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Steve, Well done. Good tracks, well mixed. Your Bass sounds Great. Keep sounding the alarm. We cannot forget. fj

Thanks so much Floyd - appreciate your very kind comments!! Pleased you liked it, thanks for taking a listen! Cheers from the UK, Carl

Dan, Beautiful. Gorgeous Vocals. Lovely tracks. You do amazing things with that Tyros. Nice piano! Strings are nicely supportive. Good mix. No one Mods better fj

Laurent, Good song. Strong melody. Good BAND. Has a Doobie-Brothers vibe to it. Nice! Good mix. Nice guitar. Hayden works well. Nice BGVs, too... fj

Nice to see a BIAB EDM effort. The top-end (melody line) sounds good. The Bottom needs help. A stronger Kick and a Much Stronger/Deeper/Sub-ier Bass. They are essential. Keep it up! Do some more! fj

Carl, Beautiful. Musicianship on display. Good arrangement/production. Well mix. A really nice listen. fj

Charlie. interesting suggestion...kudos. also it has the highly regarded D mic preamps. ie darlington technology from my checking ? happiness. om

That’s fun! The below is sorta what we hear beckoning us except the beckons are from Colorado. 😊 “The west coast is calling, it's time to be free, California's waiting, it's beckoning me.” We enjoyed the trip, Ronnie, and could see those blue skies and ocean waves clearly. J&B

Hello Mario. there is no age to follow different paths. Your song will be a hit at rave parties with young zombies with their ears glued to the speakers. I think it's good: your song not the zombies. Laurent

Bonjour Christian Ta chanson me rappelle un jour ou je suis allé au cimetière d'Omaha. Il devait y avoir la relève de la garde de l'armée américaine et un Gi jouez de la trompette, il y avait toutes ses tombes blanches avec l'âge des gars dessus et la plage en contrebas. Ca te prend aux tripes et tu pense à tout ces jeunes, mort sur la plage. Comme les vieux de 14 tu te dis: plus jamais ça mais il y a toujours un gros con pour remettre le couvert. Ca fait pitié. Merci pour eux , merci pour nous. Amicalement Laurent

