@@henryclarke5407 Your video’s are a great help in which you explain everything very clearly and effectively. Thanks again Henry and BTW, the beard thing looks great also. (Since you asked? 😉)
Not my style but I'll challenge you to get a chord book, type in the chords for the song, play with a few styles and come up with your own version. The only Christmas song I do is "The Christmas Song" which I may redo to sing and mix it better. ruclips.net/video/EseDUUjE-mI/видео.html
I didn't even know it could do this. Thank You Henry, You're the man. BTW This song makes my world halt to a stop when I hear it come on the radio. I know every word and nuance, Love it!
Thank you so much, Henry. You explained the Audio Chord Wizard so beautifully! This opens up a lot of doors for me. Now I can go back and learn songs from my childhood, and see cool harmonic substitutions that my heroes used in their writing. Since Audio Chord Wizard is figuring out the WHAT, I can focus my brainpower on the WHY; why does a particular chord work so well in a particular spot. It's similar in a lot of ways to my approach to data analysis. The trick is to let the computer do the number crunching so that I can interpret what the results mean and what our next steps are.
I am so glad you enjoyed this video. I sincerely hope it helps you going forward. I personally love this function and think it's one of the best functions in BIAB !!
Just bought BIAB 2021 and see a huge learning curve ahead. But i need it for backing tracks now that i am not gigging so this lesson was excellent. Appreciate your videos, great job, and will learn a lot from ya !!!!
Mr. Clarke, you've made a great tutorial here. It's got everything - step by step, great examples, tips and tricks, and of course your excellent presentation. Thanks for this excellent video.
Thanks. It does a ton of stuff. I'm only scratching the surface. I have to be careful though. I want to create music and try to limit the amount of programing or it can get out of hand.
Really appreciate you making content for this software - particularly since you're someone who uses it personally and practically as a long time user. I've always been fascinated by this software and found it kind of bizarre that there wasn't way more content and discussion out there on it. It has so much potential but maybe it just isn't being marketed in a way that helps people to understand its power. Content like this certainly helps! Thanks Henry. ps. the beard looks great!
Thank You. I agree the software is quite powerful and even my videos just scratch the surface. I started making them because their tutorials did not cater to the type of music that I wanted to create and it appears that a lot of others agree :-) I produced a "testimonial" that's hosted on their website and RUclips channel. and I actually said that in the video. Surprised they didn't edit that part out. LOL
Thanks. Probably the hardest tool of them all. So many inconsistencies but also trying to get the cords from an MP3 that probably didn't use a click track is challenging. However, if you're patient and willing to play around with it you can come up with some cool stuff.
I just found your channel, I am going to study this. I had someone doing the arrangements before. I will learn a lot from your channel. I use re-creating music for my PTSD, and my ADHD I will be checking back a lot on your channel.
I hadn't used BiaB for a couple of years; updated to the latest version and then went looking for some tutorials. Glad I found yours - I didn't even know this is a thing that that BiaB could do! This program has gotten so deep and rich since I started with it when it first came out, I've got a LOT to learn, so I'll be spending a lot of time on your channel. And you sing nice, too.
Hi Henry, this content is amazing, you have a super soul voice i have listened to several of your full tracks, superb stuff, thank you so much for sharing.
!Henry, thanks for the GREAT content! Really APPRECIATE your hard work and teaching on this awesome platform. I bought the 2013 Audiophile Edition, & never really did anything with it. I'll be upgrading the software to the 2022 Edition, as I see BIAB really has come a LONG WAY in these almost 10 years! By the way you have an AWESOME VOICE... you have my LIKE & SUB! Congrats!!!
Thank you - I love the way you are sharing. Band in a Box is a very old, but very cool software. I bought a new version this year (the last was probably around 2000...) and I am fairly confused, with all the options. Tutorial like this one are very helpful. A fan from Switzerland...
great.... really could change my workflow to write songs. Makes you appreciate a rhythm section that can slow down and speed up a song. So much modern music tied to the click track makes for unemotional songs.
This feature is also great for "Ear Candy" Like if You have a finished composition but want a couple little feels here or there... OR... if you want to add like a 12 string strum as background to fill in sparse sections. You don't HAVE to use all Your tracks if You don't want to. Just go to top of screen and pull (drag & drop) the specific instruments You want to the upper left corner where the little box is that says wav, midi wpa etc. And put in the "wav". Once it's rendered, just drag it to a track in Your DAW, and adjust as needed.
Thank you so much for this video. I am just starting using BIAB and find it quite difficult. You have aknack for making the complex simple and learnable. Keep up the great work.
