>>> Like the MIDI tracks, if a RT works for my particular song without editing, I just use it.

You can use RealTracks in a song, even if the song requires editing, or a custom hook.

ie) You can have the best of both worlds. Use RealTracks, and when you want to have a custom part, just:

(Note: This is using a DAW. RealBand is ideal for this, since it supports MIDI and Audio, and you can generate Band-in-a-Box Realtracks (audio) and MIDI parts directly inside RealBand)

1. erase that section of the RealTracks that you don't want
2. On a different track. Enter MIDI to replace the section. Choose a MIDI patch that sounds like a real instrument (as Notes Norton points out, there are lots of MIDI patches available that sound like the real thing)

Voila! You now have the RealTracks playing when you want, and have edited it, just like MIDI.

Of course you might not be matching the sound exactly. There may be a subtle timbre change! So what!

Noone is going to notice if there was Brand X of a piano with the RealTracks, and then Brand Y came in.

Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.