Originally Posted By: Noel96
Hi Bert,

When it comes to Sampletank, Larry Kehl is an expert in my opinion. Also, Mac knows more about midi in his little finger than I'll ever know.

After reading though above posts by Mac and Larry, my first plan of attack would be to ...

1. Uninstall Sampletank 2.5 from your laptop

2. Fully power down the lap and restart.

3. Re-install Sampletank 2.5 using default settings/directories. Don't change a thing.

4. Register Sampletank with IK Multimedia.

5. Reboot the computer (just to make sure memories are cleared and the proper drivers are loaded for running). This step is probably not necessary but it doesn't hurt.

5. Reinstall BIAB using the setup program on the USB drive. Choose the top option (keep Realtracks & Realdrums on the USB drive). We can always redirect the pointer to these later if you have them installed on your laptop.

6. The above installation of BIAB only installs the program on the computer. This is quite quick.

7. Once BIAB is installed, you will then be asked to install the Hi-Q sounds. This procedure is all part of the setup file on the USB drive.

When all the installing is done, give the system a test run and see if it works. The above (re)installing procedure should only take about 10 minutes.

Please let me know the outcome!

regards,
Noel


I am working thru this procedure, but have a few clarifying questions before I do this wrong. I have done 1-4 and Sampletank has been re-installed and registered. (FYI - I ran BIAB at this point, and the Hi-Q files still could not be found, as expected). Now I've run into some questions:

a. When re-installing BIAB (in your second Step 5 - You have 2 steps numbered as #5), the default about what do you want to install has SampleTank checked. Should I let install it again, or uncheck this?

b. The first option for installing BIAB is to leave it all on the USB hard drive (except for a few synths, etc.). The second option is to install BIAB to the computer's hard drive and leave Realtracks on the USB. I assume that you want me to choose the second option, right?

c. When I choose the second option, the default locations for BIAB and Realband come up as c:\bb. However, my existing installations are located at D:\bb. If I accept the default of c:\bb, won't I end up with 2 BIAB installations on my computer, and won't that confuse things? Should I have the installation go to d:\bb instead to overwrie my existing installation, or should I first totally uninstall my existing d:\bb installation and then re-install to the default locations of c:\bb?

I'll wait for yor answer before proceeding.

Thanks!

Kawai VPC1 MIDI Controller; Asus A53E Laptop running Windows 7 - 64 bit; BIAB 2017 UltraPlusPak (upgraded from 2014 EverythingPak), running from Laptop's Hard Drive.