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Hi,

After installing 2020 upgrade I rebuilt styles and songs and like everybody else went straight for the new 2020 Styles and real tracks.

However the styles demos vary very significantly in volume which makes it a very slow and frustrating process to audition them.

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Hi Nigel,

Out of curiosity, are you meaning the pre-made demos created by PG Music or the demo obtained by generating a selected style using the chords already on the chordsheet?

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The pre-made demos


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To me they're just Demo's, created to 'demonstrate' what the Style sounds like.
I've never considered them Radio Ready.
In any case,as soon as I set the Style up in BB, I'm fiddling with volumes, tone, panning etc to suit MY personal requirements of the Musicians.
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EDIT: the CDex one only batch normalised wavs so I'll keep looking for a batch wma normailser.

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What are you talking about!!!!!

Did I mention radio ready - no just like every body else I'm just trying to audition them (keep it simple - listen to them).


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I couldn't find a batch normalise, so I think you would need to batch encode wma to wma and normalise them in the process.
Have a look at Switch Audio Converter it's free for non-commercial use. Make sure you set the output quality the same. And just try it on a few first.

This is the process:
Originally Posted By: PeterGannon
> Therefore I was wondering if ALL the demos hadn't been recorded in wav files (audiophile version) so that you are seduced by them but if you buy another pack like the Ultrapack then you will be disappointed because the quality of the realtrack won't match what you heard as a demo.


Angelo,
The demos are made with the standard version, not the audiophile, so as to reproduce exactly what you’ll get. We make hundreds of demos in a very short period of time. The process is simple, pick a style, type in some chords press play and then render by dragging and dropping. Takes less than 5 minutes per demo, and nothing special is done to them.

https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=568102#Post568102


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Hi Pipeline,

Thanks for your suggestion.

However it sounds a bit long winded and I was hoping PG Music would respond with:

"Thanks for the suggestion. Not sure how we missed this and we will rectify it in the next release to the daily benefit of every BIAB user in the world".

Or something similar.


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HOW does it make it a slow and frustrating process.
Surely, you just turn the volume knob on your system up or down as you "audition" each one.?
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