I would generally go the DAW route for a multi-channel MIDI file, especially if you end up also using MIDI styles, since you can get channel conflicts. That being said, if you click on the "Sequencer" button, you will find that there is still a fair amount of stuff you can do with those channels.

  • checkbox whether to play the channel or not
  • ability to re-assign a different general MIDI instrument (keep in mind that since all these MIDI channels are on the same track, they all have to reference the same MIDI synth - you can't assign each one to an individual synth)
  • ability to split the channels for leadsheet notation
  • ability to show or not show the channel in the notation windows
  • Edit - Delete to delete the channel data
  • Edit - Rechannel to assign the data to a different channel
  • Edit - Merge to merge the data with a different channel
  • Edit - Change velocity to change the velocity of the notes on the channel (which effectively changes the volume, depending on your synth, to help better balance the sound with the other channels
  • Edit - Move to soloist track to move all the melody track multi-channel data to the soloist track, thus freeing up the melody track for something else, to include more MIDI data - again, be careful for channel conflicts, or you'll hear the wrong instruments and the wrong volume
  • Edit - Isolate as Melody to move all but the selected channels to the soloist track, leaving the selected track as a single channel melody


Again, a DAW is better for more finely adjusting multi-channel MIDI, but as you can see, you can still do a fair amount of massaging within the Sequencer feature of BIAB.

John

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