[ddots-l] Re: My first track using Band In A Box
- From: "Darren H" <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 22:30:32 +0100
Hi.
Actually, it's probably taken about 4 hours work up to this point.
for details about Band in a Box, go to...
www.pgmusic.com
The amazing part about it, or scarey if you like, is that I only played the
piano melody.
The rest was generated dynamically by the software.
I have to say though, unless you know your music theory, Band in a Box is
going to be a bit of a toy. It does rely heavily on you knowing the theory
of how chords are made up and how to construct a song in your head.
Cheers
Darren
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Tom De Rosa
Sent: 09 September 2010 22:22
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: My first track using Band In A Box
Darren, man that was very cool. I loved the drum patterns. The stuff
available to us is usually pretty weak, that's one of my big problems.
What's band in the box and what are you playing?
I'm putting backing tracks through sonar the work is slow and results are
fair. It sounds like it would take 15 hours to do something like that but
appears to be worth it.
Real nice, keep it going.
Tom
Tom DeRosa
URL www.myspace.com/tder08
----- Original Message -----
From: Darren H <mailto:darren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 5:08 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] My first track using Band In A Box
Hi folks.
OK, this is my first proper attempt for recording a full track with Band in
a Box.
I used the melody creator to do the whole track.
I replaced the bass, drums and guitar midi tracks with real tracks and drums
and added a Sax Solo.
I exported the midi tracks into Sonar and replaced the melody with a sparkly
piano sound and the electric piano with an acoustic.
I imported the real track/drums into sonar and applied compression and other
processing bits and bobs.
I copied the Acoustic guitar so there were two guitar tracks, hard panned
them left and right with a slight time delay on the left one to avoid
fazing.
I actually imported two real bass tracks. As you'll hear, there's a slap
bass section during the Sax solo.
Before saving the real tracks/drums as wave files, I removed any reverb, put
their volumes up to full and centered them all so that I could control their
level and panning from within Sonar.
It's still a little bit messy mix wise, but I think it could work up into
something worth listening to.
http://soundcloud.com/the-karmistry-project/finding-the-setting-sun
My aim is actually to use BIAB to produce Library and Royalty Free tracks,
and I think it helps to do that job.
It's not my usual style, but it's sure fun to work with.
Interested in your comments.
Cheers
Darren
www.karmistry.com
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