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Originally Posted By: David Snyder
You have just given me my new song man.

Be back in 18 hours.

18 hours? You're slowing down! wink


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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?
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I might be able to make up circle chord input for BB with Lua script.
So it has the radial menu you pick > Scale type > Key > Chord

If you think it will be usable ??

You could also make a picker with All chords or Key.
You could just have arrows to move the BB cursor and a comma check box for chords on the next beat.

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Is the second screenshot something already in BIAB I have missed?

I can't tell if this is a joke or you pulled a magic trick, or if this already exists, but if it does not exist and you built it, it would be awesome.

So, don't laugh at me, but is the second screenshot something already in BIAB and if so where is it?

If it is not there, fire up some code man.

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is the second screenshot something already in BIAB and if so where is it?


No it's not in BB but should be that's why I thought about making one for it, something like RapidComposer so it won't take 18 hours.

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Love it.

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But isn't this new feature in 2018 very similar, just saw it..

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I think you mean this:


Jim, Jack, George, Johnny, and Old Antique setting in a circle.....


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Add nothing that adds nothing to the music.
You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both.

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Exactly Herb.

See Songwriting Forum and my latest post of 15 minutes ago.

Herb, you kinda beat me to it thought wise, but I think music wise Tater Totts was hoping his new song Circle of Fifths would put an end to all this silly talk so people can just get back to writing themselves some great country hits.

Thanks to Two Socks, Mario, Dave Cuny, Herb Hartley, Pipleline and Floyd Jane for teaching me everything I know about the Circle of Fifths and writing a great country song.

http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=463325#Post463325

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For some this may be helpful.

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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Man, that's what I'm taking about!!

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Here's a beta version you can try, there might be some errors/typos, check the scales also, let me know what don't work.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eb7ppu14po74ur0/Biab_Chord_Picker_beta_1.0.zip?dl=1

EDIT: fixed Play Generate Button >+

The chords are copied in order from the PG website, there are some duplicates.
The dim gives dim7.

Use the Bass, Drum, Piano.. buttons to set the instrument/s to play over a Rest, Shot or Hold
Use the < > to move or use the keyboard arrows.
Use - for a comma between chords.
Use / for slash chords.

It should just run standalone, any problems just install AutoHotKey
you can also right click > Properties > Compatibility > Run As Admin




Creating your own GUI:

I included the script, to edit it use SciTE4AutoHotKey or Notepad.
To create a GUI use SmartGUI then open in SciTE4AutoHotKey to add the the hotkeys.

So for each GUI Button you create e.g 13b5#9 put the code at the bottom,

this will send it to the Biab window, { } are used to send some special characters.

Code:
Button13b5#9:
winactivate,ahk_class TBandWindow
Send  13b5{#}9
Return


You can use the GUI to do any Biab function by adding a button to send the shortcut keys or keystrokes to access the menus etc...
If you have AutoHotKey installed just right click the script.ahk > Compile, this will create the GUI.exe



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Pipeline,

I appreciate all of your hard work man, more than you will ever know, but I don't know anything about programming and I am terrified of testing executables that have not been tested for fear that they may cause something to crash, and I won't have any idea to fix it.

I would prefer to use this when someone else who is more computer literate than me has checked it out and verified that it is safe to download, install and run, because again I am a moron when it comes to this domain. Also, I am pretty sure my Norton config will delete this the moment it sees it. But again, I just don't know enough to say.

Thanks for all you do man!

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Just install AutoHotKey then double click on the Biab Chord Picker beta 1.0 script.ahk and it will run without having to use the exe.
If you open the Picker beta 1.0 script.ahk by dragging into Notepad you will send it is just simple text, OR instead of downloading you can copy the text below into Notepad then save as My Chord Tool.ahk and it will run when you double click it:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/br2rsun384q0qap/Biab%20Chord%20Picker%20beta%201.0.txt?dl=0


The top part creates the buttons and the bottom part sends those to Biab as keystrokes.

Here is just the text script https://www.dropbox.com/s/tz57jd1fz4ws5ab/Biab%20Chord%20Picker%20beta%201.0%20script.ahk?dl=1

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Hey Pipeline,

Thanks. I have limited technical knowledge of this sort and have no idea what any of this means.

I think I will wait until someone else on the forum who knows more than me has tested it out and can explain it to me so I don't fear clicking on anything.

My apologies but I am super sensitive to intrusions or anything that might harm my computer. I have no idea what you are talking about and do not speak this language.

I will let someone else beta test it and tell me when it is ready.

Thanks for all of your effort and hard work.

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To use Biab you need to be switched on, so I would say you are already there !!! laugh
There's a song and lyrics right there, being brave to "Take the First Step".

You know life's not always easy
There's always a hard road ahead
But I'm gonna be brave
Yea I'm gonna be brave
To take the first step

I could create the chords up also with the chord picker if like.. smile

I would put a Hold just before "To take the first step", so hit the chord button then the Hold button, then bring in the guitar solo.

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Cool stuff Pipeline. I used to use AutoHotKey on a server to have it launch an app and click on specific options on the app with programmed mouse clicks.




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Yes there are so many ways to use it.

This is the easiest way:




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Here's a newer one with the chords in list order.
EDIT: Push buttons named
EDIT: Always On Top checkbox added
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptxts5elvpo7xx4/Biab%20Chord%20Picker%20beta%201.c.zip?dl=1

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmwy2ffpdqpllb3/Biab%20Chord%20Picker%20beta%201.c.ahk?dl=1


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i'll give it a try, thnx, F

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It would be good to get some feedback, the only feedback I've had is from funkycornwall here http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=464692#Post464692

Fixed m6 m7 Ma7, added View Mode button.

EDIT: Update,
Added Set existing Chord to Push 1/8 or 1/16
Added View Mode Normal/Compact
Added DAW Plug-in Mode (small)

EDIT: Update
Added Remove Push Shot Hold or Rest from Chord
Added GUI Color Picker
Added Move BB Window with cursor keys or mouse


Exe and script
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mifqr8ibtnk6f4h/Biab%20Chord%20Picker%20beta%201.f.zip?dl=1

Script only
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qluu9iv9plk3ndk/Biab%20Chord%20Picker%20beta%201.f.ahk?dl=1

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