Hi Marlin,

Welcome back to BIAB!

Originally Posted By: Marlin

I want to step edit adding a melody. I've found I can draw notes onto the piano roll, but this is going to take forever ...
1. Is there a quick way of typing the notes in from the keyboard (in the same way as you can enter chords into bars on the Notation screen), with default snapping to whole or half note positions?

Have a look at Notation Mode and see if this helps. Using this is how I add melody to my songs.

The way I access Notation Mode is by selecting the icon I've highlighted with a red box on the image below. (Note... if your view is not the same as what you see on the image below, use CTRL+T to toggle between standard and full-screen views.)



Originally Posted By: Marlin
2. The B P D etc buttons top left presumably indicate the part for which I'm entering the notes. There are 3 Gs but no M (unlike what's shown on the Help screen for this window). I think I'm entering the Melody since when I mouseover the third G it says guitar 3 track Melody. Is this correct and why doesn't the M show?

BIAB track names are now named after the instrument that's present on the track.

This 'automatic naming' can be disabled by de-selecting the options I've highlighted on the image below. These options are found in the opening screen of "Options | Preferences".

I suggest that you do this as it will help make sense of many of the instructions.

With auto-naming disabled, the tracks will revert to BIAB's original, legacy names of Bass, Drums, Piano, Guitar, Strings, Melody and Soloist. These names will be unchanging.



Originally Posted By: Marlin
3. How do I play back my melody on its own from the piano roll? I get all the other instruments playing and so can't hear my melody. I've selected Guitar 3 on the radio button on the top row (instead of Master), but still all tracks play at once.

On the mixer, click on the "S" for solo button to isolate a single track (or "M" for muting all other tracks). It might be easier to work in standard view (use CTRL+T to switch views if needed).



Hope this helps,
Noel



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