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utility tracks to reaper #727778 08/16/22 12:12 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England P paulpaul OP Journeyman
OP paulpaul Journeyman P Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England	Hello scenario. load midi file into bb with chords onto utility tracks. generate suitable style with real tracks. save song as bb song. open reaper and place bb daw onto track. open bb song that was saved in bb. generate song . drag all into reaper. Problem is that no midi tracks which were on the utility tracks show up and there is nothing to drag into reaper except the generated real tracks. I would like to have the generated real tracks and the original midi tracks to mess around with in reaper. could anyone give me advice on how to get the midi/utility tracks into reaper from bb. thanks. rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks. win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz 64 bit hp envy biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6. running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.

Re: utility tracks to reaper paulpaul #727813 08/16/22 04:16 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,407 Wauconda DrDan Veteran
DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,407 Wauconda	Here we go again. I am afraid I have forgotten more about the intricacies of BIAB-VST than I currently remember. crazy Don't know if this is a bug or just a feature which was never finalized. Dan, BIAB2024, SoundCloud Win11, i7(12thGen), 32GB, 1TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD), 2TB Libraries, 1 TB(WD-Black), 2TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD)Data, Motu Audio Express, Keystation 61, SL88 Studio, Reaper

Re: utility tracks to reaper paulpaul #727830 08/16/22 08:33 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,131 Winston-Salem, NC USA Jim Fogle Veteran
Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,131 Winston-Salem, NC USA	That's the way the plugin operates at this time. I remember Adar with PG Music stating he is aware of the issues and working on a solution. The solution at this time is to stay in the main Band-in-a-Box program and use the menu selections to export MIDI and/or audio tracks or select the original DAW mode, available just below the Drag & Drop zone in Band-in-a-Box, to have both programs available on screen at the same time and use the Drag and Drop zone to copy track files to the DAW. Jim Fogle - 2024 BiaB (1111) RB (5) Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home

Re: utility tracks to reaper paulpaul #727834 08/16/22 09:06 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 1,199 A Adar - PG Music PG Music Staff
Adar - PG Music PG Music Staff A Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 1,199	Thanks Paul! Can you provide a bit more detail on the steps you took to produce this bug (ie: exact steps including which style you're using)? Also, if you have a copy of the song, can you email it to me at aguy@pgmusic.com so that I may take a better look at what is happening? I appreciate the feedback!

Re: utility tracks to reaper DrDan #727874 08/16/22 08:58 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England P paulpaul OP Journeyman
OP paulpaul Journeyman P Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England	Dan, I know what you mean. Although ive had biab for years,im not a regular user and when i do get the urge to delve into it again i have to relearn everything lol. rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks. win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz 64 bit hp envy biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6. running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.

Re: utility tracks to reaper Jim Fogle #727875 08/16/22 09:01 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England P paulpaul OP Journeyman
OP paulpaul Journeyman P Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England	Jim. thanks for that. thats the way i did it. i was just curious why it didnt send the midi utility tracks over from the bbdaw. anyway looks like gonna get a bit of advice from Adar from Biab. rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks. win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz 64 bit hp envy biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6. running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.

Re: utility tracks to reaper Adar - PG Music #727876 08/16/22 09:01 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England P paulpaul OP Journeyman
OP paulpaul Journeyman P Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England	Adar. will do. rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks. win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz 64 bit hp envy biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6. running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.

Re: utility tracks to reaper paulpaul #747359 01/01/23 06:04 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 417 Jersey Channel Islands Brian Cadoret Journeyman
Brian Cadoret Journeyman Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 417 Jersey Channel Islands	What was the outcome of this thread? The DAW plugin still does not import any midi utility tracks from a saved song in BIAB Thanks Brian Cadoret BIAB 2024 Pro with BIAB2023 UltraPAK build 1111. Samplitude Pro X4 Suite. Mixcraft 10.5 Pro Studio Focusrite 2i2 Scarlett Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz Installed RAM 8.00 GB

Re: utility tracks to reaper paulpaul #747367 01/01/23 06:36 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,803 Pawling New York R Rob Helms Veteran
Rob Helms Veteran R Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,803 Pawling New York	The RTs do create a midi chart that can be used. Hopefully we can get this fixed sooner than later. Lenovo Win 10 16 gig ram, Mac mini with 16 gig of ram, BiaB 2022, Realband, Harrison Mixbus 32c version 9.1324, Melodyne 5 editor, Presonus Audiobox 1818VSL, Presonus control app, Komplete 49 key controller.

Re: utility tracks to reaper paulpaul #747368 01/01/23 06:38 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,407 Wauconda DrDan Veteran
DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,407 Wauconda	I just tested. Using BIAB I put a midi track on Utility #1. Then saved and opened in BIAB-VST in Reaper. It was absent. I am afraid that is the long establish history and current situation with the BIAB-VST. Dan, BIAB2024, SoundCloud Win11, i7(12thGen), 32GB, 1TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD), 2TB Libraries, 1 TB(WD-Black), 2TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD)Data, Motu Audio Express, Keystation 61, SL88 Studio, Reaper

Re: utility tracks to reaper Brian Cadoret #747396 01/01/23 12:10 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England P paulpaul OP Journeyman
OP paulpaul Journeyman P Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 460 yorkshire, England	Brian. This was the reply i received from adar after sending details. Havent seen or heard anything regarding this issue since receiving this message in August. Thu, 18 Aug 2022 at 03:06 Hi Paul, Thank you for the detailed description of the issue you reported. I have tested this myself and see that the utility tracks do not open in the plugin as they do in the main BIAB program. I have created a bug report for this and forwarded the information to the developers responsible for fixing the back-end engine. Please keep an eye out in the release notes for when this issue has been fixed. rebuilt styles,songs and real tracks. win 10...amd a10 radeon r6 4c+6g 1.8ghz 64 bit hp envy biab 2023 with 1004 build. styles 1 to 429 plus extras 1,2,3,4 and 6. running as admin,cleaned up returned to factory settings.

Re: utility tracks to reaper paulpaul #747401 01/01/23 12:23 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,407 Wauconda DrDan Veteran
DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,407 Wauconda	Oh, Oh, the old "back-end" reference. That is code for "for-get-a-bot-it". Dan, BIAB2024, SoundCloud Win11, i7(12thGen), 32GB, 1TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD), 2TB Libraries, 1 TB(WD-Black), 2TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD)Data, Motu Audio Express, Keystation 61, SL88 Studio, Reaper

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