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Everything I Do In this Program Seems to Be a Major Deal - Trying to Import Midi Melody #635961 01/12/21 07:07 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 188 goofeyfoot OP Apprentice
OP goofeyfoot Apprentice Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 188	As title says, I am completely losing my mind in BIAB. I want to import a MIDI melody into the MELODY Slot in the program. I am in an MGU file and importing a midi track. The menu pops up asking about the destination and everything. I set everything there correctly. I click OK and nothing happens. Track is not "frozen." Jeez, should be simpler than this. Thanks Michael AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core Processor. 3.79 GHZ; RAM = 32.00 GB; 64 Bit Operating System; Windows 10; Focusrite 8i18 External Card; Real Band; Band in a Box; Coyote Forte Wave Table; Oxygen 49 MIDI Controller

Re: Everything I Do In this Program Seems to Be a Major Deal - Trying to Import Midi Melody goofeyfoot #636013 01/12/21 10:26 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,147 Essex England Bob Calver Veteran
Bob Calver Veteran Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,147 Essex England	do you have the same problems in RealBand?

Re: Everything I Do In this Program Seems to Be a Major Deal - Trying to Import Midi Melody goofeyfoot #636052 01/12/21 01:26 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,814 Victoria, BC Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff
Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,814 Victoria, BC	Make sure that in the MIDI File Import dialog, you have chosen Melody as your destination track -- perhaps it is importing it to a Utility track and that's why your Melody track remains empty. Otherwise do you want to attach a screenshot of your settings and/or the MIDI file in question for us to try? Andrew PG Music Inc.

Re: Everything I Do In this Program Seems to Be a Major Deal - Trying to Import Midi Melody Andrew - PG Music #637016 01/18/21 05:45 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 188 goofeyfoot OP Apprentice
OP goofeyfoot Apprentice Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 188	Yes I chose Melody in the destination. The name changes to "guitar" for some bizarre reason. I get the ever-present silence when playing back. Screenshot and SEQ is attached. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) Screenshot (7).png (192.87 KB, 93 downloads) Screenshot (8).png (212.04 KB, 92 downloads) Shelli Melody.MID (2.43 KB, 3 downloads) AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core Processor. 3.79 GHZ; RAM = 32.00 GB; 64 Bit Operating System; Windows 10; Focusrite 8i18 External Card; Real Band; Band in a Box; Coyote Forte Wave Table; Oxygen 49 MIDI Controller

Re: Everything I Do In this Program Seems to Be a Major Deal - Trying to Import Midi Melody Andrew - PG Music #637031 01/18/21 06:55 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,504 Lake Keowee, South Carolina MountainSide Veteran
MountainSide Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,504 Lake Keowee, South Carolina	I can duplicate the problem GoofyFoot is experiencing. If I import to the Melody track, although I can see the notation in the notation viewer, no sound is produced. Jeff Win11, Intel i7 7700K 4.2Ghz, 32Gb RAM, 2x1Tb HD, 500Gb NVMe, BIAB/RB 2026, MOTU 828MK3 audio, MOTU Midi Express, Yamaha Montage 7, DX7II, TX802, Motif XS Rack, Roland Fantom XR Rack, Oberheim Matrix 1000, VoiceLive3 Extreme, Kontakt 6, SampleTank 4.3

Re: Everything I Do In this Program Seems to Be a Major Deal - Trying to Import Midi Melody goofeyfoot #637293 01/19/21 12:05 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,814 Victoria, BC Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff
Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,814 Victoria, BC	Quote: Yes I chose Melody in the destination. The name changes to "guitar" for some bizarre reason. I get the ever-present silence when playing back. Screenshot and SEQ is attached. Thanks for the sample file. When you import this MIDI file, set the destination of track 3 to the Melody track: Actually the MIDI file appears to only have two tracks, I am not sure why BB is showing three tracks. In any case, you can see the track "3" has the MIDI data on it, because it has the MIDI channel 1 selected. The melody track name change to Guitar, since BB is auto-generating track titles, and the MIDI file track is set to patch 28 (Jazz Electric Guitar) If you don't like this behavior, you can disabled it in Prefs: Andrew PG Music Inc.

Re: Everything I Do In this Program Seems to Be a Major Deal - Trying to Import Midi Melody Andrew - PG Music #637373 01/20/21 04:03 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,504 Lake Keowee, South Carolina MountainSide Veteran
MountainSide Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,504 Lake Keowee, South Carolina	Thanks Andrew. This helps explain it and is very helpful. I was doing it wrong. Jeff Win11, Intel i7 7700K 4.2Ghz, 32Gb RAM, 2x1Tb HD, 500Gb NVMe, BIAB/RB 2026, MOTU 828MK3 audio, MOTU Midi Express, Yamaha Montage 7, DX7II, TX802, Motif XS Rack, Roland Fantom XR Rack, Oberheim Matrix 1000, VoiceLive3 Extreme, Kontakt 6, SampleTank 4.3

Re: Everything I Do In this Program Seems to Be a Major Deal - Trying to Import Midi Melody Andrew - PG Music #637446 01/20/21 01:42 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 188 goofeyfoot OP Apprentice
OP goofeyfoot Apprentice Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 188	Well it LOOKS like the MIDI is going in but nothing plays back. See screen shot. Thing is I NEVER touch settings once I get things working. Yet, every time I sit down something is broken when it was fine yesterday. As mentioned the screenshot is attached Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) Screenshot (9).png (221.7 KB, 37 downloads) AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core Processor. 3.79 GHZ; RAM = 32.00 GB; 64 Bit Operating System; Windows 10; Focusrite 8i18 External Card; Real Band; Band in a Box; Coyote Forte Wave Table; Oxygen 49 MIDI Controller

Re: Everything I Do In this Program Seems to Be a Major Deal - Trying to Import Midi Melody goofeyfoot #637455 01/20/21 03:16 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,814 Victoria, BC Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff
Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,814 Victoria, BC	It looks from your screenshot like it did work, since I can see that the Melody track (guitar2) is set to MIDI patch 28, which is exactly what mine looked like. Check the track in the notation window - you should see it there. Is it playing, but silently? Andrew PG Music Inc.

Re: Everything I Do In this Program Seems to Be a Major Deal - Trying to Import Midi Melody Andrew - PG Music #637458 01/20/21 03:39 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 188 goofeyfoot OP Apprentice
OP goofeyfoot Apprentice Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 188	Yes I can see the track. It does not appear to be playing though. You don’t see the meter jumping up and down. The music just scrolls through as though it were there but it doesn’t play. AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core Processor. 3.79 GHZ; RAM = 32.00 GB; 64 Bit Operating System; Windows 10; Focusrite 8i18 External Card; Real Band; Band in a Box; Coyote Forte Wave Table; Oxygen 49 MIDI Controller

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