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#22692 - 05/10/09 01:17 AM
[Band-in-a-Box for Windows]
Newbie w/ setup questions: be gentle!
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Newbie
Registered: 05/09/09
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Hi all,
Just picked up the BIAB megapak and have run into a couple of problems. Hopefully someone can help me out a little.
1) I installed Roland VSC however it does not come up in the MIDI Driver Setup window. I am using the SB X-Fi drivers. Is this OK?
2) Whenever I use RealTracks or RealDrums the sound is so choppy that it renders the track pretty much unusable. However when I play the track and look at system performance I find that the cpu is only using about 50% capacity and I have > 1 gig ram left over. Have I set something up wrong as it sounds nothing like the demos.
My system specs are:
Intel 2.66 core duo
3 gig ram
SB X-fi sound card
XP SP3
Cheers
DQ
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#22694 - 05/10/09 03:27 AM
[Band-in-a-Box for Windows]
Re: Newbie w/ setup questions: be gentle!
[Re: Noel96]
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There are several things that could be causing "choppy" audio.
Try what Noel suggested.
Also, try temporarily disabling your network card in Device Manager, and temporarily shutting off your anti-virus program. Look in the Task Manager to see what other processes are running and taking up CPU time. Make sure your onboard sound card on the motherboard is disabled in the BIOS. Are there any device conflicts in Device Manager, especially with your Sound Blaster? Have you done a disk cleanup to delete all unnecessary files, then defragged your hard drive? Are your drivers up to date, especially the sound card and the video card? Is your hard drive nearly full?
Does your system play regular audio files with no problem, like CDs in Windows Media Player?
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#22695 - 05/10/09 04:55 AM
[Band-in-a-Box for Windows]
Re: Newbie w/ setup questions: be gentle!
[Re: Matt Finley]
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Hard drive performance is critical to audio production. Describe your hard drive configuration. How many do you have? What are their specs (how many, make and model, speed in RPM if you know, IDE v SATA, etc.)? Where have you placed the RB TEMP files?
R.
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#22696 - 05/10/09 05:54 AM
[Band-in-a-Box for Windows]
Re: Newbie w/ setup questions: be gentle!
[Re: Ryszard]
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Newbie
Registered: 05/09/09
Posts: 2
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Hi gents,
Thank you very much for all the help.
I had set the driver type to ASIO, changing to back to MME made all the difference. Sounds great now!
Again, cheers for the (extremely helpful!) replies.
DQ
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#22697 - 05/10/09 08:42 AM
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Re: Newbie w/ setup questions: be gentle!
[Re: DQuinlan]
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Welcome to the forums DQ.
FYI, I’m using BiaB using the Creative SB X-FI ASIO drivers with no problem. If you want to use the ASIO drivers you will have to play around with your buffer settings.
You MAY get latency when playing a midi controller. That is a delay between when you press a key and hear the sound. You may have to use the ASIO drivers to eliminate that.
You may want to print out the responses you did receive, as they are all very important when running BiaB and DAWs.
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64 bit Win 10 Pro - the latest BiaB and RB - Roland Octa-Capture audio interface - a ton of software and some hardware.
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Tutorials - How to Install Band-in-a-Box® for Mac
Here are some tutorial videos we've created to help you install your Band-in-a-Box® purchase.
Our Band-in-a-Box® Pro, MegaPAK, and PlusPAK are delivered as a download, on DVD, or on a 32GB USB flash drive.
Installing Band-in-a-Box® from DVD: click here to watch.
Installing Band-in-a-Box® from the 32GB flash drive: click here to watch.
Your flash drive shipment also includes a Band-in-a-Box® keychain!
The Band-in-a-Box® UltraPAK is available as a download or shipped on a portable hard drive. When you receive the hard drive version, there are a few different installation options:
Option #1 - Run Band-in-a-Box® directly from the USB drive only: click here to watch.
Option #2 - Install Band-in-a-Box® on your computer hard drive, but leave the RealTracks and RealDrums on the USB hard drive: click here to watch.
Option #3 - Install Band-in-a-Box® AND RealTracks on your computer hard drive: click here to watch.
All of these videos are available on our YouTube Channel or Videos support page.
Video - Making A Song in Band-in-a-Box® 2018
Ever wonder how to create a song in Band-in-a-Box®? We start off with the basics in our latest video for Band-in-a-Box® 2018!
Windows users: click here | Mac users: click here
RealTracks Patch Update for Windows Users
Band-in-a-Box® 2018 for Windows users can download the latest RealTracks update patch (519) here.
