|
Log in to post
|
Print Thread |
|
|
|
|
|
Post your own Tips and Tricks here
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 38,502
Veteran
|
Veteran
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 38,502 |
Well, a static Midi file is just that, static.
While BIAB uses Midi to synthesize instruments, there is a lot more going on under the hood than just note-on, note-off and a few other commands being sent out of the midi pipe, don't forget that things like RealDrums and now the RealInst are not Midi but PCM audio tracks that have to be assembled, too.
--Mac
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post your own Tips and Tricks here
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,921
Veteran
|
|
OP
Veteran
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,921 |
Quote:
" . . . the downside is you can't flip over to the net to find a lyric or a performance of a song etc. without changing profile"
I thought so, too, until I realized I could re-enable the network connection and, being very careful to go to safe sites only, use the Internet without firewall or antivirus programs running. Disable the network or start up your security stuff immediately afterward. (Of course, if you're surfing for p*rn, gambling, or warez, you're at risk even with the security software.) -R.
"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post your own Tips and Tricks here
|
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 996
Expert
|
|
Expert
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 996 |
If you're prepared to leave a PC with an Internet connection up with no firewall or AV running then Ryszard you are a braver man than me!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post your own Tips and Tricks here
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 38,502
Veteran
|
|
Veteran
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 38,502 |
Assumably there will be a hardware firewall in his router...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post your own Tips and Tricks here
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,921
Veteran
|
|
OP
Veteran
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,921 |
Quote:
If you're prepared to leave a PC with an Internet connection up with no firewall or AV running then Ryszard you are a braver man than me!
You're absolutely correct, of course. And "brave" is being quite kind. But allow me to elucidate.
I could start a whole new thread in the Off Topic forum: "Everything I Know About Computers I Learned In Self Defense." (Actually, that's only partly true; I learned the rest because I wanted to make music with mine and there was no one to show me how.)
When I first started using computers seriously, I was doing medical transcription on a dialup connection from home with a machine which had to remain pristine and secure. I also had a second PC which I considered disposable, and which allowed me to be Brave and Stupid, i.e., do things which no rational PC tech (I am one--a PC tech, I mean, not rational) would ever do. I won't mention the site I went to once that made this happen--some misguided soul would just have to touch the paint to see if it was wet--but I literally had to pull the power cord to stop my OS from being eaten. I could see files disappearing as I watched, just like in bad movies. I had heard of viruses, of course, but not of antivirus programs. It was two days before the machine would start again normally, even after multiple re-installs of the OS (Win 95, and BB version 7, if that gives you some idea).
Point is, I've done, and had done to me, some of the worst things imaginable. I've even learned how to keep a lot of them from happening. (I also still have a sacrificial PC which I will occasionally use to Boldly Go Where No Sentient Being Oughta Go.) But I would never recommend that someone try something which I had not safely done myself. Like judiciously hopping online to download those lyrics, or a MIDI file, or whatever. And disabling the network connection immediately afterward. Okay?
R.
P.S.: I'm pretty sure my router has a firewall in it, too, just like Unca Mac said. I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid. 8-)
"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ask sales and support questions about Band-in-a-Box using natural language.
ChatPG's knowledge base includes the full Band-in-a-Box User Manual and sales information from the website.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Video - Band-in-a-Box® DAW Plugin Version 6 for Mac®: New Features for Reaper
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Mac® - Update Today!
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Mac® Video - Over 50 New Features and Enhancements!
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Mac® Video - DAW Plugin Version 6 New Features
The Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Mac® Free Bonus PAK!
Along with the 50+ new features added with Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Mac®, we've also released an awesome collection of new Add-ons! On top of the 222 new RealTracks (+50 bonus RealTracks), we've also released new MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, "Songs with Vocals" Artist Performance Sets, Playable RealTracks Set 3, Playable RealDrums Set 2, and two new sets of "RealDrums Stems."
Order Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Mac during our special (which ends July 31st) and you'll receive a Free Bonus PAK that includes a lot of these new Add-ons:
- MIDI Styles Set 88: "Look Ma! More MIDI 11: SynthMaster"
- Instrumental Studies Set 20: New Orleans Piano
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 40: More SynthMaster
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 43: Rock & Pop Keys
- Artist Performance Set 15: Songs with Vocals volume 5
- Playable RealTracks Set 3
- Playable RealDrums Set 2
- SynthMaster Sounds and Styles, with audio demos
- RealCombos 2024 Booster PAK:
*For Pro customers, this includes 35 new RealTracks and 58 new RealStyles.
*For MegaPAK customers, this includes 25 new RealTracks and 45 new RealStyles.
*For UltraPAK customers, this includes 28 new RealStyles.
- RealDrums Stems Set 6: More Pop, Rock & Country
Want even more new Add-ons? Boost your Free Bonus PAK to a 2024 49-PAK for just $49 and add even more new Add-ons to your collection:
- 50 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks & RealDrums
- MIDI Styles Set 89: "Look Ma! More MIDI 12: Funk, Jazz & Blues Keys"
- Instrumental Studies Set 21: '80s Hard Rock Guitar
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 41: Jazz Comping & Soloing Piano
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 42: Soul & New Orleans Keys
- Artist Performance Set 16: Songs with Vocals volume 6
- RealDrums Stems Set 5: Jazz, Latin, Funk & World
Listen to Demos of the Free Bonus PAK & 49-PAK: https://youtu.be/ZezLjinyb-4
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Mac® Video - Boot Camp: Working with the Newest Features!
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Mac® Videos: One-Stop Shopping!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forums65
Topics82,383
Posts743,988
Members38,762
| |
Most Online2,537
Jan 19th, 2020
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dansk
Deutsch - Windows
Español
Français - Windows
Italiano - Windows
Nederlands
Polski
Português
Svenskt
русский
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Korean