Hi Real Band Users,

I need forum help to confirm some (four) problems I have in Real Band. I think they're program bugs. I'd appreciate some of you taking the time to verify the following (FYI: I'm using BIAB 2009 (282) & Real Band 2009 (1). It would help for you to do a print out to follow the steps below.

Problem One - Endings: Real Band does not complete a two bar ending as in BIAB
1. In BIAB, write a two bar song, any chords. Set for a two bar ending on any chord.
2. For reference, use the C_Travis sytle. Play repeatedly and listen to the two bar endings. BIAB plays a different "arrangement" each time as expected. Note that the second bar of the ending always completes playing its notation.
3. Repeat in Real Band.
4. For me - the second bar of the ending never completes. At most, only the first note of the second bar plays and abruptly ends.
5. For even better comparison, you can save in BIAB as a SGU and as a KAR file, then open each in Real Band. The Kar file is especially revealing because it opens in Real Band, showing all of the expected notation in the final ending bar.

Problem Two - Metronome: Preference settings have no affect
1. Go to Prefs\Song Generation. Uncheck "Allow Real Tracks" and "Allow Real Drums".
2. With these prefs set, nothing I've tried changes the way the metronome functions. It continues to click no matter what combination of buttons are pressed.
3. Compare this to BIAB and you'll see/hear completely different behavior.
4. I want to silence the metronome! How can I do this?
5. FYI: Bar Offset is: -2 (preferred by me).

Problem Three - Real Drum Track Endings: Track ending position changes (alternates position) each time the song is reopened
1. In Prefs\Song Generation, make sure that "Allow Real Tracks" and "Allow Real Drums" are both checked.
2. Open or create a short file.
3. Do not play the song yet! Observe the real drum track that was generated and note its end position in relationship to the MIDI tracks.
4. Now reopen the song and make the same observation.
5. Keep repeating this (reopen & observe end position of Real Drum track).
6. Problem (that I have): Each time the song is reopened, the real drum track end position toggles to one of two alternating positions. If you see the same thing, then you need no further explanation.
7. If you see what I see, you can hit play in either of these alternating modes and see that as long as the song remains open, all regen's end in the same position.

Problem Four - Real Drum Track Title: Drum track title does not change when a new style is generated
1. Open or create a short song in Real Band.
2. Generate a Real Drum track and confirm that the track title shows the drum style name that you picked.
3. Now pick another drum style and regenerate the track.
4. Look at the drum track title. For me, it doesn't change. The actual drum track has changed, but the title doesn't change no matter how many times I change the actual drum style.
5. Note: Real Track titles change properly as expected when a new style is picked and regenerated. The problem only happens with Real Drums.

Thanks for your time and feedback!

Don

Last edited by DonMusic; 01/29/09 09:35 AM.