If you have any problems just install AutoHotKey then double click on the Biab Chord Picker beta 1.0 script.ahk and it will run without having to use the exe. If you open the Picker beta 1.0 script.ahk by dragging into Notepad you will send it is just simple text, OR instead of downloading you can copy the text below into Notepad then save as My Chord Tool.ahk and it will run when you double click it:
The top part creates the buttons and the bottom part sends those to Biab as keystrokes. This way you can add any other buttons for other Biab functions to the script.
Thanks for the updated version. Just had a quick go with it and like the newer functions. I notice that the rests shots and holds can be added after the chord name but if you do this with a 8th or 16th puch then the chord disappears. You have to click push first and then the chord. Is there a way of making this work like the others. It may well be that you want to add the push after you have named the chord.
Thanks for the feedback and letting me know, see if this is working any better.
Chord Picker beta 2.0b Fixed order Harmonic Major/Minor chords Added Set existing Chord to Rest, Shot or Hold Added Custom Actions Tool Tab To create your own Actions for the buttons rename "Action name"
Gui, Add, Button, x22 y100 w90 h20 gButtonCA1-1, Action Name
then go down the text or search for "ButtonCA1-1:"
ButtonCA1-1: winactivate,ahk_class TBandWindow Send C Return
it is sending c as default, change the keysend to what you like, save and run.
For example, if we want to make Custom Actions 1 Button 1 Unfold:
I like the fact that you can set-chord-rest etc afterwards so that makes it easy later to change your mind about settings. I still find that if you decide a chord and a 7th or whatever and then next afterwards 'Push 8th' (or 16th) then when you move onto the next chord the chord you've changed to a push just disappears. This doesn't happen with rest, shot and hold buttons which can be set after the chord entry.
It is a very useful tool overall and thanks for your ingenuity
After entering the chord do you move to the next cell so the chord has been entered then change it or do you click set push before the chord has been entered ?
I don't know if anyone else can try it and see what they get, just load a song demo select any chord and click the Set Chord Push 8th, it should change the existing chord to a push.
If you still have a problem I can add a bit more delay, Sleep 50 change to Sleep 100 in the button section:
I am entering a chord then after chord is entered I click 'push8th' from the top row of controls. I then click the right arrow to move onto next bar or 2nd half of bar and the chord disappears. If I do the same process with rest, hold or shot from the top row and follow the same procedure it all works. It is just the push8th and 16th on the top row that show the problem. Also if you enter the chord and then use the 'Set Push8th' before you've moved to the next chord then again the chord disappears. However if you make a chord move to a new one then return to the earlier chord and then use 'set push8th' then it works. The others work fine it is just the pushes that have this problem.
I also cannot get the chord picker to stay on top even if I have ticked the 'always on top'. It's not a problem as I have two monitors but wondered if this works OK for others
I am entering a chord then after chord is entered I click 'push8th' from the top row of controls. .....
I also cannot get the chord picker to stay on top even if I have ticked the 'always on top'. It's not a problem as I have two monitors but wondered if this works OK for others
Type the caret symbol ‘^’ before the chord,
so you get ^C7 , BB won't recognize C7^, it will recognize C7. C7.. C7... ^C7 ^^C7 ^C7. ^C7.. ^C7... and the Bass Drums Piano Guitar Strings after a Rest Shot Hold C7...d plays Drums over the hold, C7...bd plays Bass & Drums over the Hold. etc..
If you have BB in plugin mode BB will always be the one on top.
Try this, View-Small sets the window to 821 x 675 same size as plugin mode, the position is left top, the size and position can be changed like if you want to move the BB window to the second monitor.:
Just did another quick test. I called up a G chord then I clicked 'set-chord-hold' and this changed the G chord to a hold. I then clicked 'Play over shot, hold or rest' and chose Bass and drums. I then saw that my G chord had changed to B diminished. Other odd things happend when I called up another chord. I then made that one a hold and then I clicked 'Piano' and this time it move the bar with a blue fill marker and if I clicked piano again it turned it to a green marker.
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