPRECIATE your input!!! First things first: The Toms are _exactly_ my thing  I wouldn't have let them play through the complete song, a drop would give the listener a moment to breath and reflect and give them even more impact when they come back in. But they really are a great choice for giving the song its drive, and they work perfectly with the guitars and those sexy little fills. Despite all those guitars, the mix sounds really open and clean, leaving plenty of room for your (beautiful) vocals. I think your arrangement experiment is a winner ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif) B.D., your guidance on the toms is very compelling and I did post an updated mix with a new drum track. The shift in dynamics is not what I originally envisioned, but it definitely improves the ability of the tune to BREATH. I like it! THANK YOU!!
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Today I purchased and installed BIAB 2026 + 49pak. a lot of content was copied by the installers into /Applications/Band-in-a-Box/RealTracks, adding to what is already in that path, and that is the correct path, I am not and have never used any custom paths. In any case I have tried multiple times to Rebuild the styles, etc..but none of the new RealTracks 468-488 are showing up in the picker and when I try to use "what addons I have", it displays those as missing, as well as Midi Superpack 45. So what is the secret trick to get BIAB to recognize the new stuff that was installed? Is there some kind of reset or something I can do to get it to recognize it all? I have already tried to reinstall everything for 2026 just to make sure it all got installed.... As I said, a lot of folders with new stuff and today's date got copied into the RealTracks folder...so it seems like installation worked, but BIAB is still not updating itself to the new content.... Please advise.
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Janice’s brother-in-law, Steve Davidowski, played keys/sax with DAC for a while but more notably he played with the Dixie Dregs (featuring the ace guitar player Steve Morse). He also played with Vassar Clements and a host of notable N'ville artists. Nowadays he's still at it and does wonderful charitable work. Steve is a serious peace and love guy so his DAC tenure must have been tough. 😀 Bud
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I have recently upgraded to BIAB 2026 and included the 49pak. My question is about the 2023 49pak which I did not order at the time I upgraded to BIAB 2023, and I am unable to order it now(website doesn't let me do it). I am wondering what is in 2023 49pak which I may or may not have already now? I have upgraded to BIAB 2024 2025 and 2026 all including 49pak. , when I got into BIAB and show add ons, it says I have all real tracks...but since I never ordered 2023 49pak...that report must not be complete...either its not showing the 2023 real tracks that that came in 49pak at that time...or those real tracks have since been included in later upgrades to BIAB that I did. and other stuff that was in that 2023 49pak..?? Have I sense gotten them through other upgrades or were they only in that 49pak and since we can't order it now, they are basically not available? so what is that situation? Do I have everything from that 49pak or are those items simply not available now and never shown in the tool that displays what I have and don't have? Is it fair to say that 49paks are kind of like early access to content which will most likely end up being included in the BIAB upgrade in some future year? Please clarify about 49paks, thanks.
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I love TJW and this song could have been written for him. Take a bow, all. Vic
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Janne, Thanks so much - Joliz and I really appreciate the kind words and review. Bob
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Well Noel, what can I say except, thank you for having a good listen. Vic
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Creative and mystic combination of Eastern and Western music, hypnotic rhythm from the snake charmer of our forum. Great selection of instruments work magically together. I'm enchanted, no one else seems to be having as much fun with BIAB as you are, there are no limits to your toolbox. Could be played in a James Bond movie when he tries to survive in an oriental bazaar. Janne
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“Up in the lookout tree countless hours determined to see that patience would pay the morning buffet for the bird of prey.” Patience is assuredly a virtue for raptors! We were immediately hooked by the lyric subject. We often enjoy seeing our local hawks, eagles and osprey. Your lyric certain does them justice! Very cool video Th BiaB band sounds great with the Liam synth. And the mix is excellent. The soaring guitar is perfect for the birds in flight. Enjoyed it! J&B Thanks Janice & Bud for your pleasant review Glad to read that you enjoy seeing your own majestic birds. Janne
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Hello, If you minimize the Band-in-a-Box window, do you happen to see the dialog box for sending the email? Thank you, Catherine
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B.D, That's an incredible hard rock song. It's also full of protest spirit. From gentle love songs to hard protest songs, I'm amazed by the richness of your talent. And it's definitely a song that requires parental advice. As always, the video was fantastic. Enjoyed my listen and watch a lot. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi Thank you for your really nice and encouraging words, Shigeki Adachi. As always, much appreciated
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Just like Herb, I’d classify this as Funk-lite. Like Jethro Tull accidentally taking the wrong turn and ending up at a disco. But there's nothing wrong with that, I actually really like your genre-mix. Cool stuff
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Hi Andrew. What an interesting songwriting challenge. That chord progression is certainly something that would never had occurred to me, but you made it work very, very well. There is a lot of musical creativity on display here in the writing and the arranging. It's great. The backing, the mix, your vocals and guitar work (bass & rhythm) were excellent. Thanks for the detailed notes and graphics, too. They were very interesting to read through. --Noel Thank you Noel! The song turned out better than expected - acknowledging what is an acceptable quality range for me - particularly as I thought the chord progression would be too distinctive to use. Forgetting the original song the progression came from was half the challenge. Andrew
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Okay, if it's just complaining about those few sets, and you don't want to download the large files, you could contact the live chat and ask for just those individual sets that you listed to be added to your account.
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Thanks GuitarHacker. Duly noted. Besides fixing the EQ, I now have Izotope Ozone 12 which will help me to master better in the future. AB
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Thank-you all, I’m glad I’m not the only one that has trouble identifying the scroll of drop-down options. Will persist with list and see what comes up. Cheers.
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Hey, that is so cool. The video was great and the music fit nicely. We had some flowers in our garden at the other house and brought them here as well. We called them Moon Flowers. They open in the evening and close when the sun comes up.. Pale yellow and the cool thing was they literally opened completely in about 10 seconds. They would twitch a few times and then open like the video shows but in real time. We found out they are actually pretty invasive weeds but still fascinating plants.
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Boy this is going to drive me nuts. I tried doing this through the acid loops technique in Real Band. The metronome settings were changed to the sounds/volumes I wanted. Sounded perfect. Saved the metronome to a track in midi format. I 'Rendered" that track to an Acid file, gave it a name and put it in "Loops" Opened a new RB file to test things out. Selected and Created Loop with the "Generate" Button. Filled all the information and added the "loop" to a track. I even auditioned the item before clicking OK. Sounded perfect during the audition. But... Played the track. Now sounded completely different than what I did in the first step. Also completely different from the audition. And, by "completely" I mean completely. Different sounds, different instruments, etc. What am I doing wrong? Michael
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It would be a nice help if when we clicked "file" in BIAB 2026 the drop down "Open Favorite Songs" were offered along with "Open" and "Open Special" as this would save a few steps doing this via having to "Open Special" to get to the Open Favorite Folder. Of course an "Open Favorite Song" stand alone button would be better. But I feel like I am in the bread line requesting French Toast, LOL. PS: I will double post in the suggestion forum. Thanks, Danny C.
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It would be a nice help if when we clicked "file" in BIAB 2026 the drop down "Open Favorite Songs" were offered along with "Open" and "Open Special" as this would save a few steps doing this via having to "Open Special" to get to the Open Favorite Folder. Of course an "Open Favorite Song" stand alone button would be better. But I feel like I am in the bread line requesting French Toast, LOL. PS: I will double post in the suggestion forum. Thanks, Danny C.
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