Been spending a lot of time on tutorials but can't get the chord wizard to work. Everyone keeps go to file open but there is no open just "open Song" and "open special" please advise, I'm just simply trying to import an mp3 into the chord wizard. Thanks!
Been spending a lot of time on tutorials but can't get the chord wizard to work. Everyone keeps go to file open but there is no open just "open Song" and "open special" please advise, I'm just simply trying to import an mp3 into the chord wizard. Thanks!
Welcome to the forums.
Try this:
1: Choose the Audio Chord Wizard from the Views toolbar.
2: Choose File > Open Special > Open Audio and select your MP3 file.
3: Select the ACW item (also make sure the song tempo matches the MP3 tempo).
4: Select the Audio Track in the ACW.
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Is there a place where it could be a hidden menu? It does not show on any ribbon top or inside the program.
Thanks for your help. Pretty much stuck until Monday. Customer service was not sure how to find it and said contact support but with email it takes hours or days back and forth.
One of the things we don't know is what version of BiaB you are running. This is always an important item. There have been changes over the years to menus and settings and other functionality.
I am running 2022, latest available build.
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I am running the latest version, I purchased it 6 days ago so I can't imaging a new one has been released but maybe. I did uninstall and reinstall in case it was a corrupted file I know that can happen but still no menu that you mentioned. It was over 500.00 for what I purchased so it wasn't the cheap version. Going to try one more day and search for more videos on how to get the chord wizard and menu's to work.
Is there a pay service to get help on the program? Would be worth the money and avoid the frustration of wasting time searching for email help and trying to explain this way. I know a lot of software companies to not offer phone support only chat....
I tried the updates too and it says your mac is up tp date.
This what they sent me, Band-in-a-Box® for Macintosh Version 2021 (515) 64 bit application
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Thanks for any help much appreciated. I know it sounds like awesome software once I can get it rolling.
I reinstalled and mine still does not look like yours but I did find a menu but in a different layout for whatever reason. I still hear two songs in the background, the imported song and another song playing along out of sync and there are 2 different wav length displays instead of one.
Not sure how to get the other one silenced and lined up timing wise.
Not at my PC till Monday but the screen layout ribbon of icons doesn't show ALL of them. Too kany. To the far right of the icons bar/ribbon is IIRC a thin grey area with a down arrow (or similar). That shows the additional icons that are not currently on your ribbon. Maybe thats it? HTH ian
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Hi Ian, thanks for the info. That could be I'll look and see if I can find the hidden icons. I figured mac version was different and that's why the example screen shots I got from others did not help. Got to love software.....have to have lots of spare time and patience Lol This software is for retired people with lots of time on their hands to figure it out :-) Have a great Sunday, I'm gonna spend part of the day working on this.
You're right Dan (as usual). That's why I deliberately chose the wording "1: Choose the Audio Chord Wizard from the Views toolbar." Either way, it should have been enough to get the O/P started?
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Thanks for the help the last example worked. The views option was not an option. That's the crazy part about software it is not consistent with examples in videos.
Going to try to move to the next step now and try to get that back audio to stop playing along with the mps I imported.
Dan, Thanks so much. A day later and I finally had a way to find that menu. I appreciate that shortcut. This is going to be a long process I'm sure :-) Trying to get the screen to match what these videos say is a challenge. I'm now trying to get the back track to silence so I can listen in the Chord wizard part. I have 2 audio waves playing at the same time. I'm searching for a video now to see how to silence to audio files playing at the same time.
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