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... Likely I see this offer differently as I followed MS progress and this latest version seems to have missing bits I was looking for. Fair point. I'd never heard of MS3 before.
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Sorry, I can't help myselft but jump in with my 2Cents. I find BIAB RDs are great if you don't want anything special from your drummer. They sound fine and there is nothing faster. They enter and exit all on their own and the canned fills fit the bars automatically. But... if you want the drummer to follow your song, instead of a BIAB demo, well then you have to spend a little time in which case, I find EZDrummer 3 fantastic!!! Just one man's opinion.  You are not alone Dan. If you want a drummer to follow your song MIDI is the way to go. Good MIDI drum sound sources are not that expensive and drums are one thing where MIDI excels. One can easily edit MIDI and there are some great MIDI drum loops available, check out GrooveMonkee.
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Thanks Chay. Appreciated. Vic
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Thank you PG Music for your generous gesture. I'll be on it straight away. Vic
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I found the problem. Under options Midi/Input/Output ports it was set to HUI. I changed it to Midi and now everything works as expected. Thanks, Bob Great. Please consider to open your original post and mark it as 'Resolved'. There's a button for that. This can assist others in the future.
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Reggae always cheers me up, and so does your song. Janice sounds like she's been singing Reggae her whole life, and Peter does the same on the guitar. Perfect and tasty fills! Super mix, sounds radio-ready. That's the good stuff  ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif) By the way, I just finished a (kinda) Reggae myself. Seems to be that time of year. We really appreciate those remarks. Ya never know how things will go over when you venture into not so common genres. Glad it made you happy too ‘cause that’s what most reggae is supposed to do. Thanks for mentioning the vocals, guitar and mix. Looking forward to your kinda reggae tune! J&B
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Hello Rob Helms, Rustyspoon# and TheMaartian ! Thank you very much for your replies! They've helped me understand things better. I agree that a stable and proven configuration is preferable, and your comments on BIAB's multithreading and the current state of Windows ARM are very helpful. In any case, it seems that BIAB hasn't yet been successfully tested on an ARM architecture. So I'm not going to take any risks and will stick with an Intel/AMD machine for the time being. Thanks again for your contributions!
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Very unusual. Thanks for the screen capture, it is quite useful. I would start be selecting Options > Return to factory Settings > Most If that is unsuccessful, it may be now missing some fonts. Try reinstalling from your distribution or re-download from your account on the PG Music Web Site. Let us know how it goes.
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Well done BD. Super write. Excellent production, mix and master. Incredible energy. Well done. As we say in Canada. Pretty [*******} good eh! Thanks a lot, Scott I really appreciate your support here and on YouTube BTW, to all the guys'n'girls who still read my replies and couldn't watch the video because of the age restriction: The song is now available on Spotify (sorry, no SoundCloud link - SoundCloud refuses to publish it because of the album cover) Just click the Spotify link in my signature to find it. (I had to switch distributors to get it published, but that’s another long story that I’ll tell sometime in the future.)
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Thanks. Good songs last forever. One of my missions is to pick up these maybe forgotten treasures and present them with new rendition using newer tools of the trade.
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David, this is really nice. Super composition and the vocals sound AMAZING. Really like the harmonies you've stacked up behind the vocalist. Nice backing track, especially like the bass and piano combo. That sound never gets old to me. The solo turned out great and gives the arrangement a nice lift. As often happens, I read your workflow narrative and shake my head that something that sounds so smooth travelled such a difficult-sounding (to me) route. But it DOES sound silky smooth. Really appreciate you taking the time to describe the details. I always read them at least twice, and marvel at your songcraft... Good to see you posting again!!!
