Hello the nice members of Biab.

I offer you a new atypical unpretentious soundtrack for themed film music. .It is short 2 minutes, time to try to open a door

I have been using Biab for several years. It’s my favorite tool. I start all my soundtracks with it. First, I research the range of chords for the theme I want to develop. Here, it's a movie music theme with a specific theme. Secondly, I am looking for melodies from realtracks which could enrich my development of composition from the theme .. Everything is introduced from the vst Biab. The prepared draft, I import it into my daw, studio one, via the vst biab. Then I extract the parts of the files and the midi lines that interest me.,
Finally, I put orchestral vsts with sound effects targeted according to the theme. There, it is a simple research work in the sounds offered by the orchestral banks. In this case, I used two banks of projectsam: symphobia 1 and 2

To mentally visualize the scene represented in music, I will give you some details. The theme is :
"Following a technical problem, astronauts locked in a space station must find a door to open, in two minutes, in order to be able to escape and survive. Time is running out. The atmosphere is scary, especially since they only have two minutes to find a solution. It ends well or badly for you to judge.If I succeeded in creating through music the anxiety to find a solution quickly, then I would have succeeded in my bet.

So here no melody, only a clear atmosphere according to a theme that I have set for myself.

If you are interested, thank you for your comments. This is particular, I know, I hesitated but here is a forum where you can learn about other styles than those usually offered and it allows you to discover Biab in different innovative aspects.

The link to this soundtrack
https://soundcloud.com/user-318966631/2-min-to-open-the-door

The link to my other soundtracks
https://soundcloud.com/user-318966631

I Thank you

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Derochette,
Once again you create a convincing atmospheric soundscape. The vst strings sound full-bodied and intermitent percussion well placed for surprise and suspense.
I like the script brief; is it part of a larger story?

Robert

This is a really creative use of Band-in-a-Box, and the addition of the backstory and tone-setting you did in your original post added that extra bit of flavour. Great job! Thanks for sharing.

This is right up my alley. You did an outstanding job on this. My mind when right where you sent it, into an outer space thriller!

Loved it!

Incredible soundscape. This is song good. Just filled my studio with incredible textures and colors. Well done

I need more popcorn!

Excellent track for the intended message!

Oops...........only one of the astronauts escaped.

moto

Hi Robertkc,

It is true that without the description, one could ask the question about this soundtrack. No, there will be no follow-up. In developing this composition, I wanted to see if I was able to transcribe a distressing emotion only through music. Thank you for your comment.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Derochette,

A truly enjoyable 2 minute listen!

Great use of the orchestra - convincing in every way. And interesting. Keeps the ear engaged.

Excellent mix.

Well done.

fj

Hi Ember,

By developing your Biab vst, you bring a powerful source of creativity. Moreover, starting from a style, the user can not only be inspired by the midi files of the realtracks and also completely modify the sounds to adapt the tracks according to their wishes. Biab is a great product and thanks for stopping by to comment.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Scott C,

Thank you for your appreciation on this atypical soundtrack and for having mentioned it on soundcloud.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi CaptainMoto,

I'm glad you felt the vibe. But don't worry, an astronaut comes out by listening to the soundtrack. And since I exceeded the four plays, they all came out unscathed. Thank you for your humor and your comment.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Floyd Jane,

I'm glad you enjoyed it. But without the description, this soundtrack would have little interest because too atypical. Again a big thank you for your listening and your appreciation.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

this is great-- did you use any style to help you get started?

The outcome of this composition is exactly as intended. This is a high quality cinematic piece. Very well done,Tom

Hi ChicagoBob,

Your question is very interesting. When I want to create a composition, I open biab and not the vst biab. Generally biab offers you the last style used. Often times I look for a style depending on what I want to do. I'm also listening to the demo. If I like the demo like "good morning my love", I import the chords from the demo. From this importation of chords, I modify the realtracks of the proposed style (1). In the case of "Rondo of love", I introduced my chords in a style that I liked, I chose the realtracks that seemed appropriate to me in relation to the theme I want to develop (1). I remember my composition in Biab (1) and I switch to "studio one" which is my daw (2). In the Biab vst, I open my file, but it has the disadvantage of regenerating all the tracks. Which means if you had a well-crafted solo track in Biab, you might have it different in your daw since it regenerates all the tracks. If that doesn't suit you, you still have the option of exporting wav and midi tracks from biab and importing them back into your daw without using biab vsts. Once you import your realtrack or midi tracks can be processed. Either the realtrack is correct and it's okay, or you modify some tones with tools like melodyn to rectify the wav or mp3 imperfections. Either you want to replace the realtrack instrument and you work in your daw via the pianoroll on the midi tracks generated by the vst Biab.
I Thank you for your comment and your question.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Tommyad,

