Ah! those riffs that suddenly get played by your fingers without any conscious thought. How do you remember them? All good musicians recommend that you transcribe them in a book. Yes I have done it and I learned a lot by doing so. But after BIAB 2012.5...
This is what I do...
When inspiration hits me, I simply 'record' the riff into BB by playing it on my piano. I save the songs in a Riff Folder. When I want to work on one, its always available, and I can also use the BB Mixer to advantage.
Hitting the 8th note button gives me the staff and all the notes I recorded!


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Windows 8, 64 bit, 8 gb ram, 2012.5
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Roland FP7, M Audio Fast Track, Audacity, Selmer Ref 54, Shure SM58.