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For reasons being irregular in format song structure, my song is more than 255 bars (actually I think close to 400 bars) using RealTracks style.

My question: Is there a workaround the 255 limit? Either in RB or BIAB, or is there a step-wise solution/workaround?

My song is around 380 bars or round off to 400 bars...


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Currently there is a 255 bar limit in BiaB, which has been there since the program's inception.

This restriction does not apply to RealBand. Certainly 400+ bars is possible in RealBand.


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VideoTrack is correct, but I wanted to add that there is a limit of 2000 bars in RealBand.


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I think the error is a "bug" of the RealBand. anybody has experienced the same thing? Im using RB (build 5)

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I think the error is a "bug" of the RealBand. anybody has experienced the same thing? Im using RB (build 5)



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VideoTrack is correct, but I wanted to add that there is a limit of 2000 bars in RealBand.

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Thank you.. actually I tried in RealBand, then I hit a problem. I could not insert New Bars to an existing song , there's an error message "cannot insert bars beyond end of song"


even if the song is just 400 bars long,,,


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VideoTrack is correct, but I wanted to add that there is a limit of 2000 bars in RealBand.

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Thank you... !!

Thank you.. actually I tried in RealBand, then I hit a problem. I could not insert New Bars to an existing song , there's an error message "cannot insert bars beyond end of song"


even if the song is just 400 bars long,,,

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Currently there is a 255 bar limit in BiaB, which has been there since the program's inception.

This restriction does not apply to RealBand. Certainly 400+ bars is possible in RealBand.


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.. but I wanted to add that there is a limit of 2000 bars in RealBand.
I don't think we knew that. Thank you.


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.. but I wanted to add that there is a limit of 2000 bars in RealBand.
I don't think we knew that. Thank you.

I didn't know the maximum length. I did try in the Help for anything that might have indicated and found nothing. So I just created a 400 bar song and generated it.
BTW, Matt, 2000 is an unusual number, I might have thought 2047 or 2048.


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Acidbent have you tried changing the end bar setting? If you add bars there, the bars you are trying to add won't be after the end of the song

page 44 of the RB manual shows you the start and end bar display

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Originally Posted By: Bob Calver
Acidbent have you tried changing the end bar setting? If you add bars there, the bars you are trying to add won't be after the end of the song

page 44 of the RB manual shows you the start and end bar display


Here is a screenshot of where the start/end settings are. Also, do you find this happening if you create a new song project, or is it only happening in this particular song?

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yes i did change the end bar setting.


still error... i think this is BUG with Build 5..

pls try it, insert bars in RealBand..




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Acidbent have you tried changing the end bar setting? If you add bars there, the bars you are trying to add won't be after the end of the song

page 44 of the RB manual shows you the start and end bar display

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yes i did change the end bar setting.


still error... i think this is BUG with Build 5..

pls try it, insert bars in RealBand..





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Acidbent have you tried changing the end bar setting? If you add bars there, the bars you are trying to add won't be after the end of the song

page 44 of the RB manual shows you the start and end bar display


Here is a screenshot of where the start/end settings are. Also, do you find this happening if you create a new song project, or is it only happening in this particular song?

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acidbent - this problem happens for me too. I'll bring it up with the development team.


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BTW, Matt, 2000 is an unusual number, I might have thought 2047 or 2048.
Yep, 2047 is what I would have expected based on 255 for BIAB. 0 through 2047 is a count of 2048, or 2 to the 11th power. Perhaps 2000 is arbitrary and can be changed easier than in BIAB?


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so it's really a bug...

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acidbent - this problem happens for me too. I'll bring it up with the development team.

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what's the basic reason why BIAB has a 256 bar limit while the RB has 2000?

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what's the basic reason why BIAB has a 256 bar limit while the RB has 2000?

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BiaB is based on 8 bit technology. Thus the highest number you can get is 256.


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what's the basic reason why BIAB has a 256 bar limit while the RB has 2000?

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BiaB is based on 8 bit technology. Thus the highest number you can get is 256.

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what's the basic reason why BIAB has a 256 bar limit while the RB has 2000?

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The request to have the bar limit increased to a higher value has been around just about as long as Band-In-A-Box itself. Maybe one day this will happen.


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