It can also be a solid practice tool that allows a player to constantly approach tracks from different angles. I know from this experience that if you’re creative, you can squeeze a lot of fun out of BIAB if you enjoy tinkering with arrangements. I have limited experience with BIAB but my father has messed around with a few iterations throughout the years at his home studio. What I’m getting at is just as mentioned numerous times above, either you can find a use for this or you can’t. The one I’m accustomed to, in tune with, more of an extension of myself than something separate I’m interacting with. I primarily play guitar but due to my understanding of music theory I can get by on a few other instruments as well, but certainly not near the level of my ability with “my” instrument. went off the rails in a hurry, huh? Anyway, I’ve been aquatinted with music since a very young age. Yea just learn muscianship, if u love music it won be that hard Jus learn to read/write music it aint that hardīurt bacharch once said a few yrs ago in an interview that he doesn't like tha idea of ppl just throwing stuff into the computer with out notating it, he says its lazy and i think that too, yeah sure it may take u an xtra hr (or three )) to write the piano part down but at least its yr idea not someone else's and at least u hav to think about wat yr doin without it being an impulsive kinda thing (read about tom waits' idea's against this thing) and it's "NOW" price is $79US)īut that "intelligently analyzes yr music and plays alongĬ.uk loves it, but, i don really trust their judgementĢ) Steinberg or Ableton's String Suite (i know that the "Essential Instrument Suite" aint too bad but i never tried it.friend told me tonight" I disagree with the majority of posters.Ĭomeon, if u like music and want drum programming but are lazy (like me) there are other alternativesġ) Jamstix (which is on special now guys,damn it i jus bought it a month ago.coulda saved $20. Its a very hard thing to crack and without it music is nothing but rhythm. The only thing that hasn't been ruined by technology is the magic of melody. I hear nothing but boring un-unique title 'themes' and tracks on TV all the time ( made up with pre-rendered loops and musical sequences ) they all sound good from a production sound quality perspective but utterly boring and predictable in a harmonic way but worst of all absent in melody and as such utterly unmemorable. The truth is not to kid yourself into thinking that you actually 'wrote' that end result because the reality is that it was all made by someone else.Īll that being said, the hardest thing of all is to write a MELODY over a sequence. Choosing to use it or not is always a decision ( and a self worth thing if you really should know better ! ha ha )īIAB is not alone in this world of the faux - you get hundreds of rendered loops in a standard edition of Logic Pro any of these musical loops and phrases can be stacked up on top of each other with out ever understanding a single thing about music and produce a quality production sound with a seriously good musical content too.
Once home organs use to give you 'Bossa nova I' patterns that would play a cheesey bass, drums and chord pattern when you held down one note ( designed for people who didn't want to learn to play so they could play one note at time and make it seem 'good' )īut now we see that same ethos everywhere in 'Pro' equipment and its been there for a while too. It is interesting to see how technology has evolved bringing both the pro 'do it all your self' ethos and the amateur ' Auto-accompaniment' outlooks so close together. I work with a lot of horn player who use BIAB as an essential practice tool - it allows them to input the changes to what ever standard or original song they want and in any key and speed to let them blow over the changes and get their chops up. Do any of you use it for serious work? (and do you admit it in public?) I'd be very curious to hear your opinions. It's not just money, it's the time needed to fully learn all this stuff.Īnyway, I think serious composers should at least take a look at the latest incarnation of BIAB. I don't know if either of them can control or lock to my DAWs' clocks, nor if either does Rewire. RMX has the new chaos function, though, which sounds intriguing. Also, the price is very low for what you get. They have all sorts of real grooves included, with not only drum but bass, sax, etc. I can't believe I just typed that, but it's actually been developed to an amazing level. After searching a bit, I'm actually also considering Band-In-A-Box. I was looking for some kind of drum-programming application, and considering Stylus RMX, of course.
But I dunno, the latest incarnation looks pretty amazing. An amateur program only for housewives & corporate A/V geeks. I know, I know, it's has that "cheapo" cache.
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