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Hi
I have a tech support inquiry in on this topic but I am not sure how soon they will respond.
I just reinstalled on a new computer. I run Real Band 2013 from the supplied external hard drive and keep my file archives on another external hard drive so I though the migration would be painless. I was in Windows XP on an AMD dual processor - the new system is Windows 8 with an Intel I7 processor.
Everything went fine until I loaded the songs I had been working on from the external hard drive and found the DXI VST fx presets that I had included in the songs were not on the tracks and the presets I had made were not in the menu list of presets. I tried to search the forums but could not find a similar post.
I called PG Music Saturday morning and the tech talked me though how I could copy the presets from the previous computer to a thumb drive and upload them. I though I understood but did not. When I tried to copy them using the save group command I was lost. Does anybody have the technique they could pass on to me. I have a session Wednesday and I am not sure tech support will arrive before then.
Also the tech said there was a way to copy the actual settings and combinations of fx I used on each individual track but it was very involved and both of us had too little time to pursue it then. Anybody know that technique - it would save me having to remix all 5 of the song mixes I currently have about 80% complete for this project.
I have not posted before and I apologize if I did not follow procedures but Wednesday is coming fast and I would like to be able to use my group of specialized effects.
Thanks
Keith
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On XP did you have on your C:\ drive BB & Realband Folders ?
if so you can copy them to the win7 C:\ drive that should have the settings in it.
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I'm not sure I understand your answer and thanks for the answer by the way.
I'm not sure what I have to copy that would be on the C:/RB folder that you refer to. I save all my files on the external hard drive and operate off of the hard drive that the Ultra PAK comes on. I notice it transfers a bunch of patches etc. when I reconnect the UltraPak hard drive after I have it disconnected but I have never paid attention to what it is. The whole process of operating off of the external drive is a bit of magic to me I have never figured out what is happening but it always works extremely well - except in instances like moving to another computer.
Please elaborate if you would if there is a simple fix of something I can copy to my new hard drive from the old. The tech described going into the DXI folder in the old computer and saving the fx presets as a group and saving to a thumb drive but I do not understand the process. Up till now I have taken the standard PG fx presets and smoozed them into what I wanted and then saved them as a preset in the menu for the individual fx I wanted - 10 band EQ, Reverb, Dynamics etc.
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Have you got the actual hard drive that has XP on it or did you just save some files from it to an external drive ? If you have the drive just see if you have a folder "C:\RealBand\DX Settings" in that are .tgs files for presets for your DX Audio plugins and DX Synths and go to your BB external drive and look in Realband\DX and see what ?????.tgs files are in it.
Last edited by solidrock; 02/18/13 09:36 PM.
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If you have access to the old drive, and a Realband folder on that drive .. I'd try opening the files from that drive.
So I could get the work done.
Make your sound your own!
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I looked on my old c: drive in the old computer and found in c:bb/vsc/vst/ something called cabinet data files but I cannot access them. I have not heard back yet from the tech ticket - will probably have to wait for that. I do not understand how the system operates when I fire it up from the UltraPak external hard drive. I thought that would be a smart thing just because it would be portable. Apparently not. I don't understand how the fx plugins work either - as I said I have been ignorantly blissfully modifying the standard lot of plugins to do what I want then saving the modified file as a preset. Worst case I can go back in and paper trail the settings I have currently used. It never crossed my mind that when I saved the file the fx plugins would not be saved with it.
Thanks again for your help - I'm still open to suggestions but I cannot see anything in the old C: drive.
Keith
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Working from the old computer may be what I have to do. I informed the guy I am working with what has happened and we will get together and decide what to do The new system is soooooooo fast though - BB generates and edits take much less time. Plus I have a A/D firewire interface that would not stay stable on the old computer that seems to latch perfectly with this although it's early yet. ASIO drivers seem totally stable.
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You say you looked on the old drive and found "c:bb/vsc/vst/" that is Virtual Sound Canvas midi synth,
but do you have c:\realband ?
If you have enough room on your Win7 Hard Drive you could install it on that with the RealTracks & Drums and it will run even faster.
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