How I Quickly find styles in Band in a Box for my music - Tutorial

[@jamesstanley7919]

Thanks Henry.

[@AdrianGeorges]

Even if I did not get really new information from your video it was great fun listening to the style demo and of course your singing. Well done Sir.

[@MaestroJones]

Your great voice reminds me of my father. He passed in 2014. Keep being a blessing friend.

[@henryclarke5407]

Well Thank you. I never thought of myself as having a great voice. Sincerest condolences to your father. Sounds like you all were close 😃

[@ritchiebrowne4629]

Been using your Videos for a couple of weeks now Henry and just want to say thank you for all your tuition. It's invaluable to break BIAB down into learnable parts.

[@henryclarke5407]

You're more than welcome and thanks for watching.

[@tonitoze2452]

Hi Henry, like your instruction. Used BIAB for a while still consider myself a newbie. Learning so much from you. Thank you for these awesome videos. Keep it going.

[@henryclarke5407]

Thank You. Glad the videos are helpfu.

[@MaestroJones]

Loved and appreciate your video. Thank you! 🙏🏾💯

[@RobertChandler-c6r]

Henry, thanks so much for your "newby" instruction. I'll be back in a couple of days for more.

[@henryclarke5407]

Thanks You.

[@RobertVeasquez]

Another great tutorial. I tried using the style finder..lol, I totally misunderstood it…..this feature used correctly will save lots of time. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@RobertJoyce-jp7kf]

I just started watching your videos. I am already thinking that what I will be wanting to do is create a song by flying a scratch guitar track of my own into the project, tempo and time signature would be noted, then add the chord chart with intro, verses, prechoruses/choruses, bridge, break and outro, then start looking for a style that works and generate, say, a specific bass part in that style that I like, save/freeze that bass track, exactly as played once I've got it nailed, then look for another instrument in that or another variation of that style.....something that works, generate that instrument until I find exactly what I'm looking for, rinse/repeat with the next instrument until I've got essentially my own group of musicians...my band, playing exactly what I want for that particular song, flying those tracks into my DAW and finishing it there. I'd like to save that "band" for other compositions in the same general genre as well. This was a wonderful tutorial. I'll wager you have done what I have in mind.

[@DougsterCanada1]

Really enjoy your style of teaching. It's both educational and entertaining. Thanks for all these videos.

[@ms.jujubeatzproduction]

Thank you for the show how! 😊

[@markdavey3586]

That's nice Henry. Thanks for sharing.

[@cgprande]

Henry, aside from anything to do with music or BIAB, you are a gifted communicator and I've loved your sincerity and easy going approachable style from the very first time I discovered you a couple of months ago! The benefit that I've gotten from you the most is to simply know that something was possible with BIAB, regardless of the details of how to do it! By the way, I'm a white man! :-)

[@henryclarke5407]

Rande, thanks for the kind words. I'm a black man .. hahahahahaha Seriously I'm glad you enjoy my tutorials. I really do try to make them beneficial. As far as societal ills of today I wrote a song that reflects a vision through the eyes of the black perspective. It's not targeting anyone. Just a perspective. I hope when I release it that it's viewed with an open mind. Oh, and by the way my family is very very very very mixed !! :-)

[@MarkOffski]

Your a very talented man, and i'm enjoying your Tutorials and appreciate your style, Thank you from UK, peace.

[@henryclarke5407]

Well thank you for the kind words. Ha .. the UK. I lived there for 9 years. Three years near Oxford and 6 years near Ipswich. I absolutely LOVE the UK !!! :-)

[@donmilland7606]

On the "What's going On' track, that software generated guitar ad lib track in clearly done in the style of George Benson down to his exact phrasing, Scary!

[@henryclarke5407]

I find their soloist are exceptional !!

[@WickBeavers]

Thanks, Henry! I would like to know where you get and how you compose your chords to your song projects? My source is a Guitar Tabs app but while they give great chords above the words, they don’t write out the actual music using bars, so it takes some time fiddling with the chord change placements. Thanks, Wick

[@henryclarke5407]

Actually sometimes I just use a standard songbook with Piano chords and play around with them. The key is to get them in first before you start auditioning styles. If you listen to my rendition of "The Look of Love" I just took the standard chords, found a BIAB style that I liked and I was off and running.

[@johntait491]

Thank you Henry for this informative video. You demonstrate so well the "trial and error" of picking a style. I'm an "on/off again", "love/hate" BiaB user who tries to create backing tracks for Bluegrass and Old Time fiddle with BiaB 2015.

[@henryclarke5407]

Thanks John. I'm sure they have a lot of styles in the Genre. I can't use BIAB for everything but it is a good songwriting tool for me.

[@petergedd9330]

Motown produced some of the best songs ever, very rich vocal with uptempo beats, just love it. I was brought up with it. Loving all your tutorials Henry I've got a long way to go though before I get as good as you at BIAB. Thanks (I'm from uk too)

[@henryclarke5407]

Ha. Thanks so much. I used to live right outside of Oxford back in the day and then I owned a house in Debenham right outside of Ipswich back in the 80s. Small world huh :-)

[@lewchaney2138]

Thanks for the great demo Henry... 👍

[@henryclarke5407]

Lew. My pleasure!

