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Originally Posted By: Pat Marr
2017 is kind of an "infrastructure release" in the sense that a lot of small changes have been made that improve performance.


...all that plus more than twice the usual number of real tracks! and all the usual new features!

There's good stuff happenin' in PGMusic land!


Think the 201 realtracks was available in biab 16 as well, so maybe not a new thing.

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Originally Posted By: Pat Marr
2017 is kind of an "infrastructure release" in the sense that a lot of small changes have been made that improve performance.


...all that plus more than twice the usual number of real tracks! and all the usual new features!

There's good stuff happenin' in PGMusic land!


Think the 201 realtracks was available in biab 16 as well, so maybe not a new thing.

musiclover


I based that on an actual quote from one of the write-ups on the new version that was part of the beta test... but the version comparison shows that about 200 new RT has been the norm for the past few years..
http://www.pgmusic.com/bbwin.packages.ultra.htm

Sorry for the confusion. The blurb in the beta document might not have made it to the live ads... but I'll start reading thru the live ads to see if this has been reported correctly. Thanks for pointing that out to me.. I don't want to make false claims.

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the same statement appears in the quick start video

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I can attest that I read what Pat read. Yes, post when you've researched that. Maybe use the Internet archive to see last year's announcement.


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Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
I can attest that I read what Pat read. Yes, post when you've researched that. Maybe use the Internet archive to see last year's announcement.

I tried to check out last year's pages about a different issue and found that PG has set their website to not allow archiving by the internet archive (https://web.archive.org/). That is disappointing!

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That's something new. I used it this summer to answer a forum question.

EDIT: Ah, yes, robots.txt Too bad. I will ask about this.

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There are 202 new ones this release. There were 201 new ones last year. All years before that there 101 new ones. (Some of those years had a .5 release with more Realtracks.

So the usual number with the December release is 101. So this year release of 202 is double the usual number.


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Originally Posted By: PeterGannon
There are 202 new ones this release. There were 201 new ones last year. All years before that there 101 new ones. (Some of those years had a .5 release with more Realtracks.

So the usual number with the December release is 101. So this year release of 202 is double the usual number.

Peter, can you share the reasoning behind changing the website so the archiving no longer works? It has been helpful to many in the past to be able to see older pages from prior years.

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Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
LtKojak, it is not.

I guess the irony contained in the post didn't shine through... maybe because I forgot the emoticon?

Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
While there has been much support for 64-bit, as of yet no one has provided a convincing need. Addressing additional memory is not needed at this time, and JBridge allows access to 64-bit plugins.

Presenting BIAB as a plug-in would be a better solution for my needs and my workflow, being used to work with EZDrummer and EZKeys THEN maybe PG Music could take the plunge into uncharted 64-bit territory.

One can dream, isn't it? wink

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That would be really nice, agreed. Yeah, I missed the meaning on the other thing. We are a little punchy after testing so hard.


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