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Using current BiaB 2010 with Windows XP...

I recorded melody and soloist MIDI info -- one instrument each -- into a BiaB arrangement. One chorus, no looping. Total play time 5:44. Then I muted everything *but* the melody and soloist parts and direct-rendered DXi to WAV.

The WAV file is about 120MB. If I "Test WAV" then Windows Media Player reports the total play time is double ... 11:28. The last half of the playback is silent. If I render to MP3 via the "Other" button, taking care to pick a new name so BiaB doesn't merely convert the previous WAV file, Windows Media Player still reports the total play time is 11:28. Same thing happens if I render to WMA.

I can use a file splitter to discard the silent material, of course, but what's going on? Any ideas...?


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It may be that the End of Song is determined by one or more of the accompaniment tracks and since they are all muted...

Or it may be a bug.

Are you running the latest Update patch?


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Build 292. All tracks except melody and soloist are muted both by bar settings at bar 1 and by muting individually at the top of the main display window.

87 bars, tempo 62. (Accommodating some rubato measures)


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You should update to build 294.

I'm not sure about your problem, but have you tried leaving a MIDI track unmuted, even if empty? My thinking is related to my experience in SONAR. For example, when I take a BIAB song into SONAR, the program stops at the end of the last MIDI track, and I have to lengthen it a bit so the decay of the last audio notes in other tracks are not cut off.


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Okay, I updated to Build 294. I unmuted the bass track. No change. I unmuted the strings track. No change.


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Here's a post where a guy had a similar problem. See if any of the suggestions in here work.

Post from Ricky Harris

Looks like Ricky removed a 2 second delay to solve his problem.


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Hey! Removing the 2-second delay-after checkbox eliminated the 5:44 dead space after the arrangement!

Thanks, Ricky! A virtual cuppa for you!


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All Hail to Noel for finding the thread!!!

Glad, you got it fixed, Mel!!

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PS: Now, let us hear some of your stuff!


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