[@petesmith7466]

onya henry thank's for video mate

[@henryclarke5407]

Thanks. Hope you get to view some of my newer videos.

[@PeterKirkMusician]

I have little hair left to pull out of styles Henry !!

[@Endless_Skyway_Adventures]

I rarely find a style that fits perfectly, but no problem, I just change out individual instruments. In fact I usually wind up with many tracks in two different copies of the song and export them to my DAW.

[@henryclarke5407]

Agree. Sometimes I'll have 10 or 12 instrument tracks, export them to my DAW and pick the ones I want to keep.

[@kensturgeonmusic]

Hi Henry, really enjoy your videos on KZbin. Do you have any pay courses for band in a Box? I would be very interested in subscribing and paying for this. Or on songwriting, using or not using BIAB? Please let me know, thanks!!

[@henryclarke5407]

Hi Ken. Thanks for the comment. I enjoy making the videos. I do not have any pay courses. It's an arduous process to make a full course and I just don't have the time to pursue this great idea. I do have an idea floating around on songwriting. Just trying to nail down the approach. Stay tuned. Thanks a lot ! Henry

[@kensturgeonmusic]

@@henryclarke5407 Thanks Henry, understood. I would be very interested in a songwriting course, and hope it might include doing this in conjunction with BIAB and/or a DAW.

[@PianoMan-hx3ev]

Great vid! I can’t seem to find that exact same style on my drive. I bought the entire band in a box full package. 🤔

[@henryclarke5407]

Hi. I've had Band in a Box for a long time so I think as you continue to use the product the styles accumulate. It looks like this style came from BIAB 2016. That may be why you do not have it. Sorry

[@PianoMan-hx3ev]

@@henryclarke5407 I bought band in a box 2020 though, the entire hard drive deal and all:)

[@waynemiller6070]

I’m loving BIAB. And I appreciate all your help. One of the things that kind of bugs me though is, particularly on slow songs, I can’t get away from a two bar account in. This is a good example of how long it takes to start the damn song. LOL Is there anyway to change that to a one bar count in?

[@henryclarke5407]

There is an option setting where you can change or even eliminate the count-in. If I'm going to export over to my DAW I eliminate the count-in.

[@singersmall]

I’m trying to add harmony to the voice in a recording. I have BIAB 2023 and I am completely lost.

[@henryclarke5407]

My personal preference is to do all my harmonies in my DAW. It's so much easier especially when doing the final mix.

[@singersmall]

Thank you I have finally figured out how to do it...alleluia !!@@henryclarke5407

[@MichaelCrutcher]

How do you do the "video in video" in real time? I'd like to do this same thing for guitar lessons showing me playing along with the BIAB backing track.

[@henryclarke5407]

I use OBS Studio. It's free. I record with from my computer screen, record again from my narration and merge the video together using MOvavi Studio. I think I answered your question.

[@StratmasterT]

You have very good and informative videos. My question is can you use Band In A Box for a live performance and how do you go about doing that? Thank you.

[@henryclarke5407]

I have heard of guys that do that. They pre-program their song list and play the backing from a laptop. Usually these are solo artists like piano players or guitarists. So the answer is yes you can do that but I don't really see the need since I can create the tracks and just play live to backing tracks.

[@countryboyfr]

Thank you Henry for this video. But what do I do when the title of the song is not in Biab database ? How can I norrow my search to the closest styles that would be OK ?

[@henryclarke5407]

Hi. I try hard to find a song that is similar to the one I'm looking for. Then I use that song to attempt to find a good match. If that fails I'll try to use the drum and rhythm patterns and sort by style and tempo. I can usually find something that works using that method. I will say that I've rarely not found either the song I was after or a good substitute to use in my search. Hope this helps.

[@richhowell6874]

You said you typed in the name of the song, but I couldn't see where you typed it in. I tried in my Mac version to find that place, but couldn't. Covers is just what I want to create for practicing my bass guitar to play with friends.

[@henryclarke5407]

Sorry. I'm at a disadvantage since I do not have a MAC version so unfortunately I can't help you with that. Perhaps theres a workaround.

[@HumbleHeartMinistry]

Hi just got the program. Is there a way to move the two dots that makes it repeat the song? I know if I set the Measures it sets from first measure to wherever I set it to. But sometimes there is another part of the song other than verse and chorus that comes at end of songs. That I don’t want to play through the two or three times the chorus and verses play. Hope Im explaining this right? But maybe you can lead me to a video explaining how I can do that? Thank you!

[@henryclarke5407]

Hi. My preferred method is to not use ANY Repeats, Coda, etc.. I set ALL my songs to 1 Chorus, 80 Bars to start and write the song out long hand. No repeats. I have found that works best for me because I have found repeats and things are inconsistent at best. I hope I've answered your question and this helps.

