Each demo below was created in BiaB using a different style and then saved as a midi file.
Yes, they have guitar bends, and yes, those bends were generated by the styles. They were not added later!
What you hear was done in Band in a Box!
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This page has information for a variety of Biab users. Those interested in styles made by others. Those interested in learning how to make their own styles. Those interested in songwriting possibilities using Biab. Those who simply want to see what others do with Biab. Whatever type of user you are, I hope you enjoy your visit. |
Style Information
Sample the midi files and see if you don't agree, they do sound pretty good, especially if you have a Sound Canvas module or are using VSC. For information on these styles, please visit my Styles page. |
StyleMaker Booklet Information
This booklet guides the user, step by step, through the process of taking a midi file apart and turning it into a Biab style. For information on this booklet, please visit my Biab page. |
| Style | Number of Styles and SubStyles | Comment |
| 12blues.mid | 11 style | Use on songs like "77 Sunset Strip" / "Mary, Mary" Click here for free mgu songs using this style. |
| 12czarm.mid | 17 styles | Good on Ray Price types of tunes like "Crazy Arms". |
| 12mhag.mid | 26 styles | Good on the Hag's tunes like "Rambling Fever". |
| 12shoes.mid | 2 styles | One for Mel Tillis or Ray Price like "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You". |
| 12tdrop.mid | 1 style | Modern versions of old tunes like "Teardrops Tonight". |
| 12boots.mid | 16 styles | New country like "Boot Scooting Boogie". |
| 12drunk.mid | 13 styles | Good for Bandy's "Drunk Again". |
| 12sweet.mid | 23 styles | For beer joint songs like "Sweet Honky-Tonk Wine". |
| 12hank.mid | 37 styles | Hank's "Take These Chains" Click here for free mgu songs using this style. |
| 12june.mid | 10 styles | Les or Bing tunes like "June in January". |
| 12late.mid | 10 styles | Good on Lefty songs like "Always Late". |
| 12darl.mid | 1 style | Songs like "Oh Darling". |
| 12rhythm.mid | 16 styles | Good for song like"She's Got the Rhythm". |
| 12sdoors.mid | 26 styles | More Hag like "Swingings Doors or Strangers". |
| 12tellma.mid | 1 style | A custom job from scratch for "Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinking". |
| 12best.mid | 13 styles | Songs like "You're My Best Friend" or "Drinking Problem". |
| 12whole.mid | 23 styles | Some Beatle tunes like "I Wanna Be Your Man". |
| 12saints.mid | 6 styles | Another custom job taken from a midi. |
| 16bayou1.mid | 10 styles | For "Blue Bayou" or "Where Have All the Flowers Gone". |
| 16nine.mid | 12 styles | Beatle tunes like "One After 909". |
| 16blame.mid | 11 styles | Another custom for Songs like "Blame...Heart". |
| 16drink.mid | 14 styles | More Hag like "Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" |
| 16hank.mid | 2 styles | Waylon songs like "Are You Sure Hank Done It" |
| 16ifell.mid | 1 style | More Beatles like "If I Fell". |
| 16okie.mid | 11 styles | Beer joint tunes like "Okie". |
| 16tulsa.mid | 11 styles | Tunes like "Tulsa Time". |
| 16twist.mid | 13 styles | For a guy who used Biab on stage. |
| 12home.mid | 1 style | For songs like Billy Ray's "WhenI Get Home". |
| 12lone2.mid | 13 styles | Custom made from an old Ray Price tune "New Heartache". |
| 16line1.mid | 3 styles | Works on "Pipeline". |
| 12lady.mid | 11 styles | Lonesome Lady © J. Hughes |
| 12rays.mid | 11 styles | Botticelli Reverie © J. Hughes - "Linda Lou"ish. Click here for free mgu songs using this style. |
| 16love.mid | 16 styles | Beatle style like "What You're Doing". |
| 16cady.mid | 15 styles | Ordinary Man © J. Hughes... good riffs from somewhere. |
| 12come.mid | 11 styles | Come On Pretty Baby © J. Hughes - riffs from competition. |
| 16done.mid | 1 style | What Have you Done to My Heart © J. Hughes |
| 16sgtrag.mid | 1 style | Songs like "Steel Guitar Rag". |
| 16sag.mid | 14 styles | Songs like "Saginaw, Michigan" |
| 12up.mid | 18 styles | Let's Take a Chance © J. Hughes also Bandy tunes. |
| 12on.mid | 14 styles | Time to Close the Door © J. Hughes, experiment in harmony riffs |
| 12les.mid | 13 styles | Anymore © J. Hughes, from an old rock midi. |
| 16game.mid | 33 styles | Lesson in Losing © J. Hughes , from midi I found on the 'net. |
| 12exp.mid | 14 styles | Love Me © J. Hughes, good on Ray Price types of tunes. |
| 16lou.mid | 4 styles | Good on songs like "Louisiana Saturday Night". |
| 12mid.mid | "How to Create a Style From a Midi File" | This is the style created in the booklet. Order now to learn how. |
| 16lay.mid | 20 styles | Songs like "Lay Down Sally" |
| 16sd.mid | 3 styles | The midi I got this style from was not very good. |
| 16use.mid | 1 style | Useless Thinking © J. Hughes, nice J. Cash/Luther feel. |
| 16109.mid | 2 styles | These Empty Arms © J. Hughes |
| 16110.mid | 1 style | Maybe Later © J. Hughes, the technique on this surprises me |
| 12111.mid | 1 style | Still Loving a Memory © J. Hughes, a waltz style from a midi. |
| 16112.mid | 14 style | Goof Off © J. Hughes |
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