Thanks for replying. Answering each question separately.

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What DXi synth do you have selected for rendering? (Left-click on the DXi icon and the synth will be listed in the top slot.)




The default is GS I believe. I left it alone.

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1. When a song file is rendered, as you probably already know, it's put in the same directory that the BIAB file is in. If you are using your USB drive as the song's location, this means that the rendered wav will be put on the USB drive.




All that would do is make me wait for the port speed of the USB vs the bus speed of the motherboard, butt hat should not make it fail, as I am sure many do it that way. I do not, however. I installed the product and then put the external drive away in a closet.

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2. Have you tried creating a simple 8-bar song and then running render to see if it works on the smaller file?




I did not for this reason. 8 bars, 32 bars, 64 bars.... should not matter. If the function is freezing me up, it will freeze up as soon as that subroutine launches and never get to the data.

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3. Have you tried disabling UAC (User Account Control) and then running render to see if it makes a difference?




That is the first thing i do when I get a new computer. That annoying "Do you want to allow this?" crap is yet another example of Micro$oft attempting to take over the world. AND, that would not matter once you make the annoying extra click to allow. Windows Defender is something I find equally offensive and that immediately gets disabled as well.

I will revisit this given your input and see what I find. Since that stream of frustrated posts, what I have found is that while BIAB will indeed ghost out and show to be not responding, if I walk away to the bathroom or the fridge for a diet Pepsi refill, when I come back I find that the file HAS rendered out to a wav. My issue now is making the Sonar program play it back, which takes the onus off BIAB and puts it on to me assigning the right I/O in Sonar.

This user base here is top notch. We appreciate all of you long timers helping us. I have only had this program a few months and do not work up in the studio every day (like I should) so my experience is limited. I am computer strong but not up to speed yet on this particular software. Everyone's input has been so valuable that I can't find words to describe it.