This is the summery of my earlier post needed improvements with a new subject line I appoligize

Once again PG thanks for writing the 2 great programs BIAB and Real Band they are awsome, unfortunatly if not for these improvements I would be able to use them live .

To sumerize here are my needed improvements


1. Add the Lyric Document Window module from BIAB to Real Band.

It would be nice if it could have an option to read the text info from the info header in a .mid or .kar file and save it when you save .mid and .kar file, but as long as you can scale and drag the window and use different font size and color just like the Lyric Document Window in BIAB that would be great. ( I use the info window to display lyric, chord, and patch text from my older sequences)

It would also be nice if the window remembered it's place and size on the external monitor even if the next song loaded did not have lyric document data. So then when you do load a song with lyric document data you would not have to drag and resize the window to the external monitor everytime after loading a song with no data.


2. Add the ability to send "(song specific) sysex data" contained in the beginning of a .mid or .kar sequence, "before" starting the sequence or song.
A time settable delay after sending sysex data and before starting song would be awsome. This will allow you to set the time necessary for you hardware to properly receive sysex data and respond properly before sending song note data. the program i now use does this i.e www.vanBasco.com


3. Allow Real Band to start songs "instantly, with no delay" from windows explorer by file association (without reinitializing program, no delay), OR
Add to Real Band and BIAB a multiple juke box song launch windows that are scalable and draggable to external monitors, so you can organize and start songs instantly. This will allow you to create different play sets and groups of songs to launce live.
i.e. set1, set 2, set 3, slow songs, rock songs, country songs, etc...


4. Fix BIAB so it will properly play existing sequences with midi drum note values less than 0, OR
add a converter module that will globally add ( x ) to a range of notes with durations less than ( y ).



One more dreamy thing

A way to filter out "a single drum note of choice" from drum, track / channel10 ( globally or song specific even better ) and then send it to the program ( BIAB, Real Band ) internal metronome clicker with sound card or audio interface audio output to go to the drummer ears .

This would allow sequences with a channel 10 click track note within in the drum track ( essentially 1/4 note on a certain note ) to send a click to a live drummer, without sending it to the midi drum module / virtual drum module. thus playing the annoying click. and also allowing the drummer to punch in the recorded midi drum track during a performance and then go back to live without loosing the click track from the sequence.

Thank you,

I, and so many others will be eternally greatful !

Jeff