Hello Digihound,

I have done some tests, but could not reproduce the problem using Band-in-a-Box 2009.5 (287).

You should check some things when rendering. After you click the [DXi - Direct Render] button, watch the top left corner of the screen. If the song has an audio track, and "Merge in Audio Track" is checked, then you should see this at some point during rendering:

"Merging Audio Track with Rendered MIDI"

If you see it, then the audio track is getting mixed with the song, but perhaps it's volume is getting decreased somehow. This could be caused by one of the plugins that you are using. As Mac suggested, you should try rendering without any plugins, and/or try using different plugins.

Also, make sure "Adjust Audio Track volume by" is set to zero.


Blake

PG Music Inc.