I did 30+ years with a 4 piece band and while I miss the camaraderie, I enjoy the total control I have.Īgree all around with Mr Jacobson’s sentiments. But to keep the cost down, the scheduling issues with multiple members out of the mix and still have a big sound, I am sticking with the BB OPB. The purists will always get their undies in a bunch about something. I specifically asked some people who were asking how it all works at a gig, “Would you rather listen to just guitar, just guitar and drums or is it okay with you that I have programmed it to fill out the entire spectrum?” Everyone said that if it is better to let it all into the mix. Since the advent of the electric guitar, (which nearly got Dylan lynched when he picked one up) technology has been invading the music biz. I pull rhythm and lead guitar duties as well as singing in my one man show. I also do not use any chords or lyrics on stage and that’s for my current set list pool of songs which is at around 170. I modify midi files and also create them from scratch. It Burns! I see where you are coming from but what I do is so far and away different from karaoke. If you have the time and patience, you could also try to transcribe songs using a digital audio workstation (DAW). Other than buying the premium songs sold by Singular Sound, your other options would be to ask for songs in non-OPB format. He has shared some of his efforts though and you can find them here on the forum. Guitar Stu and a few others tailor their efforts to suit their own performing requirements but he doesn’t normally take requests. If I sequenced my own MIDI source songs maybe it would be easier. Making matters even more challenging is that the source files I find and use don’t always lend themselves to being easily broken down into that format. I don’t have the time and I lack the skills to break a source file down into the more traditional Intro-verse-chorus-bridge-outro format. In many cases, it already takes quite a bit of effort to transcribe a MIDI source file into an OPB song. I provide one-press songs because it is much simpler to do so. And then I started learning how to transcribe MIDI source files and found out that doing so for the BeatBuddy in a traditional song format is not as easy as it sounds. I initially had the same reaction when starting out with the BeatBuddy-it’s so much more than just a karaoke tool. Great question and I don’t take it as criticism. Welcome to the great philosophical debate about OPB vs default format.
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