@Jim Fogle

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... the longer you stay in Band-in-a-Box the more you can utilize it's resources. The instant you render and create a scalar track to move out of Band-in-a-Box you lose ALL the unique resources the program offers. If you want to change anything you can always go back but that's starting over and losing all your preceding work.

This! Should become a music production motto, printed in the welcome/splash screen, every time when BiaB is launched. So every user can see it!

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Artist Performance Tracks (APT) provide a path for users to consolidate audio or import song specific performances.

To be honest, I have always been confused with Artist Performance Tracks (APT) and Songs Lessons Pak (SLP). What exactly does each of them offer? Are they simply some pre-made SGUs/MGUs, aka pre-made styles with chords already entered? Do they have same contents overlapping each other?

I understand that SLP is included in Ultra+ but not Ultra version, in other words, SLP is basically the "+". On the other hand, APT is included in both Ultra and Ultra+ version, usually from the 49 Pak and Bonus Pak. The question is, what are they and how do I use them?

Biggest Concern
In Windows, installing the same program/content to the same location will result in two possibilities:

(1) Same folders/files were replaced/overwritten, which is the most ideal.
(2) A new folder/file is created by the system, making a mess. For example, previously a file exists called "MyFile", when install again, system created a new file in the same folder called "MyFile (1)", having duplicate files in the same folder.

BiaB offers many different Add-ons and Paks, and many of them have overlapping songs/styles/tracks/contents. My biggest concern is, when install all these different Paks to the same C:\bb folder, is system going to generate duplicate files when overlapping contents are installed?


A Canadian music producer, singer songwriter, composer, and professional guitarist.