Tom, Visit the PG Music web site that Darren gave. It will tell you all you need to know. And be sure to listen to the demo videos posted there. Dave Created in the Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, California ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom De Rosa To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 14:22 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 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