The best thing you can do is to play around with the demos that are in there for a little while.

-- On the left hand side of the main BIAB page (just above the 1A bar marker) there is a button called Style....

-- Click that and the style page will come up (might have to build for the first time).

-- Click on country or something to limit the number of styles to a manageable number and then at the top of that styles sheet, there is something called Load Demo Song. Load that and listen.

Did you get any real tracks with your version of BIAB? The demos with realtrack load a lot slower than midi-only files!

So, when I get started on a new song, I look for demos/styles that are close to the tempo I want (and sometimes you may have to go through 100 demos before you say -- "hey, that's close"). I then type in my chords the best I can and then start playing around.

I do not record in BIAB/RB (although many people do). I get the backing the way I want and export wav files over to my recording software (SONAR HomeStudio) and work over there. Why do I do it that way -- because I know how sonar works (sort of) and I didn't see any need to learn something else, too!!

Oh well, have fun and the BIAB forum is populated with folks that are really, really helpful.

BIAB Forum: http://www.pgmusic.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB1

Kevin

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