[@HumbleHeartMinistry]

@@henryclarke5407 I guess that’s what I will do. I’ve got a lot to learn using this program. Thank you for all your videos I’m sure they will be a great help figuring it out! I think my main problem is that I don’t know the language of what things are called. So when it tells me how to do such and such. Many times I don’t understand what such and such they are talking about! lol! I’m sure I’ll figure it out in time! Thanks again Henry!

[@tonytownsend5953]

My "songwriting" is nothing more than me warbling words over a strummed guitar & I'm not that great at either. BUT I have managed to record them on a Tablet for posterity. They are for my family. Is it possible just to play MY mp3's into BIAB & let it decypher what I have already done and only then for me to try to add/subtract tracks from its massive lists to pick the best backing tracks?

[@henryclarke5407]

Ha :-) The Audio Chord Wizard is pretty good at extrapolating the chords from an MP3 but I don't know of any software that will decypher the entire MP3 vocals and all. What you could do is run the Audio Chord Wizard, extrapolate the chords, pick a style that works, and recreate the song in the style you like. Of course you'd have to sing it over. My Tutorial Audio Chord Wizard shows you you can do this. Check it out. It may be helpful. Henry

[@jokeybob]

Henry, is there a way to keep the guitar and add a different bass or drums?

[@henryclarke5407]

Sure, you just right click on Drums on the top row and select the "Real Drum" set you want to use. Same goes for Bass. I do it all the time.

[@jokeybob]

@@henryclarke5407 Thanks

[@imaginableAudio]

should I get the program? is the pro version worth it ? its 129 USD.

[@henryclarke5407]

This is my opinion on the different versions of the product. This may help with your decision making process. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKGyhZapd8Sjftk

[@imaginableAudio]

@@henryclarke5407 appreciate you.

[@PeterKirkMusician]

PS, When i change the TEMPO i often get a mssg box pop up ? I dont know what to change [ or not ] when it dos that?

[@henryclarke5407]

You shouldn't have to mess with the Percentage Tempo button. That changes the tempo by a percentage. What you want to do is change the BPMs. That also changes the tempo and is a better indication. I only use the BPM tab to either speed up or slow down a song.

[@PeterKirkMusician]

@@henryclarke5407 you know that thing it dos when you pick a style and change the tempo and it say " the typical tempo for this is whatever and the you have to change it somewhere else thing it dos? Is what i was referring to ! I,ve not had my studio up for months as we has building work and lots of dust, hope to have it set up again this week, i,ve had BB over a year now but had many many problems with it, last thing i did was have PGMusic do a remote fix on it and indeed for some reason it was,nt correctly or fully installed which would go some way to explain why i never once opened BB without an issue, im still stuck in so far as i still have never connected MIC or Guitar, i cant find clear instructions for that altho i can find many versions that seem to be either out of date , wrong or conflicting !

[@henryclarke5407]

@@PeterKirkMusician I have no idea. Seems you have problems that I've never experienced. My setup is a Dell XPS with 20 GB of RAM running Windows 10. I run BIAB directly from the hard drive version. My mics are standard USB mics (when I sing into BIAB) and if I want to play into BIAB I use a Focusrite USB interface. Everything works fine. When I pick a style even if it says they typical tempo is "X" I just change the BPMs. One thing that does affect changing the tempo for certain styles is that if the time signature is different (for example trying to put a 6/8 against a 4/4 key signature) the styles do not always play correctly. I think instructions are pretty clear. For questions of this nature I suggest you join the Forum and post. I find it a great resource for technical questions no covered in the manual and there are really some smart folks that monitor the forum. Good Luck.

[@PeterKirkMusician]

@@henryclarke5407 Hi Henry, thanks for your reply, i can honestly say or i may have already , i,ve never switched it on and not had a problem ! As i,ve not used it in a while now due to other responsibilities here ,i,ve not had chance to try out my new audio interface, i have had it plugged in, i did have signal, however as PG have various different instructions [ same on their user forums fb groups] i have too many options now ! Their main instructions seem very out of date from what others have said, i,ll try again soon and see which ones i can illuminate ! Odd way of doing things working thru a process of elimination ! No i dont find any of their instructions helpfull ! I,ll go with the ASIO setting as there seems to be concensus on that being the one that works best, then i,ll deal with all this latency/ buffering stuff...................then maybe one day i,ll be able to play/ sing along !!

[@sinofinance]

alot of the sound design comes from the gear they use in the studios and the ssl .

[@nidranrebreski2828]

You're so wrong Sir. You don't have it, nothing's gonna give it to you. The rest is less than 5%

[@sinofinance]

@@nidranrebreski2828 shut the hell up idiot. you have no idea what you are talking about.

[@henryclarke5407]

Just saw this. FUNNY !! LOL

[@nidranrebreski2828]

​@@sinofinance You called me "idiot"! If you were a musician you'd know exactly what I am talking about. But it's an old, old story: empty barrels always make too much noise.

[@sinofinance]

@@nidranrebreski2828 shut up idiot.

[@virgotoro1230]

your sound like Aaron Neville

[@robertgoldbornatyout]

Thanks for the great demo Henry... 👍