I have turned off the UAC so that stopped the problem with the AutoKey to hang.
The problem with reapeaks is that I can't select a folder, it crashes (Reaper no response) directly when I select "Browse folder for ReaPeak".
I have the latest versions of Reaper & BIAB 64B installed as per date 24 Oct 2022. Windows 11. I have gone through the installation instructions and videos several times. I have BIAB installed on a separate drive K: and Reaper on C: and the both run as admin.
I can start the Reaper BIAB track injector GUI. And I have some communication between Reaper and BIAB e.g. start/stop build and create RT & RD lists.
But Reaper crashes in several cases:
1. When I am trying to send chords from Reaper to BIAB
Crash log: ----------------------------------
[Song] [Key C] [Tempo 120] [Form 1-16*1] [Chords] |a) C \ \ \| C \ \ \| Dm \ \ \| Em \ \ \| | F \ \ \| F \ \ \| G \ \ \| G7 \ \ \| |b) C \ \ \| Am \ \ \| Dm \ \ \| Em \ \ \| | F \ \ \| F \ \ \| G \ \ \| C \ \ \| |a) G7| [ChordsEnd] [SongEnd]Error: Biab track injector GUI.lua:1685: attempt to call a nil value (field 'JS_Window_Find')
Stack traceback: ReaTrak_Core.lua:93: in field 'JS_Window_Find' Biab track injector GUI.lua:1685: in function 'send_chords_biab_btn_click' Class - Button.lua:138: in method 'onmouseup' ReaTrak_Core.lua:887: in field 'Update' ReaTrak_Core.lua:440: in field 'Main_Update_Elms' ReaTrak_Core.lua:307: in function <...rs\hakan\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTra k_Core.lua:303> [C]: in function 'xpcall' ReaTrak_Core.lua:303: in function <...rs\hakan\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTra k_Core.lua:302>
2. Reaper also crashes when I am trying to import tracks from BIAB. A few times I have got one track imported ok (mostly the Bass track no 1). But mostly it fails even if I am trying to reproduce exactly the same steps a second time.
Crash Logs: (two different crashes and logs) ------------------
Error: Biab track injector GUI.lua:2487: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value (global 'ppqpos')
Stack traceback: ReaTrak_Core.lua:93: in metamethod '__add' Biab track injector GUI.lua:2487: in function 'import_sel_mid_trk_btn_click' Biab track injector GUI.lua:1546: in function 'import_all_chk_tracks_btn_click' Class - Button.lua:138: in method 'onmouseup' ReaTrak_Core.lua:887: in field 'Update' ReaTrak_Core.lua:440: in field 'Main_Update_Elms' ReaTrak_Core.lua:307: in function <...rs\hakan\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTra k_Core.lua:303> [C]: in function 'xpcall' ReaTrak_Core.lua:303: in function <...rs\hakan\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTra k_Core.lua:302>
-------------------------------------------------------------- Error: Biab track injector GUI.lua:2487: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value (global 'ppqpos')
Stack traceback: ReaTrak_Core.lua:93: in metamethod '__add' Biab track injector GUI.lua:2487: in function 'import_sel_mid_trk_btn_click' Biab track injector GUI.lua:1546: in function 'import_all_chk_tracks_btn_click' Class - Button.lua:138: in method 'onmouseup' ReaTrak_Core.lua:887: in field 'Update' ReaTrak_Core.lua:440: in field 'Main_Update_Elms' ReaTrak_Core.lua:307: in function <...rs\hakan\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTra k_Core.lua:303> [C]: in function 'xpcall' ReaTrak_Core.lua:303: in function <...rs\hakan\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTra k_Core.lua:302>
If you edit the script then do a search for: reaper.JS_Dialog_BrowseForFolder
just copy that text then on the script window Ctrl+F Ctrl+V Enter
if you have that function installed the text should be all yellow.
Biab track injector GUI.lua:1685: attempt to call a nil value (field 'JS_Window_Find') go the line 1685 and check the text "reaper.JS_Window_Find" is yellow that the function is installed via SWS Extensions.
Biab track injector GUI.lua:2487: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value (global 'ppqpos') it should be reading "x:\bb\Data\trackdata.txt" to get the midi info to insert in the reaper track.
there should be text in trackdata.txt like:
Code:
Paste into a spreadsheet. List of Events in the track= 147
Status Channel Stamp Bar Beat Tick120 NoteNum Name Vel Duration
NoteOn 3 1080 1 2 0 69 A 5 84 240
NoteOn 3 1320 1 4 0 69 A 5 84 60
NoteOn 3 1380 1 4 60 72 C 6 84 60
NoteOn 3 1440 2 1 0 71 B 5 84 360
.....
.....
Reaper is the most popular DAW with Biab users so Biab box can be made to do all this directly as it has access to Reaper's API to communicate directly with Reaper, it could send a whole track or a track section to a selected track or new track. It would be very simple to implement. https://www.extremraym.com/cloud/reascript-doc/
They are both RED. I have scrolled through the whole script and there are 5 red items: reaper.JS_Dialog_BrowseForFolder reaper.JS_Window_Find reaper.JS_Window_Destroy reaper.JS_Window_ChildByID reaper.JS_Window_GetTitle
I find it strange that they are not installed! I have followed the steps in detail. I have also just tested the latest Beta pack for SWS Extensions with no change.
So how do I find them and how do I install them? (never done this before).
BIAB 2026, Studio Pro 8, Song Master Pro, Win11 Home. i7-9700K CPU, 32GB, ESI MAYA44eX, ZOOM UAC-2, Guitar Pro 8, Transcribe, (EZKeys2, EZD3, SD3, EZBass, EZMix3) Amateur: fiddle, guitar, vocal, beginner on bass.
It solved some of the issues. I do not have any Red items left in the script. And sending chords to BIAB and browse folder for reapeaks work.
But there are still problems importing the tracks. Reaper still crashes and it does not matter which track I select it only tries to import track nr 1 the bass track, It imports the track then crashes. If I select another track it import track 1 the bass track.. It is another crash this time. Log: --------
Error: Biab track injector GUI.lua:2487: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value (global 'ppqpos')
Stack traceback: ReaTrak_Core.lua:93: in metamethod '__add' Biab track injector GUI.lua:2487: in function 'import_sel_mid_trk_btn_click' Biab track injector GUI.lua:1546: in function 'import_all_chk_tracks_btn_click' Class - Button.lua:138: in method 'onmouseup' ReaTrak_Core.lua:887: in field 'Update' ReaTrak_Core.lua:440: in field 'Main_Update_Elms' ReaTrak_Core.lua:307: in function <...rs\hakan\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTrak_Core.lua:303> [C]: in function 'xpcall' ReaTrak_Core.lua:303: in function <...rs\hakan\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTrak_Core.lua:302>
I will rest with this for some time now. Thanks again.
BIAB 2026, Studio Pro 8, Song Master Pro, Win11 Home. i7-9700K CPU, 32GB, ESI MAYA44eX, ZOOM UAC-2, Guitar Pro 8, Transcribe, (EZKeys2, EZD3, SD3, EZBass, EZMix3) Amateur: fiddle, guitar, vocal, beginner on bass.
"I have the latest versions of Reaper & BIAB 64B installed as per date 24 Oct 2022"
I had 422 running but tried 426 and it did not work. Use the 423 or 422 as 426 won't allow you to have the Track menu tweak to use the injector. Just install the 423 and make a copy of bbw64.exe and rename bbw64 - 423.exe and run that without 426 running to use the track injector. Then you can install the latest version but still have the injector version for Reaper to use.
"If I select another track it import track 1 the bass track.."
That's because it would be the same text file that was originally created with the earlier version because you don't have the Track menu in 426 now to write the temp/trackdata to a new text file.
You will see in the video the text files being created, read then closed Video Text Files
This it what Biab RB and BiabVST need to do to give incredibly quick generate and play times rather than writing all the sections into RAM then rendering that down to a consolidated wav file that you can't tweak and change sections in. Reaper will play these while Biab is still writing them into RAM let alone render down to wav.
trackdata.txt for midi file
Code:
Paste into a spreadsheet. List of Events in the track= 141
Status Channel Stamp Bar Beat Tick120 NoteNum Name Vel Duration
NoteOn 3 1080 1 2 0 69 A 5 84 240
NoteOn 3 1320 1 4 0 69 A 5 84 60
NoteOn 3 1380 1 4 60 72 C 6 84 60
NoteOn 3 1440 2 1 0 71 B 5 84 360
NoteOn 3 1800 2 4 0 71 B 5 84 120
NoteOn 3 1920 3 1 0 70 Bb 5 84 420
NoteOn 3 2340 3 4 60 72 C 6 84 60
Here's opening a frozen SGU without decompressing wma to wav generating into RAM or playing or rendering down to wav, it's just written straight into the Reaper track. That's what could be done with Biab Connecting to Reaper
There is a pic show files sizes of Flac Wav and Wavepack, wavepack will encode to more than 10 channels ideal for drums. Compressed format ogg will encode to more than 10 channel also. So Biab could generate, import or render all it's tracks to/from a multichannel format.
I'm waiting to see what is released at the end of this year in the way of instant gen/play in the BiabVST/standalone, if not I will look at putting some more work into this. Rather than having to add a Track menu with a tweak to use the two debug options of writing the WAVinstruction RT/RD track data and Midi track data to a text file this could be added Biab Connecting to Reaper to send the tracks direct to Reaper, if not at least these two functions should be added to the Help > Utilities menu so users don't have to manually add this to menus to get instant tracks without masses of wav files.
A lot of work went into this injector to show the previous theory suggested to PG actually working so if this or even Live Arranger mode is implemented at the end of the year it will be worth all the time spent on it and I won't need to spend any more time on it, maybe retire to Hawaii and say Aloha to Tulsi
Just been trying Musescore 4 with the ReWireVST but Musescore is not sending ppqpos, tempo or time signature to the VST, when they get that sorted you will be able to ReWire Musescore to Reaper or other ReWire slaveable apps.
Also In Reaper menu Extensions > Reapack > Browse packages.. in Filter paste js_ReaScriptAPI right click > Install > Apply
It just sets Reaper Media > Video to use wmf for wma as priority, the latest version of Reaper my set that as defafult any way wmf ffmpeg vlc qt:mov,qt,m4v,mp4 dshow:!mov,!mp4,!m4v,!qt
..latest versions of both reaper and biab, windows 11
EDIT: It's version 923 not 423 I had 422 running but tried 426 and it did not work. Use the 423 or 422 as 426 won't allow you to have the Track menu tweak to use the injector. Just install the 423 and make a copy of bbw64.exe and rename bbw64 - 423.exe and run that without 426 running to use the track injector. Then you can install the latest version but still have the injector version for Reaper to use.
All of this was from many hours of work to show PG how it could be done. It would be a lot easier if a few function were added to Biab to send the tracks/section to Reaper, it would be a lot easier I know than install these tools with Reaper, but until PG do something it's the only way there is at the moment. I will wait until the end of the year to see if they implement something like this in Biab as Reaper is the most popular DAW by Biab users, or implement direct play/gen in the BiabVST and a Live Arranger mode. If not I'll put some more work into this and put the track info in an existing menu if they don't have the 2 functions to get the audio and midi track data it uses in a menu.
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