Macbook, running OS X 10.13.4
BIAB version 2018 (258)
Preferences 1
Audible lead in is checked
Volume 5
Instrument=hand clap
Pattern 1-3- 1- - -the reason I listed the above settings is that
No matter what my settings are, I get
Volume +-20
Instrument=side stick
Pattern 1-3-1234

I click OK, which is the only logical option and none my new settings are saved.
I regenerated the song, no new settings
I restarted BIAB, still no new settings are saved.
What’s going on?
For reference a second Macbook computer running BIAB 2016. Ver.(146)
OS X 10.7.5 no problems.

Hmmm... I’ll have to see if I can duplicate that in 2017.

I see you are in San Jose. Do we know each other?

“Do,we know each other”
Mike, I’ve been here for 76 yrs! Played
many clubs and taught music in Morgan Hill.
Play several retirement places now.

You have a few years on me—I'm 64. We are bound to know many of the same people. Morgan Hill? I'm in Sunnyvale now but have lived in the Valley since 1969.

In the '70s, my college girlfriend was a flautist who had gone to Live Oak. Until my stroke, I played in the South Valley Symphony off and on beginning in the 1990s. Until last year, I played occasionally at Morgan Hill Presbyterian as a fill-in with the praise band.

Hi JazzSax,

Are you using MIDI drums or RealDrums? The reason I ask is that most of those settings only apply to MIDI drums. If you're using RealDrums, you get whichever count-in the drummer played while recording the RealDrum.

Thanks
Kent
PG Music

Kent, I use RealDrums in all of my songs.
Here's what i have discovered regarding my audible lead-in.

At some point in Biab updates the icon in front of the files changed
from a blue/black/purple guitar player, OLD ICON
to a gold/black/white sax player, NEW ICON

When a song with the OLD icon is loaded, the lead-in to that song
plays to whatever lead-in preferences I have selected.

When a song with the NEW icon is loaded, the preferences are ignored.

Hi Jazzsax,

The only difference between MG4 and SGJ is that one has a melody, and they use different styles.

Are you 100% sure that "Drums" is green and not yellow at the top of the Band-in-a-Box screen when you open the SGJ file?

I can't imagine how you could possibly be changing the count-in instrument and pattern if you're using RealDrums, regardless of the file extension.

Thanks
Kent
PG Music