This window is one of the reasons it's been suggested around here for several years now that there needs to be a sort of "beta test" of the Manual and Help files. The whole thing needs to be rewritten imho, this window only makes sense to experienced users.

Since we're talking drums, most of us use one of the high quality midi drum sound modules. I use Jamstix, others use BFD and there's others. If I take a Biab generated midi drum track and run it through the Jamstix Yamaha Studio Drums kit, it sounds awesome. Since it's midi I can edit it all I want.

Lets talk Real Band. The big deal about RB is not that it has all the super sophisticated audio manipulation things that ProTools or Sonar Producer has. No, it's that it has most of the Biab song generating functions built in but you have 48 tracks to play with not just 7 like Biab does. Biab only has one midi output port so me using Jamstix for the drums won't work in Biab because if I set Biab up to use Jamstix for midi then every midi track will go through JS. Piano doesn't sound so good on a drum kit. However if you're working with all Real Tracks and want only the drums to be midi then that would work.

RB has 32 midi output ports and it allows you to use as many different Biab styles as you want on each track or even within any single track. You can create for example 3 different Real Drum tracks plus several midi drum tracks all using different styles. Then you audition them in different parts of your song and you'll probably wind up using one part from one track here, another part from a different track there etc. When you combine several RD's with a midi track going through a good synth like JS the results can sound very good because the midi track can be edited for certain specific parts that the RD'd don't have.

I do a lot of work with prerecorded midi files that I have. RB loads them up just fine then I can start playing around with replacing a track here or there with a Biab generated part including the drums. You don't have to replace the whole track either. Maybe just a few bars while the rest of the track stays the same. When it comes to midi editing RB is actually one of the best there is. It doesn't take a back seat to anybody when it comes to that.

RB gives you all the audio editing power you need to layer, cut/paste, move around or anything else you want to do with audio tracks. RB also works with all the big VST plug in effects packages and mastering suites. Still, it's not Pro Tools or Logic but you're getting it for free with Biab while those others cost serious cash. Unless you're a real expert in high end digital audio, Real Band will do 'almost' anthing you need in order for you to create and master a high quality finished product. What it doesn't do you may not have even heard of or care about. There's very knowledgable people who have looked at the PG Music plugins you get for free for example and concluded they are world class. Doesn't mean they're all you need or want but they're pretty good right out of the box.

Like anything else in the computer world it takes time for you to learn it and become familiar enough with it to do what you need.

Bob

Biab/RB latest build, Win 11 Pro, Ryzen 5 5600 G, 512 Gig SSD, 16 Gigs Ram, Steinberg UR22 MkII, Roland Sonic Cell, Kurzweil PC3, Hammond SK1, Korg PA3XPro, Garritan JABB, Hypercanvas, Sampletank 3, more.