Noel as best I recall I did have that complex chords option selected. I will have to go back to the drawing board and repeat my exercise to confirm. Thanks for the input.
Bonjour, Starting from an artist, a genre, .....how can i find the pack number in which i can find the corresponding styles ? Ex: i would to find all styles related to BASIE, FREDDIE DJANGO.. in which pack are they ? Merci daniel...
Fun feel. Fine vocal. Grab-ya lyrics. Smooth sounds. Excellent guitar. All well done, Donny.
Hi BaBuMusic, so good to hear from you, thank you for your kind words. BTW this song was written when there were so many fires and....give me some artistic freedom, lol I have been listening to your music, very nice. Donny G
I have no first hand experience with it, but I’m told Adobe Firefly will do that. A quick search through my YouTube saves of AI videos on audio.ai says that ElevenLabs AI Dubbing will also do it. · Core Feature: Translates audio/video to a new language while preserving the original speaker's voice, emotion, and timing. · Languages: Supports over 20 languages, including Spanish, Japanese, and Polish. · Best For: This is the most direct match for your request of keeping "the original voice of the singer." Check out the Eleven labs website demos and see if that is what you need. I’ve gone there and it seems to indicate something different than the video promos, similar to how people often check the [color:#333333]USA best paint calculator[/color] before starting a project. It may be more aimed at speaking voices than singing voices.
There’s currently no consumer software that can take a song, translate the lyrics into another language, and recreate it sung in the original singer’s voice. Some emerging AI tools like SingifyAI or AI music dubbing platforms (e.g., Wavel.ai) attempt parts of this process, translating lyrics and generating a similar-sounding singing voice, but none perfectly reproduce the original singer in another language yet. For now, you can translate lyrics separately or use AI voice cloning for experimental results, but a fully automated, high-quality solution doesn’t exist.
Last year, my New Year's resolution was to try and record 1 song per week. I'm happy to announce that I was able to get that done. I'm gonna keep it going in 2026. This week... "Amira's Coffee Shop", by me, Steve Mohacey. 20 years ago, I was deployed with the 4th Infantry Division band to Iraq for OIF 5-7. While in Iraq, the band was tasked with many different duties and assignments. But the ONE assignment that kept us all going was this: we had a MUSICAL mission. Our little band of 37 (I believe that is correct... it's been a long time) musicians would head out to even the most remote Forward Operating Bases (FOB) and bring high quality, live musical entertainment, to our troops (the GREATEST audiences you could EVER play music for by the way). We wanted to bring them a few moments of peace, even if only for an hour. This was hazardous duty as we had to get from point A to point B. During my time in Iraq, we travelled more than 25,000 miles, through the most dangerous terrain on Earth at the time. But.. I did it with some of the most talented, and certainly most committed Soldier-Musicians ever assembled. While many of our comrades were blogging about their time in Iraq, we decided to write music and create a musical blog of our experiences. My musical partners in jazz crimes, Joshua Distefano (keys), Chris Kerley (bass), Brian Archer (drums/sound), and I got busy writing music. We wrote so much music that we even recorded an album of Josh's music WHILE in Iraq during our scarce downtime. I wrote "Amira's Coffee Shop" after we made a trip to Camp Prosperity. We went to Camp Prosperity for a 72-hour mission at the site of Saddam’s trial, but the war had other plans. When our return transport was diverted, 3 days stretched into 5. In the sudden, unexpected stillness of those extra days, we found Amira’s. It was a small coffee shop run by an Iraqi woman who, we were told, made the best Turkish coffee in the country. For the first time in nearly a 100 days, the clock stopped. We sat, breathed, and found gratitude in the steam of a cup of coffee. It wasn't just the best coffee I’ve ever had—it was the first time in months we felt human again. I don't know what happened to Amira, but I truly hope she is alive and well. I hope you enjoy, "Amira's Coffee Shop". I REALLY wanted to use real tracks to create the entire recording. However, I wasn't able to find a bass track that