Hello, If you go to the StylePicker and click Rebuild, Rebuild (Fast), a window will pop up to where you can choose the file locations of your RealTracks and RealDrums. Please note the newer RealTracks will not work with the older version. Thank you! Catherine
I won't go anywhere near subscription models so it's no competition for me.
I do not have any subscription software myself and have no desire too. But at $4 a month for a year and can cancel anytime that is not so bad. You also keep any work you do as long as you have bounced the tracks and saved of course. When I think about it I spend $200 a year on BIAB with the 49 pk each year so it is 4 times as much a month for Real musicians.
My conclusion so far is that two sampling rates causes the cracks and pops. These are hear via headphones or speakers with the Moti4.
Sorry about bringing up the subject again since you mentioned that you were sending the computer back, but my curiosity is getting the best of me. I was wondering if you had disabled the computer motherboard's on-board sound chip (probably Realtek) in the bios settings?
Cool one, Torrey. Love the vocal arrangement and the America-style harmonies/background vocals. Strong lead vocals make some tricky lines fall right in place, too. Liked the "dream sequence" opening and the long fadeout at the end. Super lead guitar fills, too. Very polished and fun to listen to, as usual.
For at least 2 months I've been struggling to come up with new compositions. I've nearly always got 2-4 chord structure experiments in process, but of late I've not been inspired as what to do with them style-wise once I'm finished, plus while I now have the music for 5 songs just awaiting vocals added - 1 for female, 2 for duets and 2 just requiring mine - I can't even record demos due to the limitations of where I live. This new instrumental was pretty much finished earlier this month, but I had 2 final solos for it and I couldn't make up my mind which to use. One is electric guitar, the other acoustic, but while the electric is the better and more dynamic solo, this piece is predominantly acoustic and thus the acoustic guitar solo fit better with the vibe. I finally chose the latter - Calm Lake Acoustic Mod Jazz Solo - but as it has spaces in between each phrase I had to create a hybrid solo out of 5 regenerations to fill in the blanks (see below). "Winter Piece" consists of two short movements, the first featuring piano, two sets of strings, plus added cello, viola and violin; the second introducing acoustic fingerstyle rhythm guitar, bass guitar, drums and organ followed by a fiddle solo and finally the hybrid acoustic guitar solo. Piano: Pop Ballad Solo Acoustic Piano ~ John Jarvis String Quartet #1: Runaway Soundtrack Country ~ Matt Nelson Strings Quartet #2: Snow Gentle World Flow ~ Avery Bright Cello: Sobbing Cello & Nylon Guitar ~ Matt Nelson Viola: Viola & Violin Ballad ~ Avery Bright Violin: Viola & Violin Ballad ~ Avery Bright Fingerstyle Rhythm Guitar: Acoustic Guitar: Seek Smooth Panpipe ~ Quinn Bachand Drums: Country Rock Guitar Solo Pop Ba ~ Brian Fullen Bass: Runaway Soundtrack Country ~ Dow Tomlin Organ: Giddy Up Country Ballad w Organ -~ Blair Masters Fiddle Solo: Fidget Bluesy Pop with Fiddle ~ Andy Leftwich *Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Solo: Calm Lake Acoustic Mod Jazz Solo ~ Brent Mason *The Calm Lake acoustic guitar is a hybrid of 5 different samples as any single sample leaves spaces between the phrases. The sample was also mastered in Soren to give it lacking body, but bizarrely it amplified innumerable string squeaks which had to be muted when only one squeak could be heard on the original. C - 4/4 - 100bpm - 4:02
Hi Dr.Dan. THanks for your note. Strange. Hopefully someone of PG can see this.???
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Seems to be only you and me. I don't believe it is sample rate - instead I feel it is a tempo change. It is not only in ACW, but also any import of an audio file. I have in the very recent past (Dec 14 2025) reported this finding as loudly as I can. I have to date not seen any response.
Wow, that is a RT style mashup within the style It's remarkable how well they work together. It's quite the bed for your fine nylon work. And that oboe was an interesting and enjoyable additon. Of course your excellent mix certainly played a big part. There really no need to parse it all out ... rather listen again. Really well done! J&B
I can't comment on if you are dumb or not, but, I certainly agree with you that "... we have a problem". Unfortuantely, there is nothing new in what you are reporting. It has been raised to the highest levels, but few are willing to accept that fact.
Well, you nailed the mix, Marty, as those horns sound great. Like Hans, we were also reminded of Stefan’s music. You’ve got a cool groove with the BiaB wrecking crew. Along with hot guitar by Dave, sweet harmonies and a fine lead vocal. Love your bass and the cool little interlude with the bass and drums. And a witty lyric that anyone who has been in a band can relate to. Cool way to start the year! Y'all keep on the dancing J&B
Andrew - thanks for posting the pics. As I'm sure you've realized...the Live Rig is a standalone Desktop app - so you can play without having to call up a DAW. Everything else can be used in your DAW like any other effect....
Thanks Floyd - yes, I realised that late yesterday evening. Normally to try out guitar tones and effects, I’d be opening Reaper, loading the plugins, arming the track then playing. Now, it’s standalone! I like the way it allows you to save a rig so if you find a good combination, you can save it for later. Good find! Andrew
Yes this is recent behavior - I would say it introduced in 2026. Along the lines of making every track the same? But it does have some negative reprocusions. Having you tried to freeze the Audio track so it can't be changed?
Totally agree with the song's sentiments - on social media I've been writing essays on the subject for awhile now, when usually I write about spirituality and evolving consciousness - plus you've got a great chord structure for it, but I agree with Dave in that I find the rhythm section too crowded.
For me those minimized icons (which looked like closed "Windows" windows always seemed to take up a lot of space. I'll often cascade the open windows, or just select them from the topline menu (or as OM said, use keyboard shortcuts; however, I run too many programs to remember them, so the menu works for me).
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I don't believe it is sample rate - instead I feel it is a tempo change. It is not only in ACW, but also any import of an audio file. I have in the very recent past (Dec 14 2025) reported this finding as loudly as I can. I have to date not seen any response.
It's remarkable how well they work together. It's quite the bed for your fine nylon work. And that oboe was an interesting and enjoyable additon. Of course your excellent mix certainly played a big part. There really no need to parse it all out ... rather listen again. Really well done! J&B
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