I did a set of backing tracks for a friend who took them to a local studio to record the vocals and mix the tracks.

There had been some pretty heavy stretching and splicing on the first track because I had trouble finding RealTracks that matched the feel, the the studio owner mentioned that it sounded pretty "ripped up".

I believed him, but (much to my irritation) I couldn't hear the artifacts. My ears aren't that good... yet.

Fortunately, the rest of the tracks sounded fine.

After recording the vocals (mine needing heavy pitch correction blush) and mixing, my friend was thrilled with the results.

There is repetition in some RealTracks, but that's the nature of the beast. But the convenience of using them versus of recording the tracks myself usually means I'll only record a track myself as a last resort.

On the other hand, BiaB has been particularly valuable in teaching my kids how to play instruments. It's great for examples of how a "real" player might approach a part. And it's a lot more fun to practice with a band.

And teaching my kids to play bass has me playing bass now. If I'd known bass was so much fun to play, I'd have gotten one a long time ago!

-- David Cuny

My virtual singer development blog
Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?

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