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Real Band 2014 - Glitchy - Solved #231243 12/28/13 11:43 AM RealBand
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,108 Sierra Vista, Arizona Scott H. Olson OP Expert
OP Scott H. Olson Expert Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,108 Sierra Vista, Arizona	I edited the title of this post.... BiaB 2014 is working just fine. And Real Band 2013 was working just fine. I upgraded both from 2013 to 2014 on the 25th. Loading a BiaB file into RB works, but... First few tracks' windows are cutoff by the track below Buzz at beginning of playback Audio cuts out during playback 3-5s time delay before Play or Stop responds Also, the same things happen if I load a Style and a sample song. Anyway, reinstall?? Last edited by olemon; 12/30/13 08:40 AM. My stuff: https://soundcloud.com/scott-h-olson https://www.youtube.com/@ScottHOlson Sonar Platinum, Studio One Pro 4, Windows 10, Hybrid Home Studio

Re: Real Band 2014 - Erratic Playback Scott H. Olson #231264 12/28/13 01:06 PM RealBand
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rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,553 Mi., USA	The tracks are hidden because they are minimized. Click the little arrow at left end of these tracks to see the three different display modes. Alternatively, in 2014 you can grab the bottom of the track waveform display and drag it down. The other issue sounds like either drivers, resources, bitrate mismatch or simply not waiting for Realband to finish loading up. Suggestions before re-installing: Look at the CPU meter and wait until it settles down to almost zero before hitting play. Realband can appear ready to go when it is still loading things. Try using MME drivers as opposed to ASIO (or vice versa) some systems work better with one than the other. Options-Preferences-Audio tab, then click the Drivers button. If you have FX loaded, try eliminating them one at a time to see if one of the FX is causing this. Sometimes certin FX don't play nice on a given system. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!

Re: Real Band 2014 - Erratic Playback rharv #231556 12/29/13 05:59 PM RealBand
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,108 Sierra Vista, Arizona Scott H. Olson OP Expert
OP Scott H. Olson Expert Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,108 Sierra Vista, Arizona	Here's a few screen shots. You can see that RB displays correctly when launched. Everything seems to display correctly up until the Real Drums are rendered. After loading, the first few tracks are displayed over one another, the expand arrow isn't even visible. Playback is jumpy, but better, though now the meters pulse from -Inf to actual db as the song plays. Btw, the BiaB driver 'was' MME, but I've changed it to ASIO. Same for RB. I'll probably re-install and then go to Support. Last edited by olemon; 12/30/13 06:59 AM.

Re: Real Band 2014 - Erratic Playback Scott H. Olson #231658 12/30/13 07:04 AM RealBand
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas silvertones Veteran
silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	That's how it's supposed to look. The first 8 are the BB midi tracks. The RTs get generated below the first 8.But the little arrow should be showing. John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: Real Band 2014 - Erratic Playback silvertones #231671 12/30/13 07:56 AM RealBand
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,108 Sierra Vista, Arizona Scott H. Olson OP Expert
OP Scott H. Olson Expert Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,108 Sierra Vista, Arizona	Thank you silvertones. Exploring Support this morning and watched a RB video again - hadn't noticed those minimized BB midi tracks before. What has me a little confused is that BB/RB 2013, which I installed and started using about two weeks ago, ran perfectly. After upgrading to 2014, BB worked fine, RB did not. Now, I'm getting this one bad track generated which plays nothing but static. Last edited by olemon; 12/30/13 08:27 AM. My stuff: https://soundcloud.com/scott-h-olson https://www.youtube.com/@ScottHOlson Sonar Platinum, Studio One Pro 4, Windows 10, Hybrid Home Studio

Re: Real Band 2014 - Erratic Playback Scott H. Olson #231689 12/30/13 08:42 AM RealBand
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,108 Sierra Vista, Arizona Scott H. Olson OP Expert
OP Scott H. Olson Expert Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,108 Sierra Vista, Arizona	Think I got it. A combination of driver settings and bit rates. Thanks again.

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