BIAB question

Carter York · Post by **Carter York** » 1 Mar 2004 3:15 pm

Hey y'all,
Can anyone tell me how to 'mute' any given instrument in a BIAB song for a few measures? So maybe the piano would play on the intro, and then again in the second verse, etc.

Thanks
Carter

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 1 Mar 2004 3:30 pm

Deleted post....

The complete answer to your question will require more info than my initial post above.[This message was edited by Gene Jones on 01 March 2004 at 03:33 PM.]

Carter York · Post by **Carter York** » 1 Mar 2004 3:34 pm

Thanks Gene,

I see how that can mute an instrument for an entire song, but how bout within a song?

CY

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 1 Mar 2004 3:51 pm

On the last couple of measures I like to mute everything except the strings. I type in the chord name followed by 3 dots followed by the letter s. That plays the strings only. There are other letters to keep other instruments going but I dont recall them. Experiment with it.

Dan Dowd · Post by **Dan Dowd** » 2 Mar 2004 6:11 am

In the measure or Bar you want just one inst, just type the chord with a period after it and then the first letter of the instrument you want to play a C chord. EX C.b will play only the Bass. C.p will play only the piano. To have all the inst play after these measures just tpye a C. If you want the Bass and Drums type C.db or C.sd for Strings and Bass. The help file has all this info for you also.

Joe Delaronde · Post by **Joe Delaronde** » 2 Mar 2004 8:46 am

Carter

What I do is Unfold the song:
EDIT, UNFOLD (makes song one big chorus)

For my rhythm tracks where I don't want a lead instrument playing, I simply delete the notation for the number of bars needed.

EDIT, ERASE FROM TO.... a window will appear with Erase Chords and/or Melody.

Remove the ticks on everything except Erase Melody. If you make a mistake, simply use the EDIT, UNDO.

Save the song with a different name to keep the original intact.

If you have problems, email me.
Joe

Carter York · Post by **Carter York** » 2 Mar 2004 9:21 am

Thanks to everyone for your replies, I should have some time tonight to mess around and see what happens. Thanks again,

Carter

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 2 Mar 2004 2:30 pm

Carter,
If you just want to do it on the fly when BIAB is playing, there is a little circle by the different instruments that you can click on and off to mute or hear that particular instrument.
Erv[This message was edited by Erv Niehaus on 02 March 2004 at 02:30 PM.]