Evening All,

I've recently installed BAIB 2012, and like the RealTracks stuff.

Unfortunately when I try to load a RealTracks demo, yellow messages pop up saying that various components aren't installed.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Do you have the latest patch installed? It comes with several demo songs.

http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#349

If the answer is yes, what does the message exactly say?

Hi Flabzilla,

Welcome to the forums.

In addition to cerio's questions, what BIAB package did you get (e.g. EverythingPak, MegaPak, Pro, etc) ?

Regards,
Noel.

P.S. To check what patch your version of BIAB has installed, go to the top menu bar, "Help | About Band In A Box". The patch number will appear in brackets after "Version 2012".

Thanks for the replies.

I loaded the patch to be on the safe side. No change. Says (349) now.

I bought the Pro version which is the base one I guess, an upgrade. I've used BIAB on and off over the last 20 years.

It appears I don't have the real tracks needed for the demos, which sort of negates the point of having demos.

Example: I load "All RealTracks: Medium Pop Ballad with Amplitube guitar" and one of the messages in the yellow box says I don't have C:\bb\RACG037.st2, which when I check it, is right, I don't.

I'm wondering if I've not installed BIAB properly or if the demos don't work unless you buy the uber packs.

Ideas?

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It appears I don't have the real tracks needed for the demos, which sort of negates the point of having demos.

Example: I load "All RealTracks: Medium Pop Ballad with Amplitube guitar" and one of the messages in the yellow box says I don't have C:\bb\RACG037.st2, which when I check it, is right, I don't.

I'm wondering if I've not installed BIAB properly or if the demos don't work unless you buy the uber packs.

Ideas?

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Well, if you consider the Demosongs to be only used as a way to hear things you haven't got, your conclusion would be the case. BUT the demosongs are much more handy to me for finding out what a certain Style might sound like when I'm working up a new songfile.

You can still hear any demosong using the Button next to the Demo button, which "gets from Web" the soundfile of that demosong, playing as a .wma audio file, typically via the mediaplayer. Of course, the computer has to be online on the web to do this. You won't be able to see the chordsheet layout and all that, but you can hear the style demosong and that's a good way to decide which style files you may desire to purchase in order to get what you need done.


--Mac