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auricle · Post by **auricle** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:08 am

I'm helping a friend set up a new home rig. She's a singer/songwriter who plays the piano. She's totally new to home recording.

She specified Band in a Box as she's used it at her colleague's house. She love's the quick way she can put together a song arrangement. However, she wants to use it with a more fuller featured DAW for recording and basic mixing (I'm thinking of getting her to try Studio One v2 or Sonar X1).

Anyway, how can she get audio or MIDI data from Band in a Box into another application? Is it re-wire compatible or MIDI files be exported?

Thanks

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:10 am

I'm a biab die hard been using it since 2003

BIAB does have audio recording capabilities but it's not really designed for that. If her build of biab is current then she should have REAL Band too. If she has a current build of band in a box.

Wha she would do is first save her composition in biab.
Then open the .mgu in Real Band where she can add vocals apply effects and use vsti's/vst's for here biab/midi tracks.

auricle · Post by **auricle** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:14 am

tapper mike wrote:I'm a biab die hard been using it since 2003

BIAB does have audio recording capabilities but it's not really designed for that. If her build of biab is current then she should have REAL Band too. If she has a current build of band in a box.

Wha she would do is first save her composition in biab.
Then open the .mgu in Real Band where she can add vocals apply effects and use vsti's/vst's for here biab/midi tracks.

Ah, so basically she wouldn't need any other DAW software for basic arrangement and vocal recording. Can REAL Band save to stems for importing into another DAW?

C-note · Post by **C-note** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:20 am

auricle wrote:
tapper mike wrote:I'm a biab die hard been using it since 2003

BIAB does have audio recording capabilities but it's not really designed for that. If her build of biab is current then she should have REAL Band too. If she has a current build of band in a box.

Wha she would do is first save her composition in biab.
Then open the .mgu in Real Band where she can add vocals apply effects and use vsti's/vst's for here biab/midi tracks.
Ah, so basically she wouldn't need any other DAW software for basic arrangement and vocal recording. Can REAL Band save to stems for importing into another DAW?

BIAB will drag/drop audio or midi into your DAW or Win explorer and export midi of audio.

auricle · Post by **auricle** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:24 am

Thanks, guys. That's really helpful.

One final question. Is BIAB available as a download purchase?

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:54 am

auricle wrote:Thanks, guys. That's really helpful.

One final question. Is BIAB available as a download purchase?

Sadly not for the initial purchase. They really didn't get into the security of the program and they package it with a lot of extras so they opt to distribute it in disc form only. That being said if you have an older version already (depending on how old) you can download the update.

I let my biab ownership slip and didn't update it for years. Then I had to pay the piper when 2010 came out by paying full price. I don't mind it's worth every penny.

Watch out for ebay sales. Never buy used. If you buy used and there is a bug there is no way to get it fixed or update your software. That being said when I did buy mine I bought it new on ebay rather then the pg music website. I bought it new from an authorized distributer.

Also the nicest music forum I have ever been on is the BIAB Yahoo user groups.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Band-in-a-Box/

auricle · Post by **auricle** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:01 pm

thanks, Mike.

Atza · Post by **Atza** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:04 am

I used to use it since it first came out ,but in years it has become (in my opinion) overloaded with options and UI. since couple of months ago I'm using more often a great chord sequencer called 'Chord pad':
http://www.desktopmetronome.com/c5/inde ... sequencer/

It's amazing,easy to use,has some nice demos etc...
well I'm using it mainly as a jamming accompaniment and its great for that purpose

Doug B · Post by **Doug B** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:10 pm

tapper mike wrote:
auricle wrote:Thanks, guys. That's really helpful.

One final question. Is BIAB available as a download purchase?

Sadly not for the initial purchase.

Uh-sorry, but BIAB ***IS*** available for download for the initial purchase.
I just tried it.

Cheers

Doug

4tune · Post by **4tune** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 2:09 am

Atza wrote:I used to use it since it first came out ,but in years it has become (in my opinion) overloaded with options and UI. since couple of months ago I'm using more often a great chord sequencer called 'Chord pad':
http://www.desktopmetronome.com/c5/inde ... sequencer/

It's amazing,easy to use,has some nice demos etc...
well I'm using it mainly as a jamming accompaniment and its great for that purpose

Thanks for the tip on this demoing now, nice that it can play midi files in the mixer section with its built in sounds aswell.

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shanecgriffo · Post by **shanecgriffo** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:18 am

Atza wrote:I used to use it since it first came out ,but in years it has become (in my opinion) overloaded with options and UI. since couple of months ago I'm using more often a great chord sequencer called 'Chord pad':
http://www.desktopmetronome.com/c5/inde ... sequencer/

It's amazing,easy to use,has some nice demos etc...
well I'm using it mainly as a jamming accompaniment and its great for that purpose

i just bought it!
pretty quick and easy (and cheap) for a quick jam a long backing!

Anyone use Band in a Box?