Originally Posted by Gary Curran
BUT, when I go to play the song back, both Utility 1 and Utility 2 are playing the Coronet patch. Both say 'Instrument 0 <No Patch Change> even though I've clicked on both and selected the patch I wanted, it's playing the Coronet patch.
That happens because you're using the default synth, and both tracks are sending on the same MIDI channel. There are a few ways around it - change the MIDI channel, use a different synth, use a second instance of the default synth, or use a Hi-Q Instrument Patch.

To change the MIDI channel, right click a track and choose Track Settings And Actions Dialog - MIDI channel is just to the right and down from the centre.

To change the synth plugin, click on the Plugins tab in the mixer, then to the right of the track name you should see "Default Synth" - click on that, then choose any of the plugins in the list. If your default synth is the included CoyoteWT, choosing that again will run a separate instance of the plugin, meaning that anything sent to it will be independent of anything sent to the default instance.

To choose a Hi-Q instrument, right click on the track and choose Select MIDI Instrument (Patch) > Select Hi-Q MIDI Patch Plugin, then choose an instrument from the list.

Keep in mind as well that specifying an instrument or plugin on the Thru channel does not affect the chosen patch on whatever channel you're recording to.

Originally Posted by Gary Curran
So, okay, I know that Band In A Box will support a patch change on a channel, and it should be able to recognize the patch change, but it doesn't appear to be. Both instruments were on Channel 1. So, I put the Coronet on channel 2. Now, on Channel 1, I get some sort of a picked bass, and on channel two, I get the piano I want on Channel 1. I put the Coronet back on channel 2 and it worked . . . once, but the channel 1 is still a bass, even though I went in and intentionally changed it to Grand Piano.
MIDI channel 2 is used by the Bass track by default. Channels 5 and 9 are unused by default, however it's better and easier to use a separate instance of the plugin for each track when working with a lot of MIDI like you are.

Originally Posted by Gary Curran
I've ordered the hard drive and I'm not sure when it will be here. I'll be moving this weekend and next week, so I'll be a bit out of touch for a for a bit while I get that sorted out. Right now, once I get the program again, I'm going to save my songs and user files/styles and then wipe the entire C:\bb directory and start over again!
Please let us know how it goes! The hard drive shouldn't take too long, as we ship with couriers - usually only a few days to North America.

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