0 Re: [Band-in-a-Box] Re: RapidComposer

 

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:12 PM, D F Tweedie <bienpegaito@yahoo.com> wrote:

> List veteran Cliff Davies back channeled me with ... if I can reconstruct
> from memory the gist of his pithy comment ... "Composer, probably ... Rapid,
> hardly."
>
> Cliff Davies not to be confused with Clif Davis. I have downloaded the
trial version and am still deciding what I think, but there will probably be
a long email from me eventually.

Clif

>
> I think at present it is a fair comment.
>
>
> Keep in mind that RapidComposer was
> only first released in April 2010.
>
> RapidComposer has a steep learning curve and a fair amount of kinks to iron
> out. And to this point in time deficient documentation. As I said, based
> upon the brilliance of the underlying concept, I've decided to go full speed
> ahead with the expectation that the developer ... who is accessible and very
> open to constructive criticism ... will develop this into a mature, 'user
> friendly' program.
>
> There are reportedly plans for a youtube video with some feature highlights
> and 'getting started' tutorial.
>
> I'll post the link when this becomes available and also when v2.0 is
> released.
>
> Someone asked for a music demo. RapidComposer doesn't immediately lend
> itself to a 'song' demo in the manner that BIAB does. It is not focused on
> 'styles' which can be slapped on a chord progression. It would be more like
> direct control over the underlying phrases BIAB uses to generate the style
> related basic band instrument lines of bass, piano and guitar, etc., from
> the BIAB Stylemaker (I think that's what it's called?). So instead of
> adding all the data and probabilities into that BIAB function to save in a
> relatively fixed manner, you simply take the phrase itself and directly
> manipulate it in the program. What it does have is a very sophisticated
> harmony palette that you can use to develop progressions for any style you
> choose to develop your phrase or phrases in. In other words, the style
> evolves from the type of chord progressions and instrumentation you develop.
>
>
> So, in a sense a 'song demo' would be no different than a 'demo' of
> creating a song in Cubase or any other DAW.
>
> But if anyone wants to send me a 2 or 4 bar midi phrase composed in a
> single key with chords, arps, little melody, or whatever in the passage ...
> I'll make a 16 bar composition using only manipulation of that phrase from
> RapidComposer and mix it down to an MP3, then post them both anywhere I can
> upload a rar file. That would give you a good idea of what the program can
> do with a phrase.
>
>
> In the meantime, anyone can play with the demo ... which pretty much does
> everything but save a project or export a complete midi file. In fact, as
> far as working with it goes it does save the project you are working on in
> the demo ... since it will reappear the next time you open it, exactly where
> you left off.
>
>
> DF
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