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Is anybody else having trouble completing the download of RealTrack 90-2? I can never get a download speed of >180kB/sec and then it slows down to a fraction of that before I finally must cancel the download. The farthest along I have been able to achieve with that file was 779 Mbytes and that was after 2 hours of downloading. With all the other files I was able to get download speeds between 500kB - 800kB and complete the downloads. Maybe it is because 90-2 is the biggest at 1800 Mbytes that there is some system along my download path that is limiting the download speed. I realize that since I am behind the "Great Firewall of China" I may be the only person experiencing this problem but if am not then I hope PG Music can reduce set 90 to 3 parts for download.
Microsoft Surface Pro, Thunderbolt 4, Windows 11, Scarlett Audio Interface, 2025 BIAB & RB, FL Studio Producer, Studio One Producer, Melodyne Editor, Ozone Advanced.
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That's too bad, Dave. I can only offer that it loaded at 'normal' speed for me, although that was back at the beginning of the beta testing.
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Try downloading again at a later time, it may just be due to server congestion. **Be sure to clear your browser cache before the next attempt or it may be trying to hang onto the previous download and start the slow all over again**
Of course, if the problem persists, do not hesitate to contact PGMusic sales and get that straightened out.
--Mac
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You may want to try a download manager.
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Dave, I use a download manager called "Free Download Manager". It's excellent, costs nothing, and will resume if a link gets broken and the download server supports resuming (which PGMusic does). You can get it from, http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/All the best, Noel
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Download managers are great, but it sounds like Dave's complaint is the slowdown, and he chooses to stop the download. I've done this from other servers (never PG Music) when it's too painful to look at the download speed coming to a crawl. Often, with another connection, things pick right up. And Mac is right, clear the browser cache. But as for China, all bets are off as far as guessing the cause of the slowdown.
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Well, it sounds like Dave had no problem with the other RealTracks, just this one.
I had that happen to just one or two realtrack downloads during the original 2010 release, and I'm not in China, I'm in Chesapeake, VA USA and running a very fast DSL broadband here.
I finally got them downloaded by just leaving each one run - manually, not with a download manager software - and not doing anything else with the puter while they downloaded. My data rate for downloads was typically ~1 MB/Sec for all the rest, these two slowed to a ~21 KB/Sec crawl or so.
I've learned to not try to analyze what happens with Internet speeds, too many variables, too many servers involved, we don't have the time and most of us don't have the savvy or resources to actually trace data paths on the world wide web, the bottleneck could literally be anywhere.
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Thanks everyone for your good suggestions. I finally downloaded the files after 5 hours. Fortunately there were no interruptions although the speed was slow. I think a download manager is a good idea and I will try the one Noel suggested.
Microsoft Surface Pro, Thunderbolt 4, Windows 11, Scarlett Audio Interface, 2025 BIAB & RB, FL Studio Producer, Studio One Producer, Melodyne Editor, Ozone Advanced.
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