I think we're having about 3 different discussions here, but I'll attempt to bring the discussion *I'M* trying to have into context:

In the context of this website (Band in a Box, last time I looked), the common denominator is people wanting to make music in a variety of ways, even though they can't play every instrument in the song.

For most of us, if we know the instrument and can play it, we do.

If the song requires specific notes on an instrument we don't play, we have the choice of:

1) doing that part in MIDI and arranging the notes using one of the multiple methods PGMusic has available for doing so, or

2) finding a way to play an unfamiliar instrument with a familiar tuning (assuming you have the chops on the familiar tuning)

3) find another musician to play the part you can't play. But, what makes BIAB so usable by so many is that it is finally possible for one person to actualize a musical idea without help/hindrance from others


and if the part just has to sound fantastic but doesn't need to follow specific notes, RealTracks are the ticket

That's the point *I* wanted to make.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0