Hello and welcome to the forum!

RealBand (RB) works similar to a DAW and is able to handle up to 48 tracks so you can add many instruments.

Band-in-a-Box (BiaB) has eight tracks but each track is not limited to one instrument. Select the F5 icon or press F5 while your cursor is in a bar and a submenu window opens. The F5 window lets you select different RealTracks, Supermidi tracks, midi, drums or loops.

Hope this helps.


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