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Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? #802952 03/06/24 04:51 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 121 Idyllwild, California, USA D DFT OP Apprentice
OP DFT Apprentice D Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 121 Idyllwild, California, USA	Am I missing something or is this actually the way it works? I've massaged some RTs in BIAB that I like. I instantiate DAW plugin in my DAW and from the plugin load the song I was working on. The chords show up but not the previously rendered RTs. Can't they be loaded into the DAW plugin? Rerendering essentially makes me have to start anew. I Suppose I could export import the original audio in the event I wanted to subsequently regenerate a part of the audio in the DAW plugin ... but how inefficient. Help! I've fallen up and can't get down!

Re: Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? DFT #802973 03/06/24 06:39 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,498 Wauconda	Ya, it don't work like that. The BIAB-VST does not have connection to the actual audio files that BIAB created over in BIAB. When the song file is opened in the BIAB-VST you will have to generate again and things will be a bit different. But getting those exact audio files from BIAB to your DAW can be done, but with a different workflow. Otherwise, you have to start the project in the BIAB-VST. Dan, BIAB2024, SoundCloud Win11, i7(12thGen), 32GB, 1TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD), 2TB Libraries, 1 TB(WD-Black), 2TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD)Data, Motu Audio Express, Keystation 61, SL88 Studio, Reaper

Re: Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? DrDan #802986 03/06/24 08:02 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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OP DFT Apprentice D Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 121 Idyllwild, California, USA	Thanks, Doc ... That was what I was afraid of. That would be a good feature request. Really, there is no way that BIAB doesn't know where those files are and wouldn't be able to communicate that to the DAW Plugin when you open a file in the DAW Plugin. And yes,thankfully, I do know how to export the individual audio RTs and import into my DAW. It's not a terrible work around since importing the BIAB song file to the DAW Plugin at least gives me the song chords and parts structure. Please, permit me to ask a further questions. In the DAW Plugin is there a way can I generate just a selection somehow from from the chord sheet in the DAW without having already generated an entire track? Last edited by DFT; 03/06/24 08:05 PM. Help! I've fallen up and can't get down!

Re: Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? DFT #803048 03/07/24 08:03 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 11,498 Wauconda	Well Yes and No. There is an option to highlight a selection of bars, then R-Click on an instrument Track and select "Generate Selected Region". But this does not work for me. Good luck. Dan, BIAB2024, SoundCloud Win11, i7(12thGen), 32GB, 1TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD), 2TB Libraries, 1 TB(WD-Black), 2TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD)Data, Motu Audio Express, Keystation 61, SL88 Studio, Reaper

Re: Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? DFT #803066 03/07/24 10:09 AM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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Catherine PG Music Staff Joined: May 2002 Posts: 98	Hello. You can generate a selected region by highlighting a section of the chord sheet and clicking the "Generate" button. That will change the selected region. So if you are working in a DAW you could cut and replace sections after you've dragged them from the plugin. Thanks! Catherine

Re: Opening a file in DAW Plugin. Where's the audio? Catherine #803086 03/07/24 01:07 PM Band-in-a-Box VST and Pro Tools/AAX DAW Plugin (Windows)
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OP DFT Apprentice D Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 121 Idyllwild, California, USA	Originally Posted by Catherine Hello. You can generate a selected region by highlighting a section of the chord sheet and clicking the "Generate" button. That will change the selected region. So if you are working in a DAW you could cut and replace sections after you've dragged them from the plugin. Thanks! Catherine That will work! Thanks. Help! I've fallen up and can't get down!

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