Originally Posted By: Kallum - PG Music
Hi JohnJohnJohn,

Pipline's instructions are right on the money here, it should be relatively straightforward to export MIDI from Band-in-a-Box and then import it back in. Just keep in mind that when you import MIDI into Band-in-a-Box it puts all the MIDI information on one track. If you bring in a 16 channel MIDI file all 16 channels go onto the Melody track, which makes editing or changing any of that MIDI a bit awkward. Importing MIDI works best if you're just trying to get chords and a melody line, with anything more complex you might want to start moving your project over to RealBand so you can see all the separate MIDI tracks.

Thanks Kallum! But "straightforward" is not a term that would spring to mind for me! More like a complex puzzle with pieces spread around. smile

So, does an exported MIDI file contain the actual chords that are stored in the MIDI file and read upon importing? I thought I understood that MIDI does not store chords. So, is this something proprietary that PG adds to the MIDI file? And, if so, do other 3rd-party programs (like Rapid Composer) read and also save those chords in the MIDI file?

If this is just a detection thing I understand why I am getting screwy results and will probably just give up because I generally find I can input things myself quicker than I can correct what a detection algorithm does.

But, on the other hand, if the PG MIDI file includes chords and programs like RC can read those chords it should be, as you say, "relatively straightforward" and I must be doing something wrong.

Any and all help is appreciated!