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I messed up something ... but not sure what ! [Resolved] #875445 01/08/26 02:01 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 310 D Danna OP Journeyman
OP Danna Journeyman D Joined: May 2008 Posts: 310	2026 Ultrapak latest build Upon opening sgu files get lots of errors. Have the locations for RT and RD set to drive D: in preferences. I have the RT that it says it cannot find. Last edited by Danna; 01/08/26 02:12 PM.

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Danna #875447 01/08/26 02:15 PM Beginners Forum
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OP Danna Journeyman D Joined: May 2008 Posts: 310	More info :

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Danna #875450 01/08/26 02:34 PM Beginners Forum
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DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,950 Wauconda	Classic case of "Rebuild" Styles needed. Give it a go. Retired to Make Music - No Plan B My SoundCloud Preview My Current Project .

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! DrDan #875455 01/08/26 03:06 PM Beginners Forum
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OP Danna Journeyman D Joined: May 2008 Posts: 310	Originally Posted by DrDan Classic case of "Rebuild" Styles needed. Give it a go. Thanks but does not seem to make a difference. Tried 3 songs, all have errors like this. Songs are a bundle of songs purchased from someone who is a member and has a website all about BIAB. I only mention this as to imply the songs were done by someone with experience. Only drum track plays .... others are not muted. Last edited by Danna; 01/08/26 03:13 PM.

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Danna #875458 01/08/26 03:16 PM Beginners Forum
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rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,609 Mi., USA	The last error message shows C:\bb\Soloists\ ... Do those ST2 files exist there? I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Danna #875460 01/08/26 03:43 PM Beginners Forum
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,096 Melbourne, Australia	While this may seem to be a long stretch, I would also try a Return To Factory Settings from the options menu. Then recheck the location of the RealTracks & Drums just in case they were reset. Last edited by AudioTrack; 01/08/26 03:44 PM. BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Danna #875461 01/08/26 03:53 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,587 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,587 Australia	Danna, When you used the 'rebuild' option in Stylepicker, did you use Fast Rebuild or Slow Rebuild? I suggest the slow rebuild. Also, when you click on one of the Rebuild options, a window opens that contains the paths of Realtracks and Realdrums. This defaults to c:\bb\Realtracks and c:\bb\Drums. Make sure that this is set to d:\bb\Realtracks and d:\bb\Drums before running the rebuild. Regards, --Noel MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2026 audios on Soundcloud

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Noel96 #875470 01/08/26 05:52 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,828 Victoria, BC Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff
Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,828 Victoria, BC	If you go to Help \| About, and look at the very bottom of this dialog, it will tell you where Band-in-a-Box is running, e.g.: C:\bb\BBW64.exe The .st2 files like RElGt187.st2 that it is complaining about need to be present in the Soloists folder in that bb directory, e.g.: C:\bb\Soloists. When you install RealTracks, the audio files go in the RealTracks folder (which may be a custom location like), and the .st2 files go in the Soloists subfolder in your main Band-in-a-Box folder. Try doing a search for one of the missing st2 files on your computer and see where it's found. Andrew PG Music Inc.

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! rharv #875490 01/09/26 02:40 AM Beginners Forum
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OP Danna Journeyman D Joined: May 2008 Posts: 310	Originally Posted by rharv The last error message shows C:\bb\Soloists\ ... Do those ST2 files exist there? Did a search and have 70 st2 files .... though not sure why that date shows as I just recently installed 2026 version.

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! AudioTrack #875494 01/09/26 02:56 AM Beginners Forum
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OP Danna Journeyman D Joined: May 2008 Posts: 310	Originally Posted by AudioTrack While this may seem to be a long stretch, I would also try a Return To Factory Settings from the options menu. Then recheck the location of the RealTracks & Drums just in case they were reset. Thanks for reply ... will look at rebuild section below by Noel before reset. Last edited by Danna; 01/09/26 02:56 AM.

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Danna #875495 01/09/26 02:58 AM Beginners Forum
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Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,587 Australia	Danna, When you mention the 2026 Ultrapak, did you purchase the whole Ultrapak or just the upgrade? Also, in relation to .ST2 files, as MoultiPass has mentioned, there should be many more than 70. --Noel MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2026 audios on Soundcloud

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! MoultiPass #875496 01/09/26 02:59 AM Beginners Forum
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,096 Melbourne, Australia	For comparison, my \bb\Soloists\ folder has 3,527 .ST2 files. BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! MoultiPass #875498 01/09/26 03:04 AM Beginners Forum
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OP Danna Journeyman D Joined: May 2008 Posts: 310	Originally Posted by MoultiPass Only 70 *.ST2 seems really low to me, did you search thoroughly on ALL disks? Search for the .ST2 files on all disks and copy them into the C:\BB\Soloists folder, that will already help. My Everything software does search all disk .... thanks.

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Noel96 #875499 01/09/26 03:11 AM Beginners Forum
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OP Danna Journeyman D Joined: May 2008 Posts: 310	Originally Posted by Noel96 Danna, When you used the 'rebuild' option in Stylepicker, did you use Fast Rebuild or Slow Rebuild? --Noel Tried slow rebuild .... still get errors when loading one of the prior songs tried. But the Realtrack folder the song references is in D:bb\Realtracks not sure why my ST2 count is so low Last edited by Danna; 01/09/26 03:13 AM.

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Danna #875502 01/09/26 03:42 AM Beginners Forum
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OP Danna Journeyman D Joined: May 2008 Posts: 310	Initially used the install manager to create 2 external drives. Short story .... my ST2 files are on that external drive. Copied them to my C:\bb\Soloist folder. Tried all previous songs and a few more, all no errors. DrDan, rharv, AudioTrack, Noel96, Andrew, MoultiPass ... Thank you !

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Danna #875542 01/09/26 11:00 AM Beginners Forum
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Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,828 Victoria, BC	Great - you might also want to copy/merge some other folders - in particular the 'Demos', and 'Styles' folders - from that external location to the C:\bb location. Andrew PG Music Inc.

Re: I messed up something ... but not sure what ! Andrew - PG Music #875816 01/12/26 06:06 AM Beginners Forum
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OP Danna Journeyman D Joined: May 2008 Posts: 310	Originally Posted by Andrew - PG Music Great - you might also want to copy/merge some other folders - in particular the 'Demos', and 'Styles' folders - from that external location to the C:\bb location. Thanks Andrew. Think those two folders are good. Demos folder = 2778 items Styles folder = 11,647 items It's a joy to open any of my hundreds of song files and get no errors. Can finally start learning ! Thanks

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