Bob Merrill,

I pretty much do the same. Since I don't use a computer based DAW, D&D is not available to me. My DAW is two Roland VS2480, a stand alone DAW. I have a set up where I can digitally transfer 16 tracks at once if I upgrade my MOTU card that is compatible with dual-core CPU. I haven't done this because BIAB is not MTC or SMPTE capable.

Please keep in mind that I am NOT a Real Band user. I didn't see a need to get into it until now. I am a bit concerned with the "regeneration time" with Real Band.

My understanding about Real Band was that once the tracks (instruments) are in RB, there is no re-gen time required. I guess I've been misinformed.

Once in RB, I would want each track to play exactly the same. In other words, I'd have 2 or more "guitar" tracks from BIAB in RB so I can edit and comp one finished "guitar" track. This is specially true when comping a solo part. I'm sure you know how much work is required to come up with a solo that actually plays like the way you'd want a solo to sound like.

It sounds like I need to export each track from BIAB as WAV. file into RB to eliminate long re-gen time. For me I would not want the playback change every time I press play. Once the 5 piece band is transferred using MTC from RB into my DAW, I can change all the instruments to the same real track within a specified bars to play all solos, thus creating 4 different solo takes at once. Replay each track to audition, then edit and comp a finished solo part in RB AND I can listen "IN CONTEXT" in rel time because MTC generated from RB is syncing my DAW's playback. To audition new instrument, I just have to load an all MIDI style (MIDI style regenerates much faster), solo 1 track, and assign a new Real Track to the soloed track, then press play. The new instrument can be heard "in context" since the DAW is "synced" to RB.

I'm thinking that this is how my workflow will proceed. If someone knows otherwise, please chime in.

Bob, do you have any of your work posted somewhere? Since you are using BIAB for clients like myself, I would love to hear your work.

Here are 9 BIAB tracks from my client's CD that was released last month.

Link to 9 BIAB SONGS

I would love to hear what you think of them, specially we provide service using BIAB.

Thanks
Ed Layola

www.pointconceptionstudio.com