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I have had a crazy month. My computer registry got corrupted right before I went in for a hip replacement and I ended up having to do clean install. I have loaded BIAB back up, done all the upgrades and added on the latest 10.5 build. Realtracks seems to be working fine but BIAB cannot find any of my realtrack files of which I have all of them except the latest as I missed the summer deal with my hip and computer crash. Any way I have checked the folders and the paths seem right. When I use the Verify button I get the following as an example:
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 362(Set #1), RealTracks NOT found here C:\bb\RAcG.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: C:\bb\RealTracks\Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 085\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 363(Set #1), RealTracks NOT found here C:\bb\realpedj.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: C:\bb\RealTracks\Pedal Steel, Background Ev 085\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 364(Set #2), RealTracks NOT found here C:\bb\RAcG10.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: C:\bb\RealTracks\Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 065\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 365(Set #2), RealTracks NOT found here C:\bb\RAcG11.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: C:\bb\RealTracks\Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 085\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
I am sure I am doing something wrong or have something set wrong. Am I just going to have to uninstall and reinstall from the 2010 BIAB USB drive. I can run from the usb drive fine but prefer keeping things on my own hard drive to keep the USB ports open for other musical connections.
Any help would be appreciated. My hip is doing great by the way. I would recommend to anyone who is putting it off.
Thanks
Terry
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Hi Terry,
Did you re-install BIAB from the USB drive after your Windows re-install?
If this was me, I'd simply do a complete re-install of BIAB. There is no need to uninstall first as BIAB will overwrite the files it needs to.
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Noel
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Hi TerryB,
Sounds like you've really been having a time of it there.
First thing, here's a prayer that you heal up better than new.
As for the RealTracks, it sounds to me as if the RealTracks pointer has somehow changed from its default setting.
That's a simple enough one-place, one-change situation.
1) Click on the RealTracks toolbar icon (the saxophone) and select "Realtracks preferences".
2) Lower LH portion of the window that opens, make sure that "Use custom location for the realtracks" is not checked.
That should then point to the Realtracks folder in your bb folder, which is where the realtracks should be as the default install.
If they are someplace else, you could check that box instead and then use the browse feature to navigate to whatever drive and folder they ARE stored in and select it.
Note that there is also a big DEFAULT button at the bottom as well, if you installed the Realtracks to the bb realtracks folder, you could just hit that and it should do the same as unchecking the custom box.
--Mac
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Hello Terry, Quote:
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 362(Set #1), RealTracks NOT found here C:\bb\RAcG.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: C:\bb\RealTracks\Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 085\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
Run the "Band-in-a-Box Setup.exe" installer on the USB hard drive, choose option 2 (install Band-in-a-Box to hard drive), and leave the destination locations at their default settings. This will install all the st2/xt2 files to C:\bb, so it will fix that problem.
Note: you should reinstall the latest patches (to C:\bb) after doing this.
Andrew
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Thanks for the help, Noel, Mac and Andrew. Will give that a try and see if it clears up the problem.(which I am sure it will) I just started a new position at a church and need to come up with some more upbeat arrangements for some hymns and BIAB is just the ticket for that. I have been used to playing with folks that could read chord sheets but now find I need to produce written music for some of the instrumentalists. That will give me a chance to learn even more about this program.
Thanks again!
Terry (hip along)
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Just updating my 2012 download to my BiaB PC ( up all night )
Can you please help me fix this? I need to have it working tonight.
I have done a rebuild on RealTracks
I have unchecked the RealTracks specific location box
I have reinstalled & reinstalled
Still getting this error
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 362(Set #111), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RAcG.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 085\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
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The install is telling you that, for example, on the RT #362, it is missing a file in the BB home folder, which is d:\bb in your case.
The specific file missing is D:\bb\RAcG.ST2.
You should search your hard drive for the file D:\bb\RAcG.ST2, and once you find it, copy all files of type .ST2 and .XT2 into your BB folder.
Likely this problem was caused by using a different folder as your main BB folder. If you were starting with a working BB folder, then the D:\bb\RAcG.ST2 file would already be present, as it was one of the very first RealTracks (from about 4 years ago).
