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Somebody help me please... I'm almost reduced to tears or signing myself into an asylum :-/
I created a song two days ago in BIAB 12, no problem, and went to do another today, got as far as creating a tag for it (just like I did in the one previous two days ago) but this time BIAB has decided to give me more bars thatn I specify.
Song form is: Intro 8 / Chorus 71 (x2) / Tag 92
I type in: Jump from 77 / Start at 80 / End at 172
And it gives me everything except creates extra bars and ends at 225
I've tried everything over and over again, I did this two days ago successfully in the other song, I've read the help files, tutorials, searched internet etc etc... PLEASE can someone help me!
I appreciate your time.. regards John.
PS: In case it helps/means something I've noticed that if I do a smaller number of bars tag it works up to about 140 but adds extra bars toward the end after a "gap" of about 8 blank bars... :-/
Last edited by Ilovetrad; 01/21/09 12:08 PM.
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Hi,
Do you have your chorus set so that it starts on bar 9, ends on bar 79, and plays 2X ? What is your exact version of Band-in-a-Box, under Help-About?
Andrew
PG Music Inc.
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Hi Andrew and thanks for the reply!
Version 2004
To complicate things my internet connection went yesterday so I couldnt check back :-/
Yes, I have the chorus set to start at 9, end at 79 and play x2 and my tag to jump from 77, begin at 80 and end at 172.
I have been working at it today and have discovered that although it creates extra bars the song does stop playing at 172, so it's not as bad as I thought as it's just a visual thing now.. the reason it didn't come to my notice in the first song I did was that the tag in that one ended at 108 and the problem only presents after about 140. I'm sorry for not having this info to leave in the first message but I was so engulfed in trying to fix what I saw on the screen that I didn't even try to play the song :-/ I would still love to know why it is doing this though. Today I noticed that I have an addional couple of quirks.. the 'from' button is only working in the first chorus even when I specify 'chorus 2', when I try it from the second or after the tag in say bar 93 it jumps back to maybe bar 16..? and when I double click on a bar it jumps to another and plays different chords than what are showing on the screen with the cursor moving along..? This isn't happening in my first song.. Have I possibly set this one up wrong? Maybe I should start from scratch?
Thanks for your timeAndrew, I appreciate it! John.
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Hello John, One thing you should do is download the latest update from http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#74To start your song playing from within the tag, you should be able to just click on From and select your second (last) chorus. Double-clicking will start it playing in chorus 1. You can turn off the gray bars by going to Opt.-Preferences - uncheck 'display bars higher than end of song in gray'. Try unchecking the Fakesheet box on the main screen - if extra "gray" bars show up when you do that, maybe you have accidentally set a repeat.
Andrew
PG Music Inc.
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Ok Andrew, thanks! I'll check all that and get the upgrade and let you know how it goes. At least that explains the double clicking. But the from button still isn't working correctly as in if I specify a bar in the tag it still jumps back. I'll play around with what you've said above and see what happens. Thanks for your help! John.
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Hi Andrew,
I did all that you suggested and everything is ok now except for when I use the from function in the tag/late in the song it plays from the correct bar but with no sound..?
I downloaded the upgrade thanks but I haven't installed it yet, I will soon.
Regards, John.
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