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This is the correct way to install a PlusPAK upgrade - the PlusPAKs require data from the previous version to work, not just the RealTracks folder, and will not find older RealTracks if installed on its own. Further, if the previous version was also a PlusPAK that will also require the preceding version of BB installed - repeat as necessary, starting by installing the most recent full UltraPAK. Looking at your account, your 2024 version was also a PlusPAK, so it would have required your 2023 UltraPAK installed first.

Wacky to the knees and wired as a junky; Kooky as a banshee, but smarter than a flunky; You want me as a friend, but you find me kinda skunky; I'm The Gunky...The Gunky! Man, is that ever different in the clever write and overall production. But it’s a “good different.” Nicely sung along with fine BiaB session folks. That upright is great with a tone that perfectly cuts through. You do any special processing on it? Great organ solo … kinda funky Enjoyed it! J&B

Happy to help!

Ah thanks! Last time I was looking into this it required building my own ISO to install from, glad it's a simple download now. It does - there's an x86 emulator built into Windows for ARM that works fairly well. I've used this to run BIAB as well, and while the performance was not great it was certainly acceptable - I was also using a very slow ARM computer so it likely would be perfectly fine in Parallels on an M1 or better.

Love the lyric, especially the chorus and last verse Great driving feel! Classic rock to the max. Excellent PG band and Ray’s playing and Deej’s vocals are standout. Love the “yea yea yea’s” at end. Excellent collab that shows the many benefits of this community. We feel no need to try and parse it out as it sounds fine on the Kalis. We'd rather go back for another listen than parse. Very enjoyable, J&B

Concert a la Queens Hi folks, here's my latest, been working on it on and off for about a week, but finally it's here. A little different to what I normally do, so, we can call it a sort of experiment. Comments welcomed as usual Style is DRAMORK4.STY (Dramatic 4/4 Orchestra) Style MIDI Instruments are : Timpani (48), Slow Strings (50), French Horn (61), Strings (49), RealTracks in song: 4137:Guitar, Electric, Soloist ProgRockTO Ev 130 RealDrums in Song: MetalClosedHat,CrashRide MIDI Drums :1 Standard Drum Kit (1) All midi thru EW Goliath Cheers Mike B.

Hi All, Here's our latest. This is called MOTORCYCLE COWBOYS. Just some rain and noise Outside my morning window Strangers passing through On the way to some rendezvous I’m thinking of you today Like I do when I’m breathing You were flying through the night Before I knew you were leaving I should have jumped up on my horse Run the roads from coast to coast The California dream was just a dream And those motorcycle cowboys Know exactly what I mean Ran into your brother He was packing up a U-Haul Said you called from Sedona After rolling out of St. Paul I know the winter cuts deep And the sun suits your skin But miles don’t mean forgiveness When it all comes back again I should have jumped up on my horse Run the roads from coast to coast The California dream was just a dream And those motorcycle cowboys Know exactly what I mean I should have jumped up on my horse Run the roads from coast to coast The California dream was just a dream And those motorcycle cowboys Know exactly what I mean And those motorcycle cowboys Know exactly what I mean BIAB Tracks: 3455: Bass, Electric, Americana 075 0833: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm 075 3714: Guitar, Baritone, Acoustic Rhythm 070 2503: Piano, Acoustic, HeldChords 085 2667: Pedal Steel, Background 075 2521: String Quartet 085 RealDrums: Americana16ths Other Notes: Bob Mic: Logitech Blue Yeti Bob Vocals: Logic Pro Joliz Mic: Audio Technica AT2020USB+ Joliz Vocals: GarageBand Pre-Production: Track Editing GarageBand & Logic Pro Waves Vocal Rider - All Vocals Izotope Plasma for Instrument Tracks Processing Izotope Ozone 10 Elements & Ozone 11 Final Track Mix & Master: Logic Pro As always - thanks for listening! Bob

Purchased. I also purchased the compatible Hal Leonard book. Note to buyers in the EU and probably the UK. I had to purchase the book on Amazon.com. Amazon.fr and Amazon.de had older versions (the cover photos were the same, but the publication dates were much older), and even with the shipping and import duty and taxes, the total price in US$ was less than the price in euros. Especially with the current awful exchange rate (thanks to you-know-who), it was less expensive to purchase from Amazon US. I still have a US bank account and bank card, so I was able to buy with dollars, with no exchange rate fees involved. Installation of the fake disc was dead simple. Thanks, Bob!

