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Hello. I have BIAB 2014 the complete audiophile edition. How do I actually access the original high quality wave audio tracks that come with it? Are the wav tracks I am exporting just by clicking "export song as wav" are they the original high quality tracks or is there another special way to access them?
I am certain this question must have been asked by someone before. But I must have searched around twenty forum pages and couldn't find it. Would appreciate your help.

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Be assured you don't need to do anything.

BIAB looks for uncompressed .WAV files, and if it finds them it uses them automatically. If not it loads then uncompresses the .WMA files. You have both sets; purchasers of the regular version have only the .WMA files.

Export and everything else runs at the best quality available. In this way, the better quality (audiophile) files actually run a bit faster, too because there is no time needed to uncompress.

And, welcome here to the forum.


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Following on from Matt's good advice, just make sure that RealTracks and RealDrums are pointed to the Audiophile drive (usually the USB). In the example below, it is F: drive. You get to this information from Options > Preferences > RealDrums / RealTracks buttons.

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Good point. If you run the setup you should already have the correct assignments, but it's good to check as VideoTrack shows above. There are several possibilities for setup, although the audiophile version is perhaps more limited because you probably don't want to install all of your BIAB onto your boot drive because it totals about 1.5 TB.

I have my program on one drive (not even the boot drive) and my RealTracks and RealDrums on yet a different drive. Then I keep the supplied drive from PG Music as a backup. Lots of possibilities; just keep track of your choices. Ask if you get confused. You can also always call PG Music Support, who are all great.


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Hi. I have been a member of forums for other products and services and the response usually takes a long time, if there is one at all. I am gratified by the instant response on this forum. And thanks for the warm welcome.

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Thanks Sean, you'll find this is a somewhat unique site as far as web-based forums go. Everyone looks out for each other here. There's an enormous amount of support.


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