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Posted By: PVjf1 Piano roll navigation (newbie question) - 01/08/21 10:01 PM
So, I just started with BIAB, intending to use it primarily for backing tracks for live performance …
I'm used to working with step input in Logic Pro X, and while I realize BIAB is not a DAW as such, I'm kinda frustrated with the piano roll for the following reason …

I'm working on an MGU of Zingaro, by Tom Jobim, using just bass guitar and drum channels. The guitar rhythm is adequate for now, but I'm substituting the chord inversions with those from the Almir Chediak Bossa Nova Songbook (more "Brazilian").

My problem is——currently I have the Piano Roll window displaying measures 26 thru 34 and want to scroll back to 20 or so, but can't figure out how to do it.
The manual is of no help on this. The only workaround I have come up with is to select the desired measure in the chord entry Fake sheet (fortunately I have two monitors!)which puts me where I want to be.
This seems incredibly clunky——I should point out I'm on an iMac).
In Logic all I have to do is hold pointer at either end of visible piano roll to make it scroll——what am I missing?
Am I going to have to open up the DAW plugin, drag the track into Logic, tweak it there and then drag it back into BIAB? Please say it isn't so!!
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currently I have the Piano Roll window displaying measures 26 thru 34 and want to scroll back to 20 or so, but can't figure out how to do it.

The answer to scroll back/forward is to use this method, however, upon further reading I see you are on Mac and I don't know if that version has this feature. A Mac user might confirm.

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As a further thought, you may consider posting this also in the BiaB for Macintosh forum pages
It will likely get better attention there directly from mac users.
Posted By: PVjf1 Re: Piano roll navigation (newbie question) - 01/09/21 02:33 AM
Thanks——good on ya, mate!
(I'm allowed to say that because I'm English, right?) blush blush
Originally Posted By: PVjf1
Thanks——good on ya, mate!

Yes. Spoken in True-blue Aussie language grin
PVjf1,

Welcome to the forum and to Band-in-a-Box or BiaB for short!

In case you come back to this post or someone else finds this post in a search, the 2020 BiaB for Mac User Manual, pages 257 to 261 describe use of the Piano Roll View (PRV).

The instructions to move the cursor to different points of a song were copied from the manual and displayed below:
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Click or drag in the Chords Ruler to set the insertion point. If the song is playing, a Chords Ruler click will stop playback. Double-click in the Chords Ruler to start playback at the indicated bar. You can also set the insertion point and then tap Control+F to start playback at the desired location.
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