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I'm using BiaB 2022 Audiophile on windows 10.

How can I export a song chords chart as a MIDI file?

I have read a few forum posts but these were for earlier versions and I'm unable to find the paths mentioned.

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I assume you want a midi file for the Chord Chart which includes Chord Markers and block chords.
So it has not changed in years. It is a two step process.
First in preferences set the "OutputCh"
Second from the Midi Main Menu Dropdown, select "File on disk".

Or have I assumed wrong? crazy



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Thanks Dan, That is it.

The only thing is that when I import this file into e.g Reaper or EZKeys it has the the blank two bars intro. I had everything set as in your screenshots.

Can this be disabled in the MIDI export?

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Try this to remove the lead in from the midi file.

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CMAN. dunno if this helps or not.
might be usefull in the future.
there is a simple "trick" i use to correlate item positions tween reaps and biab. as follows.
1. in biab i use bar letters in chord sheet as follows..
I = INTRO
V = VERSE
C = CHORUS
L = LEAD BREAK/SOLO etc
O = OUTTRO.
2. THEN ... you know how to insert reaps markers i assume. in reaps i do same. I/V/C/L/O nomenclature.
makes it a doddle to line things up going tween biab and reaps.
3. you can use layers in bb to add comments above a chord
eg LEAD BREAK 1...to match expanded reaps marker names.

THUS i never worry bout bb settings for metronome start etc etc. or other settings in bb.
IN ADDITION a added trick i employ IS...in bb...
my first 4 bars on the chord sheet are MY OWN intro beats, which..when exported to reaps make it even easier
to later line things up when items are exported from bb.
eg in bb..lets say song is in key d minor.
thus first 4 bars in bb is ...
Dm.d Dm.d Dm.d Dm.d
in essence my first 4 bars in bb are purely for reference/lining up items tween bb and reaps.

give methods above a try mate.
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That did the job .. perfect.

Thanks Dan, your help is much appreciated.

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Thanks for those Reaper tips Muso. I appreciate your help and will try those out.

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If you mute all the tracks in BB you will just get the midi chord track when saving. Dragging a RT/DR RealChart or midi track to MID will export midi chord track with midi, when enabled in Prefs.
If you want the chords as well as the chord names as midi markers just open the SGU in BB Standalone C:\bb\BBPlugin\Files\Band-in-a-Box DAW Plugin Standalone.exe
Right click on the C7 top of chord sheet for setting the drag C7 into DAW to get chord names also.

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