Originally Posted by Bugsey
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THIS, is the limitation, it's all boxed arrangements, nothing belongs to you.

It can sound fine, especially if the singing is good on top of it, but it's as fake as a 3 dollar bill....

The problem with blanket statements and generalities is this:

you are really saying that anyone using samples (from whatever source) will never get a commercial sounding recording. Many folks slice and dice BIAB realtrack samples to create the sound they want, use midi, other samples, add live instruments, ... and so on and so forth.

If you want to just type in some chords, select a style and then practice along with it, then BIAB is great and easy -- and does exactly what you need it to. If you want to produce a commercial sounding recording, then you definitely have got a lot of work to do (no matter what path you take).

Here's a song that has lots of samples in it, along with live guitar and vocals: Wake Me Up when it's all over

Last edited by Kevin Emmrich; 11/14/13 01:13 PM.
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