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| Karen Rodgers... |
 Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:24 pm |
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Can you export Band in a Box files to Sibelius, and vice versa?
More importantly, can you modify Band in a Box files within the
program? Or add your own melody over the canned files?
Thank you for your time,
Karen R. |
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| Afoklala... |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:33 am |
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Op Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:24:34 -0700 schreef Karen Rodgers:
Quote: Can you export Band in a Box files to Sibelius, and vice versa?
Only through MIDI. Export the BiaB file as .mid and import that into
Sibelius. You'll need to fiddle around with the quantization settings in
Sib to get a good result, and be prepared to do some touching up.
Quote: More importantly, can you modify Band in a Box files within the
program? Or add your own melody over the canned files?
Yes. BiaB contains sequencing functionality, but not the most user friendly
one. Read the manual, it's pretty well written.
But since you have Sib, it would perhaps be easier to write the melody in
Sib, export as .mid and import it into your BiaB file.
--
Jan Willem from Odijk, Netherlands
Listen to my music on http://www.xs4all.nl/~dormoljw/gbcomponist.html
e-mail in From-field is wrong, real e-mail is:
jw point van point dormolen on xs4all point nl
(change point into dot, on into at)
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| Karen Rodgers... |
| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:06 am |
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On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:33:15 +0200, Afoklala
<afoklala at (no spam) afoklala.invalid> wrote:
Quote: Op Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:24:34 -0700 schreef Karen Rodgers:
Can you export Band in a Box files to Sibelius, and vice versa?
Only through MIDI. Export the BiaB file as .mid and import that into
Sibelius. You'll need to fiddle around with the quantization settings in
Sib to get a good result, and be prepared to do some touching up.
Quantization settings are not something I've fiddled with. Something
else I get to explore now.
Quote: More importantly, can you modify Band in a Box files within the
program? Or add your own melody over the canned files?
Yes. BiaB contains sequencing functionality, but not the most user friendly
one. Read the manual, it's pretty well written.
But since you have Sib, it would perhaps be easier to write the melody in
Sib, export as .mid and import it into your BiaB file.
I was wondering if "Band in a Box" would be worth buying, but couldn't
decide if it'd be worth it, or usable with Sibelius at all. Now I
know. You've been a great help. Though it looks like I have another
steep learning curve ahead of me, I think I will be buying it.
Thank you,
Karen R. |
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| Afoklala... |
| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:02 am |
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Op Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:06:56 -0700 schreef Karen Rodgers:
Quote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:33:15 +0200, Afoklala
afoklala at (no spam) afoklala.invalid> wrote:
Op Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:24:34 -0700 schreef Karen Rodgers:
Can you export Band in a Box files to Sibelius, and vice versa?
Only through MIDI. Export the BiaB file as .mid and import that into
Sibelius. You'll need to fiddle around with the quantization settings in
Sib to get a good result, and be prepared to do some touching up.
Quantization settings are not something I've fiddled with. Something
else I get to explore now.
More importantly, can you modify Band in a Box files within the
program? Or add your own melody over the canned files?
Yes. BiaB contains sequencing functionality, but not the most user friendly
one. Read the manual, it's pretty well written.
But since you have Sib, it would perhaps be easier to write the melody in
Sib, export as .mid and import it into your BiaB file.
I was wondering if "Band in a Box" would be worth buying, but couldn't
decide if it'd be worth it, or usable with Sibelius at all. Now I
know. You've been a great help. Though it looks like I have another
steep learning curve ahead of me, I think I will be buying it.
Note that BiaB is NOT a sequencer - it has a lot of the basic functionality
of one, but those are really extras. If you it's sequencing you want to do,
look for a real sequencer (Cakewalk, Cubase, etc.)
BiaB is formost an automatic accompanist - and really shines in that
respect. With the addition of RealTracks in the past few years, it can
actually be used on stage as a backup band. But most people use it for
practicing, or just for the fun of being able to play with a band without
actually having a band available.
--
Jan Willem from Odijk, Netherlands
Listen to my music on http://www.xs4all.nl/~dormoljw/gbcomponist.html
e-mail in From-field is wrong, real e-mail is:
jw point van point dormolen on xs4all point nl
(change point into dot, on into at)
And then there's this:
AAAAAA: American Association Against Acronym Abuse and Ambiguity. |
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| RVG... |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:59 pm |
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Karen Rodgers a écrit :
Quote: Can you export Band in a Box files to Sibelius, and vice versa?
More importantly, can you modify Band in a Box files within the
program? Or add your own melody over the canned files?
I don't know Sibelius, but I'm planning to upgrade to Finale 2010 that
integrates the arranger features of Band in a Box.
Read here for the new features:
http://www.pgmusic.com/finale.htm
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