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Hi Guys, I know I should be able to do this!
I want to copy the MELODY from "Sweet Jennie Lee" .Mgu into another file....02_Sweet Jennie Lee.Sgu
In the EDITABLE NOTATION MODE I've tried to drag & copy 32 bars melody from the first file.
Then paste them in to the .SGU file......there are always errors....missing notes. If I try the "Copy from bar" etc, I have the same destination. What am I missing? Joe G.
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From Band in a Box FAQ #34: Using the FAQ page, and the ctrl-F to FIND keywords on that page quickly, can often solve problems much faster than posting on the forums, often allowing you to continue working right at the moment with a solve. Those FAQs are often taken from these actual forum posts of problems that others have had and are a key resource IMO.
First Method - Copy and paste notation into song 2. This doesn't copy lyrics
In Song 1, open the Notation Window (Melody track), and toggle into editable notation mode by pressing the [N] button.
Find the start of the section that you want to copy and highlight a small region (it doesn't matter how much) starting at that location.
Hold down the shift key on your keyboard, and click on the end of the section that you want to copy. This will highlight the section (Note: in Band-in-a-Box 2004 and earlier you need to click and drag to highlight a region of the Notation Window).
Go to Edit | Copy, make sure that the settings in the Copy dialog are correct, and press OK.
Load Song 2, open the notation window, and position yourself at the location you want to start pasting at.
Go to Edit | Paste, make sure the settings in the Paste dialog are correct, and press OK.
Second Method - Save as MIDI file and import into song 2. This does copy lyrics.
Open Song 1.
Determine how many bars from the start of the song the part is that you want to copy. If you have "Include 2 bar lead-in in MIDI file" checked in the Opt. | Preferences | MIDI File Options dialog, add 2 bars to account for the lead-in.
Take note of how many bars you want to copy.
Mute all tracks except for the Melody track. To do this, right-click on Bass, Piano, Drums, Strings, and Soloist in the instrument panel.
Click the .MID button to save the song as a MIDI file. Save it to the clipboard.
Open Song 2 and determine how many bars from the start of the song you want to paste the section.
Go to Melody | Edit Melody Track | Import Melody from clipboard. In the 'Import MIDI file - options' dialog, pay particular attention to the following settings:
-# bars to offset from start of MIDI file: The number of bars from the start of the song that you found in step 2.
-How many bars to import?: This is the number you found in step 3.
-# blank bars to insert at beginning: This is the number of bars you found in Step 6 plus 2 bars if there is a lead-in.
-'Merge with Existing Data on track': This should be checked unless you want to erase/overwrite any existing notation in the melody track of Song 2.
Press OK.
The other thing you may need to do is set up the part of your destination song that came from song 1 with the same style, patches, tempo, etc., as you had in song 1. The Edit | Settings for current bar (F5) dialog will be useful for this.
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Thanks Mac. I had followed that method, but I dragged all the bars. THis time I followed your instructions re the SHIFT button. Same result.....lots of missing notes! As I was sending the file to someone, I manually corrected the notation, BUT I still want to find where I'm going wrong?!! Joe G.
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Mac, I worked it out! Some carelessness on my part, where I hadn't dragged correctly over the stave! Thanks again.Joe G.
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