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Hey ya'll,i'm thinking about purchasing BIAB so what i'd like to know is,how difficult is it for someone who doesn't play guitar or any other instrument for that matter.Sure i can make chord progressions and i hear what i want in my head but is it going to be pretty easy for someone in my moccassins?I watched a few demonstrations on youtube and some people explained it really well.So if someone here has one,i'd like to hear what they think.Thanx,Mike

Michael, Kevin Emmrich is a maestro of BIAB. You might want to contact him.

(I bought it a couple of years ago, but then a few months later I ended up buying a Mac, so now the Pack is useless to me. Pity the licence can't be transferred. )

Donna

MICHAEL--

IT'S A GOOD TOOL--I SAVE WHAT EVER I'M WORKING ON AS A MIDI FILE: LIKE A BLUES SHUFFLE--THESE CAN BE DRAGGED INTO A PROGRAM LIKE LOGIC OR GARAGEBAND AND SAMPLES SUBSTITUTED--LIKE ANY THING IN MUSIC, YOU HAVE TO WORK A WHILE WITH THE BIAB TO GET USED TO IT--IT'S A GREAT DRUM MACHINE AND GIVES A LOT OF IDEAS FOR RIFFS AND INSTRUMENTATION!

I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT--I'VE LEARNED A LOT USING IT!

Mackie

Michael,

They usually have a mid-year sale in mid to late June as they roll out the mid-year updates (2012.5). I would wait for that. Unless you have really good "soundfonts", the midi only package sounds pretty cheesy. But it might be good enough to get your ideas down. You have to know (or want to learn) chord progressions and such to use it to its fullest. However sometimes I do just listen to the demo songs for each style and use that for a set of lyrics. It is a lot of fun, but it takes effort (and that learning curve) to get really good stuff out of it.

Donna: I see no reason why you can't transfer licenses.

The original questions were "how difficult is it for someone who doesn't play guitar or any other instrument for that matter. Sure i can make chord progressions and i hear what i want in my head but is it going to be pretty easy for someone in my moccassins?"

Garageband and Logic were mentioned. What is the difference between these programs -- do they do the same thing?

I've had the BIAB demo and worked with it a little but wasn't able to spend time with it to learn it. Plus my musical skills are sore lacking and arthritis makes it worse. I've heard good music from BIAB but am still confused as to what it is actually supposed to do.

All I've ever done is just play into a mic for Audacity and in the old days a cassette recorder.

If your guitar/ instrument playing skills are not so good... BIAB will allow you to build a chord progression pick a style you want to have it played in and play it for you... kind of like sequencing .... it doesn't just do one instrument but will do an arrangement (drums, piano, strings, base, guitar) (Although they are named drums, piano etc the sample may be flute or banjo ect depending on the slected style) ... you can record a vocal over the top... the BAIB arrangement can be exported to a midi file in seperate tracks.

Grarage band and logic... is there a difference... they allow you to render better sound sample for your midi tracks and record to an audio track allowing access to all the effects that go with digital audio...

I'm sure others will correct my errors

Cheers

Thanx everybody for your replies!I'm still up in the air on this purchase,i'll see if the upgrades come out soon first.