[ddots-l] Re: Sonar and band in a box

Gordon,

If you're not sending this to the MIDI-Mag list then you're missing a much 
larger audience.

A couple points:

Yes, you can save the BIAB project as MIDI type 1 and bring up in Sonar. Works 
pretty well. However I suspect that real drums and real tracks are just 
substituted by equivalent MIDI and I don't think you can use the real stuff in 
Sonar.

No more than those 5 accompaniment instruments as far as I know. Of course you 
can add more in Sonar, but not sure what happens in BIAB. I suspect that you 
could import the entire MIDI to a single melody track in BIAB but you wouldn't 
have them separate. But then go to the melody sequencer in BIAB. You might be 
able to separate them into tracks. I haven't tried that myself, as I don't try 
to push BIAB more than for what it's intended.

Dave
drums are just 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: G. McFarlane 
  To: Dancing Dots 
  Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 9:06 PM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Sonar and band in a box


  Hi
  I have two queries with a couple of sub questions.
  I recently bought both Sonar 7 Producer and also Band IN A Box Ultra.  I know 
quite a bit about audio recording, but as regards midi I'm lost.
  In Band in a Box and I suspect with Sonar the setup says to use general midi 
and if gm2 is available then go for this. My computer has an internal Sound Max 
audio card, but I also use an Alesis Multimix as an output. (Non midi I think). 
  1. I would like to bring into sSonar arrangements made by Band in the Box 
preserving the styles, especially those new real samples ones, not the midi. 
How do I do this especially if a BB project has real styles and midi ones 
combined?
  2. I'm not able to access GM2 instruments even although the setting is 
ticked. Does this mean I don't have them?
  3. I'm not too impressed with the midi sounds in GM1 especially for strings, 
brass and human voices. I've tried them in BB (band in a box) and I assume 
they're the same in Sonar. What can I do to get more realistic sounds - if this 
means a new soundcard or playing them through a midi keyboard, has anyone any 
suggestions?
  4.  For Band in a Box users I like the general use of styles, but they are 
limited to 5 or 6 channels - from drums through piano guitar, audio track 
harmony etc. Once I have a style with instruments I like but then wish to add 
more (like synthetic human voicese.g. the oos and ahs, how do I do this. Do I 
have to import into Sonar and then add these or can it be done in Band In A box?
  Regards.
  Gordon McFarlane

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