Hi Bryan,

I'm beginning to see you problem, I think.

The bars -1 and 0 are count-in bars in BIAB. This nomenclature is used so that bar 1 represents the start of the music.

I'm surprised that some parts of your midi are starting in the -1 bar region. Whenever I've loaded midi files into BIAB, they automatically load correctly. The only time I've had notes appear before bar 1 is if they are a few pickup notes.

(Pick up notes are usually two or three melody notes that occur before the first bar. See the upper image below.)

For what it is worth, I encourage you to begin experimenting with Realband to work with midi. It's possible to have the different midi channels of different tracks. In this way, it's more like Cakewalk.

Realband also makes it very easy to see if everything aligns. BIAB is a bit 'clunky' when working with fully fledged midi files.


I've just made a discovery. This might help...

If the "Options | Preferences | Count-in/Met" 'Lead In' is deacativated, then BIAB will not play pickup notes that occur in bar 0.

Have a look at the lower graphic below and make sure that you have the same settings for #4 that I have (i.e. that it's been activated).

Regards,
Noel

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Pick up notes before bar 1
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Count-in and metronome settings
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