Thank you. Just take your time and you will be fine. I noticed you wrote this comment from the Chord Wizard video. Just make sure you have a good feel for the product before getting too deep into this function or you'll be frustrated. Henry
Thank you for your video Mr. Clarke! I am new to Band in a Box and your videos have been a great help! In this video I actually do love your voice! Thank you for all that you do!!!! God bless!!!
Brilliant Al Green's classic. Not too far back, a lot of popular music had only 1 chord. What happened? BIAB was around at the time. Great program. Great demo. We all gotta do Al Green :)
Thanks Henry! Been looking at purchasing an add on for my Studio One to assist with song creation. Was looking at UJAM's guitar plug ins but this seems so much more functional that those and about the same price. One of my aspirations is to write a Doo Wop musical play with original music. This will allow me to analyze the music I am hoping to write to get a feel for the music. Thanks once again.
Brian, give it a shot. I has some "Doo Wop" patterns. I'm not sure if it's Ultra Pak but I'm sure the program help help with your writing. Best of Luck on your Musical !! :-)
Henry...I have been following your channel on RUclips and I have a small request. I am Legally Blind and yes most of the time it's a struggle, but my request is can you possibly make you cursor larger, so it is easier to follow...for those of us who are LEGALLY blind it is very hard to track the cursor. Videos are my only way to stay engaged because reading is a train wreak.....by the way sporting a beard at our age is great...many thanks for the amount of time you put into your videos.....Many thanks ......Pat Grainger
Pat, I will ty to make the cursor larger going foward. Hopefully it doesn't distort the page but I'll see what I can do. Thanks for viewing. BTW: I don't always wear a beard :-)
Hi Henry- In this video, you have a metronome as your style. How do I set that up? I've looked in the manual, but it only talks about the metronome count in. Would appreciate the help. Cheers- Joe
Thank you. I have to admit. I have a real love/hate relationship with the chord wizard. I find that the more "noisy" the music is the less it works :-)
I just found your channel Henry and it's great. With regards to dropping in the bar markers, BnB should allow you to just "tap" them in real time as your listening to the song. Maybe they've already changed the software to do that. But if they haven't, you should mention it to them.
I've have the function in other software. I found it to be a nighmare trying to get stuff to line up. I think the wizard though not perfect is pretty good. Once I get my basic chord structure I turn it off. I never try to create real tracks from the wizard track.
Thanks for watching. I try to give demonstrations of the capabilities that folks can connect with. It does take a bit of work in getting to know the product but it's very powerful. My videos only scratch the surface but I also come at if from the songwriter/vocalist perspective. I know a lot of users are instrumentalists. Oh yea, my pack is the Ultra pack. Thanks again !!
I’m glad I found your site, I just got interested in using BIAB for helping in my song writing and your tutorials will be a great help! I was under contract with Motown in the early days with my band the five teen beats. Now that I’m retired I have time to get back to song writing. Just wondering where you live? I’m in Sarasota Fl and would love to find friends to co op with. Your new fan Mr. Bill
I use a metronome when I want to map a real style to the track the wizard gave me the chords to. It makes it easier to get the timing correct. I've heard that some versions to not have a metronome. If that's the case maybe you can just use a snare drum loop.
Henry, I need your help. I followed your video but when I try to import or load an audio file, the file is grayed out and I am not able to click on it. The clip is an mp3. I also tried click and dragging it straight into BiaB but that does not work either. What am I doing wrong? I am using a MAC with 2021 edition of audiophile BiaB. Any help would be appreciated.
I use BB to create tracks for my own compositions. I have had some good sounding backings. Overall, this is the most comprehensive complicated program I have ever used.
It will get close but it's not perfect. I have used Audio Chord Wizard to figure out the chords from many songs I liked. It's not always totally accurate but it gets pretty close. I load the songs from MP3s.
First off, Nice Job! I enjoyed the technical and practical aspects of your video! Question, Can Band In a Box look at and alter the midi notes used in the keyboard sounds? It would be cool to re-voice some of the chords for an even more smooth feel to it. Glad I found your channel. I'm a 30 yr (pro) saxophonist who just picked up a Roland AE-30 Wind Synthesizer and now diving into music production.
All Band-in-a-Box packages use the same program so the Audio Chord Wizard is available in all packages. The difference in packages is the amount of content they offer.
Love your channel, your music and teaching, Thank you so much for helping me with BIAB one question do you ever use "real band" You make it sooooo much fun
Hi Herbie, Thanks for the comments about my teaching. It really makes what I do worthwhile. As far as Real Band is concerned a lot of people ask me that question. My basic answer is NO I do not use RealBand for anything. First I'm comfortable with other commercial DAWs and in my opinion they provide much more flexibility than what realband offers. I would say that for more basic songs realband is probably ok but for the type of music I do use a lot of bussing, a lot of plugins, and extensive wav manipulation I find it much easier using a more commercial DAW. Also not all of my songs are Band in a Box. A lot of my songs Acid waves. When I tried to add my own commercial waves to BIAB I had a lot of problems. So my preference is not to use Realband. Hope this helps.
