So I thought I'd toss this one out to the Forumind. The problem is very simple. When I load a song with MIDI instrumentation, all of the instruments default to a jangly guitar sound -- even the drums. When I go to set an instrument's patch, it doesn't make any difference. This applies only to MIDI instrumentation. RealTracks and RealDrums are not affected. It also applies only to the built-in PG MIDI sounds. If I load Sforzando, for example, its sounds will play back fine.

PG Support recommended that I follow procedures found at PG's online help section found here:

http://www.pgmusic.com/techfaq47.htm#93

They recommended I delete or rename intrface.bbw and mysetup.dk, then reboot the program. I've tried this -- more than once -- and it doesn't do any good. The help file also shows other files that can be deleted, but I don't think any of them pertain to my problem. Except for one mystery file that they don't say what it does: default7bbc. I haven't tried deleting it yet. The instructions also mention that I can try resetting the program to factory defaults. I've tried this also, having it reset the MIDI driver, and it didn't do any good.

I've mentioned to them that I'm thinking it's time to reinstall BB over the existing files, but the support folks were holding out for the moment, hoping that the above would work. I've run out of things to try, and I'm waiting to hear back from them, but I'm thinking that the likely answer is to proceed with a reinstall. Or wait a few days and upgrade to 2019. Heh.

Any ideas?

Best,
Michael

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