Up until today I could drag the C7 icon in the BiaB DAW plugin to the chord track in Studio One and the chords would input. Now when I drag the C7 icon to the chord track and hover, a red circle with a diagonal line through it is displayed, and the chords will not drop. If I drop the C7 contents on a MIDI track, the contents are revealed to be two bars of MIDI: a count in of 1,3,1,2,3,4 on C1.
UPDATE: After some more experimentation, I've found that the Save Chords to MIDI file function in the BiaB DAW plugin produces the identical two bar count-in as dragging the C7 icon. So it APPEARS the entire "chord to MIDI" drag and drop function is not working. The question is: Is it something I can correct? Or is it a bug to report?
I have the latest versions of BiaB, Studio One and Windows 11. I haven't changed any settings lately that I recall, and I'm ALMOST positive I've used this chord input method with BiaB 2026 over the past couple of weeks. Just not today. And I haven't been tinkering with settings that I can recall.
Any ideas? Anyone with a Studio One setup able to do a quick drag-and-drop chord import test?
THANKS!
Last edited by DC Ron; 12/18/2504:36 PM.
DC Ron BiaB Audiophile Presonus Studio One ASUS I9-12900K DAW, 32 GB RAM Presonus Faderport 16 Too many guitars (is that a thing?)
So under Preferences in the VST, the Chord Export Option needed to be set (or reset in my case) to "Chord Label & Block Chord". Now works fine. Will mark "resolved".
DC Ron BiaB Audiophile Presonus Studio One ASUS I9-12900K DAW, 32 GB RAM Presonus Faderport 16 Too many guitars (is that a thing?)
Yeah, a self-inflicted wound I'm sure. Now that I think it through, I think I mis-dragged the Chord-to-MIDI contents once, got a MIDI file instead of a populated Chord Track, and thinking I must have a wrong setting in the VST, changed it to "Chord Names Only". Live and learn...
Last edited by DC Ron; 12/20/2510:48 AM.
DC Ron BiaB Audiophile Presonus Studio One ASUS I9-12900K DAW, 32 GB RAM Presonus Faderport 16 Too many guitars (is that a thing?)
Is it possible the other way round? Draging the chord track from Studio one into the plugIn?
I cannot find any Manual, video or other information that is not outdated for years. Am I too blind or doesn't the plugIn get some love from PG Music. One would think that the plugIn is important for many users.
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Is it possible the other way round? Draging the chord track from Studio one into the plugIn?
You can go via a midi file. Select the whole chord track in Studio One Drag it into a new instrument track Export selection to Midi In the BIAB plugin : File/ Load chords from midi file
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There is manual.In Studio One under Help / Studio One Reference Manual
Search for Chord Track and there is everything you can do with the chord track and quite a bit down is
"Create NoteEvents from Chord Track"
I also have difficulty using the manual and seldom finds what I am looking for, but sometimes it can be useful.
I mostly search on Google or YouTube or trail and error.
(I have the manual in StudioOnePro 7, but in Fender StudeoPro 8 it is just a blank page, it is probably not installed correctly .... edit: I just reinstalled it it works now))
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Yes, there is a Manual for Fender Studio Pro. And there are a lot of Video Tutorials explaining details. I miss a Manual and Tutorials for the Band in a Box PlugIn.
And, maybe because of the user community size, DIY does bring a lot of Information for the DAW, but almost none for the plugIn. If any, they come from PG Music and are "ages old".
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There is some "manual type" information on the web page. It holds quite a lot of information and several videos about BIAB DAW (it is a bit strange that it is not included in the manual as well). The manual type information is a bit down the page.
useful information again, thank you. I never scrolled down enough to see this.
And it might have some content I am unaware so far. Yet, all this is more or less outdated. The announcement of BiaB 26 claimed new features for the PlugIn as well, but no specific Information about what is new did follow.
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different People have different needs. For me the PlugIn is no inferiour gadget. So great the full fledged Band in a Box is (and I know what can be done), and so nice it is to work with Band in a Box and drag tracks in my DAW later, may be even after adding some changes that are only possible deploying Real Band; I for one prefer a tight Integration with my DAW for various reasons. And I am one of those who use 10% of the many features and neglect 90%. So, what I miss to have real fun is a tighter Integration of the PlugIn with my DAW. I miss a Manual, I miss updated Information, I would love to see funktions added not for Reaper but for my DAW as well (and the Reaper Funktions added give proof that is is possible to show some love for the Plugin from PG Music Side).
To be precise, the Band in a Box DAW PlugIn sits always next to other PlugIns in my Track List. Others are in Sync with the DAW. They follow the chord track, even when I make changes to the Chord Track or add chords on the fly. These days the Band in a Box DAW PlugIn can be found together with tonalics (just to give a rael life example).
So I wondered if I may at least populate the chord page of the PlugIn from what I have so far in my chord track. And I start my work in the DAW, and a chord track is among the first entries I make. So it would be nice if could drag this into the PlugIn. Even better if changes within the DAW would reflect in the PlugIn. This would really make my Day.
And I expect that there is Information available what can be done, what needs a workaround (and if so, which) or what woun't work. But it isn't availabel! I wish that PG Music would show some love for the PlugIn. Not treat it as a minor gadget.
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An impresssive list. Where was it hidden? And while it says Version 8 from 2026, it seems to be the list from 2025. For example: keep your eye on the beat is not a new feature.
Thank you for the list! To answer your question where I need a help file - somewhere easy to find. But maybe you wanted to know for what I need a help file. A new function might need more than an entry about it is available. It might need some additional Information how to use it.
And that is why manuals exist. People like me require some heps once in a while. You know, sometimes people in forums do answer requests with "RTFM". Existense of a manual is a given! A commodity. And best acompanied with a context aware help function, so no one needs to search in a 600 pages document.
Don't get me wrong, I do not demand all this from you. I want PG Music to provide these commodities. In Europe, it is not allowed to deliver goods without a manual. It is a fundamental right for a customer to have that. I just find it strange that I get the feeling form your posts that I need to explain the need for Information.
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