For the situation I was describing I didn't use a midi keyboard to input I just used my mouse to input the notes and duration in the midi edit screen but could it have something to do with the fact that I do have a midi device set up I just decided not to use it that it wasn't playing back for me, on a side note: I use a notation software called Musescore maybe some of you have heard of it is it possible to transfer a melody I compose in Musescore to the melody track in band in a box because that for me would streamline the whole melody input process