Hi All,

I'm totally new to this....got BIAB 2011 Everythinpak(plus the 20 pak)a few days ago...I have a few problems getting it to work properly and I expect it's all "finger trouble" on my part, and I haven't read the whole manual yet!! Also am a bit stumbly with computers...

Anyway,

1 Worked ok'ish first test (put in a few chords) and used style already set..only snag was song seemed distorted at first then "sorted itself out?

2 Put in a few basic chords and selected style British Pop Physc 1 (or something!) to try and get a pink floyd (guess my age!) sound. When I tried to play it I got no sound at all though though "cursor" moved through the chords. Tried it with a different but similar style with same result.

3. Selected a Jazz type style which played but intially was really distorted as if trying to sort itself out on first run through...it got better'ish if I left it playing.

I'm running BIAB via USB and I've installed the 20 pak onto my C drive...assume this is OK? Any advice gratefully received, thank you.

Regards,

Dave

Hi Jed,

Welcome to the forums. It's certainly a bit of a learning curve when you first start out learning Band In A Box. Well worth the effort, though!

One thought that came to mind regarding your problem ...

Did you run the installation program on the USB drive to set your computer up so that it can run BIAB properly on the external drive?

Regards,
Noel

Hi Noel,

Thanks for the quick response!

Well..I thought I'd done the installation properly but I ran the installation thing again(or maybe I dream't the 1st one?) and things now seem to work OK in as much as the styles selection seem to work OK now...many thanks.

I still get a bit/alot of distortion if I change something (e.g. key of song) and I can't stop it as mouse button becomes ineffective? Any suggestions welcome...but I'm much happier now...thanks again.

I think your right about the learning curve but I do believe it will be worth the effort!

...mmm where did I put the user guide!!

Regards,

Dave

What kind of system are you using, Jed?
Give us specs.

Hi rharv,

Thanks for the post. Here is the spec (hopefully all that's needed?) of my computer;

Computer - Advanced configeration & power interface (computer built be local shop)

Operating sysytem - windows XP

Processor - AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2400+ , 2.01 GHz , 1.46 GB RAM

Display adaptor - S3 graphics Prosavage DDR (microsoft corp)

Audio & Mixer device - Vinyl AC'97 codec combo driver (WDM)

Can honestly say this is first time I've known so much about my computer...but it doesn't mean too much to me!! If I've missed a vital piece of spec please let me know.

While I'm at it could I ask if you have any idea why I might be getting an error message when I try to run chord finder. Funkizfide (?)as submitted a post about it...error code seems to imply a problem with the graphics card?

Many thanks.

Regards,

Dave

Hi again, Jed,

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I still get a bit/alot of distortion if I change something (e.g. key of song) and I can't stop it as mouse button becomes ineffective

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This sounds like a processor issue (which is the path rharv is walking down).

Does the problem happen early after generating the song (i.e. hitting "Play")? How BIAB works is that once a few bars of the song have been generated, the remainder of the song is generated as a background process. Under Opt. | Preferences | Realtracks, disable the "Speed up generation of Realtracks" and see if that makes a difference. With this disabled, the song won't play until it has been completely generated. This means, it will take a little longer for the song to start after hitting "Play".

All the best,
Noel