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The question is, when I save the SGU/MGU file, what's gonna happen? Are these external audio files saved into the SGU, make it a very large file? Or the SGU only saves the path linking to the external files? What if after saving, I rename these exteral audio files, or move them to a different folder, is there gonna be a problem with the SGU?



The system that BIAB uses is simple - for a song "MySong.SGU":
- the 'Audio' track is MySong.WAV
- Utility tracks are MySong #1.WAV, MySong #2.WAV etc.

If you have a lot of audio tracks you should consider creating a separate folder (MySong) for your song files.
If the wave files are not found in the same directory as your song, they are ignored.

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This is where I got confused. First I open the piano roll window, turn on snap, then what? Should I drag the file in, or copy the file and paste it in? How should I move it to the desired bar grid like I did with the audio?


There are two basic ways that BIAB handles 'importing' a MIDI file. (1) opens it as a new file (i.e. MIDI file player) and (2) imports all or part of the MIDI file to the Melody track (or a Utility track) of the current song.

In your case, you want #2. You can import the MIDI file by dragging and dropping it onto BB. Then:

1. Answer Yes to import to current song.

2. In the Import MIDI file dialog:

- Select "merge with existing data", and make sure the correct target track is selected.

- Set "Number of bars to import" to 1000 (entire MIDI file)

- Set "Number blank bars to insert at beginning" as you need. NOTE: BIAB has a 2 bar count-in, which are considered bars -1 and 0. If there are not 2 empty bars at the start of your MIDI file, you need to set this to 2. As another example, if you want to import it to bar 10, you need to set this to 11. Then, your file would be inserted starting at bar 10 of the .SGU.




Note: The "include notes played before" setting allows notes played slightly before the barline to be included in the import. This is useful because often notes are played slightly early in performances.

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On the other hand, if you simply want to take a MIDI part you have already imported, and copy it to a different part of the same track, there are a few ways to do that. If you are in the Piano roll, you can

1. Highlight the notes, and press Ctrl+C. To highlight all of the notes in a region, one way is to click and drag in the narrow area where the bar numbers are displayed - see image, where the little green arrow is.

2. Move the cursor (in the area where the chords are displayed) to the position that you want to paste to and press Ctrl+V.



Last edited by Andrew - PG Music; 02/14/23 09:12 AM.
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