Great presentation Henry. I've been curious about Band in the box and after watching you I intend getting it to assist with me with my pedal steel guitar. Question is, what version of Band in the box do I need to do what you are doing?
Hi Cliff. What I'm doing is probably available in all the versions of BIAB since Audio Chord Wizard is part of the basic program. However, I use the Ultra Pak +. I like running the program directly from an external drive (but that's me). Not knowing your budget I would get at least a MegaPak so I have more sounds at my disposal. Since you mentioned you want to play around with accompaniment for a steel guitar I think the Mega Pak will give you nice sounds for this purpose.
Great video Henry, one question - I can't fine the metronome style in the style picker, where do you find it. Thanks in advance and keep the videos coming, I have a lot to learn.
Hi Tom. I happen to have metronomes in a 2014 style pak. If you do not have this you may be able to use the metronome in the "Preferences" window or possibly find a simple "realtrack" drum pattern to use.
Type the word metronome in the StylePicker filter string text box. Four metronome styles and one style with a piano playing hold chords have been available since the 2014 release.
Hey Henry love your channel. Have you ever tried anything with Salsa music? Seriously thinking of purchasing the software if it can do Latin styles like salsa merengue cumbia bachata reggaeton
Hi and first of all thanks ! I have a song I'm working on that's sort of in that vein. I like to experiment with different styles. I'm sure that the software has the style you want. It's just a matter of going through the different styles to see what works best for the song you want to do. Check out the styles on their website. I don't work for them. I just try to show people how to get more out of the product. If I finish my "salsa" style song I'll make sure to reach out to ya ! :-)
@@noelgold1 I have always purchased directly from PG Music's website. They have a good description of what's included in each package. There's also a Band in a Box User group on Facebook hosted by Joanne Cooper and I understand she can probably give you a discount.
Hi Janet. I'm not sure you can. I can't recall anyone using this program on an iPad or any tablet for that matter. I think it requires more resources and disk space than you would find on a normal Tablet. For example my Windows version of this program takes about 270 GB of disk space. You can check the PG Music website for more information but I don't think it's possible. Henry
I have no idea what you're talking about. The bars are set at the first beats of the measure and are displayed in the windows. Unfortunately I may be covering a bit of it up but if you look where I put the second bar it's obvious that I had to put the 1st bar at the start of the song. Also It's important to understand that old songs do not keep exact time.
@@henryclarke5407 I was talking about locating where each measure starts (I think bars 4 and 5) - using the peaks of the audio file. It is not a busy track and one can clearly see the peaks (aka transients). Great video, otherwise.
@@LosoIAm Peaks in an audio file can be extremely misleading. You must listen to the whole song. For example a snare drum or a handclap can create a peak in an audio file. You have to compensate for that. Remember the wizard listens to the file as a "whole" and not individual parts.
@@henryclarke5407 Most DAW's will have a similar feature (beat finder/mapper, etc.). Of course, one would need to listen to the audio but, when determining the tempo of any song, I would count (like you) and then start honing in on the beginning of several bars (just like you did). This saves me heaps of time! Perhaps I didn't explain it well (English being my 2nd language) but I am reasonably well versed in working with extremely poorly-recorded audio files (having to transcribe hundreds of songs from old cassette tapes).
I’ve gone through an imported song and meticulously hit EVERY single L for say 3 1/2 minutes. Learned too late it didn’t matter because BiaB is smart enough to realize that a new chord goes in a new bar in the chord sheet. As long as it’s fairly close... Ymmv but my experience was as Henry demonstrates - this is a tool to get a foothold. And my favorite find in this workflow was you can play any chord (a better one than the software guesses) on your MIDI controller then hit Ctrl-Enter and the chord in that bar will change to what you played. Shift-Enter plays the chord in that bar. Game-changer for me. Henry I love your videos your recordings your presentation and your generosity. You are the find of the year for me so far!
I broke my back and couldn’t shave. I expected it to be dark brown and red, but it grew in white. I was appalled and shaved it off as soon as I could. You can get away with a white beard because black don’t crack. You’ll always look cool.
ok for the real musicians. the "auto mark" is just taking the 4 he made, then making an average and setting a BPM, then spreading that across the whole track. an old song like this will of course not stay in time, so you gotta move each of those to where youre seeing the obvious drum hitting at the start of the measure. and when its all said and done, dont plan on this thing being anywhere close to accurate. Its easier to know how to play a piano, and just play the keyboard and enter the chords that way.
