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I figured out how to write a melody in Finale and import it to Band-in-a-Box, but how do you import a bassline written in Finale to Band-in-a-Box?
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Hi jrlamkin2, Welcome to the forums. Are we talking about BIAB 2018? If so, read on. Firstly a bit of BIAB background. The Bass, Drums, Piano, Guitar and Strings tracks are reserved by BIAB to create backing tracks. The Melody and Soloist tracks are set aside for user note entry. The above being said, it's possible to modify notation on the Bass, Drums, Piano, Guitar and Strings tracks and then use the 'Freeze' command to keep the notation intact and to stop BIAB regenerating the track next time the song is opened. Also, BIAB only loads midi file onto the Melody or Soloist track. With the above in mind, if you want to write a bass line in Finale... save it as a midi and then import it into BIAB's Melody. From there, it's possible to use "Edit | Copy Special | Copy/Move Tracks" to transfer what's on the Melody track to the Bass track. Once that's done, the Bass track needs to be frozen. Lastly, if you are writing your own bass line, it will only play if you use a midi bass on the Bass track. Realtracks are not affected by notation because they are audio recordings. Regards, Noel
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It is much easier if you use a DAW. Drop and Drag your BiaB tracks to a DAW and then input via your playing and/or Finale in a blank track. DAWs are make things like this much easier. If you have the PC version of BiaB you also have a DAW called Realband. If not then ask what to use in the Mac forum.
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I figured out how to write a melody in Finale and import it to Band-in-a-Box, but how do you import a bassline written in Finale to Band-in-a-Box? It would help us here if you identified the operating system: Mac or Windows as well as the operating system version and also the version of your Band in a Box and Finale ( Mac or Windows ).
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Noel's advice is spot on, as always. If you are going to write any MIDI parts at all, I urge you to learn how notation works in BiaB.
There is a learning curve, and its worth it. Once I got familiar with it, it became instinctive. Now I feel its the quickest and easiest of any notation method, including pencil and paper.
Write your bass part in the Melody track and then move it to the Bass track, as Noel describes.
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I'm using an Apple Macbook Pro. My BIAB is 2015. My Finale app is 14.5
It would help us here if you identified the operating system: Mac or Windows as well as the operating system version and also the version of your Band in a Box and Finale ( Mac or Windows ).
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Hello Noel, my BIAB is the 2015 version.
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Flatfoot, Is there a tutorial that teaches how notation works on BiaB?
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If you go to the link below, you'll find a video clip under the "Beginners" section entitled "Entering Notation in Band In A Box". http://www.pgmusic.com/videos.bbmac.htmAlthough the clips uses an older version of the program, the information is still relevant today Regards, Noel
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Thanks Noel, the video is very helpful!!
JR
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