MY OWN SONG CREATION RIG. PART 2. (note. over the years ive done too many serious and demo songs to list useing pg products bb/rb. probably around 200 i would think.) 1.BACKUPS. for backups..i have an external usb startech dock that takes 2 ssd's as well as other older usb enclosures that take old ssd's and drives. Yes, I'm paranoid about backups...lol. In addition I keep critical backups also offsite.. my advice…think of backing up your critical songs and anything else offsite. also ive added new m.2 tech for backups because they are so cheap in enclosures. a note.... from my time working in tech i dont use huge storage terabyte drives. I prefer a divide and conquer strategy…but that's me. ie multiple smalledr drives that are cheap and fast. 2..MONITORS etc. I use a couple of inexpensive powered stereo monitors. i dont want want to get into big arguments on monitors. there are as many different opinions as there are monitor brands. it's up to the individual. but here's why i use cheap brands…. ..ive used big expensive monitors in the past in big commercial studios and found sometimes the mixes didnt translate well to low end speakers and boom boxes and earbuds etc etc. ..most people in the world can't afford 5,000 dollar studio monitors. Lots of people use cheap speakers. in summary, and i dont pretend to be a pro audio mixer…i'm just a singer/songwriter and a tech so it's a huge challenge to render a mix tthat translates well to lots of different platforms. i just do the best i can. i also have a pair of grado headphones that i love as well as older akg's that are showing their age plus sennheiser earbuds/iem's. 3..MICROPHONES. I tend to favour condenser mics for my vocals rather than gain hungry dynamics.which makes life easier viz interfacing to low gain mic preamps in some usb interfaces that require lots of cranking for some dynamic mics. Frankly, having used extremely expensive mics in studios down to budget mics I would say the best approach is to rent a few mics at different price levels to assess the best one for your own needs.. also there are loads of mic (and all manner of gear) shootouts on the net and you tube etc etc. I heard a shootout the other day between a budget mic and a 3k mic. only seasoned audio engineers might notice the difference rather than the normal listener listening to your song imho. which leads me to suggest dont overspend on gear and do your research. The budget gear has become excellent in many cases due to market competition. If in doubt I recommend you rent both an expensive and inexpensive piece of gear you're interested in and try both out. i have a 90 buck tascam mic here that i sometimes use…and when i compare its recorded vocal quality to expensive mics i once used in studios it's difficult to tell the difference. Talking of gear shootouts there are two very entertaining threads on gearspace.com. one comparing a 5 dollar diy mic pre (actually 25 bucks including enclosure etc) to various other mic pre's. Another shootout is between the art mp costing under 100 bucks and more expensive mic pre's. Both threads are very interesting and a fun read. gearspace has also lots of interesting forums eg computer music and low end theory. 4..INTERFACE. My interface right now is an audient evo 4 ... it was meant to be a stop gap el cheapo buy as tech changes so fast. but it's really surprised. me. so far been flawless… here is a summary of pro's and cons as it might not be for everyone looking for more features. a..pros ..very responsive tech support i found. ..love the 2 mic preamps. (the vocs in the songs in my signature at the bottom of this post used the evo pre's.) ..lovely ultra low latency of 4 millisecs. ..love the control screen app that comes with it with ability to switch 48 volt on or off independently for each channel. (lots of interfaces have a global switch.). ..love the gain setting feature. ..PARTICULARLY loved the ease of install of asio mclient driver. Let me explain. if one peruses pg and other recording forums over the years there have been many posts re faffing about with driver settings in the users music app in order to get things working satisfactorily. in contrast i was blown away by the fact that i had no faffing around in biab driver settings. no frustration at all. After the driver install i just booted into biab and away i went. no faffing around with driver settings…. (YAHOO ! lol.) i'm sure ive missed something but here are the cons.. b..cons. ..for someone needing lots of inputs this is not for you. check audients website if you want more. but of course higher price products. ..only one phone out. I use an external headphone amp. ..only one stereo speaker out. ..no midi i/o. (I use a midi kbd connected to my pc via usb.) i'm sure ive forgotten a pro or a con….lol. as always ymmv/try one before purchase blah blah. overall and at its low price i really can't fault it. particularly as it has run day in/out flawlessly. (note ive made a number suggestions to audient re added features but of course that would result in higher price. if a user wants more i would suggest looking at the highly respected audient id range. see other recording forums and the net and you tube to read why many pro's like the id range eg gearspace.com) I keep an open mind as new interfaces come out…eg the sterling h224 for its crazy low price. let's face it..most interfaces these days whether cheap or expensive sound very good. the rme interfaces are of course 'top dogs' but i really cant justify buying such. (some might think me nuts but i enjoy seeing how much i can wring out of el cheapo gear....lol.) more to come as i think of it. happiness. om

EDM? I started this song with hold my beer as I am so far out of my comfort zone it isn't funny.! EDM is a genre that I am not that familiar but I thought I would give it a try. So please those whom are familiar with EDM let me know if I am close or not to the genre. PS - This is what happens when an old man drinks to much Geritol! Also I know this genre is not what is usually posted here, in fact it may be the first time, and many may not like it. I just wanted to prove that BiaB is capable of generating all genres. BiaB style - Proton High-Energy MIDI Club Tempo - 130 BPM I deleted the strings and guitar. Bass - Vacuum Pro -Brute Bass RD Piano - Synthmaster 2 - BT Melting Images Drums - UVI Workstation - classic 808 Me via my keyboard controller: 1-Synthmaster One - ARP Multi Saw 2-Twist 2 - 052 Rewobble 3-Kontakt - Synths 11 - Abyss Collection and Grandular Library - 009 Bold Olmain 4-Kontakt - Nebulae II - Hollow Sun - Black Hole As always all comments are welcomed.