You clearly missed the whole point of the video. It's made for people who don't necessarily play piano, don't necessarily know in depth chords, and want to set the correct rhythm. Again, you clealy missed the whole point of the video.
There are a thousand ways of doing something. Of course you can use MIDI fakes. You can also buy a backing track. But maybe you just want the chords and want to change the rhythm to another style. If you just want to copy a track then MIDI Fakes may be the best solution for you.
Man, this is really nice, but you talk so fast and you repeat yourself so many times it is very difficult to concentrate - take it easy man!!! you have so much knowledge, please pay attention to the HOW not only to the WHAT - PLEASE!
Got to love Henry’s scores. “Thanks Bud, you’re great.”
Thank You !
@@henryclarke5407 Your video’s are a great help in which you explain everything very clearly and effectively. Thanks again Henry and BTW, the beard thing looks great also. (Since you asked? 😉)
Henry you have helped another 'old man' make music. You are the Band in a box whisper! Thanks man
Rock on!
Great job Henry! And the song choices were great too
Thanks though they did hit me up for copyright violations :-)
Xmas carol band in a box. Joy to the world.
Joy to the world please.
Not my style but I'll challenge you to get a chord book, type in the chords for the song, play with a few styles and come up with your own version. The only Christmas song I do is "The Christmas Song" which I may redo to sing and mix it better. ruclips.net/video/EseDUUjE-mI/видео.html
I didn't even know it could do this. Thank You Henry, You're the man. BTW This song makes my world halt to a stop when I hear it come on the radio. I know every word and nuance, Love it!
Thank you so much, Henry. You explained the Audio Chord Wizard so beautifully! This opens up a lot of doors for me. Now I can go back and learn songs from my childhood, and see cool harmonic substitutions that my heroes used in their writing.
Since Audio Chord Wizard is figuring out the WHAT, I can focus my brainpower on the WHY; why does a particular chord work so well in a particular spot. It's similar in a lot of ways to my approach to data analysis. The trick is to let the computer do the number crunching so that I can interpret what the results mean and what our next steps are.
I am so glad you enjoyed this video. I sincerely hope it helps you going forward. I personally love this function and think it's one of the best functions in BIAB !!
Just bought BIAB 2021 and see a huge learning curve ahead. But i need it for backing tracks now that i am not gigging so this lesson was excellent. Appreciate your videos, great job, and will learn a lot from ya !!!!
Good job, Henry . I loved it!
Mr. Clarke, you've made a great tutorial here. It's got everything - step by step, great examples, tips and tricks, and of course your excellent presentation. Thanks for this excellent video.
nice one fella found this very helpful ..have a great new year
Thanks. The ACW is pretty useful though a bit frustrating depending on your source track.
thank you for the reply fella ,im enjoying your videos @@henryclarke5407
Thank you. I have a bit of work ahead of me, but you lightened my load. Blessings.
Thanks for watching. It is a "finicky" program but usable if you have realistic expectations.
Great job Henry! And I like your choice of songs
As usual, Henry, I learned more about band in a box than I previously knew. Good stuff.
Thanks. It does a ton of stuff. I'm only scratching the surface. I have to be careful though. I want to create music and try to limit the amount of programing or it can get out of hand.
Really appreciate you making content for this software - particularly since you're someone who uses it personally and practically as a long time user. I've always been fascinated by this software and found it kind of bizarre that there wasn't way more content and discussion out there on it. It has so much potential but maybe it just isn't being marketed in a way that helps people to understand its power. Content like this certainly helps! Thanks Henry.
ps. the beard looks great!
Thank You. I agree the software is quite powerful and even my videos just scratch the surface. I started making them because their tutorials did not cater to the type of music that I wanted to create and it appears that a lot of others agree :-) I produced a "testimonial" that's hosted on their website and RUclips channel. and I actually said that in the video. Surprised they didn't edit that part out. LOL
Thanks for the video.
Thanks. Probably the hardest tool of them all. So many inconsistencies but also trying to get the cords from an MP3 that probably didn't use a click track is challenging. However, if you're patient and willing to play around with it you can come up with some cool stuff.
Great job Henry.
Great tutorial! Helped a lot. Fun to listen to you.
I just found your channel, I am going to study this. I had someone doing the arrangements before. I will learn a lot from your channel. I use re-creating music for my PTSD, and my ADHD I will be checking back a lot on your channel.
I hadn't used BiaB for a couple of years; updated to the latest version and then went looking for some tutorials. Glad I found yours - I didn't even know this is a thing that that BiaB could do! This program has gotten so deep and rich since I started with it when it first came out, I've got a LOT to learn, so I'll be spending a lot of time on your channel. And you sing nice, too.
Thanks so Much !!
