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Creating Backing Tracks from MIDI #865197 10/17/25 02:38 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP jonel Journeyman Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 534	I watched, with a great deal of interest, a video produced by Henry Clarke regarding creation of backing tracks from an intial MIDI file. He did this by using the Open Special command to bring in the midi to the sequencer and generate the chords. His next move was to transfer the idividual midi tracks in the sequencer out to a variety of BiaB tracks. He did this by dropping the initial MIDI file onto BiaB and this did the track. I was unaware of this facility, he said it was introducede aroun 2021 but I couldn't find any reference to this in the manual or in any of the tutorials/update videos. Henry the applied and enabled and auditioned a new style to the song. Now the intersting part happened, with his Sonar application already open, he control clicked and dragged the Master BiaB track across to Sonar and all the tracks rendered as individual WAV tracks on Sonar, even those that still remained MIDI in the BiaB song. So, I tried this for myself and all went well until the rendering stage. I normally work with Ableton, but in this case I used my Sonar X3 (not the BandLab version). When I control clicked and dragged the Master across, I only got a one-track rendering of the entire mix. Maybe this was a Sonar X3 problem. So I tried the same transfer in Ableton. Dragging the Master across to Ableton didn't didn't do anything. Dragging the master onto WAV rendered the entire mix. The only way I could transfer independent tracks was to drag each one individually.to WAV and then across to Ableton Could anybody let me know of any refernced to tthis drag and drop feature for MIDI and if any Ableton or Sonar user could let me know why I am unable to do what Henry Clarke did so easily please?

Re: Creating Backing Tracks from MIDI jonel #865204 10/17/25 03:16 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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MountainSide Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,486 Lake Keowee, South Carolina	A really good question! I'm struggling with this as well. I know Henry occasionally reads these posts, maybe he can give some additional insight. Jeff Win11, Intel i7 7700K 4.2Ghz, 32Gb RAM, 2x1Tb HD, 500Gb NVMe, BIAB/RB 2026, MOTU 828MK3 audio, MOTU Midi Express, Yamaha Montage 7, DX7II, TX802, Motif XS Rack, Roland Fantom XR Rack, Oberheim Matrix 1000, VoiceLive3 Extreme, Kontakt 6, SampleTank 4.3

Re: Creating Backing Tracks from MIDI jonel #865208 10/17/25 05:13 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,789 Wauconda	Is this what you are looking for? BIAB – 2026, Reaper (current), i7-12700F Processor, 32GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM, Motu Audio Express 6x6 - My SoundCloud.

Re: Creating Backing Tracks from MIDI DrDan #865213 10/17/25 06:45 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP jonel Journeyman Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 534	Excellent, just exactly what I needed. Thank you. Could you also shed some light regarding the manual related to dragging a middi file over the top of BiaB in order to split the sequencer tracks in individual BiaB tracks?

Re: Creating Backing Tracks from MIDI jonel #865249 10/17/25 05:24 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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justanoldmuso Veteran J Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 3,584	If you read the manuals for BB and RB you'll see RB is a much stronger option re midi including lots of tips of the day and midi needs are a doddle in RB compared to BB. om my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..) https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs (90 songs created useing bb/rb) (lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)

Re: Creating Backing Tracks from MIDI DrDan #865271 10/18/25 04:36 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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MountainSide Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,486 Lake Keowee, South Carolina	That's what I needed Dan. Thanks! Jeff Win11, Intel i7 7700K 4.2Ghz, 32Gb RAM, 2x1Tb HD, 500Gb NVMe, BIAB/RB 2026, MOTU 828MK3 audio, MOTU Midi Express, Yamaha Montage 7, DX7II, TX802, Motif XS Rack, Roland Fantom XR Rack, Oberheim Matrix 1000, VoiceLive3 Extreme, Kontakt 6, SampleTank 4.3

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