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

Thanks Dave
I still have to join midimag, butagree that it would probably be more useful. 
Thanks for replying.
Regards.
Gordon
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave 'SqueezeBox' Carlson 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:37 AM
  Subject: [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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