Originally Posted By: MusicStudent
[quote=Jim Fogle]Oh, by the way that Midi Melody Instrument is still messed up? Didn't you get that fixed by now? crazy


This is a different song from that original, which had what appeared to be the same problem. In part I was mislead by the soloist track not showing in the mixer ... Part way through I proved that the rogue instruments were not on any visible track, so I did a mixer-eye->Show Active, Hide Inactive and the soloist track appeared. OK, lesson learned there.

I also hadn't previously realised that there was a step-edit option for the Soloist track. It makes sense for it to be there, though.

This came up because on Modday I was invited to play gigs on Friday and Saturday, and this was a new song for me. I was trying to get a little practice in before the gig. Most of us have not played together since at least March last year. In the event, Friday was a bit patchy but OK, Saturday went quite well.

The problem, of course, is that I end up spending a couple of hours trying to make BIAB play the song so I can actually get in my practice. IIRC I didn't manage it with this one and just winged it. I'm an old-ish guy but a new-ish musician. I'm still learning both how to play jazz and how to make BIAB work and the songs.

Several guys in the band use BIAB, but they all have old versions. They won't buy later versions because "It does what I need and new versions usually seem to have problems". I'm getting to fully understand what they meant. I do like the newer version, especially when it works properly, but oh so many twists and turns and quirks.

FWIW, I've just re-found the Soloist dialog with the "Solo Which Choruses" options, which is obviously how the author controlled this song, and the soloist is listed as:" (170 OLDER Hampton 16thsVibes)", which is presumably where the vibraphone sound originated. I still can't find where the oboe comes from.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
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