What a wonderful thing to do for your wife and what a beautiful rendition of that lovely song. (It’s one of Janice’s favorites of floyd’s songs also.) Music is a powerful healing gift and we hope that the songs you’re making will bring joy to you and your wife and that support from your “forum family” gives you strength. J&B

Ronnie...what a beautiful resurrection song...I love the quartet harmonies...you told the greatest story ever told in a lovely and heartfelt way! I always love the tracks you put together and the melodies you compose...and when you throw in a modulation you lift your melody higher and create a new dynamic it just makes it more powerful! Loved it!

Thanx David. Enormous commercial success is no longer my dream. What is a 45? A pistol? I did marry the most beautiful young lady in bell bottoms 57 years ago! Plus if I was in a desert I think I would have enough time to name a horse!

We were smiling from start to finish on this most unique Easter song. Your sense of humor and creativity are such a pleasure, David. The dreamy pedal steel took it over the top. Happy Easter! J&B

I had a friend, an excellent guitarist, teacher, and collector. He had a huge collection including pre-CBS Fenders, early LPs, and so on. He died after a long battle with a disease. Too bad, he was a great guitarist, and the few times I got to sit in on his gig we had a lot of fun. He told his wife how much they were worth, and told her to sell them for not one penny less, the money will help you get back on your feet. She moved 'up north' to be near her children and took the guitars with her.

Hey thanks a lot Dave! I really appreciate those good comments. In all honesty I have to say I think I had a co-writer on this song. Because it was only minutes before that I was praying, oh Jesus please help me write a hit country song. And then I do believe that I heard a still small voice, and Jesus said, sit down at your keyboard right now and I'm going to help you write a hit country song. It's going to be all about you. Cause I need to help you get your act together. Now type. Happy Good Friday!!

Interesting take on one's own self. Pretty accurate in a few of those lines but hey.... you are who you are and I love you anyway. Good job on the song.

Maybe it does not help with v4.0 for this specific problem with importing chords. If v3.0 allows for using an optional textstring as a chord specifier rather than the detailed <kind> chord specifier as it seems to be at the moment (see above). Then maybe this problem will remain in 4.0 unless BIAB changes the way to interpret the chord specifier (only a speculation).

Mario, This is absolutely beautiful. So very very peaceful and engaging. I do have another suggestion for the title that kind of came to me in a dream state while I was thinking about the song. Man if I were you I would call it A Horse with No Name. If you did that, I think you would have enormous commercial possibilities, and all the beautiful young ladies in their bell bottom pants would be dropping that needle on the 45 relentlessly and you would be a superstar. Just a thought.

Too bad. I was hoping for a shortcut to manual labor. As mentioned elsewhere, support of a current version (4.0?)of music xml by PG music would be helpful.

pretty cool program. i have demoed the thing and it does do a lot of fun things.

A USB Mixer that appears on paper to be ideal to purpose with BIAB is the Yamaha AG series of USB Mixers. The entry level mixer is in line with the OP's budget and head to head comparison to both Focusrite and Sterling, is an equal value to either. Particularly with routing, pre-amp quality and monitoring. It's DSP software has reverb, compression and amp modeling. USB-C connection @ 24/192 It has more versatile input options and it's loopback feature should receive BIAB stereo Mix directly as I interpret the documentation. Yamaha AG06 Mk2 6-Channel USB Mixer EDIT: From the original post, "What audio creation soundcard / interface would BIAB users currently recommend as I am looking to buy BIAB 2024 and, like all of you, will be looking for the best possible sound output. Either an internal or USB soundcard is acceptable. " The Yamaha AG06 is a viable option to recommend for use as an interface to BIAB/RB providing equal recording capability, more outputs, more inputs, DSP and direct steaming from BIAB it appears and is an option within the proposed budget. Yamaha provides it's own ASIO drivers that should make installation and integration with BIAB without issue. I'm presenting this as a recommendation that's hopefully not off-topic.

Please, guys. This would make an interesting separate thread if you want to discuss the fine (minuscule) points of audio interfaces, but remember how the thread was started by EasternDriver. Let’s not overwhelm.