This patch includes some RealTracks audio updates we have made since the release of Band-in-a-Box 2018. 2018 users should be sure to download the latest Band-in-a-Box 2018 update patch (519), as that patch includes the bulk of the fixes for RealTracks released with 2018. This is a larger download than typical because it updates the Vocal Oohs and Aahs RealTracks audio files. There is more information and Audiophile patches available here.
Summary of RealTracks Audio updates:
Improved: There were small issues with the tuning of several Bass styles. This has been fixed for both the original mix and the direct input mix. This affects the following RealTracks:
- Bass, Acoustic, AmericanaSlow16thsByron Ev16 060
- Bass, Acoustic, AmericanaSlow128Byron Sw 040
- Bass, Acoustic, RockabillySwingByron Sw 190
- Bass, Acoustic, BluesyPopByron Ev 100
Improved: Audio glitches have been removed from the ends of phrases in the Vocal Oohs and Aahs RealTracks.
Band-in-a-Box® 2018 for Windows Patch Update Available!
Band-in-a-Box® 2018 for Windows users can download the latest (free) update patch (519) here.
Summary of changes:
Added: Additional dialog available for detailed information in the StyleMaker (fields for memo, examples, and other parameters). These are set in the StyleMaker (more dialog, a button called "Style Memos etc").
Added: Help Video button Added to the Audio Harmony dialog.
Improved: ABC opening improvements with some accidentals, and leadin bars that occur in middle of song.
Improved: Audio harmonies now used Improved algorithms, and can be easily set using N voices above, M voices below (and have additional functions like duplicate melody, and dup. melody octave below).
Improved: Lyrics will be now read from .mid files that used to be karaoke files (.kar) and got renamed somewhere along the line.
Improved: Support for RealTracks that should be transposed only lower (ie heavy metal guitars) and for future Improved metal guitar comping.
Improved: The Audio Harmony Dialog has been rearranged to be more intuitive when using Band-in-a-Box Intelligent Mode.
Fixed: Audio harmonies might be missing some notes.
Fixed: Audio harmonies would be generated with the wrong notes if selecting a range of audio in the middle of the track.
Fixed: Band-in-a-Box might crash on bootup with error "Read Beyond end of file".
Fixed: Band-in-a-Box should show message if the latest VJT application is not installed when the user tries to render videos.
Fixed: File > Open Special > Open Audio was importing audio instead of opening it in a new song.
Fixed: In the Bar Settings window, "Chordsheet and Notation - Start a New Line" should say "Notation - Start a New Line".
Fixed: It was not possible to record audio using WAS audio drivers if "Output always on" was disabled.
Fixed: Misc. RealTracks updates.
Fixed: Quicklist drums picker sometimes showing too many drums in the list.
Fixed: Redundant flash messages were showing.
Fixed: Removing a custom drums from a track would still display Drums as the name of the loop in the track.
Fixed: Rendering audio while there is a region of bars highlighted in the chord sheet might cause a crash.
Fixed: Saving a MIDI file would fail unless saving as type 1.
Fixed: Some 12-key RealTracks were incorrectly set to allow transposition.
Fixed: The Audio Harmony dialog needed some hints.
Fixed: The Audio Harmony dialog was missing the new Band-in-a-Box Intelligent Mode.
Fixed: The VJT application should print out its version number in log files.
Tutorials - How to Install Your Band-in-a-Box® for Mac Hard Drive
When you have your Band-in-a-Box® 2018 for Mac UltraPAK shipped to you on a portable hard drive, there are a few different options for installation. We go over these 3 options with our latest video series:
Option 1: Run Band-in-a-Box® directly from the USB drive only: click here to view.
Option 2: Install Band-in-a-Box® on your computer hard drive, but leave the RealTracks & RealDrums on the USB hard drive: click here to view.
Option 3: Install Band-in-a-Box® and the RealTracks & RealDrums on your computer hard drive: click here to view.
Check out all our Band-in-a-Box for Mac videos here.
Video - Downloading and Installing RealTracks Sets for Band-in-a-Box® for Mac
Thoughts on Band-in-a-Box® 2017 - Mac Power Users Discussion
David Sparks and Katie Floyd discuss a variety of topics in their recent episide of Mac Power Users: https://www.relay.fm/mpu/432 - listen all the way through (and laugh along with them - it was a very entertaining episode!), or jump to 1:37:40 where David shares his thoughts on Band-in-a-Box® 2017 for Mac!
Thank you David and Katie!
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