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Hi guys, I've just started on BIAB, been looking at a ton of tutorial vid's (most but not all on Realband) and wondering if I could get a little help  I'm learning the alto sax and have a couple of songs under my belt that I can stumble across without bursting any ear drums and will be looking for a teacher asap to learn more about music / chord progression etc.. ATM I'm looking to use backing tracks so my neighbors will get the gist of where I'm coming from through the walls. My first project on hear is to import Whitney Houston's saving all my love & (hopefully) remove the vocals so I can use it as a backing track, but its a single channel so I wouldn't be able to remove the vocals being an mp3 / wave / mp4. I got a midi track version of a backing track but though I could use that outside of BIAB I defeat the purpose of having BIAB plus it is still a single channel. After all the tutorials I've watched & looking through the forums I don't see much on it with keeping the original track. I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that I would need to recreate the track just to get the backing track I need, am I right with that assumption? So I've imported the song and ACW'd the hell out of it a few million times & put in the markers for the style to pick up on the beat; saved that but I can't get a decent style to accompany it or sound much like it. I'm using the pro package and thinking I will need to invest in more, does anyone know if I do buy the Ultra Plus Pak upgrade, will it contain what I need or do I have what I need and just need to learn more of what I'm doing or would buying one of the add on's do it? Thanks guys... be gentle
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Creating your own backing track for practicing your instrument is easy and straightforward. In this situation, I suggest using midi files for the following reasons. They are readily available and can be either inexpensive or free. The chords, melody and often time lyrics as well as the key signature and tempo are automatically imported into the BIAB chord chart. Midi can be edited much easier than audio. For practice, the quality of the midi sound is not necessarily as critical as it would be for a performance track. There are many, many options for creating midi sounds. It is quick and easy to create, edit, and modify midi in BIAB/RB There are a lot of resources here in the forums regarding BIAB and Midi I have linked two posts below that address creating a backing track from a midi file by Joanne Cooper and another by me discussing how to find a suitable style for RealTracks to use to replace the midi patch. How to search for a style using your own (or midi) chord progression. Style Picker search tip Joanne Cooper blog for making backing tracks. BIAB Backing Track from a Midi File Joanne writes a monthly blog and often discusses tutorials using BIAB. Hope this helps get you started. Charlie
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Thanks Charlie, I shall give those suggestions a go.
Thanks for the reply
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