On one of my studio's Windows 7 64 bit computers, our IT department just copied over 160 GB of exe installer files of BiaB 2023 Ultra+ Pack, and then told me it's not their job to do the install, it's mine.

• Main BiaB Program & Updates - 2 GB
• Sforzando & Playable RealTracks - 6 GB
• RealTracks & RealDrums - 123 GB
• Add-ons - 32 GB

I agree with Matt Finley, never delete the exe installer files. Which means I will need an additional 1.3 times of disk space to install these exe files. That is well over 200 GB.

So, over 360 GB of disk space in order to store BiaB program and exe installers.

I'm not here to complain, but BiaB is the number one largest music software I've ever used in my life. To be clear, I'm not really a fan of Kontakt Komplete or Ueberschall Complete Bundle, even though they're pretty large too.

Here is what I plan to do: Double click and install the exe one by one. I don't want to use the master_realtracks_installer file, because it's possible to miss out a few installers in the process, and I have to later go through the log file to check which ones were not installed, would be very time consuming.

I wonder, if I start to install and extract all these exe files to the default C:\bb folder, is it going to make a mess? I already have BiaB 2022 with a few add-ons and paks in that bb folder, is it going to generate duplicates?

To me, Band-in-a-Box is the largest music software on Earth. No doubt.


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