On Sep 28, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Derek Kane wrote:
I have been wondering about the new sounds too. I work with Finale &
BandinaBox. Band in a Box tends to put out pretty human sounding midi
stuff. If I were to dump a BB file into Finale and use the new sounds,
would it sound...I don't know...reasonably good? I've listened to the
samples, and they sound like every nuance was digitally entered into
the
score. I really don't want to take that much time with any project.
I'm
kind of torn about the new sounds. I want them, but I don't want to
take a
lot of time with making them sound "human."
From what I can tell, a big part of the "live" sound to BIAB is NOT the
patches (they would change anyway, depending on what you were playing
back on) but rather the rhythm and touch. Importing a BIAB-generated
MIDI file into Finale would give you the same playback as in BIAB, but
horrible notation. Obviously, you would not print these staves, but use
them for playback only.
Finale has a plugin by BIAB'es competitor, MIBAC. It's called Rhythm
Section Generator, and it will add new staves to the bottom of your
existing score with a rendering of a jazz accompaniment based on the
chord symbols you typed in, much like BIAB. These staves are not
designed to be printed either; they are purely for playback purposes.
You would mute your regular rhythm parts and let these play instead.
The plugin isn't half bad, but nobody is going to mistake it for real
players. Try it out, and you might like it.
Christopher
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