Originally Posted By: MarioD
BiaB sounds OK when using a GM sound source but the problem occurs when using a non-GM sound source in your DAW. I don't know how PGM can correct for that as there are many different sound sources available.

The MIDI channels settings deal with that, though it's a blunt-ish instrument. I'm not sure if that gets saved with a song. The bass channel is shifted -1 by default. but that does shift the MIDI notes as for GM, not as for the VSTi. I guess it could be managed by setting offsets for exported MIDI, but that does start to sound like a messy and probably confusing hack.

Part of the issue here and also with some confusions elsewhere, is that BiaB tracks are not MIDI channels.

That can start to get a bit complex. As I understand it, harmony on a track is usually sent to different MIDI channels from the melody on the same track. That all tends to suggest a MIDI-settings dialog per track that sets lowest and highest note, channels for melody and harmonies, octave offset for melody and harmonies internally and for export. That, though, may well be in conflict with the number of MIDI streams & channels BiaB/Windows/Mac can actually manage. On some tools on Linux I can set multiple streams each with 16 channels and patch them around as I wish. I'm not sure whether that's possible on Windows or Mac. I believe it's possible in a MIDI file.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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