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Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song [Resolved] #744395 12/13/22 11:17 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 732 Florida etcjoe OP Journeyman
OP etcjoe Journeyman Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 732 Florida	2023 Audiophile upgrade from 2022. Windows 11. I am just going through demo songs for new styles. As I load and play the song everything is as usual. When I stop playing the current song and load a new one I get asked to save the song because it has changed, but it has not. I did nothing but play it and then stop it. Is there a setting I need to adjust to have it stop asking me to save when I have made no changes. I load the songs from the style picker, load demo song. I usually close the style picker to play the song, I know I don't have to, but that is just the way I have always done it. It is not a fatal flaw. Just annoying. Long time user since the floppy disk days. Thanks. My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #744402 12/13/22 11:28 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Cerio Expert C Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,543 Spain	Try updating to 1004, that should soolve the problem. https://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#1004 Latest BIAB version, latest build.

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song Cerio #744417 12/13/22 01:54 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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bloc-head Expert Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,373 Southeast USA	Originally Posted By: Cerio Try updating to 1004, that should soolve the problem. https://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#1004 No... This irritant persists with update 1004... Bandcamp Soundcloud Win-11; BiaB-2025 Audiophile Cakewalk; Melodyne-5; Scaler 2; NI Komplete: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #744430 12/13/22 02:22 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,330 Melbourne, Australia	Loading the song demo, and then playing it, causes the selected style to change and forces a generation to take place. My guess is that this generation is probably what triggers the 'song changed' flag. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song AudioTrack #744460 12/13/22 04:08 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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bloc-head Expert Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,373 Southeast USA	Originally Posted By: AudioTrack Loading the song demo, and then playing it, causes the selected style to change and forces a generation to take place. My guess is that this generation is probably what triggers the 'song changed' flag. I believe this behavior started with BiaB 2023(1001), correct? And could this behavior be attributed to the new Autosave feature? Bandcamp Soundcloud Win-11; BiaB-2025 Audiophile Cakewalk; Melodyne-5; Scaler 2; NI Komplete: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #744483 12/13/22 10:21 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Lee N Apprentice L Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 128	That will just annoy the hell out of me. If they don't make this optional then I won't be upgrading.

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song bloc-head #744500 12/14/22 03:15 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP etcjoe Journeyman Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 732 Florida	Originally Posted By: bloc-head Originally Posted By: AudioTrack Loading the song demo, and then playing it, causes the selected style to change and forces a generation to take place. My guess is that this generation is probably what triggers the 'song changed' flag. I believe this behavior started with BiaB 2023(1001), correct? And could this behavior be attributed to the new Autosave feature? Thanks for the feedback so far. This is definitely the first time this has done this for me, and it is with 2023 only. I did update to newest version yesterday and the problem still persists. Even in 2022 version the songs were "regenerated" but the only thing that triggered the save dialog was a change to the song's chords, or instruments etc., in other words an actual change to the song. My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song bloc-head #744501 12/14/22 03:15 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP etcjoe Journeyman Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 732 Florida	Originally Posted By: bloc-head Originally Posted By: Cerio Try updating to 1004, that should soolve the problem. https://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#1004 No... This irritant persists with update 1004... Glad to know it isn't just me! My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song bloc-head #744502 12/14/22 03:16 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP etcjoe Journeyman Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 732 Florida	Originally Posted By: bloc-head Originally Posted By: AudioTrack Loading the song demo, and then playing it, causes the selected style to change and forces a generation to take place. My guess is that this generation is probably what triggers the 'song changed' flag. I believe this behavior started with BiaB 2023(1001), correct? And could this behavior be attributed to the new Autosave feature? I have no issue with autosave features, but usually they are background processes and don't normally require user input. At least in my experience. My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song Cerio #744503 12/14/22 03:18 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP etcjoe Journeyman Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 732 Florida	Originally Posted By: Cerio Try updating to 1004, that should soolve the problem. https://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#1004 Actually, I had done that already. Thanks. Still no joy. My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #744513 12/14/22 03:56 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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bloc-head Expert Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,373 Southeast USA	Originally Posted By: etcjoe Originally Posted By: bloc-head Originally Posted By: AudioTrack Loading the song demo, and then playing it, causes the selected style to change and forces a generation to take place. My guess is that this generation is probably what triggers the 'song changed' flag. I believe this behavior started with BiaB 2023(1001), correct? And could this behavior be attributed to the new Autosave feature? I have no issue with autosave features, but usually they are background processes and don't normally require user input. At least in my experience. I agree, but it does seem perhaps oddly coincidental. I would like to know why this new "Requirement to click Yes or No" is necessary... What changes are saved (and where), if I choose "Yes" ? Why was this extra step never necessary before Vers. 2023..? Bandcamp Soundcloud Win-11; BiaB-2025 Audiophile Cakewalk; Melodyne-5; Scaler 2; NI Komplete: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #744530 12/14/22 05:12 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA MikeK Veteran
MikeK Veteran Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA	I have a couple of projects where all tracks are frozen, so there is nothing to generate. I open one and play it. the asterix pops up in front of the file name. I want to load another frozen song. BIAB asks me if I want to save my changes. Build 1004. We've had this problem since the beginning of BB 2023, was brought to the dev's attention and the issue still exists. So yeah, WHAT changes are there when I load and play a frozen arrangement? Cheers, Mike My Music * Asus ROG Strix G15CF 32 GB DDR4 4TB HDD + 1 TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Win 11 AKAI EIE PRO Sound Interface. BIAB/RB 2024 UltraPak Build - Latest

