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Aloha experienced users...I am trying to put a simple held chord in the last bar of my song, bar 56, typed in G... , but it turns red and I cannot figure how to ask it to just play the G and hold it...even threw in some spare empty bars 57-60 figuring I can cut them out of the WAV file later....the strummed guitar1 is RT362...are some real tracks not capable of this?

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I believe this is the normal color for any chord this is either has a Rest, Shot or Held modification.

You are doing the Held option the correct way with 3 dots after the chord.

Mine have always been a red color.


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Thanks Joseph...the real issue is the chord isn't held, the RT guitar keeps a-strumming...


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I did a quick test with the same Style and RT Guitar. Worked perfect exactly has it should with the hold. Have you tried to do a RTFS?

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Thanks DrDan, I am as green as grass....what is an RTFS?


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Originally Posted by Tired Mule
Thanks DrDan, I am as green as grass....what is an RTFS?

It means return to factory standards. It is in the options menu. Do the most version first. See picture

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Thanks Mario.... grin

Mike, if that don't work can you upload the BIAB song file for us to test?


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Hi Mike,

Did you add the held chord after you froze the tracks? If so, you need to unfreeze all the tracks and then regenerate the song for the G... to be implemented. If tracks are frozen, BIAB assumes that you have the tracks exactly as you want them to be and that you do not want any changes made.

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I'm just following this thread, thinking that a frozen track might be the culprit, and I note that Noel has already identified it as a probable cause.

That's where I would be looking too.


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Bingo....I froze the tracks when I had an arrangement that worked nice for me.....

thanks to you all for taking the time to help me out today.

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Originally Posted by Joseph Land
I believe this is the normal color for any chord this is either has a Rest, Shot or Held modification.

You are doing the Held option the correct way with 3 dots after the chord.

Mine have always been a red color.

Got it. I understand what you were saying. Yeah, if the chord keeps strumming, thats a bad thing. Glad you got it resolved.


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Mike (Tired Mule), forgetting about frozen tracks has fooled me more than once ...


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Look at original pic in the tread! All the Tracks are Frozen! You see it in the blue snowflake!


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Originally Posted by Matt Finley
Mike (Tired Mule), forgetting about frozen tracks has fooled me more than once ...

You are not the only one who's been fooled, been there - done that a number of times myself eek


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