Originally Posted by MarioD
Hi jonel, Here is how I did it, there may be an easier way because I do this in my DAW:
1-open two different versions of BiaB - setting in preference menu
2-BiaB1 is you main version. Have an utility track open, i.e. showing
3-BiaB2 is your trial version. Search for styles with MIDI drum tracks here
4-When you find one drag the drum track to the mid window in the drag and drop window and go into the drag and drop mode
5-drag the + window into BiaB1's utility track.
Note that I had to delete the BiaB2 to get BiaB1 to play and I had to mute the original drum track.
I did this on my Win 11 machine.

If you need help later today I can include pics.
I hope this helps

That's a great approach, Mario! I have not thought about using two instances of BIAB. I like it.

As I understand it (and I may be wrong)... The thing with BIAB MIDI drums (and instruments) is that they are not loops in today's sense of the word. They are MIDI instructions that are derived from generating a track from the various 2-bar rhythm patterns that have been created and weighted in Stylemaker (i.e. the percentage likelihood of a particular pattern occurring). This weighting of different patterns for a particular instrument in a particular style is why the MIDI tracks in BIAB have a slightly different arrangement each time they are generated. This is to try and replicate a live performance where notes vary from performance to performance. It is unlike a loop that involves strict repetition of a musical phrase over and over.

Jonel, just one other thing to keep in mind is if the drums are not working, double check that the Utility track is set to MIDI channel 10 as this is the MIDI channel that accesses the MIDI drums.

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