Great Job Henry! This is really helpful. Thank You!
Great, VERY informative video! Thank you! You’re a great teacher and I’ll be looking for more vids from you! :-)
Thank you. I'm trying to aim my videos to show people "HOW" to do something versus "WHAT" can be done. I'm glad they help. :-)
Thanks a lot, mr Clarke. Very helpful presentation. Incan see more clearly now.
Love you man ! : ) thank you for all those videos
Brilliant tutorial Henry. I'm new to your channel but I already know your tutorials wil be a great help
Glad to hear it!
Thanks for this. This helped make sense of the Audio Chord Wizard and it’s usefulness. Thanks so much!
Hi Henry, this content is amazing, you have a super soul voice i have listened to several of your full tracks, superb stuff, thank you so much for sharing.
Well thank you. I really don't consider myself a super singer but I'll take the compliment (hahahaha) Thanks for listening 😃
Amazing, Henry! By Far the best software tutorial that I've seen! Love the sense of humor!
Thanks Patrick. I try to make it fun and of course laugh at myself along the way :-)
Great job Thanks Henry!
Henry - What a great tutorial! Love your style both demonstrating the software and singing! Thanks for posting, looking forward to more like this.
Thanks George. I'm actually working on more. My videos are more based on production and how to get more out of the product. Glad you like them. :-)
Thank you, I never knew what this app could do all this and I have owned it since 2019.
Lot's of untapped potential in this program. I always feel I'm just scratching the surface.
!Henry, thanks for the GREAT content! Really APPRECIATE your hard work and teaching on this awesome platform. I bought the 2013 Audiophile Edition, & never really did anything with it. I'll be upgrading the software to the 2022 Edition, as I see BIAB really has come a LONG WAY in these almost 10 years! By the way you have an AWESOME VOICE... you have my LIKE & SUB! Congrats!!!
Always great Henry! Best wishes. Always interested in your Band in a Box tutorials. Take care and keep up the good work! Mike .....in England!.
Thanks Mike ... ya know I spent a lot of time in England !! :-)
I'm new to your channel, and I have to say in took me all of 30 seconds to figure out that I wanted to subscribe. thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thanks for subscribing. I hope my tutorials will prove to be useful in composing techniques.
Thank you - I love the way you are sharing. Band in a Box is a very old, but very cool software. I bought a new version this year (the last was probably around 2000...) and I am fairly confused, with all the options. Tutorial like this one are very helpful. A fan from Switzerland...
Thanks. I too was an old user disappointed at first but once I got into it I found quite a few capabilities that I could use. Thanks again. Henry
I gotta tell ya dude your awsome and your presentation is very clear and understandable teach us some more please
Thanks. I do have quite a few videos out thee. Working on something for BIAB 2020. Thanks for watching :-)
Great treatment of this, Henry!
It makes me want to experiment with it a bit
Will definitely be looking at some of your other videos ;-)
Well thank ya there. I hope you enjoy. I try to keep it light and use more realistic examples :-)
Thanks Henry! Really enjoying your videos. You have inspired me to better learn BIAB. All the best.
Thanks James. I'm glad they help and more that they are inspiring :-)
Thank you Mr Clarke 👍
You are very welcome
great.... really could change my workflow to write songs. Makes you appreciate a rhythm section that can slow down and speed up a song. So much modern music tied to the click track makes for unemotional songs.
This feature is also great for "Ear Candy"
Like if You have a finished composition but want a couple little feels here or there... OR... if you want to add like a 12 string strum as background to fill in sparse sections. You don't HAVE to use all Your tracks if You don't want to. Just go to top of screen and pull (drag & drop) the specific instruments You want to the upper left corner where the little box is that says wav, midi wpa etc. And put in the "wav".
Once it's rendered, just drag it to a track in Your DAW, and adjust as needed.
Thanks Henry! This pretty good lesson))))
Thanks a lot. I'm glad you got something out of the tutorial !! :-)
Thank you so much for this video. I am just starting using BIAB and find it quite difficult. You have aknack for making the complex simple and learnable. Keep up the great work.
Thank you. Just take your time and you will be fine. I noticed you wrote this comment from the Chord Wizard video. Just make sure you have a good feel for the product before getting too deep into this function or you'll be frustrated. Henry
Thank you for your video Mr. Clarke! I am new to Band in a Box and your videos have been a great help! In this video I actually do love your voice! Thank you for all that you do!!!! God bless!!!
Thanks for the great tutorial. You always amaze!
