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I would like to set my volume and pan levels, then open up different songs and then have my volume and pan levels stay the same.
Why you ask? Because I'm using a mixer. I'd like to pan the bass to -63 then the drums to 64... then plug that into my mixer using a split stereo cable... then be able to control the volume of my bass and drums via my mixer. Ya dig?
Why can't I do that? Here's what I'm doing: In BIAB in pref 2, I unchecked OK to save/load rev/vol/chorus w/songs. THEN... in MIDI settings unchecked overall volume changes and style volume changes.
STILL... when I change songs, the volume on everything changes to 90, and I get all these panning settings (-20, 20, -20) that I did not put in there.
Again... all I want to be able to do is set my volume and panning levels and have them stay fixed no matter what song I pull up.
Ya?
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Greetings: I am also having these same type of issues. It would be nice to have a master mixer inside BIAB, that does not change from song to song. Or at least, not lose all the mixer settings when loading new songs.
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Haven't you tried to freeze all tracks once your arrangement is done? Here it works.
Regards
Macbook M2 Pro 32 GB ram | OSX 13.6 | BinaB 2023 | Logic Studio XI |
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Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
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No, no... then I'd have to go in and edit all of my songs individually. I don't want to have to do that. I used to be able to do what I wanted. In the MIDI option box, where you set the volume and panning, I would just uncheck that box for volume changes and it would work. Now it doesn't. I wonder if it's a bug... or a feature.
I dunno. HELP!
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Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
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So this sucks... but I used keyboard maestro (the macro-keystroke program) and I just recorded a macro to open up my files and pan each track the way I wanted and set the volume for each track. It took about 10 mins straight of repetitive keystrokes. I probably gave my self carpel tunnel, but at least it's done and it works now.
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I have the Windows version, and the SAVE + button saves all the settings for each individual song. The "Save Settings... " must be checked as well as the desired parts on the left.
HTH.
Percy
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Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
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To quote the pop-up help in the Midi window in the mac version, "To prevent any volume changes within BIAB, uncheck this box." Well, that doesn't work. I think it might be a bug. I uncheck it... then when I load up my songs, each song still changes the volume to whatever it was saved with.
Anyways, stupid work around? I used a keyboard macro to re-save all my files with a new setting. Almost 200 songs. pretty annoying.
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I have been using BIAB for the last 20 yrs. for my jazz gig. I presently use Mac 2010.5 Mac. Volume has always been the biggest problem. I try to use a small amount of styles and keep the same default mix but the volumes vary pretty radically. I play in a small restaurant (12 years now) and I don't have the option of resetting all my volumes for each tune. I play pretty soft and only use drums, bass and drums-all realtracks, but I have to constantly be adjusting the volume on my interface. It would be so great if this could be fixed. The volume on the congas are real loud. I don't get get it.
Kevin Sterchi
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Kevin,
I feel your pain buddy. I'm playing in a restaurant with a piano player... and here's what I did that worked:
I used "keyboard maestro." It's a keystroke recording program. I had that program watch me (record my keystrokes) while I maxed out the volume on the bass and drums, then I panned the bass way left, and the drums way right, then I hit "Save." I then created a keyboard shortcut for that macro.. THEN... I went through ALL of my fucking BIAB songs and repeated that macro and I altered ALL of my BIAB songs.
So, in the end, I changed the setting on ALL my BIAB songs to max out the volume on bass and drums, then pan that out.
NOW... and here's the fun part... I use a cable that splits the audio out on my mac into a separate TRS cable plug for left and right... so I then plug the left and right's into my mixer... so now I can control the volume of the bass and drums on the MIXER! Win! So, I leave the BIAB volume all the way up, and I set the volumes on my mixer. Those pesky congas, and everything else, pretty much stays the same volume. I mean, I still tweak a little here and there with the mixer, but it pretty much works. We keep the volume low and tasty and have a nice gig... for your sushi eating pleasure.
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