Thanx Curt, I'm glad you liked it and I hope that it inspires you to produce some great music. Thanx Arri. I have never heard "The tempo of a song is said to should fit the heart beat" before. Where did you learn that? I have heard song tempos from 30 to 250 BPM!

A free, multitrack spectrum analyzer that's excellent for visualizing and comparing the various tracks in a Reaper mix. It can also be used to compare Reaper's overall mix with reference tracks. The name of this analyzer is "Saike Spectral Analyzer (beta)". Here is a video that explains how this spectral analyzer works. The software routine is obtained through ReaPack Package Manager. 1) From the Reaper home page (https://www.reaper.fm/), download and install ReaPack. It is found under "Resources". 2) In Reaper, under the "Extensions" menu, click on ReaPack. 3) Select "Browse packages..." 4) In the Search field, enter "saike" (no inverted commas). 4) Select "Saike Spectral Analyzer (beta)"

New, Fun Band-in-a-Box Enhancements from Norton Music If you liked the Ultimate Pop Rock Fake e-Disk You'll Love this new Ultimate Rock Pop Fake e-Disk * One of our most loved Band-in-a-Box collection since the 1990s has been Norton Music's companion e-disk to Hal Leonard's Ultimate Pop Rock Fake Book. The folks at Hal Leonard published a companion book with a similar name, the Ultimate Rock Pop Fake Book. Reversing the Rock and Pop words so they don't supersede the original. It's a Who's Who of Rock/Pop music. From Elvis Presley, to The Beatles, to Madonna, to Prince, to Taylor Swift, the most important stars of the Rock and Pop music are there. We've been working hard to interpret the almost 550 songs ala Band-in-a-Box and we're proud of our work. All this for less than 8¢ per song Just look at the complete song list and partial artist list here https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake52.html The best of both worlds: As usual, we've assigned a MIDI style and the BiaB robot should suggest a Real-Tracks style for each song. Assigning MIDI is the only way to give you both choices. If you don't have the style assigned, no problem, just substitute one if the styles from your Band-in-a-Box collection. Or be adventurous, and reinterpret the song with a different style of music. Check out the free samples in the song list. It's a Pop/Rock gig in a box! If you purchase the optional Fake Book, you can load the song, open the book, and play and/or sing along. It's your Rock/Pop gig in a box. And since they are in Band-in-a-Box .sgu format, you can rearrange them, change the key, pick a new style, and customize them to fit your musical personality. Windows or Mac - it works on both. Norton Music has been making Band-in-a-Box improvement products since the beginning, when Band-in-a-Box was written in pre-Windows DOS, Mac was in OS-6 and there was even an edition for the Atari computer. Our products have been recommended by the good folks at PG music, and rather than try to replace anything PG does, we add value to your favorite auto-accomplishment program, Band-in-a-Box. If you have Band-in-a-Box, you need this e-disk. --- Instant E-Delivery with VISA, Master Card OR PayPal --- * No they're not physical disks anymore, those days are long gone. They are now instant gratification downloads. I cut the price of my disks up to $5 each and no longer have to charge shipping and handling. And you not only save money, but get your software right away in an environmentally friendly way.

