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Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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I tested the stand-alone VST with a song that previously took more than 6 minutes to render and now it renders in...37 seconds!!! I then added multiriffs for the entire song and those 7 tracks rendered in 1-1/2 minutes. Again a HUGE improvement!
I just wanted to congratulate PGM on their efforts and success in fixing this plugin!
And I want to also thank Pipeline as well as others in this forum for tirelessly alpha/beta testing this over the past 7 weeks to help get us all to this point.
I know there is more work to be done but at least for now we have a tool that improves workflow. For me it means using BIAB as I always have but then opening my songs in the stand-alone and generating multiriffs for key tracks and then mixing all exported tracks in my DAW. And if I am unable to use the rendered multiriffs I know I can pop into the stand-alone and generate 7 more in less than a couple of minutes!
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Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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How do you get the stand alone ?.
Where is it.
win 10 64 bit 16gb,i7 chip, ssd 500gb, m-audio air, ,Roland BK-7M, 1000,shure sm7b,sonar,acid,mixcraft, variety of plugins.Sample tank 3,Kontakt. TC Helicon Voicelive 3 2 . https://beatmaster1.bandcamp.com/releases
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Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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Hi The stand alone can be found at C bb / plugins / files / Band In A Box daw plugin standalone exe. Assuming you are installed to C just make a short cut.
Very handy for making a quick render of a track or two to the desktop, or any windows file explorer location. Also good for making a stand alone midi file of say a midi melody track for import into other daws Mike
Last edited by Mike Head; 01/23/19 11:54 AM.
BIAB2021 UltraPlus,AsusN55S1Tbssd, W10/64,Akai EIEpro Yamaha CVP405,SquireStrat, CoolsoftVMidSynth Novatation Impulse61 Ctr kbd, Cwalk blab Kontakt http://mikesmusic.byethost16.com/
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Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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win 10 64 bit 16gb,i7 chip, ssd 500gb, m-audio air, ,Roland BK-7M, 1000,shure sm7b,sonar,acid,mixcraft, variety of plugins.Sample tank 3,Kontakt. TC Helicon Voicelive 3 2 . https://beatmaster1.bandcamp.com/releases
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Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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Major improvement but I was wondering, bbw4.exe is still a 32bit program running in the background.
Didn't PG Music say they would be redoing it as a full 64bit program?
BIAB2024 Windows 10 Pro WA6NCB
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I suppose they want to get all the bugs sorted and improvements made first then Compile > 64bit so the 32bit Plugin version will use bbw4 32bit and the 64bit Plugin version will use bbw5 64bit.
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Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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Band-in-a-Box desktop version comes as two versions, - 64 bit version, program name is bbw64.exe. That’s a full 64 bit version, separate from the 32 bit one. It can only link to 64 bit plugins and synths etc. and can use more than 2GB of memory. - 32 bit version, program name is bbw.exe (same idea as above, but 32 bit only)
You can choose which one to run, they have very similar features. If you’re on a 64 bit OS, you’d likely want to run the 64 bit version,
Then there is a new VST plugin. The plugin comes in various formats, but the main one we recommend is the 64 bit VST3 instrument plugin. The plugin uses a biab engine running in background that is 32bit. We will switch that to 64bit later this year, but there is little consequence to that as it is mostly just a background process.
Have Fun! Peter Gannon PG Music Inc.
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"MIDI SuperTracks partial generation showing six variations – each time the section is generated it can be instantly auditioned, re-generated or backed out to a previous generation – and you can do this with any track type. This is MAJOR! This takes musical experimentation and honing an arrangement to a new level, and faster than ever."
"Band in a Box continues to be an expansive musical tool-set for both novice and experienced musicians to experiment, compose, arrange and mix songs, as well as an extensive educational resource. It is huge, with hundreds of functions, more than any one person is likely to ever use. Yet, so is any DAW that I have used. BIAB can do some things that no DAW does, and this year BIAB has more DAW-like functions than ever."
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