When you save your files, you can specify anywhere on your hard drive. I have a specific location set up for my files, depending upon the project I'm working on. You can create whatever folder structure you wish. I would recommend not saving your user created files under the program folder and if possible, save them on a completely separate drive. That way, if your computer ever crashes, you won't lose all your work.

On my computer I save all my user created file to the E: drive. I have a folder structure to keep my stuff organized that looks something like:

e:\MyData\Tune\MyTunes\Songbooks\Popular\C\Chicago\Make Me Smile\...

and in that folder, I might have (using my own naming convention):

Make Me Smile [Chicago].sgu <-- BIAB file with no melody
Make Me Smile [Chicago].mgu <-- BIAB file with melody
Make Me Smile [Chicago].seq <-- RealBand/PowerTracks file
Make Me Smile [Chicago].mid <-- MIDI file
Make Me Smile [Chicago] (voc).wav <-- WAV file rendered from RealBand with vocal recording
Make Me Smile [Chicago] (voc).mp3 <-- MP3 file rendered from RealBand with vocal recording
Make Me Smile [Chicago] (inst).wav <-- WAV file rendered from RealBand with instrumental version of the song
Make Me Smile [Chicago] (inst).mp3 <-- MP3 file rendered from RealBand with instrumental version of the song

etc.

It's up to you do decide how you want to manage your music files.

If you want to follow Windows 10 convention, however, then you might want to save your file in the "Documents" library (which is just a shortcut to "c:\users\UserName\Documents". Create whatever folder structure you want from there. If you are mostly consistent about how you manage your files, you will find over time that you have very few "lost" files.


John

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