I'm finding the manual is somewhat useful (though it would be much more helpful if Contents/Search/Index were hotlinked into the text), but ambiguous on the general nature of how the sound from a MIDI file gets generated and controlled.

It seems to me that (ignoring Real XXX stuff, which I still don't understand) the use of BiB as a flexible sequencer for my Roland RD700 should entail assigning a sequence of 6 tables:

Roland Patches – Roland Channels – BiB Channels – BiB Patch / Drum kit – BiB Seq Track – MIDI File Channel

Real Band seems to substantially increase the complexity of aligning these tables, I think (though maybe I am missing something and it really is simpler than BiB).

I wonder if anyone could direct me to any documents or discussions or a section of either the RB or BiB manuals that deals holistically with these assignments? The programs (both RB and BiB) seem unstable in their patch assignments – I find that there are impromptu reassignments of patches that seem to occur spontaneously (though I'm sure I must be initiating these, I can't figure out how).

Also, I will load .DK files, but not be able to find any of the patches (or the files). In general it seems to be difficult to track down what functions these file types serve and how to track down what is in them.

Is there a table anywhere in the documentation that puts this all in one spot?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Chris Westland