I recently strated using Band in a Box.
When I bring tracks from B in a B to Sonar it indicates that the files are in MIDI. However when I try either the piano roll or staff views what appears is the piano roll or staff views screen but they are blank.
What am I doing wrong?
Or is it that the transfer of tracks cannot be done in a way that they cannot be modified.
The tracks that I have transfered sound great but I might want to change the instrment or play with it, but the way it is, nothing seems to be able to be done to the track. It's as if I have to use it as is.
 
Thanks for any info.
 
Gerry
 

Gary, I transfer tracks from BiaB to Sonar all the time with no problem.  The questions that I have are how are you transferring the tracks?
Are you using BiaB's DAW Plugin mode or are you dropping and dragging onto the desktop?  Are you sure you are transferring MIDI tracks and not Realtracks?  Realtracks are audio.  What versions are Sonar and BiaB?

What do you see in the Sonar track?  Are there MIDI data there or a wav form?  If it's a wav then it isn't MIDI.

More info is need in order for us to help.

Hi Mario. The way I transfer is as follows: I drag, for example the Bass track, directly from the top of BiaB screen top to my Sonar X3 screew. The dragged track shows the following: BBBass-midi-single render drag drop.
That is why I am assuming that it is a MIDI file.
Like I said before, it's not with the sound that I have the problem, but with the fact that I cannot modify the track as no info is shown.
If I am using RealTracks or not I do not know. All I do is insert chords and choose instruments. I let the software do the rest. When I get what I like, I transfer the tracks.
 
Thanks
 
Gerry

In BIAB have you tried to export to disc as a midi file  and then open that up in SONAR ? ….
 
Kenny

I will have try.    Thanks
 

I transfer tracks from BiaB to Sonar regularly. 
 
When I have the tune the way that I want it to sound in BiaB, I save it as a midi file. 
Once I have done that, I open the midi file with Sonar and copy the midi tracks. 
Then, I open the Sonar file that I will be using, and paste the midi tracks into it.
 
I have never had any issues doing things that way.
 
Hope it help,
Bill

check in BiaB's MIDI Plug in and be sure that "Drag individual MIDI tracks as audio (using VSTi/DXi)" is NOT checked.

You can also copy MIDI to clipboard in BIAB and then paste into SONAR. BIAB is aware of SONAR's MIDI clipboard format and will put an SMF in there with the MIDI tracks.

Like the Beatles would say '' With a little help from my friends " my problem seems to be solved.
 
Thank you all.
 
Gerry

Great!
 
Would you please post how you solved this problem as others in the future may have the same or similar problem.