Obviously every song or project is different. Every person has different available resources and experience levels so you will receive vastly different responses. Here's how I would approach your drum tracks question.

I would begin by trying to use midi drums instead of RealDrums. Using midi drums I can keep consistent drum instruments (sounds) no matter the source of the midi drum patterns. Also, midi drum patterns and instruments are more tolorant to tempo changes so that a midi pattern with an original tempo of 65 bpm may sound okay in a song with a 130 bpm tempo.

If the original style used RealDrums there is a setting to force midi drums or you wait until you import into RealBand to mute the RealDrums then select a style with midi drums. This provides the foundation for the drum track. Usually a drum solo is fairly short so, if meshing fills together doesn't work, it wouldn't take too long to use the drum editor to create a solo. You could find some midi drum solos on the internet.


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