Added or Fixed: Shots and Holds for many RealTracks including the following RealTracks: 2573: Horn Section, Rhythm MelodicOldWorldWaltz2Part Ev 180 2722: Bass, Electric, PeruFestejo68 Sw 120 2725: Bass, Electric, PeruValsCriollo Ev 140 2765: Bass, Electric, PuertoRicoAguinaldo Ev16 120 2768: Bass, Electric, AndesHuaynoA-B Ev16 085 2769: Bass, Electric, AndesHuaynoTriad Ev16 085 2702: Bass, Synth, CloudRapSub Ev16 075 2770: Bass, Electric, AndesHuaynoOffbeat Ev16 085 2773: Harp, Rhythm Celtic16ths Ev16 075 2774: Harp, Rhythm CelticWaltzSlow Ev 085 2775: Harp, Rhythm CelticWaltz Ev 110 2776: Harp, Rhythm CelticJig Sw 110 2820: Harp, Rhythm ClassicalSlow8ths Ev 085 2823: Guitarron, MariachiWaltz Ev 150 2824: Pedal Steel, Soloist CountryEddy12-key Ev 085
Fixed: Typo in bio's of artists Jim McGillveray and Juan Jimenez.
Fixed: Notation was missing for one of the tracks in Artist Performance set 2 (GypsyJazzLatin Ev165)
Summary of changes (Jan 20, 2017):
Added: Solo and band audition demos for all MIDI SuperTracks.
Added: All missing 'RealDrums Demos Audio' files for RealDrums.
Improved: Patch assignments for MIDI SuperTracks Styles.
Fixed: Audition demos for some piano and organ RealTracks were not playing properly.
Added: Additional missing Shots and Holds files 324 and 340-350.
Improved: Decibal offsets fine-tuned for most of the new (2017) RealStyles, and RealDrums.
Fixed: Problem with TambourineCelticEv16.
Fixed: Third variation for TambourineShuffle[single]^ and PercValsCriollo^ not working correctly.
Fixed: RealTrack Bass, Acoustic, RockabillySlapBoomChicka Ev16 100 was playing endings as regular chords.
Fixed: Banjo, Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 (Rhythm) and Banjo, Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 (Soloist) both had issues with endings and the simple variation.
Fixed: Wrong audio demo was playing for Horn Section, Background CroonerBossa10-Part Ev 110.
Fixed: _C34PNRT.STY was playing in 4/4 time instead of the intended.
Summary of changes (Dec 13, 2016):
Fixed: Some incorrect set numbers listed in RealDrums and RealTracks Picker.
Fixed: Some incorrectly named RealTracks Demos folders.
Added: Missing Shots and Holds files.
Fixed: Many of the song demos from the sets of 202 New RealTracks (also _CASUALE from the "Rediscovered" bonus), have been updated to add missing memos and to fix some problems with chord progressions.
Fixed: Many style demos have been improved with memos to describe the style and song.
Fixed: Several songs demos are fixed to remove unneeded frozen tracks.
Fixed: _BYNIGHT, _GOGETER, _SONGBRD and _THOUGHT song-generation issues.
If you are talking about the 900 MB file, 4 min is excellent as far as I'm concerned - that's over 20 mbps transfer speed. 30 min is something like 4 mbps. You may or may not be happy with that depending on where you live in the world and what your internet plan is. If you are having trouble downloading the file, try running tracert dl08.pgmusic.com from the command prompt. That may give you a clue as to where/if there is a problem. Currently I am not seeing any problem with the server.
I got the 1.8Gb Audiophile into Australia OK, took more than 4 minutes, but it wasn't that bad really.
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My initial results below; 28 minutes at (near) 50 meg connection (limited by wireless or it would be higher)...
*Edit; after checking connection speed, I came back to my forum window and download time is now 31 minutes. It got slower. /I dunno
Last image is the tracert. I don't know why it is going back to Montreal after it left here and got to Chicago, but it did resolve. However that redirect added significant delay. Meanwhile my download still drags.
Maybe a temporary internet routing issue (??) FWIW it did indeed fail later
Last edited by rharv; 02/25/1706:57 AM.
I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!
Just tried it again now. Failed. It's downloading something because it takes about two minutes to finish but it's not completing? It almost seems like there's some final piece of the download that's not coming through. Dunno. Last Nov every single RT download failed multiple times but I eventually got them.
I'm in LA using Frontier Fios which is right up there as one of the best internet speeds and connections in the US. I'm having zero issues with any other downloads and I do a lot for business.
Installed the update and immediately get a Divide by Zero error when I launch. The program currently is dead. FWIW, when I launch RealBand, it reports that BiaB changed location from my Audiophile drive back to C:\bb\
Norton reports finding HeurAdvML.B virus. I have told Norton to restore the file in case it is legit, but do not wish to run it unless I know it is safe.
How to fix this? (I am reloading from your link here, so I have the 1800M file, hope that fixes it. (finished the DL, Norton was happy.)
<Update:> Did NOT work. Still get Divide by Zero error. Prog will not run. Tried Run as Admin, same thing. Fortunately, RealBand still runs.
For me everything is in order, downloading about 30 minutes and successfully installed (Czech Republic).
--------------------------------------------------------- BIAB 2017, Windows 10, Studio One 2.6, Melodyne Studio 4, Sibelius 8, Music Creator 6 Touch, ACID Music Studio 9.0
BIAB 2025,RB 2025,PTA 2024,Windows 11,Studio One PRO 5.5.2,Melodyne Studio 5.4.2.006,Sibelius 8.4.1,Acoustica 7.4.14,Notion 6,Progression 3,Harmony Assistant 9.9.5c,RX9,Ripx DeepAudio 7.5.1,Kontakt 7.10.7,DeCoda 1.3.2,Synthesizer V Studio Pro 1.12.2
I've been using Freedownload Manager (FDM) for a number of years. Sometimes I have have to start the download in Firefox to get the proper download URL but I then copy it to FDM and the program does the rest.
I downloaded and installed both files ok. (The 1.8 GB file for the Audiophile USB drive and the 900 MB for the wma installation on my hard drive.)
I've failed twice using Mozilla and windows 10 over WIFI. Now I'm using LAN cable. I'm trying in chrome this time. 100 mb connection in theory. 4 mins on the LAN. The 2nd time it downloaded ok but said it was corrupt.
Edit: 3rd time fine and in 4 mins! Using LAN cable, and Chrome. Maybe it's something to do with me doing it more slowly over WIFI with other stuff going on.
Last edited by lambada; 02/25/1704:38 PM.
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4 mins on the LAN. The 2nd time it downloaded ok but said it was corrupt.
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