I have a problem that I've never had before. In v.2015, I try to change the RD track, and the Mixer window shows the change, but still plays the original drums. The Drum track is enabled, I haven't changed anything. Any help? (Besides Return To Factory - been there)
I had that same problem this morning (with MIDI drums in BIAB2016). I ended up changing to a different MIDI style, selecting an RD, and it worked, then went back to the original style, selected an RD and it worked, so it appears to be somewhat intermittent. I didn't have automatic RD substitution on, but just tried to change the assigned MIDI drum track to a RealDrums track.
John
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I had that same problem this morning (with MIDI drums in BIAB2016). I ended up changing to a different MIDI style, selecting an RD, and it worked, then went back to the original style, selected an RD and it worked, so it appears to be somewhat intermittent. I didn't have automatic RD substitution on, but just tried to change the assigned MIDI drum track to a RealDrums track.
Thanks for responding John. It's weird. I did a RTF, re-booted, and I still can't change drum styles! Very frustrating!
Seems a few of us have had the drummer a little worse for wear, after the new year.
Usually when I have exhausted all other options its return to factory settings, if that doesn't work I try the last update, if that fails, then just a reinstall of the basic program itself, only takes a few mins.
Windows 10 (64bit) M-Audio Fast Track Pro, Band in a Box 2025, Cubase 14, Cakewalk and far too many VST plugins that I probably don't need or will ever use
Same here. No matter which Real Drums patch I select it's always the same one. Right now I have RealDrums=JazzBebopDannySticks but it's brushes all the way through. Also, it doesn't go to Style B after the first chorus. Any ideas anybody?
Same here. No matter which Real Drums patch I select it's always the same one. Right now I have RealDrums=JazzBebopDannySticks but it's brushes all the way through. Also, it doesn't go to Style B after the first chorus. Any ideas anybody?
What version/build of BiaB are you running? Windows or Mac?
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I've had this happen in v 2022. Can't remember the exact cause but it was related to the intro being 2 bars and possibly using holds etc. If you have any kind of intro, try removing it and see if that does anything. Make sure song starts at bar 1.
Does the RealDrum change if you select a different Style that uses a different drum?
Since going to Options | Return to Factory Settings did not resolve the issue, please close Band-in-a-Box, go to your bb folder (usually c:\bb\preferences, but it can start with a different letter if you installed to an external drive), and delete the following two files:
Mysetup.dk intrface.bbw
Next, please right click on your Band-in-a-Box shortcut and select Properties | Compatibility | check "Run program as administrator" and click apply. Then just double click on your Band-in-a-Box icon to launch the program.
I have a problem that I've never had before. In v.2015, I try to change the RD track, and the Mixer window shows the change, but still plays the original drums. The Drum track is enabled, I haven't changed anything. Any help? (Besides Return To Factory - been there)
Thanks,
Bob
What package type are you running for 2015? Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, etc? Was it on an external HD? Did you happen to do a split install? Do any error messages pop up at all when you try and make the switch?
I've just updated my BIAB 2022 UltraPak to build 926, and easily reproduced the problem described in this post from seven years ago.
1. Open app to chord chart view with default style and C-major chord. 2. Pressed space-bar to play briefly then stop. 3. Right-click on Drums in Mixer pane and select Find Best Sub for... 4. Make RealDrums selection. 5. Press Ok. 6. Press space-bar to play and observe no change in drum track.
I want to restate that this post started SEVEN YEARS AGO.
Any thoughts out there among the Illuminati?
Is there some other more central place for bug/anomaly reports?
ADVthanksANCE
-Jack (still same drums in central Texas)
PS: I did delete the dot-bk and dot.bbw files and restarted the computer. PPS: Retired computer programmer. Guilty as charged.
And here I sit in 2026, a mere 10 years after this thread started, and nearly 2 years after my last post in this thread, I'm having an issue changing the RealDrums selection in my song files in my spiffy new 2026 version of BiaB.
First, I created the entire song with the first slow blues style I ran into, which used one of the Nashville128 RealDrums series.
Then, I went looking for something a little more interesting and found a Texas Blues slow blues style that featured drums with a nice slushy half open hihat. In the first bar selection blue box, Snare, Hi Hat Loose was selected. See Texas Blues Rock song file below. This is the SGU file for the demo version of the style.
So, when i opened my original song file, and right clicked on the first bar section select blue box, there was no selection for Snare, Loose Hi Hat present in the Nashville128 RealDrum package. See the selection details in My original song file below.
Then, I right clicked on the RealDrums=Nashville128 in the Mixer window and changed the RealDrums selection to the BluesRock 128^6.
When I auditioned my song file, it still played the previous Nashville128 drums. And, when I right clicked on the first bar section select blue box, I noticed that there was no selection available for Snare, Hi Hat Loose. Also, the RealDrums selection text had changed to RealDrums=BluesRock128^6. This was misleading because the actual drums being played were still the Nashville128. Also, when I closed the file, I was not asked to save changes.
I closed the Band-In-A-Box application, and relaunched it.
It came up as shown in New App Instance below. When I hit the space bar to play in the default window, it played with the slushy hihat drums that wanted. The RealDrums selection shows BluesRock128^6, and the right click details show a selection for Snare, Hi Hat Loose.
Doesn't this indicate that the BluesRock drums are actually present in my system, even though they are not being accessed in my song file?
Is the attribute I am changing immune to changes, or am I missing something here?
If I am not actually changing the drum selection, why is the text changing but not the actual drum selection?
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