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For the RB power users (which is basically anyone other than me at this point) ....
I create a New project, assign a style, and "Generate All BB Tracks Entire Song"
RB then create BB RealBass, BB RealDrums, BB RealPiano, etc. tracks.
I then click an "untitled" track and "Select and generate a RealTrack..." choose a row from the "Assign RealTracks" dialog and click OK and get (for example) "RT1157:Bass, Electric, ....".
Some general questions...
I see a menu item for "Make all BB tracks regular Tracks" which changes the names to "RealBass 711: Bass, Acoustic", "RealDrums-BossaTerryClarke...", etc.
I see a menu item for "Make first 8 tracks BB tracks" which "pushes" existing tracks down and "adds" empty tracks called "BB Bass, BB Drums, BB Piano" etc.
I'm unclear as to when these "BB track" oriented menu options would come into play "functionally". Is the idea to be able to have the tracks ordered/named so you can save the project as an MGU/SGU and go back to BIAB?
I see that after you change the style and select "Generate all BB tracks" again that it "pushes" all the tracks after the "BB" tracks down and inserts new BB tracks between the "BB" tracks and the "Real..." tracks.
Does a so called "BB..." track imply a BIAB MIDI track (and therefore not an audio track)?
What are the "best practices" you folks tend to follow when using these menu options (assuming you even use them)?
Thanks,
Chris
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First off, the one feature you questioned that I use most is to 'make all BB tracks regular tracks'.
The main difference is that BB tracks tend to act more like the tracks in BiaB; when you generate, they all get regenerated again.
Some users like to think of the 'make all BB tracks regular tracks' feature as an equivalent to 'freezing' a track in BiaB, but it freezes all tracks.
It's not really the same because you can't ever regenerate frozen tracks in BiaB .. in RB, if you intentionally highlight a section of a track and generate it, it will generate if it is a 'regular track', so it's not really 'froze'.
The 'BB track' feature lets you generate ALL of multiple BB tracks as different instruments easily in one process.
Making them regular tracks means they don't automatically regenerate unless you specifically tell RB to do so on a given track.
I tend to want to work on each track once I am in RB. If I want to keep generating multiple tracks at the same time to see what it does, I do that in BiaB (faster).
But I like to work on each track by itself pretty early on (once I know the chords and style .. might as well go to RB and start working on each track).
That's just my workflow. I know others are different, but this info may help.
Other question; no. being a BB track does not mean it is MIDI. If the style contained Reatracks, it can be a RT.
If it is a 'regular track' you can generate many styles on the same track quickly if desired, or just regenerate a given section easily.
If they are a BB track you risk accidentally regenerating over something you wanted. This is usually easily reversed, but if you heard one thing you want in the new 'accidental' generation, you have to decide whether to keep the rest with it .. so it's an option with both features and consequences.
Hoped this help clarify the difference.
Last edited by rharv; 08/04/17 01:23 PM.
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Hi rharv,
Yes, that helped a lot. I hadn't thought about the 'freeze' concept as it relates to how RB works as compared to BIAB.
I take it that you don't use the RB menu item "Make first 8 tracks BB tracks". I'm still curious about when that would be needed. I'll wait to see if anyone else chimes in for that part.
Thanks again,
Chris
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It allows generating all 8 BiaB tracks at once without haveing to select them individually .. and also causes them to be generated when Generate is hit.
So they act more like the BiaB tracks.
I have rarely ever used that feature; except during testing in beta.
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