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #744531 12/14/22 05:26 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 980 Springfield, MO J Joseph Land Expert
Joseph Land Expert J Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 980 Springfield, MO	This was brought up by me back on 12-5 right after I upgraded. There are quite a few users who are not happy with this change and I certainly hope they get rid of it in a patch. I am getting awful tired of having to click an extra redundant button 10-15 times a day for absolutely no reason at all. Come on PG Music. Listen to your paid users. https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=742661#Post742661 BIAB2025 Windows 10 Pro WA6NCB No Longer on a Crappy Laptop!

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #744536 12/14/22 05:56 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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MikeK Veteran Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA	^^^^ AMEN to that! Cheers, Mike My Music * Asus ROG Strix G15CF 32 GB DDR4 4TB HDD + 1 TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Win 11 AKAI EIE PRO Sound Interface. BIAB/RB 2024 UltraPak Build - Latest

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #745024 12/16/22 06:10 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 732 Florida etcjoe OP Journeyman
OP etcjoe Journeyman Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 732 Florida	Thanks for confirming it was not just me. Hopefully gets fixed in a future patch. Thanks. My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #745142 12/16/22 05:49 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,330 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,330 Melbourne, Australia	I understand that this will be fixed in the next update patch. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song AudioTrack #745499 12/19/22 08:05 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,416 Victoria, BC Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff
Andrew - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,416 Victoria, BC	This is fixed in build 1005. The patch is still in pre-release testing, but will be posted on the main site soon. You can download it here: https://dl11.pgmusic.com/support/patch/bb2023_win_update_build1005.exe Andrew PG Music Inc.

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #745504 12/19/22 08:44 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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MikeK Veteran Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA	Thanks so much, Andrew. This is working just fine now. Cheers, Mike My Music * Asus ROG Strix G15CF 32 GB DDR4 4TB HDD + 1 TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Win 11 AKAI EIE PRO Sound Interface. BIAB/RB 2024 UltraPak Build - Latest

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song etcjoe #745581 12/19/22 03:39 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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HogTime Apprentice Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 235 California	Just started using 2023-1004 and I vote for FIX IT!! Ralph HogTimeMusic.com My Songs on Bandcamp.com My Songs With Studio Singers

Re: Tells me song has changed and asks me to save every time I go to new song HogTime #745597 12/19/22 05:20 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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MikeK Veteran Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA	Originally Posted By: HogTime Just started using 2023-1004 and I vote for FIX IT!! Here's your fix https://dl11.pgmusic.com/support/patch/bb2023_win_update_build1005.exe Cheers, Mike My Music * Asus ROG Strix G15CF 32 GB DDR4 4TB HDD + 1 TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Win 11 AKAI EIE PRO Sound Interface. BIAB/RB 2024 UltraPak Build - Latest

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