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Thanks both - that solves it!
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Doctor Peter Gannon and all of your staff at PG Music, PG Music is the absolute GREATEST! Thank you all so much. BIAB is an unique and amazing product which I have been using for over 25 years since the MIDI-only era without RealTracks. I'm very happy and honored to have been included in 2025 User Showcase Awards. And… Congratulations to all the other winners. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi (animarorecords)
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Definitely a Middle Easter song. I can see the dancers. A driving and undulating flow that is hypnotic. Great write. Thanx so much Scott, I'm glad you liked it.
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The Multiriff feature is fantastic, at least, compared to how BIAB used to work it is. But it can still be time-consuming and frustrating, clicking the buttons over and over, hoping to get something different/useful. And sometimes there seem to be no different RT bits for a bar as I keep pressing the button and keep getting the same bits. So, I'd like to suggest a new option that is more like EZ Keys from Toontrack. In that program you still have bits/riffs/patterns but instead of clicking a button and waiting for the program to show you a single option, they have all their options in an easy to navigate grid where I can preview any or all of them and easily insert them into my track. I love how quickly I can assemble a track using EZ Keys and feel this would be an excellent and powerful addition to BIAB!
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Dear Dr Gannon, PG Music and fellow artists, This is an unexpected surprise! When I first heard about it my thought was scam, such is the level of suspicion we live with these days. But no, it's unexpected and appreciated, especially as Band In A Box brings our creativity to life in a lots of different ways. I think the last time I ever won anything was a Ringo Starr LP, Blast from The Past, back in the 70s on a TV kids show. I remember it distinctly as the presenter jibed that my name was Leroy Brown, (Lee). As for an award, well 40 years of accounting and never was there an Accountancy Award Dinner!!... boy, wouldn't that be a dry old event? "The award for best debit entry, goes to..." All joking aside, I echo all the previous comments about PG Music and BIAB, but I want to call out what a great community of friends and artists this is. Always positive, offering and taking advice. Where other communities drag you down, this community is uplifting and inspiring. Thank you PG Music for bringing our passion to life. Kind regards.
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+1 I have always believed that a copy/paste should copy/paste EVERYTHING! If I just spent the past hour tweaking each bar using multiriff and I then copy/paste a group of bars they should sound identical unless I chose to have them randomized. But currently, if I want the pasted bars to sound just like the copied bars I have to spend a bunch of time again playing Multiriff Wheel of Fortune!
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Hi Peter. Thank you and your team heaps  Band in a Box was life changing for me when I discovered it in 2006. Now, 20 years later, it is an integral part of my day-to-day life, and I honestly cannot imagine not being involved with the program. I love it. There is no better software to help aspiring musicians and songwriters grow their skills and develop their musicianship. I've learnt a great deal about the software over the years and even now, I still continue to learn new things about it on a daily basis. Your company has been the best company that I have ever dealt with. The support and knowledge that you offer is exceptional in the very best possible way. Well done everyone! I'm very grateful for being included. --Noel
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Hi Allan. As Dan above suggested, copying the Melody track to another track seems to be the best way to go. Firstly: Set up your VST instrument on a Utility track (this only has to be done once). 1) Set your VST Piano plugin on Utility track 1. 2) I also set the channel to UT 1 to MIDI channel 1. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32621&filename=MIDI - set channel UT 1.jpg) Secondly: Use Melodist. 1) If you don't want the pre-chosen style to load, make sure the checkbox "Allow style change" is deselected. 2) Generate a Melodist. (As you've indicated, the resulting MIDI melody will be written to the Melody track with the preset instrument.) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32622&filename=MIDI - melodist disable style change.jpg) 3) Copy the Melody Track to Utility track 1. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32623&filename=MIDI - copy-move track.jpg) 4) Set the Copy/Move dialogue as shown on the image below. (The "Patch Change" should be deselected so that the Melodist's preset sound is not sent to the Utility track.) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=32625&filename=MIDI - copy-move dialogue.jpg) This should now work. While there is a bit of setting up involved, once everything is set up, you can generate a Melodist and then simply copy the Melody Track to the Utility Track. It's not necessary to delete the Utility Track before copying a new Melodist generation to it. I hope this helps, --Noel Audio | My latest song using BIAB (2026) and Synth V’s ‘Ninezero’ vocaloid: Take Today And Make It Mine
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Well it is doing it again. I typed "log" as the advisor said above but it didn't do anything. Showed a big log but it didn't say error or anything like that. PS. Oh boy. The app plays fine for everything other than the style demos. But then I opened the window audio settings and noticed that the "speakers" were set to a headset which I am not using. When I changed that to the regular desktop speakers, the demo thing worked. Should have checked that before writing. But I assumed all was good since the app plays perfectly through the desktop speakers. Not sure how that could happen, but it did. I guess things are OK again...for now. Thanks. Michael
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Interesting. Ember, from the support team, said that it had been reported as a bug. You think that they're trying to brush me off?
