Cooltouch, believe me I sympathize with you because about 10 years ago this was me. I knew less than zero about MIDI. I've since learned you have to understand the basics or just give all this up right now.

Your problem really is basic MIDI 101 and in your writings you're almost right but then you go off on a tangent that is completely irrelevant.

You finally realized the event list was the key. Several people in this thread already said that. I'm assuming this is a downloaded Biab file you found on the internet. Those can be problematic and this is an example of that.

There's a bunch of terms you need to know that would take me an hour to try to explain.

1. General Midi or GM. You gotta understand what that is.
2. The difference between a VSTi, a VST and a DXi.
3. What the HiQ patches really are and what they're based on. They're not based on ANY old VST or DXi. Just one. Originally it was Sampletank 2.5 and recently it's the Sfzorzando synth.
4. MIDI events like program changes but that's just one, there are volume changes, expression, effects lots of stuff.

Whoever created the original Biab song file used whatever synth for the melody track. Nobody knows what synth was used unless he put that in the song memo. It may or may not have been GM. Since the patch is shown as piano on your system but it's playing something else, it's may not have been GM. Whatever, that patch is embedded in the file as a program change event. Embedded MIDI events completely override what you're trying to do manually. Think of it as "hardwired". You have to realize that, go in and either remove those events completely or change them to whatever you want.

Yes, yes I know. All you want to do is make some music not turn yourself into some kind of computer nerd. I've heard all that before, been there and done that. Well forget it, you will become a nerd whether you like it or not.

The frustrating part of all this as I am painfully aware of now, is if you had simply known these basics all of this grief would not be necessary. A few simple mouse clicks and all is good.

Keep reading and don't make assumptions until you understand this.

Bob

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