When you suspect a song file is corrupted open RealBand. Open the suspect file in RealBand and then save the file under a new name.

For example I suspect Corrupt.SGU is bad so I save the file in Band-in-a-Box. I start RealBand and open the file Corrupt.SGU and then save a new file as Corrupt01.SGU. Open Corrupt01.SGU in Band-in-a-Box. Does Corrupt01.SGU have the same issues as Corrupt.SGU?

RealBand does not use all the features Band-in-a-Box supports so RealBand loads the SGU file differently than Band-in-a-Box. Sometimes that difference is an advantage that can be used to save a corrupt file.

User Noel96 shared this idea with me some time ago. I've tried it many times since. Most times it works, rarely it doesn't but it's well worth trying.

Another tip: save, save save! The more often you save the less you crash. I use the "save as" command more than the "save" command. Like the example above I increment numbers to the song file name with each "save as". When something bad does happen I've only lost work performed after the last "save as".


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