Originally Posted By: Lazy Bird
OK thanks, but how to do that with Band-in-a-box 2020 ?

I do not see this possibility within "Bar settings" : I can only change a patch within a GM bank, not to switch from a VSTi to another ...



Although there's eight tracks in the BIAB Mixer, these tracks can be filled and still used over and over by bouncing. Because these tracks are digital, there's no discernible degradation of the audio like there is with bouncing an analog signal.

My proposal is similar to the other proposals given but without the inconvenience or requirement of external software or hardware and with no restriction or limitation like is found using RealBand or any external DAW. This can be done solely in BIAB and the capability has been available since audio tracks were added into the Mixer.

Of all the earlier suggested solutions, each proposal is a variation of converting the MIDI tracks to audio. Even if you have used all 8 BIAB Mixer Tracks, you can add instruments using Bar Settings for Patch Changes on MIDI Tracks and every track in the BIAB Mixer can have up to 10 different RealTracks on it. To change to another VSTi, it's possible to Bounce existing tracks to free up tracks for adding additional instruments. This can be done without losing any existing original track by freezing and saving a SGU project file at each stage of changing the instrumentation of the BIAB Mixer.


Again, your specific issue has two different problems. First, no available tracks and the second, two different VSTi's can't operate on the same track.

a. The seven track limit with six tracks in use, plus the unused Audio Track to complete the 8 channel BIAB Mixer.
b. Placing two VSTi's onto a single BIAB Track to capture both VSTi's 'sound'.
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The solution:

BIAB can capture the 'sound' (audio) of the First VSTi.

Capturing the sound of the first VSTi allows you the use of the Audio Track.

Converting the first VSTi instrument track to audio frees that MIDI track to then change to another VSTi for that track.

Simply follow Moultipass's instructions and use Bar Settings for Mute and Return to Normal to have each track play the appropriate bars.

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