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I did my yearly upgrade and saw there are now 16 utility tracks.

Wonderful. One question:

What, exactly, are utility tracks and why would I use them? Are they a roundabout way of extending the number of tracks from 7 (plus Thru and Audio) to an additional 16?

In all the time I've used BIAB, I didn't even know they were there. Then again, I probably missed a lot of things as BIAB improved. I've been using it since the DOS days! Upgraded every year, but probably didn't take advantage of a lot of features.

Thanks for the help.

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From the PG Music 2021 documentation:
Utility Tracks
There are 16 new editable Utility tracks, which can be used for audio and/or MIDI. You can generate RealTracks on the Utility tracks, where you can hear and edit the audio RealTracks, or view and edit the RealCharts MIDI. You can record audio or import an audio file to the Utility tracks to play, edit, or harmonize the audio. You can copy or move audio, MIDI, or both from other tracks to the Utility tracks. You can record MIDI or import a MIDI file to the Utility tracks for playback, notation display, or editing.

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Originally Posted By: VideoTrack
You can generate RealTracks on the Utility tracks

Is this true? I thought you could only convert a RealTrack to audio onto a Utility track?

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You can generate RealTracks on the Utility tracks

Is this true? I thought you could only convert a RealTrack to audio onto a Utility track?

The voice-over in the above video states (right at the start of the video):

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How do you generate RealDrums on a Utility track? It's only giving me the option of generating a RealTrack.

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How do you generate RealDrums on a Utility track? It's only giving me the option of generating a RealTrack.

Not sure about Generating, but Copying is available, using the method shown in this post.


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How do you generate RealDrums on a Utility track? It's only giving me the option of generating a RealTrack.

Not sure about Generating, but Copying is available, using the method shown in this post.


Thanks v much for answering my other thread.

In this situation, I'm trying to work with RealDrums in the utility tracks so that I can re-generate sections of it (which I understand you can do with RealTracks).

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