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I feel your pain. Any elementary midi instrament will play standard midi files. I spend hundreds of $$$ on Logic Studio and It wont play a standard midi file. Dont get me wrong. It does a lot of cool stuff but playing a SMF is basic to me and much needed. I am actually going to return my Mac version of BIAB because it too will not play a SMF. Too bad, so sad.



Saxy831-
This is veering off-topic, but I don't understand your comment about Logic Studio not playing standard midi files. You can Import midi files readily into the program, and Logic Studio even automatically assigns and loads instruments to the various midi tracks during the importing process. Hit the spacebar and the file plays. If you have your instruments already set up, you can just drag a midi file onto the arrange window and then move them around to line them up with the appropriate instrument track.
Heck, even Garageband will import midi. There is no Import selection on the File menu, but if you drop a midi file into Garageband's arrange window, it splits out the parts in the arrange window and assigns instruments. Hit the spacebar...

So to connect up with the thread; the lack of full midi import/playback in BIAB isn't a show-stopper for me. Chord extraction from midi is a big plus. I mainly use BIAB to generate backing/rhythm tracks (that I import into Logic or Garageband as midi). In many cases I will have a midi file of a song (created by scanning sheet music), so having BIAB recognize the chords in the midi file will save a lot of manual labor.