I'm trying to do something that I'm not sure is a doable thing.

So, I know if I enter D.. , D.. into a bar.... I get shots on 1 as well as 2. The shots are on the quarter notes.

Now... using Microchords.... I'm supposed to be able to achieve 16th note resolution. However.... when I go into the Microchord (MC) screen, and enter D.. into the 1 beat, skip the next ("e") box and then add D.. in the "and" box, skip the next ("uh") box, add the D.. into the 2 box.....( and repeat this as needed) I'm looking for shots on the 1 & 2 & 3..... followed by silence until the next measure..... I might want to have the drums fill the space in the second half of the bar from 3 to the end leading into the next measure where everything comes back in but that is not the question on this post.

Nothing I'm doing appears to work. I've added rests on the 16ths between.... removed the rests, placed the rests on the notes, removed them, Tried straight up D chords vs D.. shots.... nothing seems to work. Oh yeah... also tried the push function and all that did was offset the quarter notes.

When I enter the shots in the MC screen, and click OK, the chords show up in the bar as D.. for each of them. They're supposed to be shots based on what they look like. However, they play straight through like there's nothing in the bar that should change the chords. Or.... if I have rests I end up getting a shot on 1 and silence through the remainder of the bar.

I contacted support and worked with them for a fair amount of time while editing the project as the suggestions and advice were being offered on the chat. Nothing was working.... I was running the 2023 (1010) version and support suggested updating, which I did, to the 2023 (1013) version. That did not solve the problem.

So...essentially, I can use D.. , D.. D.. to get 3 shots on 1,2,3. No problem. I'm trying to get 5 shots in that same musical space.... and no joy.

Any ideas? Have you been able to replicate this with 5 notes, all shots, on the first 5 8th notes?


This might come down to a "think outside the box" solution where I have to edit it in my DAW. That, I know is doable, but it would be cool to solve it in BB.

Before you toss out a "try this".... kindly test it in your version of BB to be sure it works. Then, hit me with the solution. Thanks.

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