New, Fun Band-in-a-Box Enhancements from Norton Music If you liked the Ultimate Pop Rock Fake e-Disk You'll Love this new Ultimate Rock Pop Fake e-Disk * One of our most loved Band-in-a-Box collection since the 1990s has been Norton Music's companion e-disk to Hal Leonard's Ultimate Pop Rock Fake Book. The folks at Hal Leonard published a companion book with a similar name, the Ultimate Rock Pop Fake Book. Reversing the Rock and Pop words so they don't supersede the original. It's a Who's Who of Rock/Pop music. From Elvis Presley, to The Beatles, to Madonna, to Prince, to Taylor Swift, the most important stars of the Rock and Pop music are there. We've been working hard to interpret the almost 550 songs ala Band-in-a-Box and we're proud of our work. All this for less than 8¢ per song Just look at the complete song list and partial artist list here https://www.nortonmusic.com/fake52.html The best of both worlds: As usual, we've assigned a MIDI style and the BiaB robot should suggest a Real-Tracks style for each song. Assigning MIDI is the only way to give you both choices. If you don't have the style assigned, no problem, just substitute one if the styles from your Band-in-a-Box collection. Or be adventurous, and reinterpret the song with a different style of music. Check out the free samples in the song list. It's a Pop/Rock gig in a box! If you purchase the optional Fake Book, you can load the song, open the book, and play and/or sing along. It's your Rock/Pop gig in a box. And since they are in Band-in-a-Box .sgu format, you can rearrange them, change the key, pick a new style, and customize them to fit your musical personality. Windows or Mac - it works on both. Norton Music has been making Band-in-a-Box improvement products since the beginning, when Band-in-a-Box was written in pre-Windows DOS, Mac was in OS-6 and there was even an edition for the Atari computer. Our products have been recommended by the good folks at PG music, and rather than try to replace anything PG does, we add value to your favorite auto-accomplishment program, Band-in-a-Box. If you have Band-in-a-Box, you need this e-disk. --- Instant E-Delivery with VISA, Master Card OR PayPal --- * No they're not physical disks anymore, those days are long gone. They are now instant gratification downloads. I cut the price of my disks up to $5 each and no longer have to charge shipping and handling. And you not only save money, but get your software right away in an environmentally friendly way.

That depends on your synthesizer. MIDI has no sound, but triggers sounds in your synth. Some synths have better guitar sounds than others. It also depends on the musician. Is the chord in a guitar-like inversion. Since BiaB choose the inversion to play, that can be fixed after exporting. Are the notes all played at the same time or in a strum pattern? Also, there is something called "Home instrument bias". To a guitar player, the guitar sounds might never sound right, but for a casual listener or a horn player, those guitar parts might be just fine. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Dave Excellent work from all. I often hear Gary Moore in your playing - nice! Peter

Ask any noobs if something 'sounds good' and then ask a mixing engineer the same, and you'll be very surprised. And the difference is this: the noob doesn't have any references to compare what he hears. The mixing engineer does. 'Sounding good' means how it sounds compared to other sources. Otherwise you might just say: 'this rope is long.'. Long compared to what? Anderton just meant: 'don't be a total perfectionist, otherwise you'll be getting stuff done at the pace of a snail'. He didn't mean: 'You don't need to learn a thing: just trust your ears, because they surely are brilliant.'. As for the original question, I still haven't seen an answer. It's quite simple: either the realtracks are raw recordings, or they are mix ready, meaning that at least they have no bad resonances, etc. There's nothing wrong with them being raw recordings, if they are. We just want to know so that we can treat them as they need. My impression is that they are 'raw' but they don't contain bad resonances or spectral imbalances. Then again, I am a musician, not really a mixing engineer.

Hi Ray, Listened to your latest mix. Cool song, your stuff is always so different! No problem whatsoever hearing the vocal, it's sitting right where it needs to be IMHO. Bass sounds great, I like the piano too. Great drums! Looking forward to the video!

hi how to get chords from biab into rapid composer chord track, is it possible. thanks steve

You guys have your own sound, and that's a good thing! Nice one Robert and Scott, enjoyed!

Been with a number of UK companies in Ireland over the years, started off with AOL on dial-up, fond memories of getting my first PC in 2000 and the exciting bit of listening to the modem as it dialled in to the net, I think cost was £14.99 a month. Then AOL offered broadband half a Megabit for £19.99 instead of the usual £27.99 a month. No more AOL (their installation discs were everywhere to be found) Times have moved on, there are a number of smaller companies here now who lay fibre in specific area's and I have signed up to one of those called YouFibre, for £31.99 a month I get 900, both down and upload speed the same. Hope you get it sorted soon Herb, I know how it feels when internet goes down, really annoying.

Hi, With BIAB, I have a quality sound bank and I appreciate being able to use it in Chord Grid mode. However, when I compose, I like to be able to play the chords and melodies myself. For this purpose, I've been using other sound banks (Native Instruments, Arturia, etc.). To my knowledge, it's not possible to use the BIAB plugin as an instrument player plugin (like Kontakt), to play the chords played on my master keyboard in real time. For me, it would be a big plus if that were possible. It would allow me to avoid reinvesting in sound banks when I'm paying for BIAB's. Thank you for your attention.

Thanks. Maybe I remix it according your advices. The problem with this song was, that there's only two verses and a lot of repeating of the chorus. Maybe I should add a longer part for horns and rising the backing band as you suggested?