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Ya, but more sad than funny!
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Two months on this issue, nothing from support. Apparently it's been entered as a bug. To the best of my knowledge, there has not been any recognition by PGM that this is a bug reported to them two months ago yesterday. I should know, cause I filed the request! 
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Definitely a Middle Easter song. I can see the dancers. A driving and undulating flow that is hypnotic. Great write.
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The first thing that struck me as a started to listen was how clean and crisp this production is. Top-notch vocal. I am sure his family loved this song. I enjoyed the backstory (being a teacher myself and ready to retire in a few years). Overall, great song.
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Two months on this issue, nothing from support. Apparently it's been entered as a bug. Taking all of the guitar notation out of the equation, the Save As Video function strips the red highlights out from the video playback. Anyone else having this? Apparently they take their time getting to the bug if not enough people are affected by it.
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Interesting instrumentation with the bass intro and the chiming keys that enter in. Mix is spot on. Fabulous unexpected changes. A slight disorienting feel (but not discordant).
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OK, I confirmed "bypass" does what you claim which is not what you want. So I had to remove the Kontakt VST3 piano. That automatically reset to "default" which brought the trmpet back. That does take a couple button pushes. If I did this alot I would simply copy the midi from the Melody track to a nother track which had the Kontakt piano already loaded. Once you set the Kontact on its own track it should only take a couple clicks to copy and pasted the midi from the melody track. Have you tried this?
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Thanks so much for the award it is very much appreciated.
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Congrats everyone! Well deserved!!
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Dr Gannon and the PG Music team, Thank you so much for the 2025 awards! I echo the words of Floyd Jane in thanks and gratefulness for what you guys do; how you do it; and your wonderful suite of products. I first purchased BIAB back in 2000 (I think) and it played a significant role in my songwriting and musicianship - even exposing me to genres which I had never played and sometimes never heard before. There was an explosion in my songwriting because the ideas in my head could now take form through the styles you provided and other features, and even more so when you introduced RealTracks and RealStyles. This year’s user interface changes are also very welcome. I look forward to continuing to using BIAB moving forwards and supporting PG Music as you support us. Thank you from this very grateful customer and community member! Andrew D
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First there was Mambo Jambo. Music changed. Then came Mando Jambo. The world changed even more. I can no longer keep up. But I'm happy as hell to see that things are finally changing and heading in the right direction. Good picking there buddy.
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Ron, I'm so glad you retrieved this song from your archives. This is an outstanding song. Great lyrics and vocal. Super guitar tracks, backing band, and mix. Loved it! Thank you, Mario! Cool ghost from the past. I really liked the drums in the chorus. Appreciate the listen, Herb. Those drums are cool indeed. Good song! Your vocal really shines. Truly an enjoyable listen. Way to go. (At a songwriting workshop years ago, the host urged us to hang on to everything 'cause you never know. You're song proves the point.) Thanks, Scott. Funny thing is, it was my brother who had been hanging onto his lyrics for 40 years before I realized what he had. He never throws ANYTHING away. I'm a little less careful with my keepsakes from the past. Well, except for guitars. I'm kind of not-quite-right when it comes to guitars... Ha! Great instrumentation and arrangements thereof. I always look forward to your songs as I really enjoy the style, vibes and your vocals. Excellent song! Thank you, Chay. A couple of song posts ago you mentioned that you wished I had incorporated an instrumental solo. When I put TWO solos in this one I couldn't help but think back to that earlier comment.
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