There are so many things you are restricted from doing when you are stuck in a dialog jail, you can't access the main program, like if you want to access the mixer to adjust levels, mute/solo tracks or play from bar x. I was trying something in BandLab with a dialog open but I could still access the main program while the dialog is open. This is the same with Reaper. It's very frustrating having to go in n out of dialogs. Not sure if this is a Delphi issue that you can't do much about or if it is possible to fix ?
I like your description of this frustrating problem.
Dialogue jail..lol
rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks. win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz 64 bit hp envy biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6. running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.
It's a function of using many of the Windows dialog tools. MS seem to me far too keen to lock one away in these things. IIRC, if as a programmer you want more flexibility, it all becomes much more complex to use. I can't remember well how or why that is as I rarely program Windows native.
The other Windows-ism are the many error pop-ups that don't allow copy and paste from the message. Nearly forty years since Windows was invented and it still rarely allows that. Nuts (IMHO). :-(
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. Kawai MP6, Korg M50, Ui24R, Saffire Pro 40. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11; Win8.1: Scarletts BIAB2022 UltraPAK, Reaper, a bunch of stuff.
These windows in the pic allow access to other things, but once you get into Bar Settings then deeper into UserTracks setting where you need to be able to play the section from different bars, you can't ! then you have the Multiriff and you can't mute the other tracks or adjust the volume, you have a play stop button but have to key in bar numbers to play sections, if you could have access to playing from the chord sheet or be able to highlight beat by beat in the chord sheet rather than having to leave the dialog to highlight the beats n bars in Audio Edit. In the style picker you have no access to the mixer. I had to make a script because users wanted this Style Picker Mixer (Control Mixer from Style Picker) and F5 Bar Settings Easy Set & Play Tool . If these windows below allow access to all areas then why can't the others ?? It's like an artist has to unlock and open a box with his pallet in, choose his paint, then lock up the pallet to apply paint to the canvas.
A few excerpts:
"The Tracks view is possibly the single most powerful addition in 2024 and opens up a new way to edit and generate accompaniments. Combined with the new MultiPicker Library Window, it makes BIAB nearly perfect as an 'intelligent' composer/arranger program."
"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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Video: Enhanced Melodists in Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows®!
We've enhanced the Melodists feature included in Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows!
Access the Melodist feature by pressing F7 in the program to open the new MultiPicker Library and locate the [Melodist] tab.
You can now generate a melody on any track in the program - very handy! Plus, you select how much of the melody you want generated - specify a range, or apply it to the whole track.
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