would play what I wrote on the intro and head of the song. I did have Band in a Box play the bass part during the sax solo and right at the very end of the song. So, here is what I did: I wrote the song and used Finale to save and engrave it. I saved the individual bass track from the arrangement in finale to .mid file. I recorded myself on Tenor sax throughout the song. I assigned the following sounds included in Logic Pro to cover bass on the intro, head on the way in and out: Punchy Bottom Here's the Band in the Box info: 906:Piano, Electric, Rhythm SmoothCool Sw16 100 1437:Piano, Electric, Rhythm JazzFunkGroovin EV 1 110 1080:Piano, Electric, Soloist SmoothJazzCool delay SW16 100 The drum part came from this: Memo: This is a slow 50s pop 12/8 Style with acoustic piano & nylon guitar in triplets. Very simple bass & brushes. '!' smart guitar voicings, brushes. 5 instruments: piano, bass, brushes, guitar, strings. T=62 -Examples: Memories, Impossible Dream, Genre "Intensity" Score=70/100 -PERCY~.STY. Percy-Slow 12/8 50s Pop Real and MIDI. Quintet. Tempo=65 (50-85) Instruments: M-Acoustic String Bass, M-Ac.Piano, M-NylonGuitar, M-Strings, Drums RD: CountryShuffle: a: SideStick, HiHat b: Snare, HiHat :Shawn Soucy M33: Acoustic String Bass M1: Acoustic Piano M25: Nylon String Guitar M49: Strings The saxophone was recorded using a Sennheiser 441 with the "FETHEAD" to boost the gain. The Sennheiser 441 is a dynamic mic. The Fethead gives it a 27db bump via the pre-amp built into my Focusrite Clarett++ 2pre. Dynamic mics do not require phantom power. The FETHEAD uses phantom power to boost the gain and just plugs into the XLR out on my mic. Backing tracks via Band In A Box 2025 Ultrapak Plus for Mac. Recorded in Logic Pro 11. Selmer Reference 54 Tenor Saxophone. Mouthpiece- Dave Guardala Michael Brecker 1 (handmade). Boston Sax Shop Black Box 3 reeds (the BEST REEDS EVER!). Filmed on iPhone 15 Pro Max. This video was edited using Final Cut Pro.
Hi Scott That’s a really well written and sung song you’ve got there. Your vocal delivery is so smooth and steady, I wish I could do the same. Great use of BIAB style and instruments, really suited the theme, Excellent.
Hi Chay, I couldn’t agree more. The BIAB style, solos and rhythm have taken this song to an extra level. I did spend a quite a lot of time auditioning each solo to get the best (to my ear) and which blended the best together. It was definitely worth the effort to find the best combination. Glad you enjoyed it. Kind regards.
We’ve released six albums and many singles to the platforms ALL of which feature BiaB tracks along with our guitar playing music friend and partner. Zero AI. We’ve been fortunate to have been placed on hundreds of Spotify play lists and on Spotify editorial and algorithmic lists over the past 4 years. We recently released our first album of covers and one of the songs received over 28,000 plays in a month. Granted that’s not huge relative to many thousands, perhaps millions, of artists but the average Spotify artist averages 40-50 listeners a month. So we are just happy to know that more than family and friends like our efforts. PG Music recently gave us permission to post the aforementioned song and EP which we will soon do. They made it all possible. A company that changed our music world. And we give them a shoutout on our SC uploads and on our video credits. J&B
In this style, there's a beautiful combination of electric guitar (Mike Durham) and pedal steel guitar (Eddy Dunlap). The images at the end of the video reference a film; can you guess which one? Style : _NEPTUNE.STY (Neptune Ballade Chillout R 'n' B) RealTracks dans ce style Style: 908:Basse, Electrique, Smooth Ballade DblCrch Bin 65 RealTracks dans ce style Style: 910:Piano, Electrique, Rythmee Smooth Ballade DblCrch Bin 65 RealTracks dans ce style Style: 3437:Guitare, Electrique, Rythme, British Psychedelic Ballade Pop High Delay Binaire 65 RealTracks dans ce style Style: 2542:Pedal Steel, Accompagnement Moderne Atmosphere Ballade DblCrch Bin 65 RealDrums [dans ce Style:JazzFunkGroovin^5-a:Sidestick, Hi-Hat , b:Sidestick, Ride Synthesizer: Synthmaster 3, Halion Wave Voice: Suno Mixed in Cubase Thanks for listening and for your comments. Laurent
I like this song.........even though the Pollyanna glasses have definitely come off. Some people (my wife too) tell me they don't like my sad songs. But as an observer of life, they find their way into my songs. I like the honesty of this song, the beautiful images and the song itself.
