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Just happen to be checking through the updates section to be sure I have the latest updates. Happen to notice all of the RealTrack updates.

My assumption is that if you order the UltraPak or the UltraPak+ each year you would get the Realtrack updates. But what happens if you order the PlusPak Upgrade which includes only the new program and new RealTracks? This is what I do each year.

My thinking is that you would not get the previous RealTrack updates. In this case, I need to go back and download the previous RealTrack updates to get myself up to the current RT patch levels.

Is this right?

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Not AFAIAA. Any RT update patches are included in the latest BIAB version. If you just install the PlusPAK files over your last year's UltraPAK you should have everything I believe. That's what I have done and nothing seems to be missing. The only thinks you might not have are previous Xtra style packs if you hadn't bought and installed them previously.

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Hi Jeff,

I agree with you.

Since the UltraPak and UltraPak+ are all Realtracks, Realdrums, MIDI Supertracks, etc., (except for bonus material), these would contain update files.

Regarding the PlusPak, though, as far as I'm aware, it only provides the newly released components of the new version of BIAB/RB.

I haven't bought the PlusPak for a few years but my recollection is that since it is downloadable, the files consist of the BIAB/RB program file and then grouped sets of Realtracks. Updates were not mentioned in any of the documentation and no downloadable file had 'update' attached to its name.

The above said, the PlusPak can only be installed over the previous year's UltraPak or UltraPak+ installations. This means that it is reasonable to include updates for earlier tracks in the PlusPak since the previous installation should have all files.

It's a question worth asking someone at PG Music using Live Help.

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This is what I did:
As I have a new laptop, I first downloaded my previous version(2014) in my case everything pack into my laptop full install from hd

Then I downloaded my new 2019 version UltraPak into the same folder so I got all my real tracks now from 2014 to 2019 now that said if you only upgrade to plus pack yes you’ll only get the new real tracks that are included in that pack, but you’ll still have your older ones as long as your downloading to the Same bb folder

One thing to note that I found out once you download everything, and you open up the app... in stylepicker you have to regenerate the styles so it picks up everything you have

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I've never been fully sure of this so I keep the .EXE file for every Xtra and Bonus Pak etc. It does no harm to run an installer if you already have the files.


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Also, going from 2014 to 2019, realize that the folder structure changed, so bee sure to ruin the cleanup routine (under the help menu) to move everything to its proper place, otherwise you won't see all your content. The new folder structure was implemented with BB 2018.


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Never heard of the "clean up routine" until John pointed it out.
I ran it and got the following, no idea what it all means. NB I keep a dedicated E drive for BB

ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Tutorial - BB2012
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Tutorial - Repeats and Endings
dest = E:\bb\Documentation\Tutorials\Tutorial - Repeats and Endings
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Tutorial - Repeats and Endings
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

There are no files found by mask E:\bb\BBToolBar*.ini
Files with ST2 extension are absent in folder E:\bb\
Files with ST3 extension are absent in folder E:\bb\
Files with XT2 extension are absent in folder E:\bb\
>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Artist Performance Sets
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Artist Performance Sets
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Artist Performance Sets
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Artist Video Performance Sets
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Artist Video Performance Sets
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Artist Video Performance Sets
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Instrumental Studies
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Instrumental Studies
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Instrumental Studies
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\20 Tunes - Blues Guitar Vol. 2
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\20 Tunes - Blues Guitar Vol. 2
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\20 Tunes - Blues Guitar Vol. 2
ERROR: dest dir does not exist: E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\20 Tunes - Blues Guitar Vol. 2
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\20 Tunes - Jazz Guitar Vol. 3
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\20 Tunes - Jazz Guitar Vol. 3
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\20 Tunes - Jazz Guitar Vol. 3
ERROR: dest dir does not exist: E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\20 Tunes - Jazz Guitar Vol. 3
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\20 Tunes - Rock Guitar Vol. 2
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\20 Tunes - Rock Guitar Vol. 2
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\20 Tunes - Rock Guitar Vol. 2
ERROR: dest dir does not exist: E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\20 Tunes - Rock Guitar Vol. 2
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Guitar Comping - High Strings
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Guitar Comping - High Strings
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Guitar Comping - High Strings
ERROR: dest dir does not exist: E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Guitar Comping - High Strings
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Guitar Comping - Low Strings
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Guitar Comping - Low Strings
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Guitar Comping - Low Strings
ERROR: dest dir does not exist: E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Guitar Comping - Low Strings
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Riffs - Blues Guitar Vol. 1
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs - Blues Guitar Vol. 1
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Riffs - Blues Guitar Vol. 1
ERROR: dest dir does not exist: E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs - Blues Guitar Vol. 1
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Riffs - Rock Guitar Vol. 1
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs - Rock Guitar Vol. 1
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Riffs - Rock Guitar Vol. 1
ERROR: dest dir does not exist: E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs - Rock Guitar Vol. 1
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\50SONGS
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\50SONGS
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\50SONGS
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Riffs - Bluegrass Guitar
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs - Bluegrass Guitar
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Riffs - Bluegrass Guitar
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Riffs - Blues Piano
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs - Blues Piano
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Riffs - Blues Piano
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Riffs - Country Guitar with Audio Memos
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs - Country Guitar with Audio Memos
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Riffs - Country Guitar with Audio Memos
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Riffs - Jazz (All instruments)
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs - Jazz (All instruments)
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Riffs - Jazz (All instruments)
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Riffs - Jazz Guitar Phrases
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs - Jazz Guitar Phrases
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Riffs - Jazz Guitar Phrases
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Riffs - Jazz Piano
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs - Jazz Piano
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Riffs - Jazz Piano
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Riffs -Solo Intros
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs -Solo Intros
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Riffs -Solo Intros
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\101 Riffs -Trio Intros
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\101 Riffs -Trio Intros
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\101 Riffs -Trio Intros
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\BLUEJAMC
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\BLUEJAMC
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\BLUEJAMC
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\BLUEJAMF
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\BLUEJAMF
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\BLUEJAMF
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\BGFAKE
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\BGFAKE
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\BGFAKE
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\bpsolos
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\bpsolos
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\bpsolos
ERROR: dest dir does not exist: E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\bpsolos
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\CGSOLOS
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\CGSOLOS
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\CGSOLOS
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\CLASFAKE
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\CLASFAKE
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\CLASFAKE
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Classical MIDI-FakeBook3
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Classical MIDI-FakeBook3
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Classical MIDI-FakeBook3
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Classical MIDI-Fakebook 2
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Classical MIDI-Fakebook 2
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Classical MIDI-Fakebook 2
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\CopyMe
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\CopyMe
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\CopyMe
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Duets for Sight Reading
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Duets for Sight Reading
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Duets for Sight Reading
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Ear Training
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Ear Training
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Ear Training
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\FGSOLO50
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\FGSOLO50
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\FGSOLO50
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Folk Songs
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Folk Songs
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Folk Songs
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Jazz Guitar Solos - Swingin Vol 4
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Jazz Guitar Solos - Swingin Vol 4
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Jazz Guitar Solos - Swingin Vol 4
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\JAZZPRAC
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\JAZZPRAC
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\JAZZPRAC
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\JGSOLOS
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\JGSOLOS
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\JGSOLOS
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Novelty Piano Riffs
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Novelty Piano Riffs
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Novelty Piano Riffs
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Swingin' Jazz Piano Solos
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Swingin' Jazz Piano Solos
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Swingin' Jazz Piano Solos
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Soundtrack MIDI Fakebook
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Soundtrack MIDI Fakebook
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Soundtrack MIDI Fakebook
<<<<<< mergeFolders errorCount 0

