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OK - so have installed latest available update. So: it seems to be that if you "Erase Track" while that track is playing ,then it throws you out of BIAB app. If I stop "play" and then Erase Track it's good. So I guess that's a Resolve. Side note: interesting that my installed App told me it was up to date when there was in fact 2 newer versions on the PG site. https://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htmAnyway thanks everyone for the comments etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I "erase track" the whole BIAB app shuts down. ie Melody or Soloist track. (right click on: track / track actions / erase track). If I wasn't regularly saving this would be a problem as I would lose the file. Does everyone have this result when they "erase track"? Is there a better way to remove a track I don't want? Thanks in advance.
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I tried but couldn't replicate that issue.
I wonder if it's related to your MIDI device settings?
Does it do this with every song or just one song?
You might try the Return to Factory Settings option from the Utilities drop-down menu.
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Further to the shutdown issue, does BiaB provide any error information that you can send to PG Music? Often a program crash will be accompanied by an error log and instructions on how to send to PG Music.
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When I "erase track" the whole BIAB app shuts down.
ie Melody or Soloist track.
(right click on: track / track actions / erase track).
If I wasn't regularly saving this would be a problem as I would lose the file.
Does everyone have this result when they "erase track"?
Is there a better way to remove a track I don't want?
Thanks in advance.
This is not a problem we have experienced before. Can you first check that you're using the latest build version of BIAB downloaded from the Support page, and if that doesn't help, close Band-in-a-Box then right click on the Band-in-a-Box shortcut and choose "Run As Administrator". Further to the shutdown issue, does BiaB provide any error information that you can send to PG Music? Often a program crash will be accompanied by an error log and instructions on how to send to PG Music. This is a very good point - if you're offered a crash log, please email it to support@pgmusic.com so we can take a look.
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NO, I don't get any error or mssg screen. BIAB just shuts down.
My ver. is 2021 version 840.
When I check for updates it tells me I am up to date .
However when I check the PG site there is a newer version 844 available, so I will install that.
Good luck to me.
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Yes, the Check for Updates somehow is designed to miss the very latest version. I suspect the very latest version is treated as Beta, but I'm not exactly sure.
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OK - so have installed latest available update. So: it seems to be that if you "Erase Track" while that track is playing ,then it throws you out of BIAB app. If I stop "play" and then Erase Track it's good. So I guess that's a Resolve. Side note: interesting that my installed App (PC ver 840) told me it was up to date when there was in fact 2 newer versions (842 and 844) on the PG site. https://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htmAnyway thanks everyone for the comments etc.
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OK - so have installed latest available update.
So: it seems to be that if you "Erase Track" while that track is playing ,then it throws you out of BIAB app.
If I stop "play" and then Erase Track it's good.
So I guess that's a Resolve. Well that's certainly some information we didn't know about previously. I might expect some unpredictable results if I did that. Further parts of the track can still be being created in the background while it is playing earlier created sections. When the background track generator has a new section to add, there is nowhere to write it to. Crash? Probably.
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So: it seems to be that if you "Erase Track" while that track is playing ,then it throws you out of BIAB app. If I stop "play" and then Erase Track it's good. So I guess that's a Resolve. Side note: interesting that my installed App (PC ver 840) told me it was up to date when there was in fact 2 newer versions (842 and 844) on the PG site. https://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htmAs a general "rule of thumb" it's a good idea to stop the song from playing while making changes because most times the tracks will need to be regenerated after implementing the change. The check for Updates feature is usually a build or two behind what is posted on the website. This is so the new build has a staggered rollout.
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As a general "rule of thumb" it's a good idea to stop the song from playing while making changes Well, certainly if taking actions like erasing currently playing tracks.
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Yes, the Check for Updates somehow is designed to miss the very latest version. I suspect the very latest version is treated as Beta, but I'm not exactly sure. It is common in the software industry to delay updates for parts of the userbase - Microsoft does this with Windows Updates, which is why you can check for Windows Updates on two different machines and get different results. It's a way of staggering the updates, so that if a major issue is discovered, not everyone is affected - for example, the last major Windows update didn't show up on my computer for well over a month. This is a very common practice, and since being one minor build update behind with Band-in-a-Box is not critical, we choose to follow the same practice as Microsoft (and many other companies).
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but you can always download the latest version by watching for Andrew's posts in the BIAB and RB forums
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but you can always download the latest version by watching for Andrew's posts in the BIAB and RB forums The latest updates are also posted on our support page here: https://www.pgmusic.com/support.htm
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