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I have Audiofile 2015 for mac
I'm supposed to be able to highlight the measure and type in the chord.
Instead of the chord symbol appearing in the measure it stays blank and when I'm trying to press the letter on the keyboard I get this dischord sound that mac makes???
I have imported the fonts as they instructed. I've followed the manual and the tutorial.
Am I doing something wrong?
Frustrated in Chicago.
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Jimg,
Welcome to the BIAB forum! Yes, you've definitely got something wrong - now to just try to figure out what. It sounds like you are trying to run BIAB from an external drive? What happens if you don't try to enter anything, but you just click on "play"? (the default should be that it just plays based on a C chord). Are you able to hear any music?
Macbook Pro 2018
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Hi. Thanks for replying!
Yes I am running from the BB hard drive it shipped in.
Yes I do get the the audio c chord to play the ZZjazz.sty: jazz swing style default.
So first, following the tutorial, I choose a style from the style picker. Then, use the keyboard method for adding chords starting with the first measure. At first all I got was a ping sound regardless of the letter I was trying to type. Today I actually get different pitches from each different key.
I also see that in addition to the first measure being highlighed in black, other measures seem to randomly be highlighted at the same time.
Any thoughts?
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Hmmm, sounds like maybe somehow you've got the keyboard playalong wizard activated. Try looking under the "Play" menu and unchecking that item ("Wizard Playalong" - a little over halfway down the list).
I don't know if you also realize that when you type a letter for a chord, you don't see the letter in the chord box until you move the cursor again. So, if you go back to the default "C" chord with ZZjazz.sty default, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the second measure (you'll click the right arrow twice). Now type "F". Then click the right arrow twice more to put the cursor in the third measure. You should now see the "F" chord in the second measure box on the chord grid. If you now type "G" (with the cursor in the third measure of the chord grid), you again won't see the "G" until you move the cursor again. So hit the right arrow, and now you'll see the "G". Does that make any sense at all? Does that help fix your problem?
Another thing to always try when the program is acting funny is "Return To Factory Settings" under the "Options" menu. I hope one of those suggestions helps. If not, post what happens here again, or you can always contact PG Music customer service - they are usually very responsive and helpful.
Keep at it. When you get this thing to work, you'll have a blast with it!
Bruce
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Yes the problem was the Wizard playalong was checked so I unchecked it and now I am able to enter the symbols.
Fantastic! Thank you so much Bruce!
jim
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Cool! You're welcome. Glad to be of help. Bruce 
Macbook Pro 2018
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BIAB for Mac 2022
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I have the HD BIAB Audiofile .
I Tried to save a song project into BIAB HD so I can access it on my other computer.
When I tried to save it I got the "Error: Cannot save to root drive." box.
I'd like to save all my projects onto the BIAB hard drive. Is that possible?
-jim
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maybe you need to create a folder on the drive then save it in that
can try also to save on the main drive then manually copy to the external
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Yes. That worked by dragging them in. Thanks so much!
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I've been at this now for just two weeks and realize I have a
lot to learn. I was wondering if there is any way to detect or see the voicing of the notes in a chord played by a piano or guitar in the real styles?
I wanted to voice lead some of then in the Chord Builder and it would be helpful to actually see the notes of the chords that were used to create the real style track.
I hope I'm going about this right.
Love this BIAB so far!!!
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I've been at this now for just two weeks and realize I have a
lot to learn. I was wondering if there is any way to detect or see the voicing of the notes in a chord played by a piano or guitar in the real styles?
I wanted to voice lead some of then in the Chord Builder and it would be helpful to actually see the notes of the chords that were used to create the real style track.
I hope I'm going about this right.
Love this BIAB so far!!! jimg, Welcome. As you look at the different track names, you may see some of the track names are underlined. When a track name is underlined the underline is telling you the track has midi notation that will print out when you print a lead sheet for that track.
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Thanks!
When I select lead sheet that is what I get. A sheet with chord symbols that are being played for the song. But...
To voice lead the arrangement I need the notes of the chord written in standard music notation style. This way I can tweek some of the inner notes of each particular chord.
The chordal instrument track is underlined, however I am not sure I am selecting that individual track for printing or the whole song?
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Thanks!
When I select lead sheet that is what I get. A sheet with chord symbols that are being played for the song. But...
To voice lead the arrangement I need the notes of the chord written in standard music notation style. This way I can tweek some of the inner notes of each particular chord.
The chordal instrument track is underlined, however I am not sure I am selecting that individual track for printing or the whole song? The lead sheet can be for one instrument, some instruments or all instruments. It all depends on what you select by highlighting the tracks. I don't read music so I have guitar tab selected to print, is that what you mean when you say chord symbols; or do you mean the chord names as displayed on the chord sheet? If so, look at the choices that can be selected to print; perhaps other choices may work better. Something else too, select a pdf printer while working through the choices to save printer and ink. Once you have the choices you want selected, then switch to your normal printer. Remember too, RealTracks are audio tracks so what you're hearing is not what is being printed. The midi notation is transcribed and added to the RealTrack after the audio is recorded.
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When you sat "highlight the track" do you mean selecting the white dot inside of the blue dot in the track radio buttons?
I tried that on a track that was underlined and got a menu that had "select midi patch" But when I select "lead sheet" to print and choose notation options to load I still get the chord symbols instead of the standard music notation for the chords that I need to see to arrange the chords.
I'm not sure this program is able to show and notate chords with real music notes I was just curious.
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There are enough differences between the Windows and Mac versions that I don't know. Hopefully a Mac user will join the discussion.
Perhaps you can chat, email or telephone support if you do not quickly receive an answer from a knowledgeable Mac user.
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Thanks Jim! Appreciate your trying to help me. 
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