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midi instruments with * won't play #448598 01/02/18 05:41 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,997 Essex England Bob Calver OP Expert
OP Bob Calver Expert Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,997 Essex England	still new to BIAB so forgive me but tried a song I have been playing with RealTracks with a midi only style which will make a midi file for my sequencer module for playing live. real drums play but all midi instruments have * next to them and are silent - no sound or output shown on the mixer. loading another song which has never used RealTracks the midi only file plays fine and the midi style which wasn't working works with that song. also the midi style plays perfectly when i load it and enter new chords as if I was creating a new song. the * is then absent am I missing something when I want to move from RealTacks back to pure midi? Last edited by Bob Calver; 01/02/18 05:42 AM.

Re: midi instruments with * won't play Bob Calver #448599 01/02/18 05:47 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,997 Essex England Bob Calver OP Expert
OP Bob Calver Expert Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,997 Essex England	restarted BIAB and all is well. no idea what is going on.

Re: midi instruments with * won't play Bob Calver #448624 01/02/18 08:50 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18,991 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18,991 Australia	Bob, The * next to a track name means that the track is frozen. If the frozen track had no midi data on it at the time of freezing then, when it's regenerated, there will still be no data on it - thus it won't play. Next time that happens, right-click on "Master", select "Unfreeze all tracks" and now regenerate. This might help. Quote: Am I missing something when I want to move from RealTacks back to pure midi? This will depend on how you moved from RTs to midi. If you simply loaded an all-midi style to replace the Realstyle, then everything should work fine. If, on the other hand, you tried to go to a midi style by removing the RTs from each individual track, the results will most likely be unsatisfactory. This is because not all Realstyles have an underlying midi style. Hope this helps, Noel one of my songs: With You In My Arms MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2024 audios on Soundcloud

Re: midi instruments with * won't play Noel96 #448633 01/02/18 09:15 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,997 Essex England Bob Calver OP Expert
OP Bob Calver Expert Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,997 Essex England	thanks - knowing what was frozen helps. i had stuck with one RealTracks version I liked but obviously there was a problem when I loaded a midi style. still not sure exactly why but I'm finding my way around. there are 650+ pages in the manual and finding things like the asterisks is a bit hit and miss

Re: midi instruments with * won't play Bob Calver #448664 01/02/18 11:34 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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jford Veteran Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 12,584 Pensacola, Florida	Quote: finding things like the asterisks is a bit hit and miss That's why we users help each other out on the forum. John Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 2x2TB, 1x4TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 2x1.5TB, 2x2TB, 1x4TB SATA BB2024/UMC404HD/Casios/Cakewalk/Reaper/Studio One/MixBus/Notion/Finale/Dorico/Noteworthy/NI/Halion/IK http://www.sus4chord.com

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