It is more complicated than that.

You have a number of sources to create music in BIAB - MIDI riffs, SuperMIDI Tracks, RealTracks, and RealDrums. For MIDI data, the sound you get depends on the synth you use, but the data is the same, regardless. RealTracks and RealDrums are already audio files, so the sound you get is the same as when they were recorded.

Then you have style files. A style file is simply a way of packaging a number of different instruments to create a band sound that (in theory) works well together. The style file can use MIDI data for say, the BASS track (in which case, the riffs for that track and the logic for using those riffs are actually contained in the style file itself), and then maybe use a RealTrack for the guitar track (in which case, the style file passes information to the RealTrack processing engine which then goes out and slices and dices the RealTrack to generate the chord progression you want), similarly if the style uses RealDrums for drums, it passes information to the RealDrums processing engine to generate that part, and likewise, it passes information to the Super MIDI tracks engine to generate those parts.

So in order to work properly, BIAB needs access to the style file selected and then any referenced RealTracks, RealDrums, and Super MIDI tracks.

It's possible to create a pared down system that just uses what you want, but you have to know which RealTracks, etc, you need to have available, in addition to the style file, to make it work.

All that being said, why not just run BIAB entirely from the external drive. You still need to run the installation routine to install fonts and what not, but otherwise, it runs fine from the external drive. Just make sure it always pops up with the same drive letter.

John

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