Noel,

I thought we had it!

I saved my preferences first, then did as you suggested and loaded the factory defaults.

As for the MIDI issue: I had trouble getting F12 to do anything at all, at first... then I muted every track and this time the thing was still playing! So then when I hit F12 it stopped.

It was not doing that before (I could mute the "drone" by muting the drum track and guitar track) so the change to default settings may have changed the symptoms. Just a guess.

I started a new song to play with so that I didn't introduce any residual problems from my other music. Then when I played a MIDI style, everything worked well. So I also tried Realtracks only styles. Again, everything worked well.

Then the acid test: playing my old songs. Well... it still plays the Vocal Mmms instead of the Guitar track! I went back in, told it to remove the guitar track. It did, and then showed the vocal track in its place. I "disabled" the vocal track, went back in and added the guitar track, then played it. Still has the vocal.

I'm not sure what to do next, but I think PG Music needs to check this out. I do not want to have to go in and re-input all of my songs. That ain't happenin'.

Thank you for all your help, anyway, Noel. You and the other veterans are an incredibly valuable resource for PG Music. Hope they realize that.

Jim

BIAB 2020 with Reaper 6, on an AMD 8 core CPU, 16GB RAM, 240 GB SSD and 1 TB HD. Retired and trying to make some serious music, before Arthur Ritis spoils the fun.