KVR Audio

funkychickendance · Post by **funkychickendance** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:40 pm

Kingston wrote:Something like BIAB inside cubase or logic would be awesome.

"give me a secondary keyboard backing NOW!"
*click*
"thankyou"

Possibly so. But something cheap like BIAB (UI cleaned up) inside something cheap like FL Studio would really blow the doors off.

Don't hold yer breath, time passes slowly at PG Music

/fcd
"Now let's have a little less widdle-widdle-widdle and a lot more choonka-choonka-choonk"

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:54 pm

I don't even know what Band-In-A-Box is.

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:59 pm

You don't need it/to, Bones...

Improv · Post by **Improv** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:20 pm

BONES wrote:I don't even know what Band-In-A-Box is.

BIAB is aka IPOD!

shanecgriffo · Post by **shanecgriffo** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:37 pm

when i was at college studying jazz ,we used to have players come to talk and jam..(some of them considered among the top players of jazz in australia) a lot of them said that they actually practiced playing over the chord changes of songs to band in a box at home. that was about 10 years ago but i've still got an old copy on my computer that i load up every now and then if i've got a solo to work out or somthing like that. for that sort of thing its very useful.

lion_cub · Post by **lion_cub** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:54 am

shanecgriffo wrote:when i was at college studying jazz ,we used to have players come to talk and jam..(some of them considered among the top players of jazz in australia) a lot of them said that they actually practiced playing over the chord changes of songs to band in a box at home. that was about 10 years ago but i've still got an old copy on my computer that i load up every now and then if i've got a solo to work out or somthing like that. for that sort of thing its very useful.

And I wonder what "the top players of jazz in australia" use in 2005 ? Somehow, I don't think it's Band-in-a-Box.

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:09 am

spaceman wrote:I used to rehearse with my band in a box. It was a shoe box, about 1 feet by something or the other. Not a lot of space to manoeuvre but great dry acoustics

Thanks for that. Reminds me of some good ol days. Let me paint the scene.....4 guys crammed into an 8x10 storage closet in a dank basement, cinder block walls, 1 flourescent light.

Full 12 piece drumset (drummer had to crawl in through his kit to sit behind it), Keyboard rack, bass & guitar amplifiers and standing room only. We actually had to keep the door open so the bass player could jam just outside without hurting himself (he liked to throw himself about) Plus if closed it got pretty gamey

Good mates n good times

shanecgriffo · Post by **shanecgriffo** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:51 am

well lion cub do you have any recomendations for somthing you can punch the chords into for a full song and be practicing along to adequate backing all in less than 5 mins?

doogs · Post by **doogs** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:26 am

Whilst I agree with all the comments about the interface being among the worst ever, BIAB is still THE standard tool for learning to play and improvise over jazz standards. It's either BIAB or Aebersolds play-along CD's (which are costly and usually too fast for begineers). There is a zip file of the entire fakebook as biab files which is invaluable if you want to learn to play in a jazz band.

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:25 am

A better name would be 'This Box Should Be Banned'

advaya · Post by **advaya** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:05 am

I'd hold out until Babya-In-A-Box is released.

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:36 am

A bunch of my jazz friends use it to practice with.

lion_cub · Post by **lion_cub** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:18 am

shanecgriffo wrote:well lion cub do you have any recomendations for somthing you can punch the chords into for a full song and be practicing along to adequate backing all in less than 5 mins?

Any one of the other hosts will do.

AndreasE · Post by **AndreasE** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:22 am

Improv wrote:
Rabid wrote:
Improv wrote:An alternate to BIAB is:
Soundtrek's Jammer Pro 6. Much nicer interface.
http://www.soundtrek.com/content/module ... age&pid=25
Oh Duh! That is the one I have, not BIAB. I kept wondering what was so bad with the interface. Has Jammer been updated in the last 5 years?
Click on the link!

If you want to CREATE original music, Jammer Pro is THE program to do so.

bernhardtjeff · Post by **bernhardtjeff** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:38 am

Whilst I agree with all the comments about the interface being among the worst ever, BIAB is still THE standard tool for learning to play and improvise over jazz standards. It's either BIAB or Aebersolds play-along CD's (which are costly and usually too fast for begineers).

yeah, i always thought this was its intended use. it's how i learned to improvise (and forget how to read music).

when all i had was a 450mhz computer which would barely run anything, biab and audtion (cooledit 2000 at the time) were about all i could use. i did make several songs with crazy-ass lyrics with these two programs, but only in fun and because i was into an amit lissack, crappy-general-midi sound at the time anyway. but i never thought that anyone would actually use it as a serious tool for producing music, so this thread surprised me. never used it as a sketchpad for chords, either, but maybe i oughta see if i can get good ol' version 8 running.

Will anyone here admit ...