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Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? #802952 03/06/24 04:51 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 126 Idyllwild, California, USA D DFT OP Apprentice
OP DFT Apprentice D Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 126 Idyllwild, California, USA	Am I missing something or is this actually the way it works? I've massaged some RTs in BIAB that I like. I instantiate DAW plugin in my DAW and from the plugin load the song I was working on. The chords show up but not the previously rendered RTs. Can't they be loaded into the DAW plugin? Rerendering essentially makes me have to start anew. I Suppose I could export import the original audio in the event I wanted to subsequently regenerate a part of the audio in the DAW plugin ... but how inefficient. Help! I've fallen up and can't get down!

Re: Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? DFT #802973 03/06/24 06:39 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,957 Wauconda	Ya, it don't work like that. The BIAB-VST does not have connection to the actual audio files that BIAB created over in BIAB. When the song file is opened in the BIAB-VST you will have to generate again and things will be a bit different. But getting those exact audio files from BIAB to your DAW can be done, but with a different workflow. Otherwise, you have to start the project in the BIAB-VST. Retired to Make Music - No Plan B My SoundCloud Preview My Current Project .

Re: Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? DrDan #802986 03/06/24 08:02 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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OP DFT Apprentice D Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 126 Idyllwild, California, USA	Thanks, Doc ... That was what I was afraid of. That would be a good feature request. Really, there is no way that BIAB doesn't know where those files are and wouldn't be able to communicate that to the DAW Plugin when you open a file in the DAW Plugin. And yes,thankfully, I do know how to export the individual audio RTs and import into my DAW. It's not a terrible work around since importing the BIAB song file to the DAW Plugin at least gives me the song chords and parts structure. Please, permit me to ask a further questions. In the DAW Plugin is there a way can I generate just a selection somehow from from the chord sheet in the DAW without having already generated an entire track? Last edited by DFT; 03/06/24 08:05 PM. Help! I've fallen up and can't get down!

Re: Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? DFT #803048 03/07/24 08:03 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,957 Wauconda	Well Yes and No. There is an option to highlight a selection of bars, then R-Click on an instrument Track and select "Generate Selected Region". But this does not work for me. Good luck. Retired to Make Music - No Plan B My SoundCloud Preview My Current Project .

Re: Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? DFT #803066 03/07/24 10:09 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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Catherine PG Music Staff Joined: May 2002 Posts: 257	Hello. You can generate a selected region by highlighting a section of the chord sheet and clicking the "Generate" button. That will change the selected region. So if you are working in a DAW you could cut and replace sections after you've dragged them from the plugin. Thanks! Catherine

Re: Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? Catherine #803086 03/07/24 01:07 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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OP DFT Apprentice D Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 126 Idyllwild, California, USA	Originally Posted by Catherine Hello. You can generate a selected region by highlighting a section of the chord sheet and clicking the "Generate" button. That will change the selected region. So if you are working in a DAW you could cut and replace sections after you've dragged them from the plugin. Thanks! Catherine That will work! Thanks. Help! I've fallen up and can't get down!

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