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importing sib files #98451 12/20/10 01:52 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 113 Vught, The Netherlands D davehorne OP Apprentice
OP davehorne Apprentice D Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 113 Vught, The Netherlands	I have a more than 250 lead sheets that I made using Sibelius. It would be great if I could import them into BIAB and have them converted to an SGU file. Dave Horne - The Netherlands http://members.home.nl/davehorne/ Band-in-a-Box 2015 MegaPAK Upgrade with RealBand

Re: importing sib files davehorne #98452 12/20/10 01:54 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,839 Pawling New York R Rob Helms Veteran
Rob Helms Veteran R Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,839 Pawling New York	Can't Sib export as midi? Lenovo Win 10 16 gig ram, Mac mini with 16 gig of ram, BiaB 2022, Realband, Harrison Mixbus 32c version 9.1324, Melodyne 5 editor, Presonus Audiobox 1818VSL, Presonus control app, Komplete 49 key controller.

Re: importing sib files Rob Helms #98453 12/20/10 02:51 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley Veteran
John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	Just export them as midi, and then import it to band in a box. You can import just the chords and the melody rather than each midi track if you happen to have stuff on tracks like a bass... John Conley Musica est vita

Re: importing sib files John Conley #98454 12/20/10 03:05 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 113 Vught, The Netherlands D davehorne OP Apprentice
OP davehorne Apprentice D Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 113 Vught, The Netherlands	Thanks guys! Dave Horne - The Netherlands http://members.home.nl/davehorne/ Band-in-a-Box 2015 MegaPAK Upgrade with RealBand

Re: importing sib files davehorne #98455 12/20/10 03:33 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 113 Vught, The Netherlands D davehorne OP Apprentice
OP davehorne Apprentice D Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 113 Vught, The Netherlands	Well, I tried this but the results were not at all to my liking. I saved a sib file as a midi file and then (in BIAB) Import chords from midi file. That didn't give me the reults I expected. If anyone's interested, I will upload the file in question to my site and you can see if your results are better. Here's the link to a Sib file (version 2.1) http://members.home.nl/davehorne/misc/How%20Deep%20Is%20The%20Ocean%20255%20C.sib Thanks, DH Dave Horne - The Netherlands http://members.home.nl/davehorne/ Band-in-a-Box 2015 MegaPAK Upgrade with RealBand

Re: importing sib files davehorne #98456 12/21/10 01:52 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 113 Vught, The Netherlands D davehorne OP Apprentice
OP davehorne Apprentice D Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 113 Vught, The Netherlands	I've given this more thought - the chord symbols I entered into my Sibelius lead sheets were not MIDI information per se, but text though assigned to specific measures. I guess I'll have to do this by hand as it were. Dave Horne - The Netherlands http://members.home.nl/davehorne/ Band-in-a-Box 2015 MegaPAK Upgrade with RealBand

Re: importing sib files davehorne #98457 12/21/10 07:56 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 25,928 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 25,928 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	The aging MIDI standard unfortunately does not include storing chord symbols. Support for Music XML would fix this. BIAB 2024 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 6.5 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6; Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus Studio 192, Presonus Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors

Re: importing sib files Matt Finley #98458 12/21/10 01:03 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 812 Guadalajara, Mexico E Edward Buckley Expert
Edward Buckley Expert E Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 812 Guadalajara, Mexico	Yes Matt, we've been waiting years for that one!! Ed

Re: importing sib files Matt Finley #98459 12/21/10 02:18 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 17 Australia J Jazz2511 Enthusiast
Jazz2511 Enthusiast J Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 17 Australia	Yes Matt - music XML would be the next 'big step' for PG music's software. Doug

Re: importing sib files Matt Finley #98460 12/22/10 02:03 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,439 NSW, Australia Lawrie Expert
Lawrie Expert Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,439 NSW, Australia	Quote: The aging MIDI standard unfortunately does not include storing chord symbols. Support for Music XML would fix this. While this is strictly correct, I wonder if meta event text data would be useful? Serch for the word "text" on the following pages: http://improv.sapp.org/doc/misc/MidiFileFormat.html http://faydoc.tripod.com/formats/mid.htm --=-- My credo: If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing - just ask my missus, she'll tell ya --=-- You're only paranoid if you're wrong!

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