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In logic all I do is add the number of tracks that I need for a given song and set the midi channel to match what I have in BIAB. Make sure you enable the logic tracks to record..


One more thing:
Go to File>Project Settings>Recording and make sure that 'Auto demix by channel..' is checked!




Yes -- the "auto demix" setting was the piece I was missing. Thanks, Fred.

The funny thing is, now that I've got Logic working as a (sort-of) software synth for BIAB, I'm not at all sure that I want to. Sure, it's a option, but one that's probably only useful (for me anyway) once I've got a song figured out, have auditioned a bunch of styles, and know which BIAB style and collection of instruments I want to use. To set up seven or eight separate tracks in Logic (or any other program) to correspond to instruments in a BIAB style, then manually change them one track at a time if I want to try another style, is labor intensive -- and I might want to try dozens of BIAB styles before going with one (or a combination thereof).

I suppose I'll have to rely on the more accessible, built-in Apple DLS sounds, or hook up a hardware synth, if I want to audition BIAB styles in the Mac version. I've found in the past, though, that some of the built-in Apple sounds are so tinny that often you can't get a realistic idea of what a BIAB style really sounds like -- I'll occasionally reject a style out of hand, only to decide that, hey, that might work, once I've connected a decent hardware or software synth. I sure wish there was a MIDI software synth for Mac that really worked with BIAB... but as we move away from MIDI to real tracks, I guess I'm one of the few who feels that way...