When I installed the 2023 update, I noticed that the Playable RealTracks installed to my OS (C:) drive under this folder: C:\Program Files\PG Music Inc\Band-in-a-Box Sounds. I have all of BiaB installed on my samples drive (d:\bb). I wasn't happy to have my OS drive cluttered up with all of those audio files, so I uninstalled the two Playable RealTracks installations.
How do I install them to my d: samples drive? If I can't, why not?
Thanks in advance.
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The hiq_instruments_sforzando.exe (you need to run this to register the library) lets you choose the location and the playable_realtracks0x_sforzando.exe lets you choose that same location the default is C:\Program Files\PG Music Inc\Band-in-a-Box Sounds\ you should be able to change it to d:\Band-in-a-Box Sounds\
Else you can create a symbolic link for the folder C:\Program Files\PG Music Inc\Band-in-a-Box Sounds\Programs\Playable RealTracks and move the actual Playable RealTracks folder to d:
By default the install manager (if you used it) puts these files in either the location you LAST installed sound banks, or if you haven't installed them before it installs them to the default location. If you run the installers manually (from your downloads folder), you can choose to install them anywhere you want, and then THAT location will be remembered next time.
The important points are (1) the sound banks should all be installed in the same location, and (2) you need to run the installer at least one time pointed to your new location, because Sforzando needs to know about this location.
Yes, I had the same problem and still not certain how to resolve it.
I *always* install BIAB upgrade manually to my D: drive and every EXE I installed with this upgrade honored that convention, correctly installing to the D: drive.
I uninstalled the hiq instruments, and then ran that installer first, to set the install destination to d:\bb, which installed them to the d:\bb\Band-in-a-Box Sounds folder. I then ran the two Playable RealTracks installers, which found and used that new location. The first time I ran BiaB after moving those installs to the D: drive, I got a yellow box message that the default audio driver had changed. I assume that just reflected the new location of the sforzando hiq instruments. I checked the MIDI and audio interface settings, and those were unchanged.
IMPORTANT: Note that uninstalling the hiq instruments and the two Playable RealTracks sets DOES NOT remove the data files from the original C: drive location. You need to delete them manually. Once installed on D:, you can just delete the entire PG Music directory from C:. I would check first to make sure that nothing other than the three sforzando installs (hiq plus the two Playable RealTracks sets) is located there. If there is, then just delete the Band-in-a-Box Sounds folder and everything under it.
Last edited by TheMaartian; 12/04/2212:46 AM.
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