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For the sake of discussion, lets assume the code used was in public domain. The key here is a proof of concept, which I think is brilliant. Misha, this is AMAZING! We are fortunate to be in the midst of a period of rapid advancement of AI in all areas! I look away for a month or two to focus on other things and when I return there are new insanely cool advances that have been made. It is really mind boggling! In my real job I design and code websites and apps. And recently, AI has begun to provide viable ways to generate high quality, highly functional code that would previously have required weeks or months of design and programming! We live in interesting times!
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Cool jam Mario. Loved those drums and excellent chops.. Thanx so much Scott!
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The heart of the problem is a problem of the heart. Great line. Infact the entirety of the lyrics have a mighty fine message. Too many people learn this the hard way. Good song
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Thanks Ray, Hans, Brno, Marty, Laurent and Chay for checking out the song. Really appreciate your comments
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Opur, Thanks so much. We appreciate the kind words. Bob
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BRNO. re demo. thanks to charlie fogles and drdan's help with acw and other aspects etc tthere will be one more version once i have more time after some medical stuff i wont bore you with. ...this time includeing drums and various other doodads. for example charlie added a 'chunter sound' which i like. (well done CF)....and that will be it for the song. let me say it is a big challenge updateing an old stereo master with new pg content. i have just too many other songs i want to do. aah the life of a songwriter...lol. happiness. om
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PGM's engine is doing a good job with it's own "in house" MIDI following chords, but there is no way (at least that I know of) that you can use your 3rd party MIDI loops or phrases in similar manner > Load a 2,4,8 etc. bar MIDI loop and make it follow your chords. While Super MIDI tracks are next best thing, if you want tighter control, flexibility and be able to swap sound (synth), there are just not enough of them. For example I want particular sections for intros, breaks, endings. Basically force BIAB to act as a more traditional hardware arranger instead of trying to cobble sections from existing material, which at times can be a very lengthy and challenging task. With proper MIDI loops that can be achieved quite easily, but they have to follow chords and re-interpret chords if changes are made. --------------- PGM made an attempt to re-purpose existing MIDI phrases as what is now a MIDI Trk tab in MPT Library. Some of these are usable, but sorting, filtering and overall implementation is very raw at this point in time.
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Hi Ron, This is a perfect pop song: good, fun lyrics, a great band and an infectious beat. The mix and production are first class (I especially enjoyed the guitars panned left and right). MIke BTW I really enjoyed a comment you posted on Marty's "The Police of Mind": "I can remember when we could agree to disagree on most any topic. Now, it's all a grimly played game without a winner." Well said. It pretty much sums up where the world (or some parts of it) is at the moment. All the best, Mike THANKS, Mike! The world can certainly be a mess, can't it? Ron, no need for any apologies here! Man, everything you post kicks butt! Every instrument is clear and powerful! Powerful Pop/Rock! Great job on the vocals again! You remind me of the sound of the band from that movie "That Thing You Do" which is right down my alley! Great job all around! Thanks, TB Thank you, Torrey. Yeah, I'm a big fan of the Adam Schlesinger/Fountains of Wayne sound, too. RIP...
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Beautiful song. Incredible mix and master. Video was really cool as well. Awesome vocal and lyric. Well done Thanks a lot for finding the time to listen and your really kind comment, Scott. Much appreciated ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif)
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I think this is my new favorite song of yours, Hans. It’s a tragic and beautiful story, sung beautifully, with a great choice of instruments and fantastic production. Excellent
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Mick, this is fantastic. Great arrangement and groove. Outstanding vocal and lyrics. Super backing band and mix. Loved it.
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Wow, what a truly beautiful and magical instrumental, Mario! Definitely one of your very best. Love it. Thanx Chay I'm glad you liked it.
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For those of us who might be interested, I checked my BIAB and RB 2022 folders on a different drive that I've been keeping since my upgrade to 2026, and there were many .BKS files there of previous projects and experiments dating back to 2021! So the bottom line is that my RB configuration was such that it kept backups based on the number specified in the configuration setting and with no apparent regard for maximum file date or time. That's good to know. Thanks again everyone Yeah I've found old BKS files (like circa 2012) once I went looking on various drives. I also have the older drives I have retired, but can still hook up to a dock I got when needed, so maybe even older.  Glad we could help, sorry it took so long to get you to the happy place 
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Very interesting song, Janne! A bold and adventurous sound.
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This is like a tasty chocolate bar to bring back nostalgic 70's disco/soul/funk. The BIAB band plays your smooth chord progression excellently. Suno vocals work especially well, oozing the message of love, and the brass suits nicely that mood. And when everything is mixed to perfection, this feels like a resurrected classic soul song. Janne
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<< Charlie, that's kind of gamechanger for me. Can you give a little more detail about how you did that guitar riff in the "Listen To The Music" track? >> Not really. That post was an slightly off-topic shout out to Mario and Notes who do a lot of midi editing. It was just to give a reference song to how the Playable RealTrack concept can sound. It was introduced in 2022 as Playable RealTracks but the concept was originally introduced back in 2011 and updated in 2014 in concept when UserTracks were introduced. The track was not really intended for its own discussion but dates back to late 2017 early 2018 showing PRT can be a useful feature. Most people don't think RealTracks can play specific riffs. It was just a demonstration to show they can since the conversation had drifted into whether RealTracks or Midi was being heard on playback. Playable RealTracks don't seem to be discussed much nor appear in songs in the User Showcase. You're only the second person since 2014 to ask a follow up question about what I've always called a combination file.
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Hi Mike, this song sounds great, but oh, I wished there were vocals in it! I think your wife would have loved that, depends on which vocals of course. And without these vocals I bet she still loves it a lot. But the comments above also mean that this is a very beautiful song. I mean the melody and how the cello plays along, just like the guitar solo. Really well done. But be careful not to use too many instruments in your songs. You see, BiaB really encourages that. Dangerous!!! Hans
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Sorry if this has come up before, but I couldn't see it. Whilst I use RealTracks almost exclusively I have some older files, that I have converted from midi. I use the usual technique of loading a midi file, keeping the melody on the melody track and moving the remaining midi tracks to the soloist track. I can create individual Utility tracks for each midi track, but it is a slow tedious process involving moving one channel at a time. I would be so much easier if BIAB simply moved the whole lot for me with channel 1 going to Utility 1 etc.
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Chay I really understand about the lack of inspiration and how it paralyzes musical output. I can let things just sit for months at a time waiting for the muse to come around again and then get stressed about wasting time. Everything you post is always done extremely well and this is no exception! The track sounds wonderful. I encourage you to stay after it because there aren't a whole lot of people who have your production skill level! Take care, TB
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Herb, I understand about "keeping with the plan". It's hard to beat the sound of the realtracks unless there's some sophisticated syncopation going on! The track sounds fabulous! Good to hear actual human singing going on. Your Vocal sounds better than any AI stuff that could have been put on it! Great song! Take care, TB
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Brilliant production again! Love the backing vocals and solo. When I first saw the title my robot mind automatically read "Sailing Through the Red" as it's the title of a poem I wrote in the early 70s. It inspired a friend to create a single acoustic guitar instrumental, which I just played lead to. I still have it on tape, but it's very poor quality sound. Anyway, love the song!
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I didn't find the lyrics un- or in-cohesive at all, Andrew (*oddly neither uncohesive or incohesive are words!), plus it's great hearing positive vibes. I listened to the BRITPOP and I thought it had a way better rhythm section.
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Thanks for that link, Mario. I'll keep it until I have a new PC as I'm so over the memory limit that I'm having to keep major vast size folders on back up drives.
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One can't help but love things like that! Brilliant.
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