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I'm a little frustrated. I can't figure out why it says under "what add-ons do I have," that I'm missing a ton of RealTracks. I first got suspicious when I tried to load a few songs and the pop-up says I'm missing the required RealTracks for that/those songs.
I've re-loaded them three times from the 2016 Ultra Plus-Pak hard drive. No matter what I do, it seems I can't load all the ones I'm supposed to have.
I bought the 2016 Ultra Plus-Pak upgrade, I had the 2015 version, and installed it on a new system after switching back to Windows 7 Pro from Windows 10 and reinstalling all my programs.
Was I supposed to install this over my old 2015 version? I thought it was a complete system on the PG hard drive, so I could start over with a totally clean install.
Here's what it says I'm missing. This is very long - I'm just showing all the stuff it says I don't have - but why? I thought I'd have every Real Tracks set made:
RealTracks sets in C:\bb\RealTracks\ : 3- Swingin' Country, 11- All Bluegrass (Rhythm), 13- Older Jazz Swing Soloists, 19- Jazz Ballad - Soloists, 28- Jazz Waltz, 29- Freddie and Wes - Jazz Guitar Comping, 34- Country Train Beat, 36- Swingin' Country 2, 37- Swingin' Country 3, 38- Classic Country - Pedal Steel n' More, 39- Slow Country, 40- American Pop-Rock, 42- Boogie 'n Texas Rock, 44- Blues Guitar and Organ, 46- Medium Pop - Harmonica, Organ and Bass, 47- Slow and Fast Pop - Harmonica & Organ, 50- More Bossa!, 54- Slow Jazz Ballad - Soloists & Solo Piano Accompaniment, 61- Ballads and More, 62- Western Swing and Bluegrass, 65- Alt-Country, 66- Modern Nashville Pop, 67- Rockin' in 3/4 Time, 68- R 'n B Rock, 69- Rockin' in the North, Rockin' in the South, 70- Piano Pop, 77- Ballad, Stride & More, 78- Memphis Swing, 79- Medium Country Boogie, 80- Fast Country Boogie, 81- More Country Swing, 82- More Country Waltz, 86- Blues Rock, 87- Electric for all Occasions, 88- 12-String Electric, 90- Jazz Organ, 92- Smooth Jazz - Trumpet Soloing, 93- Smooth Jazz - Rhythm Guitar & Electric Piano Soloing, 94- Jazz Guitar Soloing and More, 95- Jazz Rhythm Guitar: Bossa and Swing, 97- Unplugged Country Swing, 100- More Western Swing: Pedal Steel & Electric Guitar, 105- Brent Mason Rock Soloing, 110- Gypsy Jazz - Ballad, 111- Jazz Vibes - Comping, 112- Jazz Vibes - Soloing, 113- Smooth Jazz - Cool Guitar and Electric Piano, 114- Smooth Jazz - Poppy Guitar and Electric Piano, 115- Mike LeDonne's Swingin' Jazz Piano, 118- Brent Mason Country Soloing, 130- Mike LeDonne - More Swingin' Piano & Organ, 131- More Swingin' Jazz Guitar, 132- Paul Franklin - Pedal Steel Country Soloing, 133- More Brent Mason Country Soloing, 137- John Jarvis Rockin' Piano, 146- Jazz Fusion Soloing, 147- Mike LeDonne Bossa, 148- Solo Accompaniment Jazz Guitar, 149- Pedal Steel Country with Paul Franklin, 154- Brent Mason Classic Country, 155- John Jarvis Pop Piano, 158- Modern Dance Pop, 161- Mike LeDonne Jazz Waltz Organ, 165- John Jarvis Country Piano, 168- Western Swing Soloists, 169- Killer Country Soloing, 172- EuroDance, 180- Classic Jazz Piano, 181- Smooth Jazz Piano, 182- More Pedal Steel Country with Paul Franklin, 184- More John Jarvis Country Piano, 185- More Killer Country Soloing, 186- John Jarvis Solo-Accompaniment Piano, 192- Dance: GirlPop, 90s & more!, 193- Dance: Disco & More, 195- Jazz Pollwinners 2 - Pat Martino Guitar, 196- Jazz Pollwinners 3 - Killer JazzSwing Rhythm Sections, 198- Jazz Electric Piano, 199- JazzPop Piano, 201- Brent Mason Nylon & Electric, 203- Country Waltz, 204- Country Shuffle, 205- Country Award Winners - Mandolin (Andy), Piano (John) & Resonator Guitar (Rob), 206- Pop String Quartet, 212- World Synths, 213- Country Piano and Strings, 220- Flute and Saxes with Jack Stafford, 228- Modern Pop with Zane Carney, 231- Retro Synths and Modern R 'n' B, 233- New Age Piano and more, 236- Crooner Big Band Horns!, 237- Jon Herington Jazz-Rock Guitar, 246- Country Bent-Note Piano with John Jarvis, 250- Rockabilly Swing, 252- Modern Country Pedal Steel
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Do you have multiple drives? I store my RT's on a HD other than the main "C" drive. There's an option somewhere, (sorry, I don't remember where), that allows you to tell BiaB where the RT's are located.