Hey John, hope things are well and you're having fun. Cheers, Santa !! :-)
Brilliant Al Green's classic. Not too far back, a lot of popular music had only 1 chord. What happened? BIAB was around at the time. Great program. Great demo. We all gotta do Al Green :)
Thanks Henry! Been looking at purchasing an add on for my Studio One to assist with song creation. Was looking at UJAM's guitar plug ins but this seems so much more functional that those and about the same price. One of my aspirations is to write a Doo Wop musical play with original music. This will allow me to analyze the music I am hoping to write to get a feel for the music. Thanks once again.
Brian, give it a shot. I has some "Doo Wop" patterns. I'm not sure if it's Ultra Pak but I'm sure the program help help with your writing. Best of Luck on your Musical !! :-)
Awesome tutorial!
Thanks !!
Thank you for demonstrating this, it brings the feature up to the spotlight, definitely going to try a few songs this way. Love all your videos!
Thanks Dan. Glad they are helpful. ACW can be tuff. Be patient :-)
Mr. Clarke - GOOD video - KEEP the beard! Thank you for this!
Ha. Thanks for the kind words. As far as the beard .. Hmmmmmm ... :-)
Brilliant tutorial Henry. I'm new to your channel but I already know your tutorials wil be a great help. Thank you
Thanks. Hopefully some of my other tutorials will help you with your music (or at least entertain ya) :-)
Henry...I have been following your channel on RUclips and I have a small request. I am Legally Blind and yes most of the time it's a struggle, but my request is can you possibly make you cursor larger, so it is easier to follow...for those of us who are LEGALLY blind it is very hard to track the cursor. Videos are my only way to stay engaged because reading is a train wreak.....by the way sporting a beard at our age is great...many thanks for the amount of time you put into your videos.....Many thanks ......Pat Grainger
Pat, I will ty to make the cursor larger going foward. Hopefully it doesn't distort the page but I'll see what I can do. Thanks for viewing. BTW: I don't always wear a beard :-)
Henry that sounds so good B+ I dont want a copy either... cover
:-)
Thanks Henry
You welcome. The Wizard can be tuff to manipulate but it's fairly accurate.
Hey Henry! Great videos brother!
Well thanks for checking me out !! :-)
Hi Henry- In this video, you have a metronome as your style. How do I set that up? I've looked in the manual, but it only talks about the metronome count in. Would appreciate the help. Cheers- Joe
Open the StylePicker and type the word metronome in the filter string. There are four metronome styles and one style with a piano playing hold chords.
Very groovy. Thanks
Thank you. I have to admit. I have a real love/hate relationship with the chord wizard. I find that the more "noisy" the music is the less it works :-)
I just found your channel Henry and it's great. With regards to dropping in the bar markers, BnB should allow you to just "tap" them in real time as your listening to the song. Maybe they've already changed the software to do that. But if they haven't, you should mention it to them.
I've have the function in other software. I found it to be a nighmare trying to get stuff to line up. I think the wizard though not perfect is pretty good. Once I get my basic chord structure I turn it off. I never try to create real tracks from the wizard track.
Thankyou Henry...great presentation!
Thank you. Sorry it was so long but I wanted to give examples that hopefully folks can use. :-)
Great job.
Many thanks for this tutorial. I am just deciding which pack to get. Seems like a better solution than a guitar looper pedal with just drums.
Thanks for watching. I try to give demonstrations of the capabilities that folks can connect with. It does take a bit of work in getting to know the product but it's very powerful. My videos only scratch the surface but I also come at if from the songwriter/vocalist perspective. I know a lot of users are instrumentalists. Oh yea, my pack is the Ultra pack. Thanks again !!
I’m glad I found your site, I just got interested in using BIAB for helping in my song writing and your tutorials will be a great help! I was under contract with Motown in the early days with my band the five teen beats. Now that I’m retired I have time to get back to song writing. Just wondering where you live? I’m in Sarasota Fl and would love to find friends to co op with. Your new fan Mr. Bill
Great demo Henry.
Thanks a lot.
Hi Henry Think I've miss a beat why do you use X metronm2 where did that come from? Thank you for sharing your music and methods
I use a metronome when I want to map a real style to the track the wizard gave me the chords to. It makes it easier to get the timing correct. I've heard that some versions to not have a metronome. If that's the case maybe you can just use a snare drum loop.
Hola, In Audacity, in the track above, with a small hand you can fast forward or slow down the music. Can this be done in real track? Thanks
I don't use audacyity. I guess you can always change the BPMs in BIAB.
Great tutorial. Thank you.
You're welcome. I'm glad you found it helpful. :-)
Henry, I need your help. I followed your video but when I try to import or load an audio file, the file is grayed out and I am not able to click on it. The clip is an mp3. I also tried click and dragging it straight into BiaB but that does not work either. What am I doing wrong? I am using a MAC with 2021 edition of audiophile BiaB. Any help would be appreciated.
