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#173505 - 04/23/03 12:14 PM VanBasco is great but......
The Accordionist Member Registered: 01/25/03 Posts: 221	Hello all....I downloaded VanBasco's Karaoke player on recommendation I received here and it is excellent! The midifile search engine is excellent, too! I was wondering if anybody knows of a good application for playing midifiles that will show the chord changes. Being an accordionist I am woefully lacking on the left hand notes and am very chord-driven (i.e. Cmaj/Gm/Cmaj7 is very easy for me but watching left-hand notes play on the VanBasco keyboard doesn't help!) As always, thank you.
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#173506 - 04/23/03 01:46 PM Re: VanBasco is great but......
Flavie Member Registered: 10/11/01 Posts: 102 Loc: Ontario - Canada	Hi! you can mute all the solo tracks and play only one track that plays the chords like: piano, guitar, organ, strings... Also you can play along the bass track to get all the detaills. To be able to read the piano keys you can slow down the tempo as much as you need. Maybe the next version of the player will show the chords as well. Is only one step ahead. Flavi. [This message has been edited by Flavie (edited 04-23-2003).] _________________________ --------------------- www.fantasyband.ro
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#173507 - 04/23/03 03:06 PM Re: VanBasco is great but......
Graham UK Senior Member Registered: 01/20/01 Posts: 1925 Loc: Lincolnshire UK	Try Midinotate. It will transcribe the chords and do a good job at printing out score sheet. A demo can downloaded from www.midinotate.com Graham UK
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#173508 - 04/23/03 09:15 PM Re: VanBasco is great but......
Vquestor Member Registered: 12/14/00 Posts: 554	I also recommend you try the free version of Myriad's Harmony Assistant. You can easily find their site from a Google search. It can literally make your PC sing!
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#173509 - 04/23/03 11:03 PM Re: VanBasco is great but......
Anonymous Unregistered	What's confusing here is that presumably the vast majority of the posters here have a keyboard that costs much more than the average person will pay for a keyboard and play keyboards for a living. That being said, I can't understand the emphasis on what is "free". This is an investment in your profession. It is a tool of your trade. Why don't you "splurge" for Band In A Box that displays chords and can calculate chords based upon a midi file.
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#173510 - 04/24/03 01:16 AM Re: VanBasco is great but......
royandreno Member Registered: 03/15/02 Posts: 451 Loc: Sandnes, Norway	Powertracks from PG Music does the same! www.pgmusic.com ------------------ Roy-Andr� _________________________ Roy-Andr�
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#173511 - 04/24/03 02:31 AM Re: VanBasco is great but......
Graham UK Senior Member Registered: 01/20/01 Posts: 1925 Loc: Lincolnshire UK	I have BIAB v12b and I must say there is not a day passes that I don't use it. BIAB is also great for making Pad Riffs for my 9000Pro. I play at home for pleasure and download to try a lot of free programs,some of them are very good. How often we purchase a program only to find it does not quite do what was promised. BIAB & Power Tracks are excellent and produce better print outs than many of the more expensive sequences Cubase & Cakewalk can do. Graham UK
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#173512 - 04/24/03 08:06 AM Re: VanBasco is great but......
Vquestor Member Registered: 12/14/00 Posts: 554	Quote: ... I can't understand the emphasis on what is "free". What emphasis??? I merely was recommending a particular piece of software to The Accordianist, that he could try out to see if it serves his specificly requested needs (i.e., show chord changes of a midi file). It only costs $65 to register, but it is his decision whether he likes the program and wants a "registered" full-featured version or not. There is NOTHING WRONG with using a Lite version of a program that is "free". This is an investment in your profession. It is a tool of your trade. I agree, but "try before you buy". Who among us has never been burned after buying software? [/B]
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