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bar settings failure #590214 04/06/20 01:55 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 13 A Alison OP Newbie
OP Alison Newbie A Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 13	Hi folks, I am writing out a piece which is 3/4, but has two measures in 4/4. i am right clicking on the appropriate measure, going to bar settings, changing the 0 to 4, and pressing ok. The measure gets underlined in red, and when i check it, the setting for 4 beats in a measure is still there, but when i play the song, it just continues to play all measures in 3/4. someone, please tell me what i am doing wrong!!! thank you... frustrated... Alison

Re: bar settings failure Alison #590242 04/06/20 03:15 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,687 Hamlin NY MarioD Veteran
MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,687 Hamlin NY	Did you regenerate the song after changing the measures? If not then nothing would change. OK, a random thought; Why does toilet paper need a commercial? Who's not buying it? 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: bar settings failure Alison #590261 04/06/20 04:25 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,091 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,091 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: Alison Hi folks, I am writing out a piece which is 3/4, but has two measures in 4/4. i am right clicking on the appropriate measure, going to bar settings, changing the 0 to 4, and pressing ok. The measure gets underlined in red, and when i check it, the setting for 4 beats in a measure is still there, but when i play the song, it just continues to play all measures in 3/4. someone, please tell me what i am doing wrong!!! thank you... frustrated... Alison I'm presuming that you are using a 3/4 style. In BiaB you cannot add a beat to a bar, you can only take one away. There are two possible solutions: 1: Add a bar at the point you want make the change to 4/4, then either make this bar 1 beat long (you will have a bar of 3/4 and a bar of 1/4), or make this and the preceding bar 2 beats long each. Both ways will give you a total of 4 beats over the two bars. 2: Use a 4/4 style and change to 3 beats per bar at the start using F5 bar settings and then change it to 4/4 at the required bar. BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

Re: bar settings failure Alison #590263 04/06/20 04:34 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,564 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,564 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	The general rule VideoTrack is solving is that if BIAB uses both 3/4 and 4/4 in the same song, you must start in 4/4. BIAB 2026 Win Audiophile. Software: Fender Studio One 8, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Fender Quantom HD8 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

Re: bar settings failure Matt Finley #590265 04/06/20 04:41 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,091 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,091 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: Matt Finley The general rule VideoTrack is solving is that if BIAB uses both 3/4 and 4/4 in the same song, you must start in 4/4. Exactly. And BTW, if you choose option 2, watch out for the count-in. You probably won't like it. BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

Re: bar settings failure Alison #590389 04/07/20 09:28 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,091 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,091 Melbourne, Australia	Another way to achieve your requirement is to use a 3/4 style for the song and use bar settings (F5) at the required bar and change to a 4/4 style, then back to a 3/4 style at the next required bar. However, if the styles don't match well (instrumentation etc) it can often sound as though you changed bands for those bars. BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

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