No viable reason why this does not work. Have you made sure that you've updated the software? It may be a flaw. Technically it should work perfect.
I use BB to create tracks for my own compositions. I have had some good sounding backings. Overall, this is the most comprehensive complicated program I have ever used.
Henry, If I load a song from any album from outside Band in a Box, will it tell me the key and chords? Thanks' for all U do.
It will get close but it's not perfect. I have used Audio Chord Wizard to figure out the chords from many songs I liked. It's not always totally accurate but it gets pretty close. I load the songs from MP3s.
Nicely done, sir. I give your explanation an A-. 😁
Thanks for the comment! :-)
Really good tutorial Henry. 2 Questions. 1. I can´´t find the metronome click track in BIAB. 2. What BIAB do you got? PRO - UTRAPACK or ?
I have 2021 UltraPak. If you don't have a metronome use a drum tack that is very basic.
Cool 👍🏼
First off, Nice Job! I enjoyed the technical and practical aspects of your video! Question, Can Band In a Box look at and alter the midi notes used in the keyboard sounds? It would be cool to re-voice some of the chords for an even more smooth feel to it. Glad I found your channel. I'm a 30 yr (pro) saxophonist who just picked up a Roland AE-30 Wind Synthesizer and now diving into music production.
You can alter MIDI notes on any MIDI track.. It's so cumbersome doing that and in my view it's just too much work but yes you can do that.
Hi Henry, which version are you using? Doses chords wizard come in all versions?
I dn't remember. This may be from 2020 but I think that the Chord Wizard has been around for a while.
All Band-in-a-Box packages use the same program so the Audio Chord Wizard is available in all packages. The difference in packages is the amount of content they offer.
Love your channel, your music and teaching, Thank you so much for helping me with BIAB one question do you ever use "real band"
You make it sooooo much fun
Hi Herbie, Thanks for the comments about my teaching. It really makes what I do worthwhile. As far as Real Band is concerned a lot of people ask me that question. My basic answer is NO I do not use RealBand for anything. First I'm comfortable with other commercial DAWs and in my opinion they provide much more flexibility than what realband offers. I would say that for more basic songs realband is probably ok but for the type of music I do use a lot of bussing, a lot of plugins, and extensive wav manipulation I find it much easier using a more commercial DAW. Also not all of my songs are Band in a Box. A lot of my songs Acid waves. When I tried to add my own commercial waves to BIAB I had a lot of problems. So my preference is not to use Realband. Hope this helps.
Henry. Is there a way to PM you please
I have a beard. It is white now. My daughter says I got to grow it out every Christmas. ;)
Had to shave my beard. Everybody thought I was an old man hahahahahha !!
Great presentation Henry. I've been curious about Band in the box and after watching you I intend getting it to assist with me with my pedal steel guitar. Question is, what version of Band in the box do I need to do what you are doing?
Hi Cliff. What I'm doing is probably available in all the versions of BIAB since Audio Chord Wizard is part of the basic program. However, I use the Ultra Pak +. I like running the program directly from an external drive (but that's me). Not knowing your budget I would get at least a MegaPak so I have more sounds at my disposal. Since you mentioned you want to play around with accompaniment for a steel guitar I think the Mega Pak will give you nice sounds for this purpose.
Would you please do this with the song BABY IT'S YOU in the style of SMITH?
Sorry my friend but I have no idea of the song "Baby It's You" and I don't know who Smith is.
Eddie can still sing that song spot on.
Great video Henry, one question - I can't fine the metronome style in the style picker, where do you find it. Thanks in advance and keep the videos coming, I have a lot to learn.
Hi Tom. I happen to have metronomes in a 2014 style pak. If you do not have this you may be able to use the metronome in the "Preferences" window or possibly find a simple "realtrack" drum pattern to use.
@@henryclarke5407 Thanks Henry
Type the word metronome in the StylePicker filter string text box. Four metronome styles and one style with a piano playing hold chords have been available since the 2014 release.
Hey Henry love your channel. Have you ever tried anything with Salsa music? Seriously thinking of purchasing the software if it can do Latin styles like salsa merengue cumbia bachata reggaeton
Hi and first of all thanks ! I have a song I'm working on that's sort of in that vein. I like to experiment with different styles. I'm sure that the software has the style you want. It's just a matter of going through the different styles to see what works best for the song you want to do. Check out the styles on their website. I don't work for them. I just try to show people how to get more out of the product. If I finish my "salsa" style song I'll make sure to reach out to ya ! :-)
Henry Clarke sounds great. Would you recommend purchasing band in a box on amazon?
@@noelgold1 I have always purchased directly from PG Music's website. They have a good description of what's included in each package. There's also a Band in a Box User group on Facebook hosted by Joanne Cooper and I understand she can probably give you a discount.
