Hi Mitch,
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In BIAB, is there a way to have instruments hold a chord ie. Dm7... and have other instrument(s) keep playing ?



As solidrock has pointed out, this can certainly be done. An alternative way to do it in Band In A Box is to ...
  • Right-click somewhere on the chord sheet and select "Chord Settings" (as shown below)



  • The dialogue box that then appears allows the user to control each beat and to select what instruments to hold, rest or play as shots, etc.

In the image below, I have an F chord on beat 2 and I'm telling it to play the instruments located on the Bass, Drums and Guitar tracks normally while it holds the instruments that are on the Piano and Strings tracks.



The shortcut keys that solidrock has given makes entering these settings very quick once you get used to them. I've found that I usually set holds and shots, etc., in BIAB before I take my song to Realband.

Regards,
Noel


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