I thank you for stopping by and commenting on this atypical soundtrack. Thank you again because getting in the mood based on the description, it's not easy.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Derochette ...

That was a wonderful and exciting listen! I love the drama you were able to project with the band/orchestra. And the ending was superb! I would have enjoyed this with or without the story. But the story was very interesting to read. Excellent production!

Wishing you the very best ...

Alan

Derochette,

Wow, very compelling, very engaging. Totally a movie or TV background track--just oozes tension. Could see this backing a lot of the shows ad movies I watch. Very cool. If this is all BIAB then you, sir, are a master.

My very humble regards,

Deej

Atmosphere is your new name, Derochette.
Fine piece of work.

Vic

Excellent!

You have really perfected your craft with these big atmospheric soundscapes I think, well done.

Hi Al-David,

Thank you for your comment and your appreciation. It is true that this music could have been suitable in a different environment.

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Derochette
alais JaniJackFlash

Hi Deej56,

Thank you for your comment. Biab brings me a lot, but without the atmosphere vst that I was able to put on certain chords, I would not have been able to create this felt tension. I'm lucky, I have a lot of different soundbanks that I use depending on the theme developed. For this soundtrack, it is only the projectsam symphobia 1 soundbank that was used

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Vicarn,

It's nice your comment, but I don't sing very well and I don't have lyrics so I try to create different instrumental compositions that are pleasing to the ears of the musicians at the biab club.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Blue Attitude,

I'm happy with your comment and especially that the mix seems ​​good. Because you are a specialist in well-mixed sounds. Thanks to you.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Cool! It sounded good in my headphones, big without being too bombastic. I think the feeling of building tension came through well in the music.

I can see how it's helpful in something like this to build on top of something, instead of starting from nothing - even if you end up discarding all the BiaB in the end.

Hi dcuny,
Thank you for commenting. I don't agree when you say that I finally kick Biab out. In my daw studio one, for each of my soundtracks, Biab vst permanently occupies one track.
Biab vst is a creation tool. Each user is free to work on the realtracks or on the midi files generated from the realtracks. If you have selected a solo realtrack for example in a key different from the starting style, the generated realtrack can go down in unsightly bass. You then have the choice: either you use a tool to process the soundtrack and enhance it in certain places of your melodic line with tools like melodyn or you work on the midi track of the realtrack while knowing in this case that you must use a vst approaching the instrument of the realtrack. But you can also choose another instrument. For example in my next composition, I am working on a mandolin solo realtrack. I found that, due to the key chosen, the sound was not beautiful because the mandolin descended in unsightly low tones. In this case, From the midi file of this realtrack, I replaced the mandolin instrument with a vst piano and vst flutes. In summary, I think it all depends on how you use Biab. Either we develop its composition in the Biab program or we work with the vst Biab in another Daw. And in the latter case, the vst biab offers a multitude of solutions that it would be difficult to do without. But in your last composition, you did import midi files into synthesizer, that's not why you ejected Biab. Without hard feelings.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi, Derochette.

My mistake. I didn't hear anything that was obviously BaiB, so I assumed (and was mistaken mistaken) that might be the case. I had a feeling that might be the case when I wrote it.


I usually just immediately look for another instrument, because I've heard that the automatically generated MIDI isn't necessarily that good. But I'll have to remember it as an option.


I ran into a number of problems with the MIDI when I did that. Unless you adjust the settings, BiaB tends to put a small gap between the notes for notes entered from the GUI. Voice synthesis programs interpret these gaps as a break in words, which isn't what you want. So I'll probably be doing note entry in other programs, if I intend to export it. (I'm too lazy to figure out the right way to do it).