Files with STY extension are absent in folder E:\bb\
Files with STX extension are absent in folder E:\bb\
There are no files found by mask E:\bb\unins*.exe
There are no files found by mask E:\bb\unins*.dat
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Is Band In A Box installed as E:\bb? Or do you use another name for the program folder (for example, E:\bb2019, etc.)?


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Z an idea might be to check those items that you have errors with, that they are still in the bb root folder although maybe in a different folder there, have been moved to give a more cleaner look, the songs and lessons folder is usually a good place to look.

I do know that I used to have a very unorganised bb folder with lots of songs in the root bb folder, and do feel that the clean up utility might have got rid of them for good, as I can't see them anywhere, but was nothing really important anyways.


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If the source folder does not exist (perhaps cleanup was previously run or those features were never initially installed), you will see those messages as it checks for files. Cleanup can't move files from a folder that isn't there, obviously.


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not my post but THANKS! I did that as well. that may solve a couple of wierdisms..

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For anyone reading this thread, some background might help. We haven't heard much about the Cleanup routine recently because it was needed in BIAB 2018 when the files in the /BB folder were greatly reorganized. Along comes BIAB 2019, and anyone who upgraded from BIAB 2017 or earlier is probably a little confused. When everything gets placed in the right folder, however, it is a lot easier for both you and the program to find things.

It does no harm to run that cleanup routine anytime, either standalone or from within the menu. Respectively:

/BB/Data/BB_Cleanup.exe

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Help menu, Utilities, Run Cleanup routine


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This is gobbledegook to the average user. What on earth does
the following mean? We should be sheilded from all this with plain English.

mergeFolders errorCount 0

or any of these things:
Files with STY extension are absent in folder E:\bb\
Files with STX extension are absent in folder E:\bb\
There are no files found by mask E:\bb\unins*.exe
There are no files found by mask E:\bb\unins*.dat

I have no idea as to whether I need to do something or not.


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That is a normal result and you wouldn't normally need to run the utility manually. It gets run automatically when you install Band-in-a-Box, and if you're interested in what it did you can check the log file that it saves.


Quote:

>>>>>> mergeFolders
source = E:\bb\Soundtrack MIDI Fakebook
dest = E:\bb\Songs and Lessons\Soundtrack MIDI Fakebook
backup = E:\bb\Data\Backup\Misc\
ERROR: source dir does not exist: E:\bb\Soundtrack MIDI Fakebook

Files with STY extension are absent in folder E:\bb\


This means that there was a 'cleanup instruction' to move the SoundTrack Fakebook folder (source folder) from the root of the bb folder to the bb\Songs and Lessons folder (destination), but the source folder didn't exist. This is probably because it's already in the destination "clean" folder. Also, it wanted to move styles from the root to the Styles subfolder but there were none to move.


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You can now generate a melody on any track in the program - very handy! Plus, you select how much of the melody you want generated - specify a range, or apply it to the whole track.

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Learn even more about the enhancements to the Melodist feature in Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows at www.pgmusic.com/manuals/bbw2024upgrade/chapter3.htm#enhanced-melodist

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