Henry Clarke ok thank you for the updates
How can I use this program with iOS?
Hi Janet. I'm not sure you can. I can't recall anyone using this program on an iPad or any tablet for that matter. I think it requires more resources and disk space than you would find on a normal Tablet. For example my Windows version of this program takes about 270 GB of disk space. You can check the PG Music website for more information but I don't think it's possible. Henry
@@henryclarke5407 thank you
Bom!😲
I have no idea what "Bom"! means. I hope it's good :-)
@@henryclarke5407 Bom is what your count in sounds like👍
Bom 234 Bom234!
your singing is better the fine , jerks shouldn't comment. jerks check Henry's performance videos
HAHAHA ... Thanks :-)
Should have just used the visual display of audio file - the first beats of a measure clearly show where they are.
I have no idea what you're talking about. The bars are set at the first beats of the measure and are displayed in the windows. Unfortunately I may be covering a bit of it up but if you look where I put the second bar it's obvious that I had to put the 1st bar at the start of the song. Also It's important to understand that old songs do not keep exact time.
@@henryclarke5407 I was talking about locating where each measure starts (I think bars 4 and 5) - using the peaks of the audio file. It is not a busy track and one can clearly see the peaks (aka transients).
Great video, otherwise.
@@LosoIAm Peaks in an audio file can be extremely misleading. You must listen to the whole song. For example a snare drum or a handclap can create a peak in an audio file. You have to compensate for that. Remember the wizard listens to the file as a "whole" and not individual parts.
@@henryclarke5407 Most DAW's will have a similar feature (beat finder/mapper, etc.). Of course, one would need to listen to the audio but, when determining the tempo of any song, I would count (like you) and then start honing in on the beginning of several bars (just like you did). This saves me heaps of time!
Perhaps I didn't explain it well (English being my 2nd language) but I am reasonably well versed in working with extremely poorly-recorded audio files (having to transcribe hundreds of songs from old cassette tapes).
I’ve gone through an imported song and meticulously hit EVERY single L for say 3 1/2 minutes. Learned too late it didn’t matter because BiaB is smart enough to realize that a new chord goes in a new bar in the chord sheet. As long as it’s fairly close... Ymmv but my experience was as Henry demonstrates - this is a tool to get a foothold.
And my favorite find in this workflow was you can play any chord (a better one than the software guesses) on your MIDI controller then hit Ctrl-Enter and the chord in that bar will change to what you played. Shift-Enter plays the chord in that bar. Game-changer for me.
Henry I love your videos your recordings your presentation and your generosity. You are the find of the year for me so far!
I broke my back and couldn’t shave. I expected it to be dark brown and red, but it grew in white. I was appalled and shaved it off as soon as I could. You can get away with a white beard because black don’t crack. You’ll always look cool.
Hi Max. Sorry 'bout your back. Must have been painful. Remember if you regrow you beard "Just For Men" !! :-)
@@henryclarke5407 Hi Henry. Yes, it still hurts, but the white beard was agony, if you know what I mean. 👍
Sorry to read about your back injury. I hope you mend well, and quickly!
ok for the real musicians. the "auto mark" is just taking the 4 he made, then making an average and setting a BPM, then spreading that across the whole track. an old song like this will of course not stay in time, so you gotta move each of those to where youre seeing the obvious drum hitting at the start of the measure. and when its all said and done, dont plan on this thing being anywhere close to accurate. Its easier to know how to play a piano, and just play the keyboard and enter the chords that way.
You clearly missed the whole point of the video. It's made for people who don't necessarily play piano, don't necessarily know in depth chords, and want to set the correct rhythm. Again, you clealy missed the whole point of the video.
I like the beard
HA HA HA !! What beard?? I go back and forth :-)
Not to brag, but I though every one could hear and instantly identify chord progressions, including the key.
WOW ! Thats an ambitious statement. I guess the majority of BIAB users are not as proficient as you seem to be when it comes to music theory.
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There are midi fakes for most hits. These can save time.
There are a thousand ways of doing something. Of course you can use MIDI fakes. You can also buy a backing track. But maybe you just want the chords and want to change the rhythm to another style. If you just want to copy a track then MIDI Fakes may be the best solution for you.
Keep the beard
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OMG 11+ minutes to show me the chord analysis. Really?
My style is not for everyone. I'm sure there are other Tutorials that may fit what you're trying to do. I suggest you search them out.
Man, this is really nice, but you talk so fast and you repeat yourself so many times it is very difficult to concentrate - take it easy man!!! you have so much knowledge, please pay attention to the HOW not only to the WHAT - PLEASE!
Noted!
lord he terrible at seeing the obvious beat in the wave.