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It seems these two studies are looking at different things. The first study notes that there is a physicality that is required to internalize letters shapes based on a different study. What that first study seems to show is how inefficient writing is - it requires massive mental work on the part of university students, who (hopefully) are not struggling to tell an 'a' from a 'b'. In the second study, I suspect that the students who were typing were focused on their perceived task - transcribing the lecture, rather than learning it. But I agree that simply writing the words is a different activity. On the other hand, writing lyrics is a different activity than listening to a lecture. I'm not sure how much it relates to handwriting. I find it much more efficient to move words and rewrite using a keyboard than handwritten notes, which quickly become a mess. But whatever works for folk.
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Hi Brain, We’ve already seen Janice & Bud make reggae, and now you too! I think I need to release a reggae track soon as well... A beautiful song! At first, I thought there was a bit too much reverb on the vocals, but I was wrong, I noticed while listening. And secretly, I had hoped you would have used an African accent or perhaps a Caribbean voice... But the voice you used was also very pleasant to listen to. But guess what? My legs and body started swinging when I listened and didn't stop when typing this message... so, a dangerously good song! But that title...? Hans Thank you for taking the time to comment here and on YouTube, Hans. MUCH appreciated! As for the title, I could have called it "I Love You". After all, there are only about a million songs with that title. But I think producer Linda Perry has a good point here.
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An interesting perspective on how it might all end for us. Personally, I believe in life before death  Good band, good singer(!) and Dave played an amazing solo. You guys should start a band! 
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Nice reggae, even though I think (as you said on YouTube) that it’s more fusion Reggae than pure Reggae. Enjoyable nonetheless
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An error message about exceeding limits in Band-in-a-Box (BIAB) usually happens for two reasons: 1. "Too Many Bars / Exceeding Bar Limits"Band-in-a-Box has a strict maximum limit of 256 bars. If you are working with multiple choruses, ensure your total bar count does not exceed this limit.The Fix: Reduce the number of choruses or shorten your song structure to fit within the 256-bar maximum limit. 2. "Audio Generation / Memory Capacity Limits"BIAB relies on large RealTracks and RealDrums data sets. If your system runs out of physical memory (RAM) or disk space while rendering, it will throw an error and stop processing.The Fix: Close other resource-heavy applications, check that your hard drive has sufficient free storage space, or try rendering the song one track at a time instead of doing a full mixdown all at once.
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Thanks K-Dub Ya. The fewer lyrics the better in a song imo. Nothing that doesn't need to be said and nothing that has already been explained. If that makes sense. Vic
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Love the simplicity, Bob and Joliz. It's like I'm listening to the Carter Family's old tunes. Vic
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Hi Chris. I like the haunting and simple effect of this. The vocal is smooth and mix is good. What I wasn't keen on was the last line of the last verse, which seemed awkward and only there because it rhymed with the previous line. On the right track though. Vic
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Chris thanks. With my request, I am not looking for a reaper workaround.
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I'm familiar with K-Pop, but this is my first exposure to J-Swing and, I must say, I'm impressed. There's an energy here that could turn any sorry-looking sad-sack into a toe-tapping jolly jiver. Well done.
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I think most of us can relate to that feeling Mario. I feel I never really knew what I wanted to be and hence fell into Accountancy, BORING!! I wish i'd found guitars and music in my teens but alas. You sure have captured that melancholy feeling.... why are you making me relive all the drudgery??? All kidding aside, another excellent recording full of appropriate feeling and sentiment played and arranged perfectly. Great job Mario. Thanx so much Lee. I was the same as you because I didn't know what I wanted to do, other than being a big rock star, and I fell into a research lab. Around the age of 21 a big record company wanted to record our band but thankfully a good lawyer pointed out all of the small print in the contract so we declined. It was then I quit the thought of becoming a full time musician. But a good job and a great wife helped the transition. It wasn't until the end of my career that things went bad, hence the song.
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I can't find anything in Save or Export or Render that writes an M4A file, yet I have some tunes that do have one. I'm not sure where they came from or what. Which option causes an M4A file to be generated? On which menu/button? Can I make an audio track with Realtracks? I have 2.0.6 Thanks!
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I feel your pain Herb. The only way to get a good MIDI drum track from BiaB is if the track has a RealChart. Then you just drag the track to the mid window in the DAW mode window. I have had zero success converting audio to MIDI in BiaB. I have had good to excellent success when converting an audio drum track to a MIDI drum track in Melodyne Editor. That was using a complete audio drum kit. I would think it would be easier to use the stems; don't know as I don't use stems. When I can't get good conversion results I grab Groovemonkee's MIDI drum loops. YMMV I hope this helps. I tried melodyne with equally unsatisfying results. I'll have another go at it but I'm not holding out much hope. I'm using the drums on the last song I put in the showcase in hopes of raising the bar on the track a little bit more
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So pro sounding on every level. The Harder They Come is a desert island album for me. Love the beat on this and Janice's (always) fantastic vocals. Guitar terrific as well. Well done, team!!! Wow … we could not hope for better comments. Thank you so much! J&B
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Hi Soren Yeah, really nice tune and progression, lots of atmosphere and tension. Excellent, kind regards
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Too funny. Or too sad. Or...both.
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Ah, i have a new motto: A bit ridiculous, but a lot of fun to put together. Man, you can't imagine how up i married. Very cool write, Ron. Those lyrics are definitely not sing-alongs. What an excellent job of not only getting those words out, but also making them all very understandable. Really an incredible job. Hey, it is quite short --quick and short, but huge fun. Really well done. Thanks, Marty! Glad you could figure out the lyrics. My lungs were completely emptied on quite a few of those lines. Ha! Thank you, Chay! Glad you liked it!
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Re your current love song - I forgot to ask this in my response to it - are you an American who married a German gem? Nope, I'm German who married a German gem (with Italian roots) Nay you ♪ and she ♫ dance forever! (the 3rd great love of my life was Italian)
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Hoi Hans, I like your vocals and the overall vibe of the song, and the guitar is really cool. Drums aren't my thing, they distract from the song rather than adding to it. The lyrics are okay-ish, but I think some of the rhymes sound a bit forced instead of flowing naturally from the story. But overall, it's not a bad song, it has a lot of potential.
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Thanks very much! That really saved this project for me. Now, what I would like to know is how to avoid doing the same thing again, although now I can fix it. I think the one thing that made it harder for me to troubleshoot this issue was the fact that I did not intend to make a program change to the RealDrums instrument choice. What bonehead move did I make that caused a program change to be saved to the RD setting? ADVthanksANCE -Jack (major bonehead in Central Texas)
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The linked news article includes several links to other news articles that may include your specific situation. So you might have to read more than the linked article. As rharv stated the most important news is if everythings working okay, don't "fix" it.
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Is there a parameter to install for the following: IWhen I choose a song in the multipicker by double click than should appreciate it when I get direct into the fakesheet mode (automaticly). Right now I als also have to click on the fake sheet button.
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Janice & Bud, We are so appreciative of that great review - thank you! Bob
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