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Hi
I decided to create a project using Real Band rather than my usual route of opening one from BIAB, then re working it. I typed in the chords then added a Real Tracks guitar & bass track.Both worked fine but when I tried to add a midi drum track. Problems! I was not able to get this to work. I understand that midi drums have to be on channel 10 but could get no sound on that track. How do you add a midi drum track ?...Hank
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what did you try that didn't work?
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I fiddled around, was able ti fill track but no sound. Made sure I was on channel 10 etc. I could find no way of changing this...Hank
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Hi Hank,
A quick post before I have to log out. If you bring up the MIDI Drivers menu, either check or uncheck the "Re-Route MIDI playback to default DXi/VSTi Synth" box according to what you are using for the playback device. This should solve it.
All the best.
yjoh
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I've had times when I just could NOT get MIDI sound out of RB no matter how that check box is set... but if I call up a different project, I get my MIDI sound back. Then if I go back to the problematic file after getting my MIDI back, it works. Must be gremlins.
I have never figured out why this sometimes (rarely) happens, but maybe your problem is related.
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I've discovered that if you use an audio track and generate midi you'll get the midi data but most of the time no sound. If you first make the track a midi track, assign channel, assign synth, assign patch it'll give you sound 100% of the time.
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I've discovered that if you use an audio track and generate midi you'll get the midi data but most of the time no sound. If you first make the track a midi track, assign channel, assign synth, assign patch it'll give you sound 100% of the time.
yes, but if I had MIDI data on an audio track, it still would not play when I exit and come back to it. But it does.
But that's a good thought... I will definitely watch for that now that you've mentioned it. I can see it happening very easily.
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I Loaded Real Drums for now as nothing worked but I thank you all for suggestions...Hank
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I works fine but I'm thinking you're getting hung up on the first 9 tracks being BB tracks? That is the default setting and RB automatically generates a Real Drum track even if the original Biab style has midi drums. I got rid of those automatic BB tracks by unchecking a box in one of the menus, can't remember which one now I'm not at my music computer. It's one of the first menus on the upper left. It says "make the first 9 tracks BB tracks". Uncheck that. If you decide to leave it anyway, then you have to go to one of the empty blank tracks below those 9, pick a style first then right click anywhere in the track, pick midi, pick the instrument in this case drums. Note the generated RD track is still there so you have to mute it.
If this still doesn't work then the other posters are correct, there's a simple problem with your midi driver settings. Oh, channel 10 means nothing in either program. Channel 10 is just the GM standard default setting for a drum track, you can set any midi track to any channel you want. Most people keep everything to the GM standard though and if you want to do that then set the drum track to 10. If you like to go online to download a lot of Biab or midi files, most of them will be GM standard files (also known as SMF for Standard Midi File) but not all of them. Some people changed the midi channel assignments and the files won't play correctly and you'll be back here asking why. That's why.
The thing is a lot of people like to use RB as if it's another version of Biab and like using those blue BB tracks but to me all that does is confuse the issue. RB is NOT another version of Biab, it's an audio/midi recorder with some Biab functions and imho you should use is as such, not just as another version of Biab.
Bob
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Getting rid of those 8 BB tracks is the first thing I did when RB first came out. I've never used them. I've never had problems.
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