{"id":1736311,"date":"2018-01-02T16:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T21:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1736311"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:59:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:59:33","slug":"pg-music-software-activation-instructions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/pg-music-software-activation-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"PG Music Software Activation Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Registering and downloading Band-in-a-Box is a quick, straightforward process. All you have to do is enter the serial number(s) that your Sweetwater Sales Engineer sent you in the Sweetwater Software Activation Instructions email and then download the installers using the links in your PG Music account. Follow the instructions below to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><a href=\"#Register-serial-number\"><strong>Register serial number<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Download-and-install\"><strong>Download and install&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#Activate-your-software\">Activate your software<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Register-serial-number\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Register serial number<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step in the Band-In-a-Box activation process is to register the serial number provided to you by your Sweetwater Sales Engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgmusic.com\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PG Music Registration page<\/a>.<\/li><li>Fill out the necessary information, copy and paste the serial number provided to you by your Sweetwater Sales Engineer, then click <strong>Register Serial Number<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgmusic.com\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2022\/07\/Band-in-a-box-registration-page.jpg\" alt=\"Band in a box registration page\" class=\"wp-image-1773905\" width=\"495\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2022\/07\/Band-in-a-box-registration-page.jpg 989w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2022\/07\/Band-in-a-box-registration-page-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2022\/07\/Band-in-a-box-registration-page-768x623.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Click the image to register your software.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Download-and-install\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Download and install<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019ve registered the serial number, the next step in the process is to download and install the software. You can either use the Band-in-a-Box Install Manager, or you can download files manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Once you click <strong>Register Serial Number <\/strong>(as outlined above), you will then be taken to the product download page.<\/li><li>If you want to download everything as one file, click<strong> Band-in-a-Box Download and Install Manager<\/strong>.<ul><li>Take note of the <em>Download URL <\/em>listed underneath the installer button as you will need that during the installation process.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>If you don\u2019t want to download the Download and Install Manager, you can install the files directly from the page, but clicking the checkbox located underneath the green download box.<\/li><li>Navigate to your <em>Downloads <\/em>folder, then launch the installer.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Activate-your-software\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Activate your software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the product has been installed, the last thing you need to do is activate your software. The process is easy, too!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Once installed, llaunch your software, click <strong>Help<\/strong>, then navigate to <strong>Activation<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Copy and paste the Serial Number you received from your Sweetwater Sales Engineer to complete the activation process.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1773719,"template":"","categories":[429786],"tags":[54659,53813,53814,36278,132081,53992,99193,58291,53812,142715,59876,54153,131759,55262],"storecat":[],"itemids":[121101,103043,122489,103045,119888,103047,103049],"manufacturers":[33619],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This article will show you every step of how to register, download, install, and authorize your Band-in-a-Box software.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/pg-music-software-activation-instructions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PG Music Software Activation Instructions - 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