Matt, the inputs and outputs listed here for the RME are indeed analog, but it makes sense. The outputs are XLR and go to studio monitors. I frankly never record with BiaB so I often don't list anything for inputs. But Analog 1/2 are the XLR mic inputs and I could use them if I wished. (When I record through the RME on my DAW I'll use either the XLR mic inputs (Analog 1/2) or the ADAT (which is of course digital). "Analog 3/4" are 1/4" inputs.)
Happy New Year, Sol. Yep, relatable for sure. I like the write and the arrangement very much. Your songs make you so much better. I like that. Right, no one, not even family, think much of the songs I write. But if I didn't write them, they wouldn't like me as much. hehe Excellent vocal and backing vocals. Yep I like your song, Sol.
Thank you Marty. Of course I would like my family to like my songs but.............you can't have everything. But then again, I really don't know everything my wife does in the garden. So, I'll take the compliments when they come. If people like them, great. If they don't, that's okay. Happy New year.
Don, I viewed these as three different songs: 1- the first was just a bed for a lead, just as you said. It was OK but not what I like in a song. 2- the second was a dynamite instrumental. Outstanding guitar chops. 3- the third was a completely different song. It was excellent. For me it was a close call between #2 and #3 but I choose #3 as the best. FYI - I lost 9 friends during that war. Those whom I knew all came back with serious health and/or mental problems. We buried the last one I knew last year. Thus #3 struck a chord with me.
What another wonderful gem you've created, Brain. I've heard it many times already, and each one is better than the last some how. Just brilliant. Well played, too. This should be heard the world over.
Thank you, Marty. Hearing that from someone who knows this problem firsthand really warms my heart❤️
@Matt: RT:s unfrozen. The audio track freeze button doesn't do anything, i.e. no change can be seen when toggling FYI: this existing song has never had any frozen tracks. @Noel: Will check, but this is an existing song and should load as it always have ... This problem happened with the first song I loaded after the update/installation, so a little bit disappointing start with 2026 version It has now happened with a couple of songs.
Sounds old, but not in a bad way. Reminds me of something the Beatles might have done, probably because of your vocals and the way the bass line walks down in the chorus. Pretty good
Hi Mikael, I don't use loops so I'm not sure if what you are experiencing is expected behaviour or incorrect behaviour. I've had a read through the section on loops For this reason, I've passed on your question, and a link to this URL, to the development team. After reading about loops on pages 120–121 in the 2026 manual, I can see differences between the two pickers. The standalone Loops Picker is the one that allows a user to set the looping information for imported loops. This information is stored in a .bt6 file that BIAB uses to when generating the loop. The Multipicker Loops Picker does not allow looping information to be created. Have the loops that you've imported had their characteristics set? If these settings are not done by the user, BIAB will use default settings which means that the loops are neither transposed nor tempo-stretched. Regards, --Noel
Sol, this is an excellent song and a super tribute to your marriage. Your vocal is fantastic and the backing tracks fit it perfectly. Outstanding mix Loved it
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.................................... It's been 41 years and I consider myself very lucky.
I loved this song as I can really relate to it. This year we will have been married for 59 years and together for 62 years.
Joe, an excellent song that I can relate. Great mix of your instruments and BiaB's instruments. Great vocal and excellent lyrics. FYI - I have a 2010 Buick with 130k miles. It is one major repair bill from being traded in for a new car, probably a Suberu. Also for small fluid leaks there are additives that may help, especially if the problem is a gasket problem. I have used them in other cars and they did work for me. They got me over 300K miles on a Chevy!
I'm always impressed at how well you do using slower BPMs. My 2 slowest are 90bpm. That guitar solo was so excellent I wanted to hear more, but my only criticism is that I'd liked the song to have ended with a 2nd chorus as the single one was really good.
Thanx Chay. Yes a second chorus probably would have been a better ending. I'm glad you liked my guitar chops.
Freaking excellent rhythm section in this song! Love the whole arrangement, mix and production. Great song! Superb in all aspects! Very, very well done.
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