It seems as if, as soon as I unchecked " Drag individual MIDI tracks as Audio (using VSTi/DXi ) '' from the MIDI plug in, everything started working fine. The tracks being draged and droped into Sonar were in MIDI and the different views were appearing as they should.
 
Thank's again.
 
Gerry

just wonder about band in a box and if it would useful in creating my backing tracks for my own styles which is a blend of everything. just wondering

I also use Biab and there are 4 different formats that can be moved.  I usually place it over the Master  and dump all the tracks at one time.  I bought it to have midi files for different genras.  So I really don't use the real Tracks  except for  real drums    There is a video that explains this Biab Daw plugin mode in the intermediate video's section.  I want to keep my tracks midi so I can use my vst's on them.  

jammin241dave
just wonder about band in a box and if it would useful in creating my backing tracks for my own styles which is a blend of everything. just wondering

Hi,
I've used Band In A Box for a number of years now with excellent results for backing tracks, especially using the RealTracks and RealDrums.
Creating simple backing tracks is fairly easy but getting into the program deeper will give excellent results.
My SoundCloud page songs use BIAB for for the backing tracks , with just me playing guitar. 
https://soundcloud.com/briancadoret
I think they have a 30 day money back guarantee.
No affiliation with PGMusic just putting in my tuppence.
 
Brian    

As a guitarist I use BIAB to create and play (laptop) backing tracks for live restaurant gigs and have been doing this for 10 years.  Works great, stable, solid.  BIAB has thousands of high quality styles to choose from, great product.  

I'm a guitarist with no keyboard skills, so when I need piano or other keyboard parts I go to BIAB, using either their MIDI parts or RealTracks (audio), auditioning various styles until I get the part I want.  I then bring the results into CW, tweaking/adjusting them to taste.  A terrific tool. 

Can you create your own "styles" in BIAB?

chris.r
Can you create your own "styles" in BIAB?

Yes it's possible to create your own styles which I do regularly, combining elements from different styles allows you to make your own custom styles.  

Is it just me or are the bass parts from BiaB always 1 octave low and nded to be transposed up +12 to work properly?

Skyline_UK
 
I'm a guitarist

 
That's a nice LP!! : ) Is that a Norlin?