I searched through the forums and docs, but haven't found much detail on whether there is anything unique about the 1Track###Section tracks - horns, strings, vocal - that makes them better suited for blending with each other, versus tracks labeled as "Background" or other simple Realtracks. Does the BiaB algorithm handle 1Track sections differently - perhaps keeping complimentary phrases from several instruments together? If anything special going on, would it just occur if I grouped these 1Track instances inside the Medley picker - flagging all RealTracks to play simultaneously?
I realize I could trial-and-error this on my own, but would rather find out if there's any official word or experiences from others. It's not always obvious what the results will be from a given regeneration.
Chuck Wiggins
BIAB 2023 Win UltraPak, Cakewalk, Windows 10 Pro Custom AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, Focusrite Scarlett 4x4 interface
Band-in-a-Box has a rule to, whenever possible, not duplicate audio in different tracks. In practical terms what that means is if you select the same RealTrack twice, Band-in-a-Box will try very hard for the two tracks to play the same audio. For example, if you have two strumming guitars playing a G major chord one might be a barre chord while the other is an open chord. Of course, when the quantity of audio material is limited, overlaps are bound to happen.
I've experienced that with guitar tracks, just didn't know it was a rule. What I'm asking about is a bit different - almost the opposite. If I build a 3 part horn section in the Medley dialog (see image), will those have phrasing that is more compatible with each other, versus if I put each 1TrackHornSection horn on a separate Utility track? Now that we have plenty of Utility tracks, I'll always prefer to have each instrument on a separate track (for DAW mixing/EQ purposes) unless there's special behavior attached to these type RealTracks under certain circumstances that would yield a better arrangement.
I did also play around a bit with some of the Horn Section realtracks that ARE NOT tagged as 1TrackHornSection. I got some pretty good results with track 3525 "Horn Section, Background BossaLounge2-partUnison Ev 140". However, I took the suggestion in the track notes - "Try it with the new thickening feature to get a larger, fuller sound!", but when I duplicated it even once, I ended up with a mess - the parts did not mesh together well at all - lots of dissonance. I would have preferred if thickening had meant some slight detuning and panning/tone to give a thicker/richer set of tracks playing essentially the same part.
Chuck Wiggins
BIAB 2023 Win UltraPak, Cakewalk, Windows 10 Pro Custom AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, Focusrite Scarlett 4x4 interface
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