Perhaps when you updated, you didn't get the program to overwrite your existing BB folder, that is the one that would already have the D:\bb\RAcG.ST2 file.
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
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The install is telling you that, for example, on the RT #362, it is missing a file in the BB home folder, which is d:\bb in your case.
The specific file missing is D:\bb\RAcG.ST2.
You should search your hard drive for the file D:\bb\RAcG.ST2, and once you find it, copy all files of type .ST2 and .XT2 into your BB folder.
Likely this problem was caused by using a different folder as your main BB folder. If you were starting with a working BB folder, then the D:\bb\RAcG.ST2 file would already be present, as it was one of the very first RealTracks (from about 4 years ago).
Perhaps when you updated, you didn't get the program to overwrite your existing BB folder, that is the one that would already have the D:\bb\RAcG.ST2 file.
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Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
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Found the file D:\bb\RAcG.ST2 in D:
Getting this....... after 2 reinstalls of RealTracts
Please help have a gig @ 8pm tonight
This will check RealTracks installation. For a realtracks to work, there needs to be a ST2 file in BB folder, and a folder of WMA files in the RealTracks folder set in Prefs-RealTracks Settings.
ERROR: RealTracks # 487(Set #18) bt0 type for RPno0003.ST2= 2 bt0 type for D:\bb\RealTracks\Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Jazz Ballad Sw 085\pn0121.bt0= 7
ERROR: RealTracks # 487(Set #18) bt0 type for RPno0003.ST2= 2 bt0 type for D:\bb\RealTracks\Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Jazz Ballad Sw 085\pn0122.bt0= 7
ERROR: RealTracks # 487(Set #18) bt0 type for RPno0003.ST2= 2 bt0 type for D:\bb\RealTracks\Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Jazz Ballad Sw 085\pn0123.bt0= 7
ERROR: RealTracks # 487(Set #18) bt0 type for RPno0003.ST2= 2 bt0 type for D:\bb\RealTracks\Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Jazz Ballad Sw 085\pn0124.bt0= 7
ERROR: RealTracks # 487(Set #18) bt0 type for RPno0003.ST2= 2 bt0 type for D:\bb\RealTracks\Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Jazz Ballad Sw 085\pn0125.bt0= 7
etc. etc. .... message post shortened for brevity.
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1185(Set #107), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RElGt146.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopWaltzGrittyA-B Ev 120\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1186(Set #107), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RMand013.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Mandolin, Rhythm PopWaltz Ev 120\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1187(Set #107), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RPedSt19.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Pedal Steel, Rhythm PopWaltz Ev 120\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1188(Set #107), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RPno0051.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopWaltz Ev 120\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1189(Set #108), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RBass087.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Bass, Electric, HardRockWaltz Ev 140\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1190(Set #108), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RBass089.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Bass, Electric, ModernRnBRock Ev 065\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1191(Set #108), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RBass090.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Bass, Electric, NorthernRock Sw16 075\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1192(Set #108), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RBass088.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Bass, Electric, PopRockWaltz Ev 140\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1193(Set #109), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RBass114.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Bass, Acoustic, GypsyJazzFast Sw 250\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1194(Set #109), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RBass114.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Bass, Acoustic, GypsyJazzFast Sw 250\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1195(Set #109), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RBass114.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Bass, Acoustic, GypsyJazzFast Sw 250\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1196(Set #109), RealTracks NOT found here D:\bb\RFid038.ST2, but RealTracks folder IS found here: D:\bb\RealTracks\Fiddle, Soloist GypsyJazzFast Sw 220\ . Re-install r*.st2 r*.xt2 files to BB folder
INSTALL ERROR: RealTracks # 1197(Set #109), RealTracks
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Found the file D:\bb\RAcG.ST2 in D:
Getting this....... after 2 reinstalls of RealTracts
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Not sure what you mean by "found the file in d:\" It isn't supposed to be on the root of the d:\ drive, it should be in d:\bb
Also, the main part of the fix was not just that one file, but once you find that one file, copy ALL FILES ending in ST2 or XT2 from the location that you find that one, to your d:\bb folders
No point in keeping re-installing RealTracks, you are likely just installing the updates, which are the latest 101 RealTracks, not the previous ones, which for some reason are not present as files like D:\bb\RAcG.ST2
BTW, I edited your message to remove the complete listing of missing RealTracks, to make it more readable. Essentially that report is telling you:
"The folder d:\bb contains NO RealTracks, ie files ending in ST2 or XT2 that start with letter R (eg.Realsax.st2, realsax.xt2)"
So you've got to find them (from a previous BB install, not from the update which is just the new ones)
It is unlikely that you updated an existing d:\bb folder, because it would have had all kinds of ST2 and XT2 files. So perhaps you have them in another folder, like on your old BB hard drive?
