Guys, thanks as always. Good, I can dispense with trying to find the PowerTracks CDs then.

I was originally making the comment about PowerTracks Pro because the PG help file was saying that it was needed to write/edit SysEx files. But I don't have any on this machine, so it's a moot point. I went ahead and had another look at the offending song file once again, but this time using RB's Event List editor. No change. The Event List has nothing but note data. One thing I did notice though. You know how RB has that popup describing your file's components, etc. when you first load it? Well I noticed that the suffix for that file was .MGX, which according to the Tech folks over at PG, the "X" means it originated as a MIDI file. But what's weird about that is that this is another one of those files that was entirely generated by BiaB's Melodist.

So how could that have happened?

But here's where it gets even stranger. Recall please that I mentioned I sent the PG Tech a copy of this song file and when he played it on his machine, it was stuck on acoustic piano as well . . . well, this is the first time I've loaded it into RB -- to look at the Event List. And guess what? It's playing number 25, Nylon String, which is the patch I've been trying to get it to play over in BiaB these past several days!

So now, I'm wondering if I save it in RB, then bring it back into BiaB if it'll be unstuck. Hang on just a sec, I'm gonna give it a try. Maybe I should save it as a .SEQ file. Nope, that didn't work. Apparently BiaB can't read SEQ files. It can make 'em, but can't read 'em. So anyway, I saved it as a ?G? file and brought it back up into BiaB. And whaddya know? I've got my Nylon String part playing in BiaB now. Great news.

I have one other song in which the melody is stuck on acoustic piano. I'll try and do the same with it. And I've got that other one that insists on playing Choir Aahs when I want something else. Maybe I'll even be able to fix it in RB as well.

Well, this has been rather productive. Think I'll celebrate and have a beer! Wait, dang. No booze in the house. Guess I'll just have to go get some.

Last edited by cooltouch; 11/21/17 12:57 PM.
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