Hi team.

My understanding that it is common for people who own Audiophile package, to use "Ultrapack" to make arrangement and then switch to external hard drive to output the files, pointing BIAB to "custom" Rt&Rd locations. BIAB does not save that path link. So every time you need to navigate in both menus to specific folders. Please make "remember last location" even if check mark: "use custom location" is un-ticked. So I (and other members who use it, do not navigate each time to specific folders in both RT & RD...

BIAB remembers the link if you check/uncheck custom folders while the program is running, as soon as you restart it, it forgets those path links.

Even better, a single button that switches from common to custom locations and back for both RT and RD


Thanks.

Interesting idea.

Common? I’m not sure. I don’t have two active versions of the program; I have the Audiophile program on an internal SSD drive, and the RealTracks and RealDrums on a fast internal hard drive.

I run patches on that setup all the time, but every once in awhile I plug in and patch the supplied PG Music USB drive. This requires, as you say, remembering and switching drive assignments.

Maybe in Preferences we could specify drive locations for everything (for both main and secondary setups). Then specify main or secondary on the install.

This would be preferable to having to navigate to the Custom folder in Preferences for both RealTracks and RealDrums.

Matt, I just mentioned specific workflow.
The essence of the request is that so BIAB saves "custom path" links.

..and maybe.... one button that switches from common to custom location for both. Should work in any scenario. For example if you RD is always in one location, but RT in two you can specify common location to be same as custom for RD and 2 separate locations for RT and whenever single button is used for switching it will always go to single drum location, but will change path to RT.

Misha.

Oh yes, I understand. I'm just speculating on how best to do it. If they implemented your suggestion, that would be helpful.

I was just thinking that we now have to drill down to change this info, which is the kind of thing I expect to be readily available in Preferences.

Or do you want this option on the Install?

Misha,

I agree... +1

I use the workflow you mentioned. That is, work with the hard-drive wma installation until the song is completed and then generate the wav files using the Audiophile USB drive \Realtracks and \Drums.

This morning....

1. I started BIAB

2. re-directed Realtracks and Realdrums to my Audiophile USB

3. generated and played a song

4. deactivated "Use custom folders..." so that the drums and Realtracks would use my hard-drive (wma) installation

5. generated and played a song (BIAB had not been closed at any point in time)

6. went back into the Realtrack and Realdrums preferences and the USB drive paths were still listed and grayed out. All I had to do was activate the "Use custom folders..." option again to access the USB drive

7. Now I deactivated "Use custom folders..." so that the program ran using the wma audio files

8. Exit BIAB

9. Restarted BIAB -- the grayed out paths were now gone

From this, it seems that BIAB will remember the path for the USB drive Realtracks and Realdrums as a user switches between the USB drive and the computer hard-drive paths for the length of a BIAB session. Once BIAB is closed, though, the paths are forgotten.

This seems to indicate that PG Music are nearly "there" and all that has to happen is for them to preserve the grayed out USB path between BIAB sessions when "Use custom folder..." is deactivated.

Regards,
Noel

Noel, Matt
Thank you for listening and supporting this post.


I feel this relates to a deeper discussion on workflow. As I mentioned, in a more convenient way, this should happen in one button operation, so as to some other things that are hidden in various menus.

Ideally, I would like to see 4-6 user assignable buttons in front. Meaning that person should be able to replace stock buttons, majority of which is rarely utilized by a single user, to something useful and specific for their workflow.

For me, some of the things would be useful as a "custom" buttons in front interface:

1)Switch Audiophile / WMA locations
2)Render as individual WAV files centered and dry
And most likely others, that I can't think from the top of my head.

Many modern software titles have that option.
And if they do not have a direct assignable button, it is done as "action" buttons, where software generates a script of which buttons you press and what values you enter in order and creates a single button operation.

+1.

I have no use for multiple storage paths but understand others do. A powerful program like Band-in-a-Box needs the capability to match multiple workflow arrangements.

I agree with Jim but will also give a +1 for multiple workflows.

+1

Another +1 vote.

+1, remembering custom folders should be a standard feature (like in any other Windows program), not a wishlist item.

+1

Cerio, I agree with your comment.