Anyway, you should be hunting for ST2 and XT2 files beginning with R, and when you find them, copy them to your BB folder. No point re-installing the latest RealTracks, you have them already.
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
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Simple test:
Go to your BB folder in a DOS window (Start-cmd will get you there)
dir r*.st2
dir r*.xt2
This should list hundreds of files, all RealTracks related. If it doesn't then you need to find them, and add them to your BB folder. The cause of this would be that you didn't update on top of a previous version of BB, you made a new folder of BB, which won't have your old RealTracks.
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
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Sir I Found the file D:\bb\RAcG.ST2 in D:\bb\RAcG.ST2
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>> Found the file D:\bb\RAcG.ST2 in D:\bb\RAcG.ST2
How many files do you have in d:\bb that begin with R and are either .st2 files or .xt2 files?
Its possible that you are not running the program d:\bb\bbw.exe, and are running some other program. Try start-run- and type d:\bb\bbw.exe
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
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# 104 RAcG. / G01.ST2 through -G061.XT2
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>>> # 104 RAcG. / G01.ST2 through -G061.XT2
If the line above states that you have a total of 104 ST2 files beginning with R, then that's only 104 RealTracks, and there are supposed to be 800 or so.
It's unlikely that you have been running the program from d:\bb succesfully (because that folder has so few st2/xt2 files.
Have you searched your hard drive for more r*.st2 and r*.xt2 files, including BB's hard drive, which has hundreds of them? There are 800+ st2 files, and 800+ xt2 files in all.
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
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I did a real track clean up
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>> I did a real track clean up
OK, that sounds promising.
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2026 Free Bonus PAK & 49-PAK for Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Mac®!
With your version 2026 for Mac Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, Audiophile Edition or PlusPAK purchase, we'll include a Bonus PAK full of great new Add-ons for FREE! Or upgrade to the 2026 49-PAK for only $49 to receive even more NEW Add-ons including 20 additional RealTracks!
These PAKs are loaded with additional add-ons to supercharge your Band-in-a-Box®!
This Free Bonus PAK includes:
- The 2026 RealCombos Booster PAK:
-For Pro customers, this includes 27 new RealTracks and 23 new RealStyles.
-For MegaPAK customers, this includes 25 new RealTracks and 23 new RealStyles.
-For UltraPAK customers, this includes 12 new RealStyles.
- MIDI Styles Set 92: Look Ma! More MIDI 15: Latin Jazz
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 46: Piano & Organ
- Instrumental Studies Set 24: Groovin' Blues Soloing
- Artist Performance Set 19: Songs with Vocals 9
- Playable RealTracks Set 5
- RealDrums Stems Set 9: Cool Brushes
- SynthMaster Sounds Set 1 (with audio demos)
- iOS Android Band-in-a-Box® App
Looking for more great add-ons, then upgrade to the 2026 49-PAK for just $49 and you'll get:
- 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks and RealDrums with 20 RealStyle.
- FLAC Files (lossless audio files) for the 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks and RealDrums
- MIDI Styles Set 93: Look Ma! More MIDI 16: SynthMaster
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 47: More SynthMaster
- Instrumental Studies 25 - Soul Jazz Guitar Soloing
- Artist Performance Set 20: Songs with Vocals 10
- RealDrums Stems Set 10: Groovin' Sticks
- SynthMaster Sounds & Styles Set 2 (sounds & styles with audio demos)
Learn more about the Bonus PAK and 49-PAK for Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Mac®!
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