BIAB newbie here.

I created a waltz in BIAB using the country swing style "_CWALTZP.STY Country Waltz w/Piano Swing", that uses the sw8 "feel". Added a bunch of chords in the chord chart. Then I started to add a melody to the song using the notation chart. In that chart, because the song is a waltz in 3/4 time with a "swing feel", there are three regions for the three beats of the measure, and each beat is represented by three dashed lines, which makes sense for entering notes with a "swing 8 feel." However, I want some of the eighth notes I enter to have an even eighth feel. For example, in one of the measures I want the last beat region to have two eighth notes that are actually 1/2 of a quarter note each.

I figured out how to do this by right-clicking on the first note in question and clicking on the "change beat resolution" entry, and in the dialog I told it to to use a treble clef resolution of 2, and same for bass clef just for completeness I guess. Now, the last beat of that measure shows 2 dashed lines instead of three, so I was able to enter my two even eighth notes. Below is a one-drive file link that has a snippet image of the measure in question in the notation chart that illustrates this.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhEZTg91Hm5djLowdQD9Ur8A5Zsn3A?e=f7YNdW

Great! Problem solved!

Except not.

If I play the song, the two supposedly even eighth notes are playing with a swing feel, not an even-eighths feel.

I'm using the default "vibes" instrument, on the default melody track, and using the default coyote synth.

Why don't those notes play with an even feel, even though supposedly notated correctly? Is this a general limitation of BIAB? Is it because of the simple instrument I'm using for the melody? The simple coyote synth? I'm still new BIAB so I haven't yet figured out completely how change some of the items mentioned, so I just left them as defaults.

I appreciate any help.

BryMusic

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