Much appreciated Janice & Bud. Not quite the end............. IZZY (Softly, chuckling) Gerda, my love, you won't believe this review... Janice and Bud just posted it. GERDA (Eyes wide, practically lunging for the tablet) Ach du lieber Himmel! Let me see! Is it… is it gut? Veeery gut? Tell me zey liked my blues song! Izzy carefully hands her the tablet. Gerda squints, then her eyes widen, slowly reading the text, mouthing some of the words. GERDA (Reading slowly, with dramatic pauses) "After we put ze monitors back on ze shelf…" (She pauses, confused, looks up at Izzy) Zat is… very efficient! Good for cleanliness, Ja? Zey tidied up for us! Veeery thoughtful! Izzy bites back a smile, shaking his head fondly. GERDA (Beaming, reading on) "We much enjoyed it! Smile!" Oh, zey smiled! Zat is good! (Her voice picks up, growing more excited) "Awesome! Zis could be a bonus track off Ze Rolling Stones’ Blue and Lonesome album!" (She gasps, clutching the tablet to her chest) IZZY! Did you hear zat?! ZEY SAID ROLLING STONES! Like Blue and Lonesome! Zat is MY choosing, Izzy! MY blues brain zat said, "Let's make ze blues, Izzy! Ze real blues!" She pats Izzy’s arm emphatically, nearly knocking his phone. IZZY (Grinning) It was a great choice, Gerdsy. You were right. GERDA (Waving a hand dismissively, focused on the review again) Of course I vas right! But zey… Janice und Bud… zey are not just critics, zey are… prophets of ze blues! Or perhaps… gurus of ze grooooove! She squints back at the tablet, nodding vigorously. GERDA "Ze write up for ze song vas quite enjoyable. Hated to come to 'ze end.'" Ach, zey vanted more of our vords! Next time, I write a book! She dramatically points at the screen. GERDA "Ze solo guitar RT sounded great - never a small feat to choose ze 'right' one for a production." Ja! RT is a genius! And zey know it! (She pats Izzy's arm again) And our friends! "Your friends fit nicely in too." Ja! Vee are a family of blues! And ze bass! "Ze bass nailed ze schuffle!" NAIL! Like a hammer! Pow! So accurate! She makes a hammering motion with her fist. Izzy just watches her, amused. GERDA (Beaming, puffing out her chest) "Vee hear a fine mix all around." Ja, Izzy! Ze mix! All zese tiny buttons you push, and it comes out fine! It is wonderful! She holds up two fingers of one hand, then two fingers of the other, forming a "two thumbs up" gesture. GERDA "Zwei thumbs up from us!" ZWEI! From Janice und Bud! Zat is like getting ze Bundesverdienstkreuz, but for blues! It is ze highest honour! She stands up, full of triumphant energy. GERDA (With immense pride, practically shouting) And ze best part! Ze most important part! "Blues via a schuffle are so good – always." And zen… zen zey say it! Ze vords of truth! (She strikes a pose like a conductor, pointing skyward) "KEEP BLUES ALIVE!" She turns to Izzy, her eyes shining. GERDA Vee vill! Vee vill keep ze blues alive! And zey, Janice und mein lieber Bud, zey are ze keepers of ze flame! I vill send zem a gratitude package! Perhaps some German Bratwurst! Zey deserve it! Izzy smiles fondly, shaking his head slightly. He reaches out and gently takes the tablet from her, giving her hand a squeeze. IZZY (Warmly) They certainly do, Gerdsy. They certainly do. And you, my blues queen, you deserve some rest. GERDA (Still buzzing) Rest? After zat review? Nevair! Ze blues, Izzy, ze blues calls to me! I feel a new song coming! About… about monitors on shelves! It vill be a hit! Izzy just laughs softly, pulling her into a hug. THE REAL END.

Oh Alan, I am so sorry. Di was such a sweet, wonderful woman. God bless and comfort you. I know you are still in shock right now. When the grief gets too bad you can find help and support from others who know what you're going through at a local church or online with a Griefshare.org group. It's once a week group grief counselling for 13 weeks. All you pay for is the workbook. Hugs and prayers.

Biab + AI vocals give a sheen of convention and prefab to the package but that's doesn't disguise a decent melody and narrative nor is a bad thing in the ears of most listeners. Do people still drink whiskey?

In another conversation someone remarked initiating the "fix sour notes" feature worked on a similar issue.