One of the pro's will jump in here shortly.
HTH
Paul
Paul
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Yes, there is a setting in Preferences, RealTracks to specify a custom location. You have to do the same thing in Preferences, RealDrums if they are also on a different drive from the program.
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Nope. I'm a good boy - they're all where they belong, on C:/bb/realtracks
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Did you run the Setup on the 2016 hard drive and choose 'option 2' for the Band-in-a-Box install?
Andrew
PG Music Inc.
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No, I picked option 3 to put the whole thing on my PC. After I found I was missing some realtracks, I reloaded picking option 4 (custom), and only picked to load RealTracks. It went about its business, and an hour later I had the same results. BTW, curious as to why you asked if I used option 2 as I'm not missing all the realtracks. Just the ones posted in my first email. Bob S. Florida 
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Not sure why that would be. Try just copying the bb folder from the external HD (just a regular copy and paste in Windows Explorer). That will probably take 1-2 hours to copy the whole thing.
Andrew
PG Music Inc.
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I'll give that a shot. Didn't know I could do that - thought I had to use the setup program. Piece of cake if I can just copy the realband folder over.
One other thing. Could there be some missing realtracks because I bought the upgrade hard drive instead of like if I were a new buyer?
And thanks for your suggestions and advice :-)
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No, your hard drive is the full program, that wouldn't be the reason.
Andrew
PG Music Inc.
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I had some RealTracks missing on my desktop. They were present on my laptop. The "fun" part came when the downloaded file did install the folder but not the content -- and refused to install it. (I tried it more than once.)
I downloaded the file again using the new downlad manager for the desktop and installed it. It didn't run the install, probably (?) because it showed the status "installed". Btw, the newly downloaded is even larger than the one I downloaded first.
I simply copied the files from my laptop to the desktop and everything was there.
Desktop; i7-2600k, 8 GB mem., Win 10 Pro, BIAB 2017; RB 2017 - latest build
Laptop: i5-2410M, 4 GB mem, Win 10 Pro, BIAB 2017; RB 2017 - latest build
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Guess who’s back again? That’s right! It’s our XPro Styles PAK’s triumphant return with the 11th edition in this series! 100 new styles are coming your way spread across the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres. And this edition's wildcard genre explores the immense and far-reaching catalogue of electronic music! The included 31 RealTracks and RealDrums can be used with any Band-in-a-Box® 2026 (and higher) package.
Special offers available until August 31st, 2026!
All the XPro Styles PAKs 1-11 are on sale for only $29 ea (Reg. $49 ea), or get them all in the XPro Styles PAK Bundle for only $149 (reg. $299)! Order now!
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It’s time to celebrate! Xtra Styles PAK 22 for Band-in-a-Box® is here, and we've got 200 brand-new styles coming your way!
No Xtra Styles PAK is complete without the classic rock & pop, jazz, and country volumes you know and love, and we’ve got plenty to share, with 150 styles spread across too many genres to list! Of course, it also wouldn’t be complete with our special wildcard volume to add a little spice and pizzazz to the mix. This year, because we loved it so much the first time, we’ve decided to make the second iteration of our SynthMaster volume, full of new sounds, interesting genres, and 50 engaging styles, all making use of the diverse SynthMaster plugin! Here you can find genres such as airy yacht rock, sultry electrotango, and even some synth soca funk. Don’t wait, pickup up Xtra Styles PAK 22 today!
In this PAK you can find: dulcet folk ballads, funky gospel country, Brazilian jazz fusion, upbeat 1980s pop, classic Americana, a plethora of breezy bossa novas, indie singer-songwriter, scintillating synthwave, exuberant electronica, and many, many more!
Special offers available until August 31st, 2026!
All the Xtra Styles PAKs 1-22 are on special for only $29 each (reg $49), or get all 22 PAKs for $199 (reg $399)! Order now!
Learn more and listen to demos of the Xtra Styles PAK 22.
Video: Xtra Styles PAK 22 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!
Note: The Xtra Styles require the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box®. (Xtra Styles PAK 22 requires the 2026 or higher UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition. They will not work with the Pro or MegaPAK version because they need the RealTracks from the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition.
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