I disagree with the majority of posters.Ĭomeon, if u like music and want drum programming but are lazy (like me) there are other alternativesġ) Jamstix (which is on special now guys,damn it i jus bought it a month ago.coulda saved $20.
Its a very hard thing to crack and without it music is nothing but rhythm. The only thing that hasn't been ruined by technology is the magic of melody.
I hear nothing but boring un-unique title 'themes' and tracks on TV all the time ( made up with pre-rendered loops and musical sequences ) they all sound good from a production sound quality perspective but utterly boring and predictable in a harmonic way but worst of all absent in melody and as such utterly unmemorable. The truth is not to kid yourself into thinking that you actually 'wrote' that end result because the reality is that it was all made by someone else.Īll that being said, the hardest thing of all is to write a MELODY over a sequence.
Choosing to use it or not is always a decision ( and a self worth thing if you really should know better ! ha ha )īIAB is not alone in this world of the faux - you get hundreds of rendered loops in a standard edition of Logic Pro any of these musical loops and phrases can be stacked up on top of each other with out ever understanding a single thing about music and produce a quality production sound with a seriously good musical content too.
Once home organs use to give you 'Bossa nova I' patterns that would play a cheesey bass, drums and chord pattern when you held down one note ( designed for people who didn't want to learn to play so they could play one note at time and make it seem 'good' )īut now we see that same ethos everywhere in 'Pro' equipment and its been there for a while too. It is interesting to see how technology has evolved bringing both the pro 'do it all your self' ethos and the amateur ' Auto-accompaniment' outlooks so close together. I work with a lot of horn player who use BIAB as an essential practice tool - it allows them to input the changes to what ever standard or original song they want and in any key and speed to let them blow over the changes and get their chops up. Do any of you use it for serious work? (and do you admit it in public?) I'd be very curious to hear your opinions. It's not just money, it's the time needed to fully learn all this stuff.Īnyway, I think serious composers should at least take a look at the latest incarnation of BIAB. I don't know if either of them can control or lock to my DAWs' clocks, nor if either does Rewire. RMX has the new chaos function, though, which sounds intriguing. Also, the price is very low for what you get. They have all sorts of real grooves included, with not only drum but bass, sax, etc. I can't believe I just typed that, but it's actually been developed to an amazing level. After searching a bit, I'm actually also considering Band-In-A-Box. I was looking for some kind of drum-programming application, and considering Stylus RMX, of course. But I dunno, the latest incarnation looks pretty amazing. An amateur program only for housewives & corporate A/V geeks. I know, I know, it's has that "cheapo" cache.