Sundog Song Studio.

[dave.king1]

I've had a good attempt at coming to grips with Band-In-a-box.

I stopped at the 2013 edtion which came on a 2 Gig hard drive.
My intention was to create backing tracks with a simple rhythm section.
Bass, drums and keyboard.
Despite the many many iterations and bloated amount of content they still can't develop a convincing method of ending tunes.
Every now and again I'll try the next demo to see if they have finally addressed this elementary function but no.

Maybe next year.

cheers, Mark.

Not sure what the ending problem is, we have achieved a number of different ending styles

[king casey]

Not sure what the ending problem is, we have achieved a number of different ending styles

Good news. I can't get them to sound either too corny or too abrupt.
I'll usually add an extra few bars and export it to Sonar to add a fade out.

cheers, Mark.

[dave.king1]

Good news. I can't get them to sound either too corny or too abrupt.
I'll usually add an extra few bars and export it to Sonar to add a fade out.

cheers, Mark.

We are using 2018 Ultra which is a hamburger with the works, the only real step up for a massive increase in disk size and price is the audiophile edition which uses .wav files instead of MIDI for the Realtracks.

I purchased it and because you get 3 licences I put a copy on two of my machines and shared the 3rd with one of my bandmates, he has far more time to experiment with it because he lives alone and only works 3 days a week.

Max is nudging 74 and computer illiterate so if he can find the solutions by watching YT tutorials and experimentation I'm sure most on here could achieve the same.

This track is built on BiaB, I have added the acoustic riffs, electric fills, MIDI piano & Acordian and played the bass, this is an early mix https://soundcloud.com/suthol/at-bal...d-master-16bit

[king casey]

Entertaining track Dave.
Noticed though that you had a fade out rather than a definitive end.

cheers, Mark.

[dave.king1]

Entertaining track Dave.
Noticed though that you had a fade out rather than a definitive end.

cheers, Mark.

yeah I know that it's not a defined ending, the ones with such an ending are still hidden from public ears.

The reason I put it up was to show what can be done with this type of software, I'm sure Doc will be on the same trail in a different genre.

The big difference that I have found with most programs and BiaB is that all the others that I have tried only give you a single track in stereo or mono to work with, but in Real Band ( which is also a DAW ) the instruments can be exported as separate tracks which can then be treated and manipulated, sadly I have yet to find out how to break the drums up into separate tracks for each piece.

I have a few drum programs that use live samples where I can get the separate pieces but not being a drummer I have difficulty getting the sequencing right.

As you were, sorry for the hijack

[king casey]

sorry for the hijack

Right, well I may download this Sundog demo....just to see what it's like in the 'endings' department.

cheers, Mark.

[DrNomis_44]

yeah I know that it's not a defined ending, the ones with such an ending are still hidden from public ears.

The reason I put it up was to show what can be done with this type of software, I'm sure Doc will be on the same trail in a different genre.

The big difference that I have found with most programs and BiaB is that all the others that I have tried only give you a single track in stereo or mono to work with, but in Real Band ( which is also a DAW ) the instruments can be exported as separate tracks which can then be treated and manipulated, sadly I have yet to find out how to break the drums up into separate tracks for each piece.

I have a few drum programs that use live samples where I can get the separate pieces but not being a drummer I have difficulty getting the sequencing right.

As you were, sorry for the hijack

Ah it's okay mate, the general theme of this thread is about software that can help with the songwriting process, and to overcome writer's block.....it's all good.