I suspect that's not a problem with the MIDI transcriptions, though.

Thanks for the correction! No hard feelings at all.

Derochette,
Atypical it is Pretty cool scoring tune with tasteful fx usage. Good amount of tension. I can hear it resolves by the end, but the last seconds fight seems to come back. Did they survive, or that in the next episode? Good mix and arrangement. Thank you for sharing.

Misha.

Hi dcuny,

I thank you for your reply. We all have different ways of working with Biab. And this Forum allows us to compare our ideas, our feelings and above all allows us to have new ideas that we had not thought of. Thank you again for coming back to comment.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Rustyspoon,

Thank you for your pleasant comment. It's true that the ending ends with a question mark but let's be optimistic they all survived. Thank you again to you.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Very, very creative and we enjoyed about how it all came together.

You met your objective as we could easily visualize the theme. This would fit very well with Apple's current series "For All Of Mankind."

Excellent!

J&B

Derochette,

That is excellent! As pro as anything out there to my ears! Should be picked up by someone if that is your desire! T

Fantastic approach and outstanding result. REALLY REALLY enjoyed it.

Hi Janice & Bud,

It's nice to drop by and comment. Glad to have been able to create this atmosphere. I am going to go see the series "For all humanity" that I do not know. Thank you for the information and for your kind comment.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Torrey,

Thank you for your comment. But it is unlikely to be noticed, because there are a lot of sound movie score musicians on the market. Thanks again to you.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi BabuMusic,

I'm glad you enjoyed this instrumental soundtrack. I thank you for your passage and your comment.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Derochette,

Great sounding cinematic piece of music! I enjoyed listening to that. Thanks a lot for sharing!

Will

Outstanding work deserving of all the praise.

Peter

Very clever construction, each individual part (or instrument) carefully chosen and crafted to fit perfectly, making a "whole" that accurately builds tension which is finally released at exactly the right moment. Well done.

Dense and, at times, claustrophobia inducing.
I love the bottom end...lot of rich deep tones.

Again, interesting and evocative.

Enjoy the creativity you have delivered.

Hi Will Josef,
Thank you for stopping by and for your nice comment.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi PeterF,

I'm glad you like this soundtrack. Thanks to you.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Ghostgum,
I worked a lot on the right soundscape to create that tension. Thank you for your comment.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Rayc,

The symphobia vst that I put on certain notes of my Biab chords does a lot there. Thank you for your appreciation.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi VideoTrack,

I try to differentiate myself from the styles of other Forum members. I'm also trying to show other uses of Biab. Thank you for your comment.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

I like hearing how you use BIAB to explore possibilities in your creations.

The music is well constructed and certainly has a sense of drama.

My only criticism is that it doesn't quite capture the "now-or-never"-ness of the situation you are intending it to be. In my view it doesn't build up the tension enough. I'm not getting a picture in my head of two astronauts running out of time.

Just my two pennies worth ...

Hi BryMusic,

You are right, the tension on certain passages could have been reinforced. But in the absence of images, it is difficult to determine by the imagination the most critical moments. Thank you for your constructive comment.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Simply brilliant. The sound picture you created aptly fits your description of the scene. The anxiety is felt acutely through the music. I sensed a catharsis near the end.

I'm so glad that I did not miss this! Expertly crafted!!! I'm a big fan of this!

Hi gruverider,

I'm glad you like this atmospheric soundtrack. Thanks for listening and commenting.

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Take care for yourself

Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Hi Ezekiel's Storm,

Oops, I did not directly see your comment and I apologize.
I appreciate your nice comment. I think I'm better at atmospheric soundtracks than in the compositions you usually find on this site. But I am trying to show that the Biab tool is well done and can be used in any style. Another rand thank you for listening.

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Take care for yourself

Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

Pro quality in all aspects - the plotting out the course, the writing, the instrumentation, the mood created, the recording, the mix, the production. Bravo!

Hi jptjptjpt,

Thank you for your comment. You enjoyed this soundtrack and I'm delighted with it.
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Take care for yourself

Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash

A gripping piece!! And the production sounds state of the art to my ears!! Take care. Greg

Hi Greg,

Thank you for this nice comment which makes me really happy.
Take care of yourself in these difficult times as well.

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Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash