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All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track #751128 01/27/23 02:33 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 117 K konaboy OP Apprentice
OP konaboy Apprentice K Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 117	Hi all, In all my years of using BIAB I have never succeeding in simply clearing/deleting a track. I want to just clear any data, and realtracks from the track, so that it is a completely empty slot, like any other empty track. Then I can start adding RealTracks that I want, starting with an clean slate. Strangely, Track Actions -> Erase Track does not seem to do anything useful. Select RealTracks -> Choose No RealTracks also annoyingly does not do anything.

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track konaboy #751131 01/27/23 02:49 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 7,693 Redondo Beach, Ca. jazzmammal Veteran
jazzmammal Veteran Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 7,693 Redondo Beach, Ca.	Right click the instrument name in the mixer or across the top of the main window, see near the bottom of of the sub menu Track Actions>Erase Track. Bob Biab/RB latest build, Win 11 Pro, Ryzen 5 5600 G, 512 Gig SSD, 16 Gigs Ram, Steinberg UR22 MkII, Roland Sonic Cell, Kurzweil PC3, Hammond SK1, Korg PA3XPro, Garritan JABB, Hypercanvas, Sampletank 3, more.

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track jazzmammal #751132 01/27/23 02:56 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 117 K konaboy OP Apprentice
OP konaboy Apprentice K Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 117	Thanks Bob, as I mentioned, when I load a style and then do that operation on a real track, it asks me to confirm my choice, then absolutely nothing happens.

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track konaboy #751134 01/27/23 03:36 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,311 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,311 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: konaboy Thanks Bob, as I mentioned, when I load a style and then do that operation on a real track, it asks me to confirm my choice, then absolutely nothing happens. I suspect it erases the content of the selected track, but does not 'remove' the track. Try selecting erase, then freeze the track, then generate and see if the track is empty. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track konaboy #751135 01/27/23 03:38 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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jazzmammal Veteran Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 7,693 Redondo Beach, Ca.	Erase Track works I just tested it but, you can only hit Play after erasing a track. Biab is Style based and it's designed to create style tracks. If you chose a style that includes say, Guitar 2 and you don't want Guitar 2 and you erase it but then hit Generate it will generate a new Guitar 2 part fooling you into thinking it didn't erase it. Biab/RB latest build, Win 11 Pro, Ryzen 5 5600 G, 512 Gig SSD, 16 Gigs Ram, Steinberg UR22 MkII, Roland Sonic Cell, Kurzweil PC3, Hammond SK1, Korg PA3XPro, Garritan JABB, Hypercanvas, Sampletank 3, more.

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track AudioTrack #751136 01/27/23 03:38 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,311 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,311 Melbourne, Australia	Further tip: When freezing the 'erased' track, respond no if asked to generate it first. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track konaboy #751142 01/27/23 04:09 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP konaboy Apprentice K Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 117	hmmm. the erase track action is just plain weird, just search the forum and you'll find dozens of puzzled users. it doesn't work as one would expect. i guess I'll just have to make do with muting the tracks I don't need but it's a lot of clutter in the mixer.

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track konaboy #751148 01/27/23 04:50 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,311 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,311 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: konaboy hmmm. the erase track action is just plain weird, just search the forum and you'll find dozens of puzzled users. it doesn't work as one would expect. i guess I'll just have to make do with muting the tracks I don't need but it's a lot of clutter in the mixer. You can hide the tracks that you don't want to view: Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) HidingMixerTracks.jpg (98.07 KB, 131 downloads) BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track konaboy #751149 01/27/23 04:55 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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jazzmammal Veteran Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 7,693 Redondo Beach, Ca.	Welcome to the world of digital audio especially Biab! It's full of things like this but then so are all of the DAW's out there and remember nothing does what Biab can do that's why we're all here. Just takes some time to get used to it is all. One thing I'll sometimes do is not pick a style at all, just start with a new project with just bass and drums to try out a feel then you can pick and choose any RT's or midi style tracks you want then you're not trapp, er constrained by what the Style wants to do. Bob Biab/RB latest build, Win 11 Pro, Ryzen 5 5600 G, 512 Gig SSD, 16 Gigs Ram, Steinberg UR22 MkII, Roland Sonic Cell, Kurzweil PC3, Hammond SK1, Korg PA3XPro, Garritan JABB, Hypercanvas, Sampletank 3, more.

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track konaboy #751154 01/27/23 05:52 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,673 South Carolina	PG Music makes blank styles that ensures you succeed in clearing/deleting a track. If you load a RealTrack and want to erase it, open Track Settings\erase track and it will prompt to erase the RealTrack followed by erase midi data and the track will be gone. Generate the style and nothing will generate on the erased track. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) blank.gif (16.18 KB, 125 downloads) PG Music 'Blank' Styles BIAB 2025:RB 2025, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track konaboy #751167 01/27/23 11:14 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP konaboy Apprentice K Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 117	thanks all for the helpful advice! I'm wondering if the failure of the Erase action is because I've loaded a preset Realtrack style. Maybe you're not allowed to delete a track. Although replacing the track with another Realtrack works just fine. I just can't clear it. Yes, I'll look into creating my own empty style, based on the blank templates. That's probably how I want to work, since my goal is to use minimal one or two track styles.

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track konaboy #781929 11/11/23 01:28 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,541 Spain C Cerio Expert
Cerio Expert C Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,541 Spain	Originally Posted by konaboy hmmm. the erase track action is just plain weird, just search the forum and you'll find dozens of puzzled users. it doesn't work as one would expect. It is not weird, it just doesn't work as 99,9% of users would expect. Latest BIAB version, latest build.

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track konaboy #782103 11/12/23 08:41 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Rustyspoon# Veteran Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6,733	"hmmm. the erase track action is just plain weird" I agree. It should be standard 3 click operation. Right click, Erase, Confirm = track gone. P.S. "Erase" should include both choices in single menu RT/MIDI, both checked by default.

Re: All I Want To Do Is Delete A Track Cerio #782118 11/12/23 10:51 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,311 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted by Cerio It is not weird, it just doesn't work as 99,9% of users would expect. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

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