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A Band-in-a-Box song called "My Song.MGU" will have the associated wave
file called "My Song.wav". If BB loads this song file, and it can't find its
associated file, it will put up a message to that effect. If that message is
distracting, and for some reason you don't have the wave files that were recorded
with the songs, then you can disable that message.
Reading the Audio and MIDI tracks into other programs.
If you have a BB song that has an Audio Track as well, and want to export that
song to a sequencer like PowerTracks Pro Audio, Cubase, or CakeWalk, you
can do it as follows:
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For a Band-in-a-Box song called MySong.MGU, the associated .WAV file
(audio track) will be called "MySong.wav".
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You should make a MIDI file (by pressing the .MID button). Save the .MID
in the same folder as the song. Then your sequencer can read the entire file
by doing the following inside your sequencer:
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Open the MIDI file
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Import the .WAV file track into the sequence.
Note: PowerTracks Pro Audio version 6 automates this, it recognizes that this is
a BB file with a wave file associated with it, and will read them both in. In
earlier versions of PowerTracks Pro Audio, and other sequencers like
CakeWalk, you'll need to do steps #1 and #2 as above.
Audio Rendering
You can Render a MIDI file to an Audio .WAV file by pressing the
.WAV button or choosing Audio-Render to wave file.
The Process of Converting a MIDI file performance in Band-in-a-Box is
referred to as "Rendering". It involves "Recording" the MIDI performance in
real time, as a stereo .WAV file.
The process differs from usual audio recording, in that you aren't recording from
an input source of a microphone or line-in, but instead are recording the
OUTPUT of the MIDI as it goes out your soundcard to your speakers. (note: if
you use an external MIDI module as your driver, then you would be recording
from the line-in to the soundcard).
If you use your soundcard as your MIDI driver …
It is essential that when you Render the file, you have selected the correct inputs,
and are recording the outgoing MIDI, and not recording the mic or line-in.