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I'm returning to BIAB after about 10 years away. I believe the last version I had was 2009. Stupidly, I backed up the actual installation, but not the installer. PG says they don't keep installer files that old, which is obtuse since the patches for those versions are still live. I suppose it would do me no good without a serial number, but ...

Does anyone know how I might get the installation exe for BIAB 2009?

PG says they do have a record of my account, so maybe I can recover my serial through them.

Also, does anyone know if 2009 would even run under Windows 10?

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I don't know. It might, in Windows 7 compatibility mode. But BIAB 2009 was the very beginning of RealTracks, and perhaps something is telling you it's time to upgrade. You will be amazed at the progress made in eleven years.


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one answer is that 2009 will run under windows 10. i ran 2008 until a while ago when i upgraded to the complete new program and all RealTracks.

if you backed up the installation, presumably you have all the styles you had. not sure if 2009 had much in the way of RealTracks. maybe RealDrums 1-3 if i remember correctly.

if PG have your records maybe you could upgrade to 2020 reasonably cheaply. it knocks spots off earlier versions and it would use all your existing styles.

then if you like the new version wait for the 2021 sale and get the lot like a large percentage of us that upgraded have done.

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Thanks. Good to know it will run under current versions of Windows. I actually have quite a few of the early RealTracks sets, and yeah, I have lots of styles from back then.

"You will be amazed at the progress made in eleven years."

Not to ask for a complete run-down, but what would you say are the main/best elements of that progress?

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Thousands of RealTracks is the main one.

MIDI SuperTracks are cool, too.


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64 bit
DAW plugin
New mixer flexibility
Realband (did 2009 have this?)

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2009 was eleven years ago. That's a lot of new stuff.

Maybe even more important; if you need help with a newer version there's likely many more people around to offer accurate help
Not many of us even remember what 2009 did/didn't include .. so when you ask for help our answers may not apply for you, whereas they would if you had a newer version.


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Thanks, folks. RealTracks and RealBand had just started then. I thought they were a great idea then, and I can only imagine how things have progressed.

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There has been a lot of changes since 2009. It may be worth the peek at the link VideoTrack provided.

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