Originally Posted By: eddie1261
So today's exercise was this.

I downloaded a MIDI file and imported it into both RB and BIAB. (3 different versions from 3 different sources.) The sounds were hideous but that wasn't the reason for the exercise.

I got the thing to play and exported it to an audio file (I used WAV.) I then restarted RB and imported that WAV file.

I then ran it through the ACW and once again, the chords as interpreted by RB were not even close. I mean like really not even close. The song was in C and the chords were Eb, and not even close to correct as the progression "progressed". I deliberately picked a song I know how to play so I knew what they were supposed to be. ("I Can't Give You Anything But Love")

HOW do you guys get that frickin' thing to work??? I have never had ACW come even close. I once put one of my own songs into it and it butchered that badly too.

The game here is that I want to take MIDI files, plug them into either software, get a workable WAV file out of it, then run ACW so I have a chord sheet. With that chord sheet I can then generate what I want from the style picker and then generate tracks with the sounds I want. Has anybody ever done those exact steps successfully?

I honestly still don't know what that Chord Wizard this is even for since it doesn't actually work.

To allude to another thread, talk about cheating...!!

Not exactly the steps you're taking because they don't work. Doesn't matter why because the end result you're seeking; "I want to take MIDI files, plug them into either software, get a workable WAV file out of it, then run ACW so I have a chord sheet. With that chord sheet I can then generate what I want from the style picker and then generate tracks with the sounds I want." can be done successfully in either BIAB or RB with the ACW like you describe. But there's a better way.

Since you start with a MIDI file, it's much easier and faster to open that MIDI file in BIAB. BIAB will automatically detect the chords, populate the Chord Sheet, set the tempo, key signature and sets a MIDI Style and disables it so only the MIDI song on the Melody Track sounds out.

As far as I know, this works with any MIDI file, even one you create.

If you want to separate the midi channels onto individual Utility Tracks; After opening the MIDI file, reduce the BIAB Chord Sheet and select the MIDI file again and drag and drop the file anywhere on the Chord Sheet and BIAB will automatically separate and load each individual midi channel onto a Utility Track.

Here's a Henry Clarke Video demonstrating and explaining all the steps.

How I made a RealTrack and MIDI backing track in less than 10 minutes

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