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Hello, I use Install Manager to update my 2026 Audiophile version. All the downloads are ok (45 folders !). Now I install them one by one. The first folder is "Band-in-a-Box Full" and with 3.90 GB. But it is so long ! Nothing happens. Just after a long while, a message : Failed installation. Thank you François
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With MS Clipchamp, can we crop out the bulk of the window that isn't needed? Leave just the notation playing with audio? [quote=Noel96]Jeff, Yesterday, I tried using Microsoft Clipchamp that comes free with Windows 11 to try and record a video of the screen while BIAB was playing. I could not get it to work. The program worked fine for a number of different non-BIAB windows. (This is probably due to me, though, because I had not used the program until yesterday.) Next, I tried recording a video with the snipping tool in Windows 11. This worked fine and captured both the video and the system audio. For Funkifized's information, this is what I did (using Windows 11). 1) Open the BIAB Notation Window. 2) Start the Snipping Tool (so that it sits over the top of the BIAB notation.) 3) Select "Video" (#1) and then select "New" (#2). ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32634&filename=snipping tool - record video 1.jpg) 4) A small dialogue window will open at the centre-top of the screen. 5) Select "Window" (#3). ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32635&filename=snipping tool - record video 2.jpg) 6) Click anywhere in the main window. This will open the "Start" button. 7) Check that the system audio is set to record (#4). ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32636&filename=snipping tool - record video 3.jpg) 8) Now click on "Start". A countdown will appear. 9) Start BIAB playing. It will be recorded. 10) Once you have recorded what you want, stop the recording. The option will then appear to open the recording Clipchamp for editing. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32637&filename=snipping tool - record video 4.jpg) 11) Screen recordings are automatically saved in your "Videos/Screen Recordings" folder. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32639&filename=snipping tool - record video 5.jpg) Video file... mp4 video created with Snipping Tool (Windows 11)
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That was fun. Yeah, the recording was pretty crappy, but i can hear it all well. The first Fire song had the drum machine too loud --so is the bass, but i like that.  But this 2nd one is much better. I can still hear Lionel and now also your keys and a little of Colin's guitar. You could've added a clip of Neil howling at the moon in Winchester. Good choice of songs. Which did you all decide to kick off the list? Did Chris program the drums for you? I've done that for a band once --daunting task, especially in the 90s, but i learned much respect for Ringo's timing ability. She's right. Ain't Misbehavin' is a nice song. Does Lionel play with a pick? Sounds so clean --and excellent timing. Cool how you ended up playing The Weight as the last song. I heard it mentioned in the beginning and was disappointed when you didn't play it then. Well, thanks, Izzy, and thanks to all the VVB. Marty Myself and the guys are so thrilled that you took an interest in our humble ensemble. Kudos also for wading through such raw and rough audio. Lionel was jumping up and down with excitement like a little kid knowing that a brother bass player from the other side of the planet listened and commented on his playing. I gave him your SC addy and he is keen to hear all your songs. I have now taken the audio down now because it has served it's purpose. Once again from ALL the band , A huge THANKYOU for your interest Marty. 👍 💗 Izzy.
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Without knowing your set up, hard to say how you can do that again. But I will say to record a MONO track, then duplicate it (copy/paste) on another track, then very very slightly slide that track a nudge, is a long known trick.
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Rob, not possible to do this any straight forward way. Ideally, it should be as simple as copying folder(s) of loops to something like s Midi loop folder. Note that I've mentioned folders, not files. This is simplest method to maintain / organise 3rd party stuff, as different companies tag content differently. It would be a mess to do this any other way. Even midi phrase giant Toontrack realized that, that is why their main library browsing is folder and not tag based.
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Well, I tried the other things besides ASIO and I had a ton of latency, so it didn't seem like I could switch over without throwing the timing out.
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Hi dcuny, Yeah, you're right ... more Pop Rock. Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed my tune! AB
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Lee, That's so kind and appreciated - thank you from both of us. Bob
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Hi, Janne. The progressions were a bit challenging to my lazy ears, but I love the sound: big chorus, chimey guitars, smacking drums in a huge space. Cool! Liam sounds great in the lower register, and the production is excellent.
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Hi, Mario. The track seems to have come together well. ( See what I did there? ) I'd have put the drums more up front - it sounds like they're being played in another room or something. I would also would have liked the mix to place the instruments into more of a "space" which would help with the realism, but that's a minor nit. Nice melodies!
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Hi, Noel. Catchy and upbeat! As others have said, a winner. I really liked what you did with the countermelody line. You say this is outside your comfort zone, but it sounds excellent. Ninezero is a hard voice to work with, especially the way he's miked. I've only been able to use him in a single song - but he's a pretty good fit here.
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Beautifully played, with just the right number of notes. I love the mood you create, and the spacious, open mix really brings that out well. Well done, Scott
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Problems arise in voice leading and register jumping. I get better success by selecting two, four or eight measures for partial regeneration, since I believe based on past discussions that those are the lengths BIAB tries to combine. Only one measure means it will always be chopped.
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