Cakewalk Rythmn Software CD

Bill Maynard · Post by **Bill Maynard** » 10 Aug 2005 5:29 am

Anyone know where one can acquire this CD for setting up back ground rythmn on a laptop?

I hear it is alot easier to work with than BIAB..Anything to that?

Bill

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 10 Aug 2005 6:43 am

BIAB is the way to go.
Erv

John Bresler R.I.P. · Post by **John Bresler R.I.P.** » 10 Aug 2005 6:47 am

Bill:

I don't have Cakewalk, but have had BIAB since the beginning. When I first got BIAB, I purchased it directly from PG Music and I thought it sucked. Then I met up with Big Jim Baron and he showed me how to make it run Professionally. BIAB is really not that difficult if you get Big Jim's 4100+ CD which has that many songs already setup in BIAB format.

Big Jim Baron is a BIAB dealer and can answer all your questions and help with the purchase, all the setup, etc. His email address is bigjim4b@sbcglobal.net

[This message was edited by John Bresler on 10 August 2005 at 07:50 AM.]

Will Holtz · Post by **Will Holtz** » 10 Aug 2005 10:53 am

You can buy it straight from Cakewalk here. However, it looks like this is built as a plugin for use within another Cakewalk product (such as Sonar).[This message was edited by Will Holtz on 10 August 2005 at 12:13 PM.][This message was edited by Will Holtz on 10 August 2005 at 12:13 PM.]

Will Holtz · Post by **Will Holtz** » 10 Aug 2005 10:58 am

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Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 10 Aug 2005 11:01 am

Cakewalk and Band in a Box are very different products. I use both often.

Cakewalk is a sequencer. It combines multiple tracks of either midi or digital audio into a multitrack recording that can be mixed down to a stereo audio file. The current pro version of Cakewalk is called Sonar and the current release version is V4. There is no facility in this software to create rhythm tracks, UNLESS you record your own parts, either midi -- like with a midi keyboard -- or audio -- using a microphone or direct input into your computer's sound card.

Band in a Box is perfectly suited to create rhythm tracks. You type in chords to make a chord progression, select a style, and the software creates individual parts -- e.g., bass, drums, guitar, piano, based on the style you choose. Band in a Box also allows you to record live audio and combine it with the rhythm tracks, but this capability is not nearly as powerful and complete as in Sonar.

I often use BiaB to create a rhythm track, then dump it to a midi file that can be read by Sonar (Cakewalk). At that point, you can use the powerful editing capabilities of Sonar to change anything you don't like, note by note if you wish, and add other parts.

Hope this helps explain what each product does. Both are excellent pieces of software that have come a long way since their early versions.

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