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I'm trying to make a simple drum style to use in a particular practice activity that I'm about to start. And I'm having some problems. I've used a text template file - the 32 Bars of Drumming Shots template. And I've created the audio track with the drums on. So far so good. I named the folder where everything is going to go this: MotownShuffleGroove_105 Within the folder I have placed the audio file and the text file. The files are called: MotownShuffleGroove_105_style.txt MotownShuffleGroove_105_style.m4a In the text file itself, I changed the first line to say this: wavename=MotownShuffleGroove_105_Style.wav And I placed the folder in the /Drums sub-folder of BIAB. When I go to Band In A Box and try and use this style I've created it doesn't seem to be there. I've followed the instructions on this page: http://www.pgmusic.com/tutorial_realdrums_stylemaking.htm#using_in_bbCan anyone see what I've done wrong??? Thanks for any help. Paul
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Hi Paul, I might be wrong here because I'm BIAB for PC (not Mac), but doesn't the Mac use AIFF files and not WAV files? The below link has a note about this for Mac users. http://www.pgmusic.com/tutorial_realdrums_stylemaking.htmRegards, Noel
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Hi Noel Thanks for dropping by. I've tried with both an AIFF file and an M4A file. In Mac, all of the BIAB drums are m4A files. The notes for mac users in the page you linked also indicate that you use 'wav' in the text file. Done all that. And no joy yet.
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Paul, I don't know if you've stumbled across these ... If you go to the video tutorials for Mac at the below address, http://www.pgmusic.com/videos.bbmac.htmthere are two clips on making your own Realdrums under the "Advanced" group of videos.  These may help. Regards, Noel
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Hey Noel
Did a qucik search for screencast tutorials yesterday and missed those somehow. Thanks for the link. I'll check them out.
Paul
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Hmmm.....watched the videos. They gave an overview - but didn't really go into the placing/naming of the text file and the audio file. Have placed both an .aif file and an .m4a file into the appropriate folder. And in the text file I've tried all these combinations: wavename=MotownShuffleGroove_105_Style.wav wavename=MotownShuffleGroove_105_Style.m4a wavename=MotownShuffleGroove_105_Style.aif I opened a PG music real drums style, and the text name is a .wav format. When I search in the Real Drums picker for my style - using search time Motown or MotownShuffle, here's what happens:  That looks like it's probably the style. But it can't be selected and can't be played. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong....
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PGALLDrumFolderNames.txt add your drums to the bottom of the list and save it, click Rebuild at the bottom of Drum Picker.
I made some Mac RealDrum Package Installers, but not on the Mac at the moment but I'm sure that was the file I had to update.
Also add info in DrumStylesInfo2.txt and RDUserMemos.txt then save.
I think they were in the Data folder ? will look and let you know.
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PGALLDrumFolderNames.txt add your drums to the bottom of the list and save it, click Rebuild at the bottom of Drum Picker.
I made some Mac RealDrum Package Installers, but not on the Mac at the moment but I'm sure that was the file I had to update.
Also add info in DrumStylesInfo2.txt and RDUserMemos.txt then save.
I think they were in the Data folder ? will look and let you know. Hey Solid Rock Will try that right now and let you know how I get on! Thank you for popping by and posting! Paul
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Just had a look on the Mac at the script not sure but I had RDUserMemos.txt as being in the Preferences folder not Data folder but the file was in the Data folder, it just gives user info in the drum picker window I think it was User Comments that you can add in the picker window.The main one you need to add to is PGALLDrumFolderNames.txt
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Just had a look on the Mac at the script not sure but I had RDUserMemos.txt as being in the Preferences folder not Data folder but the file was in the Data folder, it just gives user info in the drum picker window I think it was User Comments that you can add in the picker window.The main one you need to add to is PGALLDrumFolderNames.txt Hmmmm...this is what I pasted into the PGAllDrumFolderNames.text file: C:\bb\Drums\MotownShuffleGroove Still no joy. Used the rebuild command....no joy.
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Try the DrumFolderNames.txt & AllDrumFolderNames.txt
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Still no joy.
INterestingly of the three options, two of them are of the format:
C:\bb\Drums\MotownShuffleGroove
Which is odd as my Band In A Box is on a separate Hard Drive.
However in drumfoldernames.txt this is the format used:
/Volumes/Music Hard Drive/Band In A Box 2014/Applications/Band-in-a-Box/Drums/MotownShuffleGroove
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....I named the folder where everything is going to go this:
MotownShuffleGroove_105
Within the folder I have placed the audio file and the text file. The files are called:
MotownShuffleGroove_105_style.txt
MotownShuffleGroove_105_style.m4a
In the text file itself, I changed the first line to say this:
wavename=MotownShuffleGroove_105_Style.wav ..... folder where everything is going to go this: MotownShuffleGroove_105 should be MotownShuffleGroove see if this works CCountrySwingFree10.zip
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You will get it going it is just some minor thing you missed as in the last post.
The Win version you can just add a folder to the Drums folder with the files in, rebuild and it finds it but you can't do that with the Mac, you have to edit the txt files.
If you tick the "Show RealDrums that are N/A" and it will show the one you added to the PGALLDrumFolderNames.txt in the list, so BB searches for the corresponding drum folder to what is in the list to what is available.
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Thanks.
Been gigging over the weekend and not had chance to get back into this. Will check it out tomorrow when the gigging hangover has faded. (By gigging hangover, I mean the combination of 20 hours on the road, getting in at 3 in the morning, and having the kids wake me up at 8 AM! Grrrrrr!)
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Weirdly I came to look at this the other day....and it started working!
SO I don't EXACTLY know what I did to make it work! Only that it started to work.
So I'll have to make a new style to find out how I did it -but at least I know that the final steps are contained in this thread!
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