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Drag Drop from BB to RB #518755 01/18/19 05:54 PM RealBand
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 464 Florida, U.S.A. 2bSolo OP Journeyman
OP 2bSolo Journeyman Joined: May 2011 Posts: 464 Florida, U.S.A.	Having a problem moving a file from BB to RB. Here are the details: I am using BB 2016. The drums in the style started as Real Drums and I forced them to midi. They played in BB. I dragged the midi drum track to the Drop Station quadrant labeled MID. I checked my files in Drag Drop and I have the track. I looked under Properties and it is a .MID file. I went to RB. Erased everything on the track. Set track type to midi. Left clicked on File Import. Went to Drag Drop and found the file. Clicked on it. Got the blue turning circle on the RB screen. The circle disappears and I have...nothing. Anyone have an idea what is going wrong and how to fix it? Thanks. 2b i5-3210 laptop. Win 10 Home. 2.5ghz, 64 bit. 6gb RAM. Focusrite Scarlet 2i2.

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB 2bSolo #518757 01/18/19 06:11 PM RealBand
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,502 Pawling New York R Rob Helms Veteran
Rob Helms Veteran R Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,502 Pawling New York	I can confirm that it does not work in 2019 I can reproduce this and it will not drag to a midi track in RB HP Win 11 12 gig ram, Mac mini Sonoma with 16 gig of ram, BiaB 2025, Realband, Reaper 7, Harrison Mixbus 9 32c , Melodyne 5 editor, Presonus Audiobox 1818VSL, Presonus control app.

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB Rob Helms #519004 01/19/19 02:40 PM RealBand
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 464 Florida, U.S.A. 2bSolo OP Journeyman
OP 2bSolo Journeyman Joined: May 2011 Posts: 464 Florida, U.S.A.	That helps Rob. Thanks. Seems like it should. I will try to call PG on Monday. 2b i5-3210 laptop. Win 10 Home. 2.5ghz, 64 bit. 6gb RAM. Focusrite Scarlet 2i2.

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB 2bSolo #519026 01/19/19 04:21 PM RealBand
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas silvertones Veteran
silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	Can you not just open the *.mgu/sgu file directly in RB anylonger?Not at my computer right now. John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB 2bSolo #519028 01/19/19 04:36 PM RealBand
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas silvertones Veteran
silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	Yeah you can.Just click file/open,find the song and double click. John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB silvertones #519108 01/20/19 07:04 AM RealBand
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 464 Florida, U.S.A. 2bSolo OP Journeyman
OP 2bSolo Journeyman Joined: May 2011 Posts: 464 Florida, U.S.A.	Thanks, Silvertones. Maybe I don't understand what you are saying, but let me see if I do. open the *.mgu/sgu file directly in RB This file isn't in RB. It is in the Drag Drop file for BB. So I can't open it in RB. I tried the Open With command and tried to get to RB but that doesn't work either. If I am missing something, please tell me. Either way, thank you for taking the time to reply. 2b i5-3210 laptop. Win 10 Home. 2.5ghz, 64 bit. 6gb RAM. Focusrite Scarlet 2i2.

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB 2bSolo #519138 01/20/19 08:16 AM RealBand
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas silvertones Veteran
silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	I'm sure once you were done you saved the song right? Now just open RB and open the mgu/sgu. Maybe I don't quite understand but we'll figure it out. John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB 2bSolo #519139 01/20/19 08:16 AM RealBand
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,166 Mi., USA rharv Veteran
rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,166 Mi., USA	First open RB. Then use File-Open to open your (previously) BB file. Use Save As right away to save it to the native RB SEQ format, which then preserves your original BB file so you don't accidentally overwrite it, or end up not saving some new thing you added in RB that isn't supported in BiaB later. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB rharv #519157 01/20/19 08:57 AM RealBand
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas silvertones Veteran
silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	Originally Posted By: rharv First open RB. Then use File-Open to open your (previously) BB file. Use Save As right away to save it to the native RB SEQ format, which then preserves your original BB file so you don't accidentally overwrite it, or end up not saving some new thing you added in RB that isn't supported in BiaB later. Thanks Bob that's what I was saying but not as clearly. You also added the suggestion to save as .seq. That I forgot. John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB silvertones #519277 01/20/19 05:53 PM RealBand
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 464 Florida, U.S.A. 2bSolo OP Journeyman
OP 2bSolo Journeyman Joined: May 2011 Posts: 464 Florida, U.S.A.	Silvertones and RHarv, Thanks for the idea. I did it that way and got the drum track over to RB. I already this song saved in RB. I'm still not sure the exxisting RB file couldn't take it from the Drag Drop folder. I Saved As a second file with a slightly different name. That will let me work on the drum track and get it where it needs to go. Thanks again. 2b i5-3210 laptop. Win 10 Home. 2.5ghz, 64 bit. 6gb RAM. Focusrite Scarlet 2i2.

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB silvertones #519465 01/21/19 01:53 PM RealBand
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rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,166 Mi., USA	John, Apparently we posted at the same time .. if you'd done it 5 minutes earlier I wouldn't have bothered typing. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) simulpost.jpg (46.49 KB, 67 downloads) Last edited by rharv; 01/21/19 01:56 PM. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB 2bSolo #519508 01/21/19 05:43 PM RealBand
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas silvertones Veteran
silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: Drag Drop from BB to RB 2bSolo #520080 01/24/19 04:37 AM RealBand
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 464 Florida, U.S.A. 2bSolo OP Journeyman
OP 2bSolo Journeyman Joined: May 2011 Posts: 464 Florida, U.S.A.	Here's an update that may help someone else. The original problem was I couldn't import a midi file from the BB Drag Drop folder into RB. RobH confirmed that BB 2019 wouldn't do it for him. Yesterday I called PG and talked to Kent. He said the way to do it is to drag the midi file directly from BB's Drop Station to a track in RB. Since it is a hassle for me to get BB and RB on my laptop screen at the same time, I dragged from BB's Drop Station to my desktop and then to RB. That worked. Thanks to all for the help. 2b i5-3210 laptop. Win 10 Home. 2.5ghz, 64 bit. 6gb RAM. Focusrite Scarlet 2i2.

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