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Hello. I have BIAB on screen, my song arranged, but can't seem to save it as mp3 or wav. I've tried Save, Save As, the wav. button, but all I get is a message saying access violation, and my screen freezes. I have it saved as SGU.
Help? Thanks.
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Paddy,
What version of BIAB are you using? (For example is BIAB 2018, 2016, etc.)
Does the problem persist if you close BIAB and restart it by right-clicking on the startup shortcut and selecting "Run as administrator"? (Windows will ask for permission to run BIAB when you use this option... just click on Yes/Ok.)
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Noel
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Thanks Noel. I'm using BIAB 2015. I got the Everything Pak, it came on it's own usb drive, and because of it's size, I didn't install it on my PC, I just plug it in to use, so I don't have a shortcut on my screen. Perhaps BIAB thinks that it's files are on my c drive and so cannot save, that may be the "access violation". Maybe I should go and install it, but I wonder if other users use BIAB from it's own drive.
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If you haven't, you should have at least done the basic install to ensure that fonts, effects, softsynths, etc, get installed (because they need to go into the Windows Registry). When you run the install program, you get the option of running everything from the hard drive, so you select that, and then it will do just a basic install to the C: drive (won't take a lot of space). Then, create a shortcut to BBW.exe and set the shortcut to "run as administrator" (right click , select properties, then on the "Compatibility" tab check the "run as administrator" box). Also, go to the updates page and make sure you have installed the latest 2015 updates. Also, I notice there was a Coyote Wavetable DXi update around the same time. Also, a RealTracks update and a RealBand update. See if that helps it to work.
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Paddy, In addition to John Ford's thoughts, if I recall correctly, BIAB 2015 did not come with mp3 codecs because mp3 was then still under patent restrictions. While it's possible to load the conversion codecs by using software such as K-Lite, I used to prefer using a "WAV to MP3" converter in those days. There are heaps of freeware ones available on the internet. My choice was FREE AUDIO CONVERTER (link to website). If mp3 is not specifically required and all you're looking to do is to compress the audio to a smaller sized file, BIAB will save in Windows compressed format (wma). Personally, I prefer wma over mp3 (and so does PG Music since all the Realtracks are wma files and not mp3 files). Regards, Noel
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Even with K-Lite codec pack installed no Mp3? WMA is also a good choice, but f.i. SoundCloud prefers Mp3 i think. F
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Even with K-Lite codec pack installed no Mp3? WMA is also a good choice, but f.i. SoundCloud prefers Mp3 i think. F SoundCloud’s preferred files are lossless. WAV, FLAC et al. See https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003452847-Uploading-requirementsI would have thought you’d need to export the WAV file using Export Song as Audio by clicking on the .wav icon. If that doesn’t work why not try pulling the .sgu into RealBand and exporting it as a .wav from there. I use different software to convert .wav to MP3 but you could use Audacity for that task these days (just make sure you install Lame). My thoughts Tony
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Paddy, One other thing that I should have mentioned but it slipped my mind, is that if you cannot export a WAV file, that most likely means that you do not have a soft synth installed. Have a look at the link below and follow the numbers to set the MIDI driver. (This also sets Coyote WT soft synth.) One of the quirks of BIAB is that it's not possible to export audio unless a VSTi/DXi is set (i.e. a soft synth). https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=461558#Post461558Regards, Noel
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Hello everyone, thanks for taking the time to help me. We all know how frustrating it is when our head is full of ideas bursting to get out, only to be blocked by something that we can't get to work. Anyway, I looked at all your suggestions, and tried lots of stuff. I changed to run as Administrator, and installed Coyote. Now, I'm happy to say, I can export as wav to my desktop. I have Switch so no problem changing wav to mp3. Maybe I can also export from BIAB as mp3, but that's for another day.
So, thanks again, be assured your help was much appreciated.
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