Hi Alexander,

I have noticed what you mention. My take on this is that it occurs because BIAB splices a track together from recordings of actual live performances and, due to this slicing and splicing, it's possible to get a progression of chord tones that would not occur if one followed the principle of voice leading (as in classical harmony).

My experience tells me that smoothness of transition is affected by: (a) the choice of 'from' and 'to' chord (for example, F to Eb might not sound the smoothest of transitions for a particular Realtrack where as F7 to Eb might work fine for most song generations); (b) a particular generation of a track. Often, if a transition is not smooth, simply regenerating the individual track will solve the issue.

What I sometimes do to finalise my tracks is to take them to a DAW where I can copy and paste sections. Thus, if I have a problem section, I simply find a workable equivalent section within the song and then copy that section and paste it over the not-so-good section.

I also often polish up my song in Realband. I've found that working in Realband is a real bonus because it allows regenerations of specific regions of a track. This can be used to overcome any generation issues that arise.

Regards,
Noel

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