Hi Appoggiatura,

Thanks for your sympathy regarding the Queen. It all feels very strange at present. I'm 70 and I've only ever been, until now, in a country with a queen.

Thanks also for clarifying 'he'. I try not to presume anything, but that can sometimes be fraught.

I believe BiaB should run fine from an external drive, whatever the version, though a fairly fast quick such drive would seem sensible. If I'm wrong, then you can still move the big folders (e.g. Drums, RealTracks) to an external drive ... Tell BiaB where via Prefs-RealDrums->Custom Folder and Prefs->RealTracks->Custom folder.

Your crashing issues are another matter. Hopefully you and tech support will resolve that.

You might say what the CPU is. In a completely different context/software I've heard of issues with AMD ThreadRipper CPUs, though I've not heard of issues with BiaB.

If you haven't tried the on-line chat for support, it's often a good way to deal with things. With PGM, you get a real person and usually one of the people who give support in the fora.

Good luck with getting a resolution. BiaB is a great application if sometimes rather arcane.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
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