Hi everybody,
This is my first post here as a 12-month newbie using BIAB 2013 with a recent upgrade to 2014 and I have also installed the build 380 update. Could one of the kind expert users on this forum please help with my problem as described below?

I have had several frustrating problems over the past 12 months playing along with my songs as many have an almost inaudible count-in. However, I think I have now nailed down the cause which I think is due to a volume mismatch between midi tracks (where I have adjusted the count-in volume to maximum in the Preferences dialog) and BIAB Realtracks (where the count-in volume can only be increased by adjusting the drum track volume).

As an example, I have a recent song made up from one Midi track (Bass) and four Realtracks (Piano, Drums, Guitar & Strings). When I generate and play the song the count-in is almost inaudible. However, if I 'Solo' the midi bass track on the mixer and re-play the track the count-in volume immediately increases to an audible level. Similarly, if I 'Mute' the Realdrum track on the mixer the count-in volume also increases to the same audible level. With all tracks playing again the count-in becomes almost inaudible. You can verify this for yourself by setting up a similar mix of tracks.

I could of course increase the volume of the Realdrums track to increase the count-in volume but then my drums would be far too loud compared to the rest of the tracks unless I took the fiddly route of decreasing the Realdrum volume on bar one of all my songs.

My questions are:
1) Is this a bug in BIAB?
2) To get over the Midi drums/Realdrums volume mismatch problem, can I configure BIAB to always use Midi drums for count-in purposes (where the volume can be adjusted in the Preferences dialog) and then automatically revert to a Realdrums patch, if desired, on bar 1 of my songs?
3) Does anybody have a better or simpler solution to this problem?
4) If I can't do (2) above would it benefit all users if I suggested that a future update of BIAB could decouple the count-in drums from Realdrums so that the count-in could always be heard?

Many thanks in advance for your help and advice