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Hi friends, I recently installed the new BIB version 2014 and when try to use a loop, I load it and is listed, however can't hear any sound. Any suggestions?
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Is it a wav mp3 or wma, is it 16bit or 24bit ?

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Originally Posted By: cubanpete
Hi friends, I recently installed the new BIB version 2014 and when try to use a loop, I load it and is listed, however can't hear any sound. Any suggestions?
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Mike B.


It happens to me when, once loaded the loop, i press 'play' instead of 'generate and play'.


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It's one of the stock loops that comes with BIB. If I open a demo song which comes with a loop, it plays it, if I change that loop for another one, then it won't sound at all. Not sure what's going in. Any help would be appreciate it.

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Hi Mike

Are you able to detail the name of the loop that you are having issues with, and the one that you use that is OK?

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As far as I understand, you have to use the play/generate button to use the loops. I've tested out several 4 bar loops that I found on the net and they work fine.
I created a folder"guitars" in the loop folder and put the wav or mp3 files I found in there.
I chose the melody track for testing, put my chords in, chose a style, but muted the other instruments so I could hear the loops. I did the play /generate and it works.
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Ok,it doesn't matter which one I open as long as it's built in with a demo or style song that comes with it, then just for the heck of it, I change it for another one in the loops folder still using the same song, and hit regen/play and no loop sound. If I preview it I can hear it, once introduced in the song, that's it! no sound. Weird

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Mike...

Check to make sure the track (slot) that you are using for the loop is not FROZEN.

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Mike, do you see the VU meter on the track used for loops showing any signal when that track is playing?

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Originally Posted By: cubanpete
... ,I,m having troubles with playing loops now. They were working fine before..


Originally Posted By: cubanpete
Hi friends, I recently installed the new BIB version 2014 and when try to use a loop, I load it and is listed, however can't hear any sound. Any suggestions?


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Thanks Floyd,
Just the wav file is 24bit and don't don't down sample in RB to 16bit, so there was just noise, after I converted the original to 16bit works fine. Already used it in a song.


Originally Posted By: solidrock
Is it a wav mp3 or wma, is it 16bit or 24bit ?


Floyd's Real Drums and Loops are 24bit they need to be converted to 16 bit.


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