For me, BB is a composing and writing tool. It allows me to experiment with the song.... changing keys, tempo, styles and of course editing the structure is so freaking easy..... copy & paste.... add, delete....

Unfortunately, BB is limited to a certain number of tracks/instruments depending on the style chosen but around 5 is normal.


If you open that same project in Real Band (RB), you start with the original tracks and now, you can add more instruments to it. For example, the LA HARD ROCK style has guitars, bass, and drums,,,,, maybe the B3 organ (I'm not 100% sure) but that is it.... nothing else. HOWEVER, if I open the project in RB, I can add steel guitar, fiddle, dobro, mandolin, and more to that project.

I have done that very thing to many of my songs on my website.

Essentially, Real Band is a DAW where you can add more tracks, record live audio & midi, and do production/mastering kinds of work to the song project.

I first bought this software for the steel guitar sound..... once I found out what it could do beyond the steel guitar, well..... suffice to say that it is my "go to" software now for writing and composing. I start in BB, move to RB and end up in Sonar. Everyone has their own way to work and whatever works best for you is how you should do it. You will develop your work method as you learn the program.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 12/29/13 07:14 AM.
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