Originally Posted By: Noel96
Hi Stephen,

Under "Preferences" (#1 on the image below), select "Arrange" (#2) and then set the "Concert Pitch Adjust" to -2 (#3). This will lower BIAB's playback by 2 semitones.

Provided the keys of the songs in your Bb book align with the chords, then this should work (e.g., a song is in the key of C and the tonic chord is C).


Hi Noel, it's great to have you help with my query, as I found a post of yours from 2018, last week before I joined the forum, when I was struggling to set up the MIDI in my BIAB Windows version. I joined the forum especially to be able to view your excellent diagrams and it helped a lot - although some sounds (such as vocal Aah's) still won't play for me.

I have made the -2 pitch adjustment as you suggested, but I'm also conscious that I would need to adjust it for other tunes, as Matt mentions. I'll say a bit more in my reply to Matt, but basically the original tune I tested - Naima by John Coltrane - is in Bb (or possibly F minor) and the -2 adjustment brings it fairly close to what I'm playing, in terms of tuning, but it still sounds 'off' to me. I'm now beginning to wonder if the chords given in the fake book are not accurate?

Thanks again for you input - it's much appreciated.


Last edited by StephenP; 04/14/21 02:05 AM.