Hi 3rds,
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I have saved a few to WAV, in order to put on a CD to give to friends, etc. When I loaded that file back into BB, it seemed like it did not show all the chords and tracks etc. as it did before. Maybe there is another button I should push to load it into BB as it was? " Is that what you meant by: it's not locked in stone. You can replace/regenerate in a later session. " ?

I think you may be referring to the process of rendering the whole file to wav. I was referring to RT assignment to an instrument, and the saving of a generated wav for that instrument. The assignment itself will stick with the song on saving. But the wav associated with that RT will not. You have to save it explicitly and separately. So if you get a generation you want to keep, you need to save it as mentioned above. I think I was wrong about the renaming bit. Even the default named RT won't load with the song. (I was thinking of the standard audio track, which will load automatically if it has the same name as the song. See below.) But you can change the name of that wav from the default, and hence iteratively build a collection of wavs for that RT if you want. (And of course, you can always change the RT assignment as well.) That's why I say it's not etched in stone.

It may be helpful to keep in mind that RT instruments are no different from midi instruments when viewed in the context of the core function: auto-accompaniment. ie. They are all regenerated when you hit play.

Don't know what was going on with chords not reloading. The mgu or sgu file should contain that info when saved, regardless of whether there was rendering or saving of wavs.

Here's some info from the help file:

"Saving Your RealTracks

The RealTracks performance is not saved with the Band-in-a-Box MGU file. This is because the Band-in-a-Box MGU file only contains chords/melody/lyrics (and an optional audio track WAV file)

As with other MIDI Band-in-a-Box parts and RealDrums, the RealTracks be can saved by

1. Rendering the performance to a WAV file, or

2. separate WAV files.

Technical Tip: If you want to permanently attach a RealTracks WAV file to a MySong.MGU song, you could render to separate WAV files, and then rename the RealTracks WAV file MySong.WAV. Then the RealTracks will be on the Audio track."

HTH -Ron