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* generating midi is quick, is there any way to automate it? maybe after each style change (which is kinda what i think the stand-alone does)?


If you select a MIDI style in the StylePicker (you can identify them because they do not start with an underscore character), then song generation will indeed be quicker because RealTracks do not need to be generated. If you are trying out different chord progressions, you could temporarily select an all MIDI style to audition your chords quickly, and then switch back to your RealStyle (with RealTracks) once you are happy with your chord sequence.

With a RealStyle, song generation time depends on the length of your song, and the number of RealTracks you have. In the Band-in-a-Box program (not plugin), song generation seems quick, because the program starts playing after it has generated the first few measures. It then continues generating "under the hood" while your song is playing. So you might simulate this by temporarily making your song really short, say 4-8 measures - just while you are auditioning. I would not be a bad idea for us to have an option to generate just the first four bars automatically.

Pipeline may have a different idea but about this, I'm not sure.

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*can you explain the track sync you mentioned in your second item, please? ive searched on this and cant quite understand.


Yes, if you are using the plugin inside a DAW, then you can double-click on a track icon inside the plugin (it will turn blue), and this will "sync" that track to your DAW. So when you press Play in your DAW, then plugin will start playing that track at the same time. This is useful for example if you haven't dragged the track into your DAW and are still experimenting with different instruments.

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* i have ni kontakt libraries that i can use as a sound source with midi generated in biab. how can i create the midi send from biab that i can route to a kontakt track?


Well.. with the Band-in-a-Box Plugin, you cannot select a MIDI synth to play your track. While you are auditioning inside the plugin it is playing rendered wave files. If you have MIDI tracks, you can drag them into your DAW. Inside your DAW you will choose your VSTi / MIDI synth, or whatever is available for MIDI playback from your DAW.

In the full Band-in-a-Box program you can choose a specific VSTi for each MIDI track similar to how you can do in your DAW. You would click on the Plugin tab of the Mixer Window and click on where it says "[none]".

Last edited by Andrew